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Terms of Use

These terms apply to Wake County Residents Directory. By using the service, you agree to them. If you do not agree, do not use the service.

1. Nature of the Service

Wake County Residents Directory is a private reference to public rolls, record indexes, and historical directory collections relevant to Wake County, North Carolina. It does not host government records and is not connected with a public office, court, library, or record custodian.


2. Conditions of Use

Use the service only for a lawful purpose. You may not use it, or material found through it, to:

  • Stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or harm any person
  • Find a person protected by a restraining or protective order
  • Commit identity theft or fraud
  • Make FCRA-regulated decisions involving credit, employment, tenant, or insurance
  • Scrape, reproduce, or republish the service’s content at scale
  • Disrupt the service’s operation or security

3. No Consumer Reporting Service

This service is not a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Nothing here, including material returned by a linked tool, is a consumer report or may be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other FCRA-covered purpose.


4. Outside Resources

Government portals and outside services, including sponsored search tools, operate under their own terms and policies. We do not control their content, availability, pricing, or data practices.


5. No Warranty

The service is offered “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind. We do not promise that content is accurate, complete, or current, or that a linked portal will remain available or return correct results.


6. Liability Limits

To the fullest extent allowed by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from use of this service or a linked resource, including decisions based on records reached through it.


7. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the service operators from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, that arise from misuse of the service or a violation of these terms.


8. Intellectual Property

Original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Links and short attributed quotations are welcome. Republishing full pages or systematically copying the material is not permitted.


9. Updates to These Terms

We can revise these terms by posting an updated version here. Using the service after the change means that version is accepted.


10. Restricting Access

Access may be blocked or restricted, without notice, for a user who violates these terms or misuses the service.


11. Applicable Law

North Carolina law governs these terms, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. The North Carolina Public Records Act, N.C.G.S. Chapter 132, governs access to covered existing government records, subject to the statute’s exceptions and confidentiality rules.


12. Severability

If a provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.


13. Questions

Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contact page.