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Terms of Use

These terms apply to use of Herndon Residents Directory. By using the reference, you accept them. Do not use the reference if you do not accept these terms.

1. Nature of the Reference

Herndon Residents Directory is privately operated. It describes and links to public rolls, record indexes, and directory collections relevant to Herndon, Fairfax County, and Virginia. It does not host government records and is not affiliated with a custodian, court, or public office.


2. Lawful Use Rules

Use this reference only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, or a result found through it, to:

  • Stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or harm any person
  • Locate someone protected by a restraining or protective order
  • Commit identity theft or fraud
  • Make FCRA-regulated decisions (credit, employment, tenant, insurance)
  • Scrape, copy, or republish the site's content at scale
  • Interfere with the site's operation or security

3. No Consumer Reporting Role

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


4. Outside Links

Government portals and third-party services, including sponsored search tools, set their own terms and policies. We do not control their content, availability, prices, or data practices.


5. No Warranty

The reference is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties. We do not guarantee that information is accurate, complete, current, or available, or that a linked portal will function or return correct results.


6. Limits on Our Liability

To the maximum extent the law allows, we are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from use of this site or any linked resource, including decisions made from records found through it.


7. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the operators of this site from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from your misuse of the site or violation of these terms.


8. Intellectual Property

The original text, design, logo, and layout of this site are protected by copyright. Linking to any page and quoting brief excerpts with attribution is welcome; republishing full pages or systematically copying content is not.


9. Changes to These Terms

We may update these terms by posting a new version here. Continued use after a change means acceptance.


10. Cutting Off Access

We may block or restrict any user who violates these terms or abuses the site, at our discretion and without notice.


11. Virginia Law

Virginia law governs these terms, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Records access discussed here is subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Va. Code §§2.2-3700–2.2-3714, and to the record-specific limits imposed by Virginia law.


12. Severability

If any part of these terms proves unenforceable, the rest stays in force.


13. Questions

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