1. Nature of the Service
Des Moines Residents Directory is a privately run reference to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections concerning Des Moines, Iowa. It does not host government records and is not affiliated with a records office, court, agency, or custodian.
2. Rules for Using This Site
Use the site only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, or anything 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. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
This site is not a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq.). Nothing here, and nothing any linked search tool returns, is a consumer report, and none of it may be used to judge eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other FCRA-covered purpose.
4. Outside Services
Linked government portals, sponsored tools, and other third-party services operate under their own policies. Their availability, prices, content, and treatment of data are outside our control.
5. No Warranty
The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We cannot promise that content is complete, accurate, or current, or that a linked system will remain available or produce a correct match.
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. Site Content Rights
Copyright protects the original writing, logo, design, and layout. You may link to pages or quote a short passage with credit, but you may not reproduce full pages or systematically copy the service.
9. Term Updates
A revised version may be posted here. Continuing to use the service after an update signals acceptance of the changed terms.
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. Iowa Governing Law
Iowa law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Iowa Code Chapter 22 controls access to many public records described in the reference, subject to its exemptions and custodian procedures.
12. Severability
If one provision cannot be enforced, every remaining provision continues in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.