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Terms of Use

These terms govern use of Fridley Residents Directory. By using the service, you accept them. Do not use the service if you do not agree.

1. Nature of This Service

Fridley Residents Directory is a privately operated reference to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections connected with Fridley, Minnesota. It does not host government records and has no affiliation with a public office, court, library, or custodian.


2. Acceptable Use

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. § 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. External Resources

Government portals and third-party services, including sponsored search tools, have their own terms and policies. We are not responsible for their content, availability, pricing, or data practices.


5. Availability and Accuracy

The service is offered "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind. We do not promise that an item is accurate, complete, current, or available, and linked portals can change or fail.


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 can revise these terms by posting an updated version here. Continued use after posting indicates acceptance of the revision.


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. Governing Law

These terms are governed by Minnesota law, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access in Minnesota is generally addressed through the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minn. Stat. ch. 13, including Minn. Stat. §13.03, with separate rules for records that are not public.


12. Severability

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


13. Questions

Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.