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Terms of Use

These terms apply when you use Olympia Residents Directory. By continuing, you accept them. If you disagree, stop using the site.

1. What This Website Is

Olympia Residents Directory is a private reference to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections concerning Olympia, Washington. We do not host government records and are not connected with the City, Thurston County, a court, or any records custodian.


2. Rules for Using This Site

Only lawful use is allowed. Neither the site nor information reached through it may be used 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. External Links

Outside government portals, sponsored tools, and other services apply their own policies and terms. Their content, uptime, fees, and data handling are outside our control.


5. No Warranty

We provide the site "as is" and "as available" without warranties. Content may be incomplete, outdated, or wrong, and we cannot promise that a linked portal will work or produce an accurate result.


6. Liability Limits

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim liability for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages tied to this site, a linked service, or a decision based on located records.


7. Indemnification

You will indemnify and hold the site's operators harmless from claims and demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, caused by your misuse or breach of these terms.


8. Intellectual Property

Copyright protects the site's original writing, design, logo, and layout. You may link to pages or quote short attributed excerpts, but may not republish whole pages or copy them systematically.


9. Term Changes

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


10. Ending 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

Washington law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Government records linked here are subject to the Washington Public Records Act, chapter 42.56 RCW, including the initial-response rule in RCW 42.56.520.


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.