1. Nature of the Reference
Amherst Residents Directory is a privately operated reference. It describes and links to public rolls, record indexes, and historical directory collections connected with Amherst, Massachusetts. No government record is hosted here, and the reference has no affiliation with an Amherst office, Hampshire County custodian, court, or library.
2. Permitted Use
Use this reference only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, or material located 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 involving credit, employment, tenant matters, or insurance
- Systematically scrape, copy, or republish the reference at scale
- Disrupt the operation or security of the service
3. No Consumer Reporting Service
Amherst Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Neither the reference nor a result returned by a linked tool is a consumer report. Nothing here may be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-covered purpose.
4. External Services
Official portals and other outside services, including sponsored search tools, set their own terms and privacy rules. We do not control their content, availability, prices, or data practices.
5. No Warranties
The reference is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We do not promise that its information is complete, accurate, or current, or that a linked Amherst or Massachusetts portal will operate or return correct material.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages resulting from use of this reference or an external resource, including decisions made from records located through it.
7. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold the reference operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising from misuse of the service or a violation of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
The reference’s original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Linking to pages and using brief attributed excerpts is permitted; copying whole pages or systematically republishing the content is not.
9. Changes to Terms
We may revise these terms by posting a new version here. Continued use after a revision signals acceptance.
10. Restricting Access
We may block or limit access, without notice, for a user who violates these terms or misuses the reference.
11. Massachusetts Law
Massachusetts law governs these terms, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. The Commonwealth’s public-custodian access framework is the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c. 66, § 10, with exemptions in M.G.L. c. 4, § 7(26) and implementing rules at 950 CMR 32.
12. Severability
If a provision of these terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain effective.
13. Questions
Send questions about these terms through the Contact page.