1. The Nature of This Reference
Rancho Palos Verdes Residents Directory is privately operated. It describes and links to public rolls, record indexes, and directory collections concerning Rancho Palos Verdes and California. It does not host government records and has no affiliation with the Los Angeles County Assessor, Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, courts, city offices, or Palos Verdes Library District.
2. Acceptable Use Rules
Use the pages only in a lawful way. You may not use the reference or anything reached 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 decisions covered by the FCRA, including credit, employment, tenant, or insurance decisions
- Scrape, copy, or republish the site's content at scale
- Interfere with the site's operation or security
3. No Consumer Reporting Agency Status
This reference is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §1681 et seq. Neither its pages nor results from linked search tools are consumer reports. Nothing may be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another purpose covered by the FCRA.
4. Third-Party Destinations
Government portals and outside services, including sponsored search tools, operate under their own terms and privacy rules. We do not control their content, availability, pricing, or data practices.
5. Disclaimers of Warranty
The reference is supplied “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind. No promise is made that content is accurate, complete, or current, or that an external portal will function or return a correct result.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent allowed by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from use of these pages or an external resource, including a decision based on a record reached through them.
7. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the operators from a claim or demand, including reasonable attorney fees, that results from your misuse of the reference or breach of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
The original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Linking to a page and quoting a short attributed excerpt is welcome. Republishing a full page or copying the content systematically is not permitted.
9. Changes to the Terms
A revised version may be posted on this page. Continued use after the revision is posted means that the updated terms are accepted.
10. Access Restrictions
Access may be blocked or limited for a person who violates these terms or abuses the reference, at the operators’ discretion and without advance notice.
11. Governing Law
California law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. The California Public Records Act, Government Code §§7920.000-7931.000, governs access to many existing records held by public agencies. The California Consumer Privacy Act, Civil Code §1798.100 et seq., as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, governs covered-business privacy rights where applicable.
12. Severability
If a provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contact page.