1. The Nature of This Website
Fort Wayne Residents Directory is a private reference resource. It discusses and links to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections relating to Fort Wayne, Indiana. The site neither holds government records nor represents the Allen County Recorder, Allen County Clerk, Allen County Assessor, any court, or any other records custodian.
2. Acceptable Use Rules
You may use the site only in a lawful manner. The site and information reached through it must not 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. No Consumer Reports
Fort Wayne Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq. Neither site content nor results from a linked search tool constitute a consumer report. They may not be used to determine eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other purpose regulated by the FCRA.
4. External Resources
Linked government portals, custodians, and third-party services, including sponsored tools, operate under their own policies. Their content, uptime, prices, security, and data practices are outside our control.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
The site is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. We do not promise that its content is current, accurate, or complete, or that an Allen County, Indiana, or third-party portal will remain available or produce a correct result.
6. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the site's operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages connected with use of the site or a linked resource, including reliance on a public-record result.
7. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, caused by your misuse of the site or breach of these conditions.
8. Intellectual Property
Copyright protects the site's original writing, logo, design, and layout. You may link to a page or quote a short attributed excerpt, but you may not republish a full page or systematically copy the site's content.
9. Changes to These Terms
We may revise these terms by placing an updated version on this page. Your continued use after publication signifies acceptance of the revision.
10. Cutting Off Access
We may restrict or block access, without advance notice, when a user abuses the service or violates these terms.
11. Governing Law
Indiana law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law rules. References to public access are subject to the Indiana Access to Public Records Act, IC 5-14-3, including its exemptions, agency-response rules, and current electronic-access provisions.
12. Severability
If a court finds one provision unenforceable, all remaining provisions will continue in effect.
13. Questions
Send questions concerning these terms through the Contact page. Contact the Allen County or Indiana custodian directly for a question about an official record.