1. What This Website Is
Newport News Residents Directory is privately operated. It describes and links to public record routes, indexes, and historical directory collections connected with Newport News, Virginia. It does not host government records and is not affiliated with a government office, court, or records custodian.
2. Lawful Use Rules
Use the directory only for lawful purposes. You may not use the directory, or material 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 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. Consumer-Report Status
We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. No directory content or linked-tool result is a consumer report. It may not be used to assess eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-covered purpose.
4. Third-Party Resources
Government portals, sponsored tools, and other linked services operate under their own terms and privacy policies. We do not control their content, availability, prices, or information practices.
5. No Warranty
The directory is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any type. We do not promise that a page, link, or outside portal is accurate, complete, current, available, or capable of returning a correct result.
6. Liability Limits
To the greatest extent permitted by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages related to use of the directory or an external resource, including actions taken 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. Site Content
The directory's original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Linking to a page or quoting a short attributed excerpt is welcome. Republishing complete pages or systematically copying site content is not permitted.
9. Changes to These Terms
We may update these terms by posting a new version here. Continued use after a change means acceptance.
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
Virginia law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access in Newport News is also subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Va. Code §§2.2-3700 through 2.2-3715, including the request rule in §2.2-3704, plus record-specific exemptions and restrictions.
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.