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Terms of Use

These terms apply whenever you use Athens People Search. Your use signals agreement. Please leave the site if you do not accept them.

1. What This Site Does

Athens People Search is a privately operated reference site. It describes and links to public records, court indexes, directories, and lookup portals used to locate or identify people in Athens, Georgia. The site does not host government records and has no affiliation with a government office, court, or records custodian.


2. Acceptable Use Rules

You must use this site only for lawful purposes. Neither the site nor information reached through it may be used to:

  • Stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or harm any person
  • Locate a person 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

Athens People Search is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §1681 et seq. Neither site content nor results from a linked search tool constitute a consumer report. None may be used to decide a person's eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-regulated purpose.


4. External Website Links

Links lead to government portals and third-party services, including sponsored search tools. Each outside site controls its own terms and policies. We are not responsible for its content, uptime, prices, or data practices.


5. Disclaimer of Warranties

The site is offered "as is" and "as available" with no express or implied warranty. We do not guarantee that its information is accurate, complete, or current, or that a linked portal will remain available or produce correct results.


6. Liability Limits

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from your use of this site or any linked resource, including decisions you make based on records found through it.


7. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold the site's operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, that arise from your misuse of the site or breach of these terms.


8. Intellectual Property

Copyright protects the site's original text, design, logo, and layout. You may link to a page or quote a short excerpt with attribution, but you may not republish full pages or copy site content systematically.


9. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these terms by publishing a new version here. Continued use after publication means that you accept the revised terms.


10. Cutting Off Access

We may block or restrict access to the site, at our discretion and without notice, to any user who violates these terms or abuses the site.


11. Governing Law

Georgia law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. References to access through government custodians are subject to the Georgia Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. §50-18-70 et seq., and any record-specific confidentiality law.


12. Severability

If one part of these terms is held unenforceable, every remaining part stays in effect.


13. Questions

For questions about these terms, visit our Contact page.