1. Nature of the Service
Hastings Residents Directory is privately operated. It points to public rolls, indexes, and directory collections relevant to Hastings, Minnesota. It does not host a government record collection and is unaffiliated with an office, court, archive, or custodian.
2. Permitted Use
Use this service only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, or information 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 Reporting Notice
This service is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq. Neither its material nor a linked tool's result is a consumer report. Do not use either to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other FCRA-regulated purpose.
4. Outside Resources
Government portals and other services, including sponsored search tools, operate under their own terms and privacy policies. We do not control their content, availability, prices, or data practices.
5. No Warranties
The site is provided "as is" and "as available," with no warranties of any kind. We do not warrant that anything on the site is accurate, complete, or current, or that any linked portal will work or return correct results.
6. Limits on Our Liability
To the maximum extent the law allows, we are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from use of this site or any linked resource, including decisions made 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. Intellectual Property
The original text, design, logo, and layout of this site are protected by copyright. Linking to any page and quoting brief excerpts with attribution is welcome; republishing full pages or systematically copying content is not.
9. Term Updates
We may revise these terms by posting a replacement here. Continued use following the update 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
Minnesota law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minn. Stat. Chapter 13, controls access to many public government records, while a record's own custodian and classification determine whether it is available.
12. Severability
If any part of these terms proves unenforceable, the rest stays in force.
13. Questions
Send questions about these terms through the Contact page.