1. What This Reference Is
Ceres Residents Directory is a privately operated reference to public rolls, record indexes, and historical collections concerning Ceres, California. It does not host government records and is not affiliated with Ceres City Hall, Stanislaus County, any California agency, a court, or a library.
2. Lawful Use Rules
Use the reference and anything reached through it only for lawful purposes. You may not use it to:
- Stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or harm another person.
- Locate a person protected by a restraining or protective order.
- Commit identity theft, fraud, or another unlawful act.
- Make a decision regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, including credit, employment, tenant, or insurance decisions.
- Scrape, copy, or republish the reference at scale.
- Interfere with security, operation, or availability.
3. No Consumer Reporting Agency
Ceres Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. section 1681 and following. Nothing on these pages or in a linked tool is a consumer report, and it may not be used to evaluate eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-covered purpose.
4. External Links and Tools
Government portals, libraries, courts, archives, and sponsored search providers set their own terms and privacy rules. Ceres Residents Directory does not control their content, availability, pricing, or handling of submitted information.
5. No Warranties
The reference is provided “as is” and “as available.” No warranty is made that a statement is accurate, complete, or current, or that a linked portal will work, remain free, or return a correct result.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent allowed by law, the operators are not responsible for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or similar damages arising from use of the reference or a linked resource, including a decision made from a record found through it.
7. Indemnification
You agree to defend and hold the operators harmless from a claim or demand, including reasonable attorney fees, that results from misuse of the reference or violation of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
Original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Linking to a page and quoting a short excerpt with attribution are allowed. Republishing a full page or systematically copying the collection is not.
9. Changes to These Terms
The operators may revise these terms by posting a new version here. Continued use after the revision is posted means the updated terms are accepted.
10. Access Restrictions
Access may be blocked or limited for a person who violates these terms, abuses the reference, or threatens its operation. Restriction may occur without advance notice.
11. California Governing Law
California law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record references concern the California Public Records Act, Government Code sections 7920.000 and following, when that law applies to a request. California consumer-privacy references concern Civil Code sections 1798.100 and following, including the Consumer Privacy Act and Privacy Rights Act. Record-specific statutes and court-access rules can still control a particular source.
12. Severability
If a court finds one provision unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contact page.