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Terms of Use

These terms apply when you use Shrewsbury Residents Directory. By using the service, you agree to them; do not use the service if you do not agree.

1. Nature of This Service

Shrewsbury Residents Directory is a privately run reference to public rolls, record indexes, and directory collections relevant to Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. It does not host government records and is not affiliated with a town office, Worcester Registry office, court, or any other custodian.


2. Permitted Use

Use this service only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, 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. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency

This site is not a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.). Nothing here, and nothing any linked search tool returns, is a consumer report, and none of it may be used to judge eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other FCRA-covered purpose.


4. External Resources

Government portals and outside services, including sponsored search providers, have their own conditions and policies. Their content, availability, charges, and data practices are not controlled by us.


5. No Warranty

The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We do not promise that information is accurate, complete, current, or that an external portal will operate or return a correct result.


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 can revise these terms by posting a new version here. Continued use after an 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

Massachusetts law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Requests for existing public records in the Shrewsbury workflow are separately governed by Massachusetts Public Records Law, including M.G.L. c.66, §10 and 950 CMR 32.00.


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.