1. Nature of the Service
Horry County Residents Directory is a privately operated reference to public rolls, record indexes, and historical-directory resources connected with Horry County, South Carolina. It does not host government records and is not affiliated with a government office, court, library, or records custodian.
2. Permitted and Prohibited Use
Use the service only for lawful purposes. You may not use the service or information found 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. No Consumer Reports
Horry County Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency as defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Nothing on this service, including a result from a linked tool, is a consumer report. It may not be used to determine eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other FCRA-covered purpose.
4. Third-Party Links
Government portals, library resources, and third-party services, including sponsored search tools, operate under their own terms and privacy practices. We do not control their content, availability, fees, or treatment of data.
5. No Warranties
The service is offered "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind. We do not guarantee that its information is accurate, complete, or current, or that a linked portal will remain available or return a correct result.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages resulting from use of this service or a linked resource, including a decision made from a record located through it.
7. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold the site operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, that arise from your misuse of the service or breach of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
The service’s original writing, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Links and brief attributed quotations are permitted; full-page republication or systematic copying is not.
9. Revisions to These Terms
We may revise these terms by posting an updated version here. Continued use following a revision is acceptance of the change.
10. Restricting Access
We may limit or block access, without notice and at our discretion, when a user violates these terms or misuses the service.
11. South Carolina Law
South Carolina law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access questions may also be governed by the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act, S.C. Code Ann. §§30-4-10 to -165, including its access and response provision at §30-4-30. A statute does not change an individual custodian’s record-specific restrictions, fees, or procedures.
12. Severability
If a provision of these terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.
13. Questions
Direct questions about these terms through the Contact page.