1. Nature of the Service
Silver Spring People Search is an independently operated reference. It describes and links to public records, court indexes, directories, and lookup portals serving Silver Spring, Montgomery County, and Maryland. The service hosts no government records and has no affiliation with an agency, court, or records custodian.
2. Acceptable Use Rules
You may use the service 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. No Consumer Reports
Silver Spring People Search is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq. Neither site content nor results from a linked search tool are consumer reports. They may not be used to decide anyone's eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another purpose governed by the FCRA.
4. External Links
Government portals and outside services, including sponsored search tools, follow their own terms and policies. We do not control or accept responsibility for their content, availability, prices, or handling of data.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
The service is offered "as is" and "as available," with no express or implied warranty. We do not guarantee that information is accurate, complete, or current. Nor do we promise that a linked portal will remain available or produce correct results.
6. Limits on Our Liability
To the fullest extent the law permits, we are not responsible for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages connected with use of the site or a linked resource, including choices based on records found through them.
7. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold the site's operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, caused by misuse of the service or breach of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
Copyright protects the site's original writing, design, logo, and layout. You may link to pages and quote short passages with credit. Republishing whole pages or systematically copying site content is prohibited.
9. Changes to These Terms
We may revise these terms by placing a new version here. Continued use after a revision constitutes acceptance of it.
10. Cutting Off Access
We may block or limit access, without notice and at our discretion, when a user breaks these terms or abuses the service.
11. Governing Law
Maryland law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access described by the service is subject to the Maryland Public Information Act, Md. Code, General Provisions Title 4, along with record-specific laws and exemptions.
12. Severability
If a provision cannot be enforced, all remaining provisions continue in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contact page.