1. Nature of This Service
Franklin Residents Directory is a privately operated reference to public rolls, record indexes, and directory collections associated with Franklin, Massachusetts. It links to sources that may show a record relationship at a point in time. It does not host government records, and it is not connected with any office, court, or record custodian.
2. Acceptable Use Rules
Use this service only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, or information reached through it, to:
- Stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or harm a person
- Locate a person protected by a restraining or protective order
- Commit identity theft, fraud, or impersonation
- Make FCRA-regulated decisions about credit, employment, tenant screening, insurance, or housing
- Scrape, copy, or republish the service's content at scale
- Disrupt the service's operation or security
3. Consumer Reporting Status
This service is not a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Material here, and material returned through a linked tool, is not a consumer report and may not be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, tenant screening, or another FCRA-regulated purpose.
4. External Resources
Government portals, libraries, archives, and sponsored search providers have their own terms, availability, prices, and privacy practices. We do not control those resources and are not responsible for their content, operation, data practices, or results.
5. No Warranties
The service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind. We do not promise that the information is accurate, complete, current, or suitable for a particular use, or that an external portal will remain available or return an accurate result.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or other damages arising from use of this service or a linked resource, including decisions made from a record or search result.
7. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold the service operators harmless from claims, demands, and reasonable attorneys' fees arising from your misuse of the service or breach of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
The original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Links and short attributed quotations are permitted. Republishing full pages or systematically copying the service's content is not permitted.
9. Changes to Terms
We may revise these terms by posting a new version here. Use of the service after the revised version is posted constitutes acceptance of the changes.
10. Access Restrictions
We may limit or end access for a user who violates these terms or misuses the service. This action may be taken without prior notice where appropriate.
11. Massachusetts Law
These terms are governed by Massachusetts law, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public records held by municipal and executive custodians are subject to Massachusetts Public Records Law, Mass. Gen. Laws ch.66 §§6A, 7, 10, and 10A, and to the exemptions and record-specific restrictions that apply. That law does not replace court, vital-record, voter-confidentiality, RMV, adoption, or other specific access rules.
12. Severability
If a provision of these terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contact page.