1. Nature of the Service
Socastee Residents Directory is a privately operated reference to public-record sources serving Socastee, Horry County, and South Carolina. It does not host government files and has no affiliation with a government office, court, library, or records custodian.
2. Permitted Use
Use this service only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, or information 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. 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. Neither this reference nor information returned by a linked tool is a consumer report, and it may not be used to assess eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another purpose covered by the FCRA.
4. Links to Outside Sites
Government portals and outside services, including sponsored-result tools, have independent terms and policies. We do not control their content, availability, pricing, or data handling.
5. No Warranties
The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We do not promise that its information is complete, current, accurate, or that a linked portal will operate or return a correct result.
6. Limits on Our Liability
To the fullest extent allowed by law, we are not responsible for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special loss arising from this service, a linked resource, or a decision based on a record.
7. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold the service operators harmless from a claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from your misuse of the service or violation of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
Original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. You may link to pages and quote short excerpts with attribution, but may not republish full pages or systematically copy content.
9. Changes to These Terms
We may revise these terms by posting a new version. Continued use after a revision constitutes acceptance.
10. Cutting Off Access
We may restrict or block access, without notice, for violation of these terms or misuse of the service.
11. Governing Law
South Carolina law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access references on this service are subject to the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act, S.C. Code Ann. §30-4-10 et seq., and record-specific state and federal confidentiality law.
12. Severability
If a term is unenforceable, the remainder of these terms remains effective.
13. Questions
Send questions about these terms through the Contact page.