1. Nature of This Website
Merced County People Search is a privately operated reference. It describes and links to official records, court indexes, directories, and lookup portals associated with Merced County, California. The site neither hosts government records nor represents a government office, court, or custodian.
2. Acceptable Use Rules
Use of the site and information reached through it must remain lawful. You may not use either 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
Merced County People Search is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq. Neither our content nor results from a linked tool are consumer reports. They may not be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-regulated purpose.
4. External Services and Links
Government portals, sponsored search tools, and other outside services have separate terms and policies. We do not control their content, uptime, prices, or data handling.
5. Warranty Disclaimer
The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without express or implied warranties. We cannot promise that information is complete, correct, or current, or that an outside portal will remain available and return an accurate match.
6. Limits on Our Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from your use of this site or any linked resource, including decisions you make based on 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 out of your misuse of the site or your violation of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
The original text, design, logo, and layout of this site are protected by copyright. You may link to any page and quote brief excerpts with attribution. You may not republish full pages or systematically copy the site's content.
9. Revisions to These Terms
A new version may be posted here at any time. Continued use after publication means you accept the revised terms.
10. Restricting Access
We may block or limit a visitor who violates these terms or abuses the service, at our discretion and without advance notice.
11. Governing Law
California law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Government records linked from the site remain subject to the California Public Records Act, Gov. Code section 7920.000 et seq., or the separate laws and court rules applicable to that record.
12. Severability
If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest remains in full effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contact page.