1. The Website's Purpose
Petaluma People Search is a privately run reference resource. It identifies and links to public records, court indexes, directories, and official lookup portals relevant to Petaluma, Sonoma County, and California. The site does not host government records and has no affiliation with a government agency, court, or records custodian.
2. Acceptable Site Use
You may use the site 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 involving credit, employment, tenants, or insurance
- Scrape, copy, or republish the site's content at scale
- Interfere with the site's operation or security
3. No Consumer Reports
Petaluma People Search is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Neither site content nor results returned by a linked or embedded search tool constitute a consumer report. None of that information may be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another purpose governed by the FCRA.
4. Links to Outside Sites
Links may lead to government portals or outside services, including sponsored search tools. Each outside site sets its own terms and policies. Its content, availability, prices, and handling of data are outside our control.
5. Warranty Disclaimer
The site is offered "as is" and "as available" without any express or implied warranty. We do not promise that site information will be accurate, complete, or current. We also do not guarantee that a linked portal will remain available or provide correct results.
6. Limits on Our Liability
To the fullest extent the law permits, the site operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages resulting from use of this site or a linked resource. This limit includes harm arising from decisions based on records reached through the site.
7. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold the site operators harmless from claims or demands caused by your misuse of the site or breach of these terms, including reasonable attorneys' fees.
8. Intellectual Property
Copyright protects the site's original writing, design, logo, and layout. Links to any page and short attributed quotations are permitted. Full pages may not be republished, and site content may not be copied systematically.
9. Updates to These Terms
A revised version of these terms may be posted here at any time. If you keep using the site after a revision, you accept the updated terms.
10. Cutting Off Access
We may, at our discretion and without notice, block or limit access by anyone who abuses the site or violates these terms.
11. Governing Law
California law governs these terms without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Government records referenced for Petaluma and Sonoma County may be subject to the California Public Records Act, Government Code division 10, title 1, §§ 7920.000-7931.000, as well as record-specific access and confidentiality laws.
12. Severability
If a provision of these terms is held unenforceable, every remaining provision continues in full force.
13. Questions
Questions concerning these terms may be sent through the Contact page.