1. Nature of This Website
Venice Residents Directory is a private guide to public indexes, official record sources, and historical directory collections for Venice, Florida. It neither hosts government records nor represents the City of Venice, Sarasota County, any court, or any custodian.
2. Rules for Using This Site
Use the site only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, or anything found 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. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
This site is not a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.). Nothing here, and nothing any linked search tool returns, is a consumer report, and none of it may be used to judge eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other FCRA-covered purpose.
4. External Services and Links
Separate policies govern government portals, sponsored tools, and other third-party services. Their content, operation, prices, and handling of data remain outside our control.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
The site is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. Accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and the continued operation or correctness of any linked portal are not guaranteed.
6. Limits on Our Liability
To the maximum extent the law allows, we are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from use of this site or any linked resource, including decisions made from 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 from your misuse of the site or violation of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
The original text, design, logo, and layout of this site are protected by copyright. Linking to any page and quoting brief excerpts with attribution is welcome; republishing full pages or systematically copying content is not.
9. Revisions to These Terms
A revised version may be posted here. Using the site after that posting signifies acceptance of the revision.
10. Cutting Off Access
We may block or restrict any user who violates these terms or abuses the site, at our discretion and without notice.
11. Florida Governing Law
Florida law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Official records discussed on the site are separately governed by Florida Public Records Law, including Fla. Const. art. I, §24 and Fla. Stat. ch. 119.
12. Severability
If one provision cannot be enforced, all remaining provisions continue in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.