1. Nature of the Website
Columbus People Search is an independently run reference service. It describes and links to public records, court indexes, directories, and lookup portals used to identify or locate people in Columbus, Georgia. The service hosts no government records and has no affiliation with a government office, court, or custodian.
2. Rules for Using This Site
You must use the site and anything reached through it only in a lawful way. Prohibited conduct includes:
- 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
Columbus 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 supplied by a linked tool are consumer reports. They cannot be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-governed purpose.
4. Links to Outside Sites
Government portals and outside services, including sponsored search tools, operate under their own terms and policies. We do not control their content, uptime, prices, or treatment of submitted data.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
The service is offered "as is" and "as available," with no express or implied warranties. We do not promise that information will be accurate, complete, or current, or that any outside portal will remain available and produce correct results.
6. Limits on Our Liability
To the fullest extent the law permits, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages tied to use of the site or a linked resource. This includes harm arising from decisions based on located records.
7. Indemnification
You agree to defend and hold the site's operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, that result from misuse or a breach of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
Copyright protects the site's original writing, design, logo, and layout. You may link to pages or quote short attributed excerpts, but may not republish whole pages or copy the content systematically.
9. Changes to These Terms
A new version may be posted here at any time. Continued use after the posting constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.
10. Restricting Access
We may restrict or block a user, without advance notice, for violating these terms or abusing the service.
11. Governing Law
Georgia law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Official agency access discussed on Columbus People Search is generally subject to the Georgia Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. §§50-18-70 through 50-18-77, along with record-specific exemptions and confidentiality laws.
12. Severability
If one provision cannot be enforced, every remaining provision continues in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contact page.