1. Nature of the Service
Ilchester People Search is a private reference service describing and linking to Howard County and Maryland public records, court indexes, directories, and lookup portals. It stores no government records and has no affiliation with a government agency, court, or records custodian.
2. Acceptable Use Rules
Use of the site and any information reached through it must remain lawful. You must not:
- 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
This site is not a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq.). Nothing on this site, and nothing returned by any search tool available through it, is a consumer report. You may not use any of it to determine a person's eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other purpose that requires FCRA compliance.
4. External Services
Government portals, sponsored tools, and other linked services operate under their own terms and privacy rules. Their content, uptime, fees, and data practices are outside our control.
5. Warranty Disclaimer
The service is offered "as is" and "as available," with no express or implied warranties. Information may be incomplete or out of date, and no linked portal is guaranteed to remain available or return an accurate result.
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. Updates to These Terms
A new version may be posted here at any time. Continued use after publication means the revised terms are accepted.
10. Cutting Off Access
We may block or restrict access to the site, at our discretion and without notice, to any user who violates these terms or abuses the site.
11. Governing Law
Maryland law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access discussed by the service includes the Maryland Public Information Act, Md. Code, General Provisions Title 4.
12. Severability
If one provision cannot be enforced, every remaining provision continues in effect.
13. Questions
For questions about these terms, visit our Contact page.