1. Nature of the Service
New Bern Residents Directory is a privately operated reference to public-record routes, record indexes, and historical directory collections in New Bern, North Carolina. It does not host government records and has no affiliation with a government office, court, library, or custodian.
2. Acceptable Use
Use the service only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, or material reached through it, to:
- Stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or harm another person.
- Locate a person protected by a restraining or protective order.
- Commit fraud, identity theft, or another unlawful act.
- Make FCRA-regulated decisions about credit, employment, housing, insurance, or tenant screening.
- Scrape, copy, or republish the service at scale.
- Interfere with its operation, security, or availability.
3. Consumer Reporting Status
New Bern Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq. Nothing here, and nothing returned by a linked search tool, is a consumer report. It may not be used to assess eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-regulated purpose.
4. External Destinations
Government portals, libraries, archives, USPS, and sponsored search tools are independent services. Their availability, content, prices, terms, privacy practices, and results are outside our control.
5. No Warranties
The service is provided as is and as available. We make no warranty that information is accurate, complete, current, or suitable for a particular purpose, or that a linked portal will remain available or return a correct result.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent allowed by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or other damages arising from use of this service or a linked resource, including decisions based on a record result.
7. Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the operators from claims, demands, damages, losses, and reasonable attorneys' fees that arise from your misuse of the service or breach of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
The original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Links and brief attributed quotations are permitted. Republishing full pages or systematically copying the material is not permitted without authorization.
9. Changes to Terms
These terms may be revised by posting an updated version here. Continued use after a revision means you accept the revised terms.
10. Restricting Access
We may suspend, block, or restrict access when we reasonably believe a user has violated these terms, abused the service, or created a security risk. Notice is not required where law permits restriction.
11. North Carolina Law
These terms are governed by North Carolina law, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Government record requests are subject to the applicable custodian and statutes, including North Carolina Public Records Law, N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 132, and record-specific confidentiality rules.
12. Severability
If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain effective to the fullest extent permitted by law.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contact page. For a deed, court, voter, vital, or library record, contact the appropriate New Bern or Craven County custodian.