1. What This Website Is
Santa Maria People Search is a privately operated reference site for public records, court indexes, directories, and lookup portals serving Santa Maria, California. It neither hosts government records nor represents a government office, court, or custodian.
2. Rules for Using This Site
Use is limited to lawful purposes. Neither this 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 (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 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. Links to Outside Sites
Links may lead to government portals, official custodians, or outside services, including sponsored search tools. Their own policies apply, and we do not control their content, availability, prices, or handling of data.
5. No Warranties
The site is offered "as is" and "as available," with no express or implied warranty. Information may be incomplete or out of date, and a linked portal may be unavailable or return an incorrect match.
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. Changes to These Terms
A new version may be posted here at any time. Continued use after publication means the revised terms have been 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
California law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. References to government access concern the California Public Records Act, Government Code §7920.000 et seq.; that law governs custodians and does not turn this private site into a public agency.
12. Severability
If one provision cannot be enforced, every remaining provision stays effective.
13. Questions
For questions about these terms, visit our Contact page.