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Terms of Use

These terms apply whenever you visit or use Des Moines People Search. Your use of the site signifies that you accept them. If you do not accept every term, you must stop using the site.

1. Nature of This Website

Des Moines People Search is a privately run reference resource. It explains and links to public records, court indexes, directories, and lookup systems that may help identify or locate people connected with Des Moines, Washington. The site does not host government records and has no affiliation with the City of Des Moines, King County, Washington agencies, courts, or record custodians.


2. Acceptable Use Rules

You must use the site and information reached through it only in a lawful manner. Prohibited conduct includes any attempt 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. No Consumer Reports

Des Moines People Search is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq. Neither site content nor results delivered by a linked search tool constitute a consumer report. None may be used to decide a person's eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another purpose subject to the FCRA.


4. Third-Party Links

Government portals and outside services, including sponsored search tools, are linked for reference. Their own policies and terms control your use of them. We do not control or accept responsibility for their content, uptime, charges, results, or handling of data.


5. Warranty Disclaimer

The site is offered "as is" and "as available." We disclaim all express and implied warranties. We make no promise that site information is complete, accurate, or current, or that a linked Des Moines, King County, state, or private portal will remain available or produce a correct result.


6. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, the site's operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages connected with use of this site or a linked resource. This limit includes harm arising from a decision based on a record or search result.


7. Your Duty to Indemnify

You agree to indemnify and hold the site's operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, caused by your misuse of the service or breach of these terms.


8. Site Intellectual Property

Copyright protects the site's original writing, design, logo, and layout. You may link to a page or quote a short excerpt with attribution, but may not reproduce whole pages or copy site content systematically.


9. Revisions to the Terms

We may revise these terms by publishing the new version here. Using the site after a revision is posted constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.


10. Restricting Access

At our discretion and without advance notice, we may restrict or block a user who abuses the site or violates these terms.


11. Washington Governing Law

Washington law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Government access described by this reference site includes the Washington Public Records Act, chapter 42.56 RCW, but that statute governs state and local agencies rather than turning this private site into a government custodian. Court records and vital records may instead follow court-access rules or chapter 70.58A RCW.


12. Severability of Terms

If a provision cannot be enforced, all remaining provisions continue in full force.


13. Questions About These Terms

Send questions about these terms through the Contact page.