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Terms of Use

These terms apply whenever you use Santa Barbara People Search. Your use of the site signifies agreement with them. Please do not use the site if you do not accept these terms.

1. Nature of This Website

Santa Barbara People Search is a privately run reference resource. It describes and links to public records, court indexes, directories, and official lookup portals used to find or identify people in Santa Barbara, California. The site neither hosts government records nor has any affiliation with the Santa Barbara County Clerk-Recorder, Superior Court, Assessor, Elections Division, or another government office or custodian.


2. Rules for Using This Site

You agree to use the site and information reached through it only for lawful purposes. You must not use either 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 decisions regulated by the FCRA, including credit, employment, tenant, or insurance decisions
  • Scrape, copy, or republish the site's content at scale
  • Interfere with the site's operation or security

3. No Consumer Reports

Santa Barbara People Search is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq. Neither material on the site nor results supplied by a linked search tool constitute a consumer report. None may be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other purpose governed by the FCRA.


4. Links to Outside Sites

Links may lead to government portals or third-party services, including sponsored search tools. Each outside service sets its own terms and policies. We do not control or accept responsibility for its content, availability, prices, or handling of data.


5. No Warranties

The site is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied. No warranty is made that information is accurate, complete, or current, or that a linked portal will remain available and return correct results.


6. Limitation of 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 the site's operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, that result from your misuse of the site or breach of these terms.


8. Intellectual Property

Copyright protects the site's original text, design, logo, and layout. You may link to a page or quote a short excerpt with attribution. Republishing whole pages or systematically copying site content is prohibited.


9. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these terms by posting an updated version here. If you continue to use the site after a revision, you accept the new terms.


10. Restricting Site 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 record access concern the California Public Records Act, Gov. Code section 7920.000 et seq.; that law governs agencies and does not make this privately operated site a government office or records custodian.


12. Severability

If one provision of these terms is held unenforceable, every remaining provision continues in full force.


13. Questions

For questions about these terms, visit our Contact page.