Terms of service

Clerkfield lets you check U.S. businesses against official state business registries and search UCC filings, in the app or through the API. Coverage varies by state and is listed on the coverage page. Features marked "Coming soon" aren't part of the service yet.

The service is free while in beta. We'll email account holders at least 30 days before any paid plan or charge applies to them.

• Sign up with accurate information and a work email. You're responsible for activity under your account and API keys.
• Keep passwords and API keys secret. If one is exposed, revoke the key in the app and tell us at hello@clerkfield.com.
• You must be at least 18 and able to agree to these terms for your company.

Clerkfield provides information about businesses. It is not a consumer reporting agency, and its results are not consumer reports under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. You agree not to use Clerkfield, in whole or in part, as a factor in deciding an individual's eligibility for personal credit, insurance, employment, housing or any other purpose covered by the FCRA. The owner check only shows whether a name appears among the officers a state lists for a business.

You agree not to:

• use the service unlawfully, including to harass, stalk or discriminate against anyone;
• resell or redistribute results in bulk as a competing data product without our written permission;
• get around usage limits, share API keys outside your company, or try to reach other accounts;
• probe, overload or disrupt the service, or use it to attack state websites;
• present results as certified state documents.

Results come from official state records as each state publishes them, with the source and date. States can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and some don't publish every field for free; we mark those fields as not published. Clerkfield doesn't guarantee that a record is complete, current or correct, and a result is not a certified search. Confirm with the state before relying on a result for a significant decision.

You own the information you put in, such as the names you search, and you let us use it to run the service. How we handle personal information is in the privacy policy.

The software, website and the Clerkfield name are ours. Official state records belong to the public; our compilation, formatting and software do not. Don't copy the site or reverse-engineer the service except as the law allows.

We work to keep the service running but don't promise it will be uninterrupted. State websites go down or change; when a state can't be reached, the API returns an error instead of old data. We may change or end features, with reasonable notice of material changes.

The service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and accuracy, to the extent the law allows.

To the extent the law allows, Clerkfield isn't liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for lost profits or funding losses. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the greater of what you paid us in the 12 months before the claim or US$100.

You'll defend and indemnify Clerkfield against claims arising from your misuse of the service or breach of these terms, including any use covered by the FCRA in breach of section 4.

You can stop using the service and ask us to close your account at any time. We may suspend or close accounts that break these terms. Sections 4, 6, 8 and 10 to 14 continue after the agreement ends.

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Disputes go to the state or federal courts located in Delaware.

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