Treasurer and Tax Collector

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1. Your Agreement. Thank you for visiting the website ("Site") for the Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector ("we", "us" or "our"). We are located at the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, 225 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, California 90012. We ask that you carefully review our Terms of Use before using the Site. These Terms of Use establish a binding agreement that governs your use of this Site. By using our Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you may not use this Site.
   
   
2. Privacy and Security. Please review our Privacy & Security Policy, which also governs your use of our Site. The Privacy & Security Policy is incorporated into the body of these Terms of Use.
   
   
3. Our Content Rights. Unless otherwise noted, all contents of this Site, including, without limitation, all text, programs, products, processes, technology, information, content and other materials, together with all copyrights, trademarks, trade dress and/or other intellectual property therein (collectively, "Contents"), and the compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement, and assembly) are owned by us, or by third parties who have licensed such Contents to us. Such Contents are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. We, on behalf of ourselves and our licensors, expressly reserve all rights, including, without limitation, intellectual property rights, in this Site and all Contents and compilation of Contents from time to time available on this Website. Access to this Site does not confer, and shall not be considered as conferring, upon you or any other user of the Site any license or other rights to the Site, the Contents or the compilation of Contents.
   
   
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5. Links to Other Sites. We may provide links from our Site as a convenience to our visitors. We have no control over the content posted at those linked sites, all of which have separate terms of use and privacy policies. We make no representations about the use, accuracy, reliability, and/or completeness of any information or material available thereon. Links to the third party sites are not intended to, and do not imply affiliation with or sponsorship or endorsement of, these sites or the third parties operating these sites. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the terms of use and privacy and security policy of that site and use that site at your own risk.
   
   
6. Third Party Sites. We have not reviewed all the third party sites linked to or framing this Site and are not responsible for the contents of any pages contained on such third party sites. By entering this Site, you agree that we have not reviewed all the third party sites linked to or framing this Site and are not responsible for the content of any pages of such third party sites. We do not make any representations or warranties as to the security of any information (including, without limitation, credit card and other personal information) you may have or might be requested to give to any third party, and you hereby irrevocably waive any claim against us with respect to such third party sites and their content. Your linking to any other pages connected to other sites is at your own risk.
   
   
7. Limitations on Use. You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Site, including, without limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for such user or logging onto a server or an account which the user is not authorized to access; (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (c) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Site, overloading, "flooding", "spamming", "mailbombing" or "crashing"; or (d) sending unsolicited email, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. We will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations. You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this Site or any activity being conducted on this Site. You agree, further, not to use or attempt to use any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search this Site other than the search engine and search agents available on this Site and other than generally available third party web browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer).
   
   
8. Limitation on Liability. Neither the County of Los Angeles nor we accept any liability for any conduct, acts or omissions occurring at this Site. Under no circumstances will the County of Los Angeles or we be liable to you for any consequential, incidental or special damages, including any lost profits, even if you claim to have notified us about such damages, or for any claims by any third parties.
   
   
9. Indemnity. You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold us harmless, at your own expense, from and against any liability, fees (including attorney's fees) and/or costs arising out of or relating to any breach or violation of the Terms of Use by you.
   
   
10. Jurisdiction and Venue. You agree that jurisdiction over and venue in any legal proceeding directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to the Terms of Use or the ownership, operation or maintenance of this Site shall be resolved exclusively in the appropriate state or, where subject matter jurisdiction is proper, federal court in Los Angeles County, California. All such disputes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.
    
    
11. Amendments. You agree that we may modify or add to these Terms of Use at our sole discretion, without notice to you, and that your right to access this Site is conditioned upon your compliance with the most current version of these Terms of Use.
    
    
12. Entire Agreement. These Terms of Use, the Privacy & Security Policy, and any other terms and conditions posted by us on this Site constitute the entire agreement between you and us ("Agreement") relating to your access to and use of this Site and supersede any prior or contemporaneous representations or agreements. The Agreement shall govern our respective legal rights and obligations. Any rights not otherwise expressly granted by the Agreement are reserved by us. These Terms of Use may not be modified, either expressly or by implication, except as set forth in Section 11 above.
    
    
13. Termination. We may terminate the agreement formed by these Terms of Use without notice or cause at any time. You agree not to access or use this Site for any reason if at any time we terminate your access to this Site, we terminate this agreement, or you do not agree to these Terms of Use. The provisions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 14 shall survive any termination of the agreement formed by these Terms of Use.
    
    
14. Invalidity. If any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed invalid or for some reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and shall not in any way affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of these Terms of Use not deemed invalid or unenforceable

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