TERMS OF USE


  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 license 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. Information Accuracy. Although we update this Site periodically, you acknowledge that some of the information may not be current.

  3. Our Content Rights. Unless otherwise noted, all contents of this Site (“Contents”), including all copyrights, trademarks, trade dress and/or other intellectual property therein, are owned, controlled, or licensed by us or by third parties who have licensed their materials to us and are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement, and assembly) of all Contents on this Site is the exclusive property of our licensors and us and is also protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. We, and our licensors, expressly reserve all intellectual property rights in all text, programs, products, processes, technology, content and other materials, which appear on this Site. Access to this Site does not confer, and shall not be considered as conferring, upon anyone any license under any of our or any third party’s intellectual property rights.

  4. Privacy. Please review our Privacy & Security Policy, which also governs your use of our Site.

  5. No Warranties. This Site is provided to you on an “as is” basis without any warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. To the extent permissible under applicable law, we hereby disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the materials on our Site will be error-free, that defects will be corrected or that our Site or its servers are free of viruses or other harmful components. We do not warrant or make any representations regarding the use of the materials on our Site with respect to their accuracy or reliability. In addition, we make no representations, warranties, or guarantees that our Site will be secure, accessible continuously and without interruption.

  6. 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 accuracy or contents of any 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 third parties. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy and security policy of that site and use that site at your own risk.

  7. 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 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.

  8. 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).

  9. 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.

  10. Indemnity/Jurisdiction and Venue. 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. 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 3, 9, 10, 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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Effective Date: October 16, 2006