Terms of service

1. What DeedShield is

DeedShield is a monitoring and alert service. We watch public county recorder systems for documents filed against the parcel(s) you ask us to monitor, and we notify you when one shows up.

2. Your account

• You need a valid email to sign in. We use magic links, no passwords.
• You’re responsible for what happens under your account.
• You may only add properties you have a legitimate interest in monitoring (your own, a family member’s home with their knowledge, or properties you manage on a paid Investor plan).
• One person per account. No shared logins.

3. Plans and billing

Free tier covers one property. Paid plans (Family, Investor) cover more properties and unlock features like SMS alerts and the evidence packet. Pro plans are quoted individually.

• Billing is monthly, in advance, via Stripe.
• You can cancel any time from the billing portal. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period.
• We don’t pro-rate refunds for partial months. If something goes wrong, email us — we’ll make it right.
• If a payment fails, we’ll downgrade you to the free tier (keeping your data) rather than locking you out.

4. What you can’t do

• Use DeedShield to monitor properties you don’t have a relationship with.
• Use DeedShield to harass, stalk, or otherwise interfere with another person.
• Resell, sublicense, or white-label the service without a written agreement.
• Reverse-engineer, scrape, or attempt to extract our county-data pipeline.
• Use the service to violate any law or third-party right.

5. Our service availability

We try hard to be reliable but we don’t guarantee uptime. County data feeds themselves are sometimes delayed, incomplete, or wrong — we surface what the county provides, when they provide it. If we miss a filing because the county didn’t publish it (or published it incorrectly), we’re sorry, but it’s not on us.

6. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent allowed by law, DeedShield’s total liability to you for any claim arising from the service is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim. We are not liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages.

7. Termination

You can stop using DeedShield any time. We can suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms, with notice when reasonable. On termination, you lose access to the dashboard; we keep your data for 90 days in case you come back, then delete it.

8. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. For material changes we’ll email you and give at least 30 days’ notice before the change takes effect. Continued use after that means you accept the new terms.

9. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Disputes are resolved in the state and federal courts of Delaware.

10. Contact

Questions about these terms: legal@deedshield.net.