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County of Los Angeles
Terms of Use
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Thank you for visiting our Electronic Permitting and Inspections - County of Los Angeles ("EPIC-LA")
website ("Website"). This Website is operated by the County of Los Angeles ("County", "we", "us",
"ourselves" or "our"). We ask that you carefully review these Terms of Use and all documents
referenced in or linked from these Terms of Use, (collectively, "Terms of Use") before using this
Website. These Terms of Use, together with the
Privacy & Security Policy and, to the extent applicable, the
Terms of Payment
, establish a binding agreement that governs your use of this
Website. By using this Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and if you do not
agree to these Terms of Use, you may not use this Website. You further agree that your agreement to
these Terms of Use, although signed by you electronically, has the same legal effect as if it had been
personally signed by you on paper.
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Unless otherwise noted, this Website, 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, "Content"), and the
compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement and/or assembly) are owned by us or by third
parties who have licensed such Content to us. Such Content is protected by U.S. and applicable
International intellectual property laws, including copyright laws. We, on behalf of ourselves and
licensors, expressly reserve all rights, including, without limitation, intellectual property rights, in this
Website and all Content and compilation of Content that may be from time to time available on this
Website. Access to this Website does not confer, and shall not be considered as conferring, upon
you or any other user of the Website any license to other rights to the Website, the Content or the
compilation of Content.
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Any notice or other type of information that is provided to you in connection with using this Website,
such as these Terms of Use, the
Privacy & Security Policy and the
Terms of Payment, amendments
to any of these documents, payment or purchase confirmations, and other information (collectively,
"Communication"), may be posted on this Website or, where applicable, may be sent to your email
address. We are not obligated to provide any Communication to you in paper form.
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We provide the Website 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. Without limiting the foregoing, we do not make any
representations or warranties that: (a) the information or other materials available on this Website will
be error-free; (b) defects on this Website will be corrected; (c) this Website or its servers are free of
viruses or other harmful components; and/or (d) this Website will be secure, accessible continuously
and without interruption. Further, we do not make any representations or warranties regarding the
use, accuracy, reliability, and/or completeness of the information or other materials available on this
Website.
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We may provide links from this Website to other websites as a convenience to our visitors. We have
no control over the content posted at those linked websites, all of which have separate terms of use,
privacy, and security policies. We make no representation about the use, accuracy, reliability, and/or
completeness of any information or other material available thereon. Links to third-party websites are
not intended to and do not imply affiliation with or sponsorship or endorsement of these websites or of
the third parties operating such websites. Once you leave this Website, you are subject to the Terms
of Use and Privacy & Security Policies of that website and use that website at your own risk.
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We have not reviewed all of the third-party websites linked to or framing this Website and are not
responsible for the content of any pages contained on such third-party websites. By entering this
Website, you acknowledge and agree that the County of Los Angeles has not reviewed all the third-
party websites linked to or framing this Website and is not responsible for the content of such third-
party websites. We do not make any representations or warranties as to the privacy or security of
any information (including, without limitation, credit/debit card, banking, 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 websites and their content.
Your visits to any other websites or to any other websites connected to this Website are at your own
risk.
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You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Website, including,
without limitation: (a) accessing data not intended for you or logging onto a server or an account
which you are 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 Website, "overloading," "flooding," "spamming," "mail-bombing" or
"crashing" the Website; or (d) sending unsolicited email, including promotions and/or advertising of
products and services. Violations of system or network security, including those listed above, may
result in civil or criminal liability. We will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and
cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting any 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 Website or any activity being conducted on this Website. You agree
further not 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 Website
other than the search engine and search agents available on this Website and other generally
available third-party web browsers (e.g., Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.).
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We do not accept any liability for any conduct, acts, or omissions occurring at this Website. Under no
circumstances will we be liable to you or any third-party for any direct, consequential, incidental or
special damages, including any lost profits or loss of data, even if there is a claim that we have been
notified about such damages.
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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 your breach or
violation of these Terms of Use.
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You agree that jurisdiction over and the venue of any legal proceeding directly or indirectly arising out
of or relating to the Terms of Use or the ownership, use, operation or maintenance of this Website,
shall be resolved exclusively in the appropriate state or, where subject matter jurisdiction is
appropriate, federal court in the County of Los Angeles, California. All such disputes shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.
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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 Website is conditioned upon your compliance with the most
current version of these Terms of Use. By continuing to use this Website, you consent to these
Terms of Use, which may be changed from time to time. You further agree that we may modify all or
any portion of this Website and/or any service available on this Website without notice or cause at
any time.
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We may terminate all or any portion of these Terms of Use and/or all or any portion of this Website
without prior notice or cause at any time. You agree not to use all the applicable portions of this
Website for any reason if at any time we terminate your access to all or any portion of this Website,
we terminate all or any portion of these Terms of Use, or you do not agree to all or any portion of
these Terms of Use. If at any time you do not agree to these Terms of Use, including the
Privacy & Security Policy
or to the extent applicable, the
Terms of Payment,
, you must immediately cease using
this Website. The provisions of Sections 4 and 10 through 14 herein shall survive any termination of
the agreement formed by these Terms of Use.
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These Terms of Use, the
Privacy & Security Policy
, and as applicable, the
Terms of Payment
, constitute the entire agreement between you and us relating to your access to and use of this
Website and supersede any prior or contemporaneous representations or agreements. These Terms
of Use shall govern our legal rights and obligations. Any rights not otherwise expressly granted by
these Terms of Use are reserved by us. These Terms of Use may not be modified, either expressly
or by implication, except as set forth in Section 12 above.
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Any express waiver or failure to exercise promptly any right under these Terms of Use will not create
a continuing waiver or any expectation of non-enforcement. Any waiver of these Terms of Use must
be in writing and signed by the party against whom enforcement of the waiver is sought. If any
provision of these Terms of Use is held invalid by any law or regulation of any government, or by any
court or arbitrator, the parties agree that such provision will be replaced with a new provision that
accomplishes the original business purpose, and the other provisions of these Terms of Use will
remain in full force and effect. You acknowledge and agree that there is no, and there will be no,
third- party beneficiary to these Terms of Use.
Last Updated: 2/15/2017
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