By accessing, logging in to, or otherwise using this website or any application, other website, or network that links to this Agreement (collectively and individually, this “site”), including any content, material, functionality, or services offered on or through this site, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms “you” and “your” refer to the individual user of this site or, if the user is using this site on behalf of an entity, the terms “you” and “your” include the user and that entity. If you disagree with any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement, do not use this site. We reserve the right to change this Agreement at any time, so please check for changes to this Agreement each time you use this site. Your continued use of this site following the posting of changes to this Agreement means that you accept those changes.
Licenses and Restrictions
This site, which is intended to support the mission and values of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (“Church”), is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Utah corporation sole, with its principal offices in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. (“we”, “us”, or a similar term). All materials found at this site (including all content, images, videos, audio, text, icons, displays, databases, media, products, processes, and information) are owned or licensed by us.
Unless your actions would violate any part of this Agreement, or unless we otherwise indicate, you may view, download and print materials from this site, but only for your own personal, noncommercial use (including such use in connection with your Church calling). Additionally, we may provide tools that enable you to share materials from this site to another website (such as a “share” button). Accordingly, you may share such materials by using the tools we provide on this site for that purpose, you may not otherwise share or post materials from this site to another website or to a computer network without our permission.
In addition, materials from this site may be reproduced by media personnel for use in traditional public news forums unless otherwise indicated. Any other use of information or materials found at this site, including any use by organizations or legal entities, is not permitted without our prior written permission. (See “Permission to Use Copyrights and Trademarks” below.) Thus, you may only use this site and the materials available through this site as expressly allowed by this Agreement.
We reserve the right (for any reason) to deny, revoke, and limit your (or anyone else’s) use of this site, including the reproduction and any other use of any materials available through this site. It is not our responsibility, however, to determine what “fair use” means for users wishing to use materials from this site. That remains wholly a responsibility of such individual users of this site. Furthermore, we are not required to give additional source citations, or to guarantee that the materials of this site are cleared for any alternate use. Such responsibility also ultimately remains with individual users of this site. However, we maintain the right to prevent infringement of our materials and to interpret “fair use” as we understand the law.
You acknowledge and agree that no right, title, or interest in and to this site, any linked website, or any materials on this site or any linked website is transferred to you and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by us.
Permission to Use Copyrights and Trademarks
To request permission for use of Church copyrighted materials or trademarks, please follow this link: Request Permission.
Note: The approximate time frame for receiving a reply is 45 days. Requests involving a considerable quantity of materials may take longer.
Other Requests
Other types of requests may be submitted to one of these websites:
- FamilySearch: Questions or requests relating to FamilySearch can be managed through the Contact Us page or the FamilySearch Help Center.
- Church History Library: Questions relating to materials available from the Church History Library should go through the Church History Library Catalog.
- Church Account: Questions relating to your Church Account and password can be answered at Church Account.
Code of Conduct
You agree that you will not individually, or as part of any collective effort, do any of the following:
- use this site or any information or other materials found at this site (including any name or address) to sell or promote products or services, to solicit clients, or for any other commercial purpose;
- delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notice on any materials from this site;
- use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, process, or means to access this site for any purpose, including for monitoring or copying any of the materials on this site;
- use any manual process to monitor or copy any materials on this site, or for any other purpose not expressly authorized in this Agreement, without our prior written permission;
- use any materials on this site for machine learning or training of artificial intelligence systems, without first receiving our written permission;
- attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any part of this site, a server on which this site is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to this site or any linked website;
- attack this site by a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack;
- introduce to this site any virus, trojan horse, work, logic bomb, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful;
- do anything that might disrupt the flow of data to or from this site, impact the service or performance of this site, or otherwise circumvent any of the controls or usage rules that we have implemented;
- use this site or any materials found on this site to violate any applicable law or regulation (including any law regarding the export of data to and from the U.S.A. or any other country);
- exploit, harm, or harass any other user of this site;
- submit or post materials to this site that could be deemed harmful or offensive to other users;
- use this site or any materials found on this site for any purpose that is derogatory, defamatory, disparaging, or otherwise potentially harmful to Church entities, Church leaders, Church members, or anyone else;
- use information or materials from this site to transmit, or send bulk electronic messages, including chain letters, spam, or other solicitations, without our prior written permission;
- impersonate another user, Church personnel, or anyone else to hide your identity or to implicate anyone else in your actions; or
- engage in any activity that could restrict or inhibit anyone’s use or enjoyment of this site, or which, as determined by us, may expose to liability or cause harm to us, our affiliates, this site’s users, or anyone else.
You understand that the result of harmful or offensive actions (and of any breach of this Agreement) immediately terminates your right to use this site and its materials, and may include legal action against you. Upon termination of your right to use this site, you must (at our option) return or destroy any copies of materials from this site that you have made.
Contributed Content
This site may contain message boards, chat functions, personal profiles, forums, bulletin boards, or other interactive features (“Interactive Services”) that allow users to upload, contribute, post, share, store, publish, display, transmit, or otherwise submit (“submit”) content or other materials, such as biographical information, photographs, videos, articles, annotations, notes, or other materials of any kind (collectively and individually, “Contributed Content”) on or through this site. By submitting Contributed Content to this site, you grant us with a fully-paid-up, royalty-free, worldwide, irrevocable, sublicensable, and perpetual license to reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, publicly perform, publicly display, transmit, translate, adapt, arrange, recite, communicate to the public, broadcast, use as a basis for an audiovisual work, and otherwise use (and allow others to use) such Contributed Content in any language, quantity, manner, format, and by any means now known or later developed: (1) as reasonably necessary to provide for any of the functionality of this site; (2) in accordance with our Privacy Notice; (3) in accordance with any applicable submission agreement; (4) in an aggregated and deidentified manner for research, study, and discussion purposes; (5) for administrative, ecclesiastical, and organizational purposes; and (6) in accordance with any additional permission you grant to us, or restrictions set, through this site or your Church Account.
If you submit any Contributed Content to this Site, then to the fullest extent allowed by applicable law, and with respect to us and anyone who receives rights in such Contributed Content from us, you waive and agree not to assert, forever and throughout the world, any and all so called “moral rights” now or later recognized with respect to such Contributed Content and each and every part thereof and for all now known or later existing uses, media, and forms, including all of your rights under Section 106A of the U.S. Copyright Act (entitled “Rights of Certain Authors to Attribution and Integrity").
You also agree not to submit any Contributed Content that is offensive, lewd, objectionable, vulgar, pornographic, illegal, infringing, or otherwise contrary to any Church teachings. We reserve the right (but we are not obligated to) remove any Contributed Content that we determine (for any reason) violates this Agreement. You also agree that all your Contributed Content, which we may treat as part of the materials of this site, will comply with the Code of Conduct and other terms of this Agreement.
By submitting Contributed Content, you represent and warrant that:
- you own or control all rights in and to such Contributed Content, and you have the right to grant to us the license and waiver set forth above;
- all of your Contributed Content complies with the terms of this Agreement; and
- you are fully responsible for your Contributed Content, including for its legality, reliability, accuracy, and appropriateness.
We are not responsible or liable to you or to any third party for the content or accuracy of any Contributed Content submitted by you or any other user of this site. Additionally, we are not obligated to treat Contributed Content as being confidential or proprietary.
Linking
For your convenience, this site may contain links to websites operated by others. Such third-party websites are notmaintained or controlled by us, and we are not responsible for their content. Although we have made a good-faith effort to link only to tasteful and appropriate websites, some may contain inappropriate or objectionable material. If you find such material while using a website that you accessed through a link on this site, please notify us immediately.
We do not control, endorse, or adopt any third-party content, and we have no responsibility for the same, including for any material that may be misleading, incomplete, erroneous, offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable. You must evaluate and bear all risks associated with third-party content.
We believe that those who make information available on the internet expect that it will be publicly and widely available. Therefore, we believe that linking to other websites is legally permissible and consistent with the expectations of those who use the internet. However, if access to a particular website should be restricted, the operator of such website should promptly notify us.
Jurisdiction; Applicable Law; and Interpretation
This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Utah, U.S.A., as applied to agreements entered into and to be performed entirely within the state, without giving effect to any conflict-of-law principles. Any action you bring to enforce this Agreement, or any matter related to this site, must be brought in either the state or federal courts located in Salt Lake County, Utah, which will have exclusive jurisdiction over any such action. You consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action. If any part of this Agreement is unlawful, void, or unenforceable, in whole or in part, the remaining provisions will not be affected. The terms “include” and “including” are used in this Agreement to mean “including, without limitation”.
Privacy and Access
To access this site or some of the resources or materials it offers, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of this site that all the information you provide on this site is correct, current, and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with this site or otherwise, including through the use of any Interactive Services, is governed by our Privacy Notice, and you consent to actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Notice.
If you choose or are provided with a username, password, or any other information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as being confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide anyone else with access to this site or portions of it using your username, password, or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your username or password to access this site or of any other breach of security.
We have the right to disable any user account, username, password, or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time, and for any or no reason, including if we determine that you have violated any part of this Agreement.
Limitations of Liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, RESULTING FROM OR ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF, OR YOUR INABILITY TO USE, THIS SITE OR THE MATERIALS OF THIS SITE OR ANY LINKED WEBSITE, INCLUDING LOST WAGES, PROPERTY DAMAGE, LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, AND LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM. IN NO EVENT WILL OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THIS SITE. THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Disclaimers
THIS SITE AND THE MATERIALS AT THIS SITE AND ANY LINKED WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED (EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES YOU GAVE ABOVE FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTED CONTENT). TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF TITLE AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS OF THIS SITE OR ANY LINKED WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE, ANY LINKED WEBSITE, OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE THEM AVAILABLE ARE FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Trademarks
The following is a non-exhaustive list of Church trademarks and service marks:
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Church Symbol (Christus under an arch)
Liahona
Book of Mormon
Mormon
LDS
CTR
FamilySearch
These marks are identifiers that belong to us or Intellectual Reserve, Inc., and they may be registered in the U.S.A. and other countries or jurisdictions. For additional information regarding Church trademarks and service marks and their proper use, please see Guidelines for Third Party Use and Licensing of Church Trademarks and Copyrights
Infringement
We take claims of copyright and other intellectual property infringement seriously. It is our policy to disable or terminate the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe or are repeatedly claimed to infringe the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of others.
For additional information, or to submit a content removal request pertaining to unauthorized use of your copyrighted works or other intellectual property by another user of this site, please visit our Removal Request Page.
Questions
For further assistance or information regarding Church trademarks and copyrighted materials, you may contact our Intellectual Property Office at:
Phone: 1-801-240-3959 or 1-800-453-3860, ext. 2-3959
Fax: 1-801-240-1187
E-mail: cor-intellectualproperty@ChurchofJesusChrist.org
Address: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Attn: Intellectual Property Office
50 East North Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah 84150-0005
Updated 2024-03-01
