| Original documentation: https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2020/TGRSHP2020_TechDoc.pdf |
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| 1. Legal Disclaimer, Citation Information and Contact |
| 1.1 TIGER/Line Shapefile Legal Disclaimers |
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| No warranty, expressed or implied, is made with regard to the accuracy of the data in the TIGER/Line |
| Shapefiles, and no liability is assumed by the United States Government in general, or the Census |
| Bureau specifically, as to the positional or attribute accuracy of the data. The boundary information in the |
| TIGER/Line Shapefiles is for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only. Their depiction and |
| designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights |
| of ownership or entitlement and are not legal land descriptions. |
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| TIGER/Line® is a registered trademark of the Census Bureau. TIGER/Line cannot be used as or within |
| the proprietary product names of any commercial product including or otherwise relevant to Census |
| Bureau data and may only be used to refer to the nature of such a product. The Census Bureau requests |
| that any repackaging of the TIGER/Line Shapefile data, documentation, and other files accompanying it |
| for distribution include a conspicuously placed statement to this effect on the product's cover, the first |
| page of the website, or elsewhere of comparable visibility. Further, Census Bureau trademarks, when |
| used in reference to the nature of the product, should be accompanied by the ® (registered) symbol or ™ |
| symbol, where convenient. |
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| 1.2 Citation Information |
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| Copyright protection is not available for any work of the United States Government (Title 17 U.S.C., |
| Section 105). Thus, you are free to reproduce census materials as you see fit. We would ask, however, |
| that you cite the Census Bureau as the source. |
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| 1.3 Contact Information |
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| Members of the public can obtain the TIGER/Line Shapefiles free of charge through the Census Bureau’s |
| website and should direct questions about these files to the Spatial Data Collection and Products Branch, |
| Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau. If you obtain the TIGER/Line Shapefiles from a third party, we |
| recommend you contact that vendor for assistance. |
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| Spatial Data Collection and Products Branch |
| Geography Division, |
| U.S. Census Bureau |
| 4600 Silver Hill Road |
| Washington, DC 20233-7400 |
| Office: (301) 763-1128 |
| E-mail: geo.geography@census.gov |
