Terms of Service

1. What Curblee is, and isn’t

Curblee shows curb parking rules in Washington, DC, derived from public government data and field checks, and lets drivers share anonymous reports of parking enforcement. It is an aid, not an authority.

Posted signs always govern. Curblee’s data can be wrong, incomplete, or out of date. Signs change, temporary restrictions are posted on paper, and enforcement happens whether or not the app knows about it. You are responsible for reading the signs where you park and for every parking decision you make. Curblee does not guarantee that a space is legal, available, or safe, and does not guarantee you will receive any alert.

Curblee is not legal advice. Nothing in the app, including parking records, is advice about whether a ticket is valid or how to contest it.

2. Who can use the app

You must be at least 18 and able to form a binding contract. You must hold a valid driver’s license to use parking sessions and reports. One account per person.

3. Your account

You can use the map, curb rules, and search without an account. Parking sessions, saved curbs, reports, and photos require signing in with Apple or Google. You’re responsible for what happens under your account. We may suspend or close accounts that violate these terms, and you can delete yours at any time in the app or at curblee.com/delete-account.

4. Enforcement reports

Reports exist so drivers nearby can move their cars before they’re ticketed or towed. They are shared anonymously. You agree to:

• Report only what you actually see, where and when you see it.
• Not report while driving.
• Not use reports to harass, target, or interfere with any person, including enforcement officers.
• Not submit fake, duplicate, or automated reports.

Reports are rate-limited. Reports that other users flag or that fail plausibility checks are removed. Accounts with repeated bad reports are muted, then closed. Reports are not a promise that enforcement is or isn’t present.

5. Sign photos and other content you submit

When you submit a photo of a sign or a correction, you give Curblee a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to use it to verify and correct parking data, to show it (with plates and faces blurred) to other users, and to share it with the District of Columbia to improve public sign records. You keep ownership of your photos. Retention and deletion are in the Privacy Policy. Don’t submit photos of people, license plates, or private property beyond what’s needed to show the sign, and don’t submit anything you don’t have the right to share.

6. Parking records

The app can assemble a parking record from your session, your photos, and the public sign data on file, for your own use if you receive a ticket. The record is prepared by you, from public data and your own device’s records. Curblee is not a party to any dispute, gives no opinion on the validity of any ticket, and does not represent you. How the District handles disputes is up to the District.

7. Location and notifications

The app asks for location and notification permissions to work. You can change them in iOS Settings at any time; some features stop working without them. Alerts depend on your device, network, and permissions, and may be late or not arrive.

8. Acceptable use

Don’t reverse-engineer, scrape, or bulk-download Curblee data; don’t interfere with the service or other users; don’t use Curblee to break the law or to help anyone evade lawful enforcement; don’t resell access. The DC government data Curblee uses is separately available from official DC open-data sources under their own open licenses.

9. Intellectual property

Curblee’s app, website, software, design, text, and compiled data are owned by Curblee LLC or its licensors and protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. Curblee’s parking-guidance technology is patent pending. These terms give you a personal, non-transferable license to use the app on Apple devices you own or control; nothing else is granted.

10. Apple

The app is distributed through Apple’s App Store. Apple is not a party to these terms, has no obligation to provide support or maintenance, and is not responsible for any claim relating to the app. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and may enforce them against you. You represent that you are not in a country subject to a U.S. embargo and are not on any U.S. restricted-party list. You must comply with applicable third-party terms (for example, your wireless carrier’s) when using the app.

11. Website and waitlist

Joining the waitlist requires a valid email address and consents to occasional updates about Curblee; unsubscribe any time via the link in any email or at curblee.com/unsubscribe. Don’t submit fake or duplicate entries or use automated tools against the site.

12. Disclaimers

The app, website, and data are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, or non-infringement. We don’t warrant the service will be uninterrupted or error-free. Parking decisions and their consequences, including tickets, towing, and fines, are yours.

13. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Curblee LLC, its owner, and its contractors are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any ticket, tow, fine, loss of use, or lost profits, arising from your use of the app or website. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the greater of $50 or the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim (currently nothing; the app is free).

14. Indemnity

You’ll defend and hold Curblee harmless from claims arising from your reports, photos, or misuse of the service.

15. Changes and termination

We may change these terms; the current version is always at curblee.com/terms with its date, and material changes to the app terms will be noted in the app. We may modify or discontinue the service at any time. Sections 5, 9, 12, 13, 14, and 16 survive termination.

16. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Fairfax County, Virginia, and you consent to their jurisdiction. Before filing, you agree to email support@curblee.com and try to resolve the matter informally for 30 days.

17. Contact

App: support@curblee.com. Website and waitlist: hello@curblee.com. Curblee LLC, McLean, Virginia.