Terms of Service

Effective date: [LAUNCH DATE] · Last updated: [LAUNCH DATE]

1. Agreement to these terms

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are an agreement between you and [LEGAL ENTITY NAME] ("DecCentral," "we," "us," "our") governing your use of this DecCentral application (the "Service"). By using the Service — including starting an intake or purchasing documents — you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

2. What DecCentral is — and is not

DecCentral is a legal technology service: software that prepares documents from the answers you provide to its intake questions.

DecCentral is not a law firm. We do not provide legal advice, opinions, or recommendations; no attorney reviews your answers or your documents; nothing in the Service is legal advice; and your use of the Service does not create an attorney-client relationship. The Service is not a substitute for the advice of a licensed attorney, and if you are unsure whether the documents fit your situation, you should consult one.

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old and able to form a binding contract to use the Service. By using it, you represent that both are true.

4. The service

The Service walks you through an intake, generates documents from your answers using automated software, and delivers those documents to you after payment. The documents are produced mechanically from what you enter: they are only as accurate and complete as your answers. We may update, improve, or discontinue features of the Service at any time.

5. Your responsibilities

• Accuracy. You are responsible for the truthfulness, accuracy, and completeness of everything you enter. The documents are generated from your answers without review.
• Review before use. You are responsible for reviewing your documents before signing, sending, or filing them, and for how you use them.
• Your matter is yours. Deadlines, filing requirements, service rules, and the legal effect of the documents in your jurisdiction are your responsibility.

6. Payment

Prices are shown before you purchase. Payments are processed by Stripe on Stripe-hosted pages; your card details go to Stripe, not to us. By purchasing, you authorize the charge shown at checkout. Applicable taxes, if any, are your responsibility.

7. All sales are final

Because your documents are generated and delivered upon payment, all sales are final and purchases are non-refundable. If a technical failure on our side prevents your documents from being generated or delivered after payment, contact us at contact@deccentral.com and we will correct the failure or refund that purchase — that is the sole exception.

8. Your information and our platform

• Your information is yours. You retain all rights to the information you enter. Our handling of it is governed by our Privacy Policy.
• Your documents are yours. You may use the documents generated for you for your own matter without restriction.
• The platform is ours. The Service — its software, workflows, question sets, templates, text, and design — belongs to DecCentral or its licensors. Purchasing documents does not give you any right to copy, resell, or reuse the platform or its templates beyond the documents generated for you.

9. Acceptable use

You agree not to: use the Service for any unlawful purpose; enter information you have no right to provide; interfere with or disrupt the Service; probe, scrape, or access it by automated means; or attempt to access another person's intake or any administrative function. We may suspend or refuse service to protect the Service or comply with law.

10. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE AND ALL DOCUMENTS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE DOCUMENTS ARE SUITABLE FOR YOUR SPECIFIC SITUATION, THAT THEY WILL ACHIEVE ANY PARTICULAR OUTCOME, OR THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN WARRANTY EXCLUSIONS, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

11. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DECCENTRAL'S TOTAL LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE PURCHASE GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, AND WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN LIABILITY LIMITATIONS, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

12. Indemnification

You will indemnify and hold DecCentral harmless from claims, damages, and reasonable costs arising from your violation of these Terms or your misuse of the Service or of documents generated for you.

13. Dispute resolution — binding arbitration and class waiver

Please read this section carefully — it affects your rights.

• Informal resolution first. Before filing any claim, you agree to contact us at contact@deccentral.com and give us 30 days to resolve the dispute informally.
• Binding arbitration. Any dispute arising out of or relating to the Service or these Terms that is not resolved informally will be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, rather than in court. The arbitration will be conducted remotely or, if an in-person hearing is required, in the county where you reside. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
• Small-claims carve-out. Either party may instead bring an individual claim in small-claims court if it qualifies there.
• Class-action waiver. Disputes will be resolved only on an individual basis. Neither you nor DecCentral may participate in a class action, class arbitration, or representative proceeding. If this waiver is found unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim — and only that claim — must proceed in court.
• Opt-out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by emailing contact@deccentral.com with the subject "Arbitration Opt-Out" within 30 days of first accepting these Terms. Opting out does not affect any other part of these Terms.

14. Governing law

These Terms, and any dispute arising from them or the Service, are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles, except that the Federal Arbitration Act governs §13.

15. Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms. For material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date and post a notice in the application at least 30 days before the change takes effect; continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance. Changes do not apply retroactively to purchases already completed.

16. General

If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the rest remain in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and DecCentral regarding the Service. You may not assign these Terms; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

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