Youth and Teen Library Card Application

I certify that the information on this card form is correct. I accept responsibility for those materials borrowed from the Westland Public Library. Responsibility for the choice of materials borrowed with the person(s) whose signature(s) appear below. As the co-signing parent of legal guardians, I accept responsibility for selecting materials and the materials checked out. I will also take responsibility for any fees and costs assessed if materials checked out are damaged or never returned to the Westland Public Library. I understand this responsibility is in force until the applicant turns 18 or becomes legally competent.

Under the Michigan Public Act of 188 of 1996, library records may be disclosed upon the consent of the person liable to pay for or return the materials identified in that library record. Where the applicant is 18 or otherwise legally competent, the library records under a card issued to that application can be released upon written consent of the parent or guardian who signed the Library Card Application. Under Section 3 of the Michigan Library Privacy Act, MCL 397.603, a library shall not release or disclose a library record or portion of a library record to a person without the written consent of the person liable for payment for, or return of, the materials identified in that library record. Only the parent or legal guardian who has certified, under the Statement of Responsibility of the Library Card Application, that they have accepted responsibility for the materials borrowed on a card may authorize the disclosure of the library records relating to that card.