Terms & Conditions

Effective September 23, 2026

These Terms govern your use of IGCGrades.com (the “Site”), the IGC certification registry, and any IGC grading information displayed here. “IGC” refers to Integrity Grading Company, the grading brand operated by its owner. Please read the IGC Disclosure and Privacy Policy as well.

1. Use of the Site

You may use the Site for lawful personal and commercial research. Do not attempt to disrupt its operation, probe its security, scrape it in a way that impairs service, submit false certification information, or use its content to misrepresent a card, grade, or slab. We may limit access to protect the Site and registry. The Site does not currently accept public grading submissions or process purchases directly. If you buy a card through eBay, Facebook, or another platform, that platform’s applicable rules and the specific listing and transaction terms also govern the sale. Nothing here removes rights that cannot lawfully be waived.

2. Grades and authentication

An IGC grade is IGC’s opinion of a card’s physical condition at the time of evaluation under IGC’s criteria. Grading involves judgment; other evaluators may disagree. Certification is not an independent appraisal, an investment recommendation, a guarantee of current or future market value, or a promise of a particular price, marketplace acceptance, or grade from another company. Unless expressly stated for a specific card, IGC’s review is not a forensic authentication of every possible alteration, restoration, signature, provenance claim, or counterfeit technique. IGC does not guarantee that every defect or alteration can be detected. Specific written representations in a listing or agreement still apply to that transaction.

3. Affiliated-seller relationship

Cards bearing IGC certification may be owned, evaluated, encapsulated, marketed, and sold by the same person or affiliated seller, including Clubhouse Cardboard. IGC certification should not be understood as an independent third-party appraisal of market value. Please consider this relationship when evaluating any card offered for sale.

4. Registry and number lookup

Published registry entries are informational records associated with printed certification numbers. Search results may be incomplete, delayed, corrected, or unavailable. A matching number, an image, a QR code, or a link alone does not prove that a physical slab is genuine or untampered, that its card matches the published record, or that the person offering it owns it. Compare the card and holder carefully and contact the seller with questions before buying. An absent result does not, by itself, establish that a card is counterfeit; some records may not yet be published.

IGC may investigate discrepancies and correct, annotate, unpublish, or retire a record when warranted by error, tampering, loss, replacement, suspected fraud, or new information. A retired or corrected record must not be used to represent an earlier state as current. Do not reuse a certification number or reproduce a label to suggest that a different card has IGC certification.

5. QR codes

QR lookup is planned for newly encapsulated cards. Artwork displayed as a future label concept on this Site is illustrative and its QR image is not a live card verification. If QR-enabled labels are introduced, scanning will only take you to information associated with a number; it will not replace inspection of the physical card and holder. Be cautious of substituted codes and links that do not lead to IGCGrades.com.

6. Site information and third-party services

We aim to keep information accurate but may correct mistakes and update the Site without notice. Images, descriptions, and grading explanations are provided for reference. Third-party marketplaces, hosting providers, and linked websites control their own services and policies. IGC does not claim affiliation with or endorsement by PSA, Beckett, SGC, CGC, eBay, Facebook, or another grading company or marketplace unless expressly stated.

7. Intellectual property and misuse

IGC’s original brand name, logos, label design, site text, and original photographs are protected by applicable rights. Underlying cards, player names, team marks, and third-party art remain the property of their respective rights holders. You may link to public registry results for accurate reference. You may not copy an IGC label, alter a certification image, make a counterfeit slab, use IGC marks to imply an unauthorized endorsement, or present altered records as authentic.

8. Limits of liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, IGC is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, including lost profits or lost resale opportunities, arising from use of the Site or registry. To the extent permitted by applicable law, IGC’s total liability for a Site or registry claim is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid directly to IGC for the transaction at issue or (b) $100. These limits do not apply where prohibited by law and do not limit liability that cannot legally be excluded, including for fraud or willful misconduct. A transaction-specific written agreement or mandatory marketplace rule may provide different rights.

9. Governing law and venue

These Terms and any dispute arising from or relating to IGC certification, the IGC Registry, or use of this Site shall be governed by the laws of the State of Oklahoma, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. To the extent permitted by applicable law, any judicial proceeding shall be brought exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction located in the State of Oklahoma, and the parties consent to personal jurisdiction and venue in those courts. This provision does not override rights or protections that applicable law does not permit parties to waive.

10. Changes and contact

We may revise these Terms. The effective date above identifies this version. Continued use after a change is posted is subject to the revised Terms to the extent permitted by law. For a question about a specific transaction, contact the seller through the platform on which the transaction occurred. For other IGC inquiries, use the contact information published in the applicable IGC listing or correspondence.