Please read the agreement below. It covers no guarantee of finding your animal, your responsibility for catching and securing your animal, fees, and how footage is used.
RangeVector Aerial Animal Search Agreement
This Agreement is between RangeVector Aerial, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (“RangeVector”), and the person signing below (“Owner”).
1. Services
RangeVector will provide aerial search support for Owner's missing animal using visible-light and thermal imaging from a drone, search-area planning, and relaying possible sightings to Owner or Owner's ground team. RangeVector provides aerial observation and information only. It does not provide animal capture, handling, veterinary care, or ground search crews.
2. No guarantee of results
RangeVector does not guarantee that the animal will be detected, located, identified, or recovered. Fees are owed for time flown whether or not the animal is found. Detection depends on temperature contrast, tree cover, terrain, buildings, distance, weather, and animal behavior. A drone's sound or presence may startle an animal and cause it to move or flee; RangeVector will use reasonable altitude and distance to limit this but cannot prevent it. Reported locations are approximate.
3. Owner's responsibilities
Owner, or a ground team Owner arranges, is solely responsible for approaching, capturing, handling, and recovering the animal, and for everyone's safety while doing so. Owner confirms that Owner has, or will obtain before launch, permission from each property owner for RangeVector to take off, land, and operate from the locations Owner provides. Owner will provide accurate information and tell RangeVector right away if the animal is found.
4. Flight operations
All flights follow FAA Part 107 and other applicable laws. The remote pilot may delay, limit, relocate, or end any flight for weather, airspace restrictions, battery limits, loss of permission, or any other safety reason. Response times are estimates.
5. Fees and payment
$250 per hour for the first 2 hours ($500 minimum) once the aircraft first launches; $125 per hour after that, billed in 30-minute increments. No charge if the Search is canceled before launch, including if the animal is found while RangeVector is on the way. Travel is included within 30 miles of ZIP code 80027; beyond that, $1.00 per mile round trip. Invoices are due within 15 days, payable by card through the secure Square link on the invoice, by Venmo, or by check to RangeVector Aerial, LLC; payment details appear on the invoice. Unpaid balances after 30 days accrue 1.5% per month plus reasonable collection costs. RangeVector may require the 2-hour minimum or a card on file before launch.
6. Footage
6.1 RangeVector will deliver the footage, still images, and available flight-track files to Owner by secure, password-protected download within 3 business days. Owner may use them for any personal purpose.
6.2 RangeVector may keep a copy on file to train pilots, improve its search methods, and teach search-and-rescue techniques.
6.3 RangeVector may use short clips or stills in its website, social media, and marketing only in a form that does not identify Owner or the property: no names, faces, house numbers, license plates, or exact addresses, and the location described no more specifically than the town or general area. RangeVector may name the type of animal and the outcome.
6.4 Owner may opt out of 6.2 and 6.3 by checking the opt-out box below or by emailing operations@rangevectoraerial.com at any time. RangeVector will then start no new use and delete its retained copy within 30 days, except footage already published.
7. Release, liability, and indemnity
To the fullest extent Colorado law allows, Owner releases RangeVector, its members, pilots, and team members from claims arising from the Search, including injury to or loss of the animal, the animal's reaction to the aircraft, and any recovery attempt, except claims of gross negligence or willful misconduct. RangeVector's total liability will not exceed the fees paid for the Search, and neither party is liable for indirect or consequential damages; this limit does not apply to bodily injury or property damage caused by the aircraft, which is covered by RangeVector's commercial drone liability insurance. Owner will hold RangeVector harmless from third-party claims arising from inaccurate statements about property permission or from the conduct of Owner or Owner's ground team.
8. General terms
Colorado law governs; disputes will be brought in Boulder County, Colorado. This is the complete agreement for the Search; changes must be in writing (email is sufficient). If any part is unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. Typing your full name and checking “I agree” is your legal electronic signature under the Colorado Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. A signed copy will be emailed to you.
