Alabama state regulations stipulate that records documenting municipal actions for example court documents, police arrest records, marriage licenses, traffic infractions and more are open and accessible to the public, largely because of the Alabama Public Records Law of 1923. All relevant specifics on the multitude of happenings of law enforcement, city courts, and local government are found in these records, and generally are believed public unless legally redacted. These laws offer the people of America, and Belk, the power to research and understand their rights, the precedents that led to those rights, and whenever those rights are infringed upon, which in turn creates a more free and transparent society for everyone.