Alabama’s Public Records Law of 1923 guarantees its locals the legal right to seek out, get, and use records held by authorities, including arrest records, court records, marriage and divorce licenses, and records of traffic infractions, and this legal right includes the citizens of Eclectic. This statute, itself in line with the Freedom of Information Act at the federal level, supplies Eclectic people with specifics concerning instances of governmental involvement, such as the names and addresses of those involved, the situations leading up an event, results and sentences passed down, and much more. These laws give the people of America, and Eclectic, the ability to examine and comprehend their rights, the precedents that led to those rights, and whenever those rights are infringed on, which in turn creates a more free and open society for everyone.