Alabama state guidelines dictate that records recording municipal actions such as court documents, police arrest records, marriage certificates, traffic transgressions and more are open and available to the public, largely due to the Alabama Public Records Law of 1923. This statute, itself based on the Freedom of Information Act at the country wide level, offers Lester people with particulars associated with instances of governmental involvement, such as the addresses and names of those involved, the situations leading up an incidence, results and sentences handed down, and more. Lester is devoted to promoting a free and open culture, and embraces these laws, presenting its residents the tools they require to keep both authorities and criminals equally culpable for their actions.