Alabama state regulations dictate that records revealing public decisions like court papers, arrest records, marriage licenses, vehicular violations and more are open and available for the public, largely due to the Alabama Public Records Law of 1923. All pertinent facts about the multitude of happenings of police officers, local courts, and local government are contained in these records, and generally are deemed public unless formally redacted. These laws provide the people of America, and Lookout Mountain, the power to examine and understand their rights, the precedents that brought about those rights, and whenever those rights are infringed on, which in turn results in a more free and open society for everyone.