Alabama’s Public Records Law of 1923 ensures its residents the right to search for, get, and use records held by government bodies, including arrest records, court public records, marriage and divorce certificates, and records of traffic violations, and this privilege also includes the locals of Thomaston. This legislation, itself based on the Freedom of Information Act at the national level, gives Thomaston people with particulars associated with instances of governmental intervention, including the addresses and names of those involved, the activities leading up an event, outcomes and sentences handed down, and much more. These laws provide the people of America, and Thomaston, the power to examine and understand their legal rights, the precedents that resulted in those rights, and when those rights are infringed upon, which in turn creates a more free and transparent society for everyone.