Arkadelphia holds that records on traffic violations, court papers, marriage and divorce licenses, property and lien records, and more and open to the public owing to Arkansas’s 1967 Freedom of Information Act. This statute, itself in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act at the national level, gives Arkadelphia residents with specifics concerning cases of governmental intervention, such as the addresses and names of those involved, the events leading up an incidence, effects and sentences handed down, and more. Arkadelphias law enforcement and criminals are both held accountable thanks to the openness provided by this law, making Arkadelphia, and by extension the united states, a more free and open society.