Iowa state guidelines dictate that records showing municipal actions including court papers, police arrest records, marriage certificates, traffic violations and more are open and available for the populace, largely due to the The Iowa Open Records Law of 1967. All pertinent information on the multitude of happenings of law enforcement, municipal courts, and local government are incorporated into these records, and generally are assumed public unless formally redacted. Bradfords authorities and criminals both are held accountable because of the openness offered with this law, making Bradford, and by extension the united states, an even more free and open society.