Montana’s Open Meetings Law ensures its locals the legal right to seek out, get, and use records held by authorities, which includes arrest records, court case records, marriage and divorce licenses, and records of traffic infractions, and this privilege includes the people of Sun River. This statute, itself in line with the Freedom of Information Act at the national level, supplies Sun River residents with details concerning instances of governmental involvement, such as the names and addresses of those involved, the situations leading up an incidence, effects and sentences passed down, and more. Both law enforcement and criminals can be held responsible because of their conduct as a result of these laws, which offer the citizenry with the resources they will need to look into problems independent of their governing administration.