Most states within the union maintain records on documents, vehicular traffic offenses, marriage and divorce licenses, property and lien records, and more, and due to the North Carolina Public Records Law of 1935, this data are available to the population. All pertinent specifics on the various happenings of authorities, local courts, and local government are found in these records, and are deemed public unless formally redacted. East Flat Rocks law enforcement and criminals both are held accountable because of the openness given with this law, making East Flat Rock, and by extension the united states, a more free and open culture.