North Dakota state laws stipulate that records showing public actions including court papers, arrest records, marriage certificates, traffic infractions and more are open and accessible to the general public, largely due to the North Dakota Open Records Statute. This data contain titles, dates, particulars on situations, sentences, procedures and much more, and are all assumed public unless otherwise stated. Both regulators and offenders may be held accountable for their actions as a result of these laws, that provide the citizenry with the tools they require to investigate problems separate from their governing administration.