New Hampshire’s Right to Know Law ensures its inhabitants the right to look up, observe, and recover records held by municipalities across the state, including court documents, vehicular traffic offenses, marriage and divorce certificates, property and lien records, and more. This legislation, itself in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act at the national level, supplies Contoocook citizens with information concerning cases of governmental involvement, such as the names and addresses of those involved, the events leading up an occurrence, results and sentences handed down, and more. Due to these laws, residents of Contoocook can take advantage of transparency of their government, which then encourages a free and open society where the populace may hold both criminals and authorities alike liable for their actions.