Oklahoma state laws stipulate that records recording municipal decisions including court documents, arrest records, marriage certificates, vehicular infractions and more are open and available to the general public, largely because of the Oklahoma Open Records Act. This data contain titles, dates, information on situations, sentences, proceedings and a lot more, and are all presumed public unless otherwise stated. Residents of Rocky Ford have the ability to better understand their rights because of these laws, and the transparency provided by the release of these records keeps both criminals and authorities liable with regard to their actions, consequently resulting in a more open and free society for everybody.