Oregon state guidelines dictate that records showing public actions like court documents, police arrest records, marriage licenses, traffic violations and more are open and available to the populace, largely because of the Oregon Public Records Law. All significant information on the multitude of happenings of law enforcement, municipal courts, and local government are contained in these records, and are presumed public unless legally redacted. These laws and regulations offer the people of America, and Damascus, the power to research and realize their rights, the precedents that led to those rights, and when those rights are infringed upon, which in turn creates a more free and transparent society for all.