Oregon state regulations determine that records documenting municipal decisions for example court documents, arrest records, marriage certificates, traffic infractions and more are open and offered to the general public, largely because of the Oregon Public Records Law. All significant information about the many happenings of law enforcement officials, local courts, and local government are found in these records, and are presumed public unless formally redacted. These laws provide the people of America, and Gearhart, the capability to study and understand their legal rights, the precedents that led to those rights, and whenever those rights are infringed on, which in turn results in a more free and transparent society for all.