Oregon state guidelines determine that records recording public activities for example court documents, arrest records, marriage licenses, traffic violations and more are open and offered to the general public, largely because of the Oregon Public Records Law. Unless officially redacted, these records are the ideal resource for locals to learn titles, times, specifications on incidences, sentences, and procedures and much more. These laws provide the people of America, and Wallowa Lake, the power to research and realize their legal rights, the precedents that led to those rights, and when those rights are infringed on, which in turn creates a more free and transparent society for all.