South Carolina state laws dictate that records recording municipal actions including court documents, arrest records, marriage certificates, traffic transgressions and more are open and available for the public, largely as a result of the South Carolina’s Freedom of Information Act. This statute, itself in line with the Freedom of Information Act at the country wide level, gives Myrtle Beach citizens with particulars relating to instances of governmental involvement, such as the names and addresses of those involved, the situations leading up an occurrence, outcomes and sentences handed down, and more. Both authorities and offenders are able to be held responsible for their conduct because of these laws, that provide the citizenry with the resources they will need to analyze issues separate from their government.