South Dakota’s Open Meetings Law guarantees its people the ability to search for, obtain, and use records held by authorities, including arrest records, court records, marriage and divorce licenses, and records of traffic infractions, and this legal right also includes the residents of Colome. This law, itself based on the Freedom of Information Act at the country wide level, supplies Colome residents with specifics concerning cases of governmental involvement, such as the addresses and names of those involved, the events leading up an event, outcomes and sentences passed down, and more. This legislation, that was largely using the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, are in place to be certain U.S. Citizens and people of Colome have the ability to recognize their privileges, and hold authorities and criminals liable with regard to their actions, supporting a free and open society for all.