Tennessee’s Open Records Act guarantees its residents the ability to seek out, obtain, and make use of records kept by government bodies, including arrest records, court case records, marriage and divorce certificates, and records of traffic infractions, and this privilege includes the residents of Bolivar. This legislation, itself in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act at the national level, provides Bolivar residents with particulars concerning instances of governmental intervention, including the addresses and names of those involved, the events leading up an occurrence, outcomes and sentences handed down, and much more. These laws and regulations offer the people of America, and Bolivar, the capability to research and comprehend their legal rights, the precedents that resulted in those rights, and whenever those rights are infringed on, which in turn results in a more free and open society for all.