Tennessee’s Open Records Act ensures its citizens the ability to look for, obtain, and utilize records kept by authorities, which includes arrest records, court records, marriage and divorce certificates, and records of traffic transgressions, and this right includes the people of Lebanon. This statute, itself based on the Freedom of Information Act at the country wide level, provides Lebanon residents with information concerning instances of governmental involvement, including the names and addresses of those involved, the activities leading up an incidence, results and sentences passed down, and more. These laws give the people of America, and Lebanon, the capability to examine and realize their legal rights, the precedents that led to those rights, and when those rights are infringed upon, which in turn results in a more free and transparent society for all.