| Public records, in general, are records that are made | | | | disclosed or because they were disclosed |
| accessible to the public without restrictions (for the | | | | voluntarily.Public records are usually kept by |
| most part). These records usually contain personal | | | | government agencies at all levels (i.e. county/local, |
| and private information that have been disclosed to | | | | state, and federal/national levels). And, because these |
| the public either because some government | | | | documents were disclosed for public access, all public |
| transactions or activities require that they be | | | | records are supposed to be free. |