Public records, in general, are records that are made accessible to the public without restrictions (for the most part). These records usually contain personal and private information that have been disclosed to the public either because some government transactions or activities require that they be disclosed or because they were disclosed voluntarily.

Public records are usually kept by government agencies at all levels (i.e. county/local, state, and federal/national levels). And, because these documents were disclosed for public access, all public records are supposed to be free. So if you need access to a public record, all you