⊿ Point. {R} Glossary. ◢ Keyword: I. ◥ University. {q} PhD. {tr} Training. ⚫ UK. ↂ EndNote. ✊ Harvey (2009) Public records. Non-confidential information generally pertaining to the conduct of government Public records are documents or pieces of information that are not considered confidential and generally pertain to the conduct of government. Depending on jurisdiction, examples of public records includes information pertaining to births, deaths, marriages, and documented transaction with government agencies. Attitudes and expectations about what information should be made public have been studied.[1] History[edit] Since the earliest organised societies, with taxation, disputes, and so on, records of some sort have been needed.
In ancient Babylon records were kept in cuneiform writing on clay tablets. In the Inca empire of South America, which did not have writing, records were kept via an elaborate form of knots in cords, quipu, whose meaning has been lost. Public records[edit] Records of law court proceedingsMarriage recordsMug shot Access to public records[edit] Court records[edit] In the United States[edit]