diff --git a/docs/logs/extending-the-sdk/MyClassWithRedactionEnumerator.cs b/docs/logs/extending-the-sdk/MyClassWithRedactionEnumerator.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4e5f3107460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/logs/extending-the-sdk/MyClassWithRedactionEnumerator.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// <copyright file="MyClassWithRedactionEnumerator.cs" company="OpenTelemetry Authors">
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+// </copyright>
+
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+internal class MyClassWithRedactionEnumerator : IReadOnlyList<KeyValuePair<string, object>>
+{
+    private readonly IReadOnlyList<KeyValuePair<string, object>> state;
+
+    public MyClassWithRedactionEnumerator(IReadOnlyList<KeyValuePair<string, object>> state)
+    {
+        this.state = state;
+    }
+
+    public int Count => this.state.Count;
+
+    public KeyValuePair<string, object> this[int index] => this.state[index];
+
+    public IEnumerator<KeyValuePair<string, object>> GetEnumerator()
+    {
+        foreach (var entry in this.state)
+        {
+            var entryVal = entry.Value;
+            if (entryVal != null && entryVal.ToString() != null && entryVal.ToString().Contains("<secret>"))
+            {
+                yield return new KeyValuePair<string, object>(entry.Key, "newRedactedValueHere");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                yield return entry;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
+    {
+        return this.GetEnumerator();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/docs/logs/extending-the-sdk/MyRedactionProcessor.cs b/docs/logs/extending-the-sdk/MyRedactionProcessor.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2ad8371ae69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/logs/extending-the-sdk/MyRedactionProcessor.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// <copyright file="MyRedactionProcessor.cs" company="OpenTelemetry Authors">
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+// </copyright>
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using OpenTelemetry;
+using OpenTelemetry.Logs;
+
+internal class MyRedactionProcessor : BaseProcessor<LogRecord>
+{
+    public override void OnEnd(LogRecord logRecord)
+    {
+        if (logRecord.State is IReadOnlyList<KeyValuePair<string, object>> listOfKvp)
+        {
+            logRecord.State = new MyClassWithRedactionEnumerator(listOfKvp);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/docs/logs/extending-the-sdk/Program.cs b/docs/logs/extending-the-sdk/Program.cs
index 02bdf14bc4c..2ea9dad4953 100644
--- a/docs/logs/extending-the-sdk/Program.cs
+++ b/docs/logs/extending-the-sdk/Program.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ public static void Main()
             builder.AddOpenTelemetry(options =>
             {
                 options.IncludeScopes = true;
-                options.AddProcessor(new MyProcessor("ProcessorA"))
+                options.AddProcessor(new MyRedactionProcessor())
+                       .AddProcessor(new MyProcessor("ProcessorA"))
                        .AddProcessor(new MyProcessor("ProcessorB"))
                        .AddProcessor(new SimpleLogRecordExportProcessor(new MyExporter("ExporterX")))
                        .AddMyExporter();
@@ -64,6 +65,9 @@ public static void Main()
         {
             logger.LogError("{name} is broken.", "refrigerator");
         }
+
+        // message will be redacted by MyRedactionProcessor
+        logger.LogInformation("OpenTelemetry {sensitiveString}.", "<secret>");
     }
 
     internal struct Food
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/net462/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt b/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/net462/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
index e69de29bb2d..770b89a8996 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/net462/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/net462/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.FormattedMessage.set -> void
+OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.State.set -> void
+OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.StateValues.set -> void
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/netstandard2.0/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt b/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/netstandard2.0/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
index e69de29bb2d..770b89a8996 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/netstandard2.0/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/netstandard2.0/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.FormattedMessage.set -> void
+OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.State.set -> void
+OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord.StateValues.set -> void
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
index b19ef2e6bfc..2b3bd30138f 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+* Exposed public setters for `LogRecord.State`, `LogRecord.StateValues`,
+  and `LogRecord.FormattedMessage`.
+ ([#3217](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/3217))
+
 ## 1.3.0-beta.1
 
 Released 2022-Apr-15
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Logs/LogRecord.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Logs/LogRecord.cs
index a73d11c9cbd..1059ff09829 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Logs/LogRecord.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Logs/LogRecord.cs
@@ -81,21 +81,21 @@ internal LogRecord(
 
         public EventId EventId { get; }
 
-        public string FormattedMessage { get; }
+        public string FormattedMessage { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the raw state attached to the log. Set to <see
+        /// Gets or sets the raw state attached to the log. Set to <see
         /// langword="null"/> when <see
         /// cref="OpenTelemetryLoggerOptions.ParseStateValues"/> is enabled.
         /// </summary>
-        public object State { get; }
+        public object State { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the parsed state values attached to the log. Set when <see
+        /// Gets or sets the parsed state values attached to the log. Set when <see
         /// cref="OpenTelemetryLoggerOptions.ParseStateValues"/> is enabled
         /// otherwise <see langword="null"/>.
         /// </summary>
-        public IReadOnlyList<KeyValuePair<string, object>> StateValues { get; }
+        public IReadOnlyList<KeyValuePair<string, object>> StateValues { get; set; }
 
         public Exception Exception { get; }
 
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Logs/LogRecordTest.cs b/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Logs/LogRecordTest.cs
index 530edc97dc8..37dd5615106 100644
--- a/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Logs/LogRecordTest.cs
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Logs/LogRecordTest.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ namespace OpenTelemetry.Logs.Tests
 {
     public sealed class LogRecordTest
     {
+        private enum Field
+        {
+            FormattedMessage,
+            State,
+            StateValues,
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void CheckCategoryNameForLog()
         {
@@ -243,6 +250,122 @@ public void CheckStateForExceptionLogged()
             Assert.Equal(message, state.ToString());
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void CheckStateCanBeSet()
+        {
+            using var loggerFactory = InitializeLoggerFactory(out List<LogRecord> exportedItems, configure: null);
+            var logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<LogRecordTest>();
+
+            var message = $"This does not matter.";
+            logger.LogInformation(message);
+
+            var logRecord = exportedItems[0];
+            logRecord.State = "newState";
+
+            var expectedState = "newState";
+            Assert.Equal(expectedState, logRecord.State);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CheckStateValuesCanBeSet()
+        {
+            using var loggerFactory = InitializeLoggerFactory(out List<LogRecord> exportedItems, configure: options => options.ParseStateValues = true);
+            var logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<LogRecordTest>();
+
+            logger.Log(
+                LogLevel.Information,
+                0,
+                new List<KeyValuePair<string, object>> { new KeyValuePair<string, object>("Key1", "Value1") },
+                null,
+                (s, e) => "OpenTelemetry!");
+
+            var logRecord = exportedItems[0];
+            var expectedStateValues = new List<KeyValuePair<string, object>> { new KeyValuePair<string, object>("Key2", "Value2") };
+            logRecord.StateValues = expectedStateValues;
+
+            Assert.Equal(expectedStateValues, logRecord.StateValues);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CheckFormattedMessageCanBeSet()
+        {
+            using var loggerFactory = InitializeLoggerFactory(out List<LogRecord> exportedItems, configure: options => options.IncludeFormattedMessage = true);
+            var logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<LogRecordTest>();
+
+            logger.LogInformation("OpenTelemetry {Greeting} {Subject}!", "Hello", "World");
+            var logRecord = exportedItems[0];
+            var expectedFormattedMessage = "OpenTelemetry Good Night!";
+            logRecord.FormattedMessage = expectedFormattedMessage;
+
+            Assert.Equal(expectedFormattedMessage, logRecord.FormattedMessage);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CheckStateCanBeSetByProcessor()
+        {
+            var exportedItems = new List<LogRecord>();
+            var exporter = new InMemoryExporter<LogRecord>(exportedItems);
+            using var loggerFactory = LoggerFactory.Create(builder =>
+            {
+                builder.AddOpenTelemetry(options =>
+                {
+                    options.AddProcessor(new RedactionProcessor(Field.State));
+                    options.AddInMemoryExporter(exportedItems);
+                });
+            });
+
+            var logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<LogRecordTest>();
+            logger.LogInformation($"This does not matter.");
+
+            var state = exportedItems[0].State as IReadOnlyList<KeyValuePair<string, object>>;
+            Assert.Equal("newStateKey", state[0].Key.ToString());
+            Assert.Equal("newStateValue", state[0].Value.ToString());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CheckStateValuesCanBeSetByProcessor()
+        {
+            var exportedItems = new List<LogRecord>();
+            var exporter = new InMemoryExporter<LogRecord>(exportedItems);
+            using var loggerFactory = LoggerFactory.Create(builder =>
+            {
+                builder.AddOpenTelemetry(options =>
+                {
+                    options.AddProcessor(new RedactionProcessor(Field.StateValues));
+                    options.AddInMemoryExporter(exportedItems);
+                    options.ParseStateValues = true;
+                });
+            });
+
+            var logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<LogRecordTest>();
+            logger.LogInformation("This does not matter.");
+
+            var stateValue = exportedItems[0];
+            Assert.Equal(new KeyValuePair<string, object>("newStateValueKey", "newStateValueValue"), stateValue.StateValues[0]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CheckFormattedMessageCanBeSetByProcessor()
+        {
+            var exportedItems = new List<LogRecord>();
+            var exporter = new InMemoryExporter<LogRecord>(exportedItems);
+            using var loggerFactory = LoggerFactory.Create(builder =>
+            {
+                builder.AddOpenTelemetry(options =>
+                {
+                    options.AddProcessor(new RedactionProcessor(Field.FormattedMessage));
+                    options.AddInMemoryExporter(exportedItems);
+                    options.IncludeFormattedMessage = true;
+                });
+            });
+
+            var logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<LogRecordTest>();
+            logger.LogInformation("OpenTelemetry {Greeting} {Subject}!", "Hello", "World");
+
+            var item = exportedItems[0];
+            Assert.Equal("OpenTelemetry Good Night!", item.FormattedMessage);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void CheckTraceIdForLogWithinDroppedActivity()
         {
@@ -668,6 +791,32 @@ IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
             }
         }
 
+        private class RedactionProcessor : BaseProcessor<LogRecord>
+        {
+            private readonly Field fieldToUpdate;
+
+            public RedactionProcessor(Field fieldToUpdate)
+            {
+                this.fieldToUpdate = fieldToUpdate;
+            }
+
+            public override void OnEnd(LogRecord logRecord)
+            {
+                if (this.fieldToUpdate == Field.State)
+                {
+                    logRecord.State = new List<KeyValuePair<string, object>> { new KeyValuePair<string, object>("newStateKey", "newStateValue") };
+                }
+                else if (this.fieldToUpdate == Field.StateValues)
+                {
+                    logRecord.StateValues = new List<KeyValuePair<string, object>> { new KeyValuePair<string, object>("newStateValueKey", "newStateValueValue") };
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    logRecord.FormattedMessage = "OpenTelemetry Good Night!";
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         private class ListState : IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, object>>
         {
             private readonly List<KeyValuePair<string, object>> list;