Is Recording Conversations Legal In Your State?

Laws fall into one-party consent and two-party/all-party consent categories. Federal law requires one-party consent.

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Recording Conversations Legality Map

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Recording Conversations Legal Status by State

State ↕	Status ↕	Key Details	More Info
Alabama	LEGAL	Alabama is a one-party consent state under Ala. Code § 13A-11-30. It is legal to record conversations if at least one pa...	View Details →
Alaska	LEGAL	Alaska is a one-party consent state under Alaska Stat. § 42.20.310. Recording is legal if one party consents to the reco...	View Details →
Arizona	LEGAL	Arizona is a one-party consent state under Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 13-3005. Recording conversations is legal if one party con...	View Details →
Arkansas	LEGAL	Arkansas is a one-party consent state under Ark. Code Ann. § 5-60-120. Recording is legal if one party consents to the r...	View Details →
California	LEGAL WITH RESTRICTIONS	California is a two-party (all-party) consent state under Cal. Penal Code § 632. It is illegal to record confidential co...	View Details →
Colorado	LEGAL	Colorado is a one-party consent state under Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-9-303. Recording is legal if one party consents to the...	View Details →
Connecticut	LEGAL WITH RESTRICTIONS	Connecticut is a two-party (all-party) consent state under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-570d. Recording confidential communicat...	View Details →
Delaware	LEGAL	Delaware is a one-party consent state under Del. Code Ann. tit. 11, § 2402. Recording is legal if one party consents to ...	View Details →
Florida	LEGAL WITH RESTRICTIONS	Florida is a two-party (all-party) consent state under Fla. Stat. § 934.03. Recording any wire, oral, or electronic comm...	View Details →
Georgia	LEGAL	Georgia is a one-party consent state under O.C.G.A. § 16-11-62. Recording is legal if one party consents to the recordin...	View Details →
Hawaii	LEGAL WITH RESTRICTIONS	Hawaii is a two-party consent state under Hawaii Revised Statutes § 803-42. It is illegal to record a private conversati...	View Details →
Idaho	LEGAL	Idaho is a one-party consent state under Idaho Code § 18-6702. It is legal to record a conversation if at least one part...	View Details →
Illinois	LEGAL WITH RESTRICTIONS	Illinois is an all-party consent state under the Illinois Eavesdropping Act (720 ILCS 5/14-2). Recording any private con...	View Details →
Indiana	LEGAL	Indiana is a one-party consent state under Indiana Code § 35-33.5-1-1. Recording a conversation is legal if one party co...	View Details →
Iowa	LEGAL	Iowa is a one-party consent state under Iowa Code § 808B.2. Recording a conversation is legal if one party consents. Rec...	View Details →
Kansas	LEGAL	Kansas is a one-party consent state under Kansas Statutes Annotated § 21-6104. Recording a conversation is legal if one ...	View Details →
Kentucky	LEGAL	Kentucky is a one-party consent state under Kentucky Revised Statutes § 526.020. Recording a conversation is legal if on...	View Details →
Louisiana	LEGAL WITH RESTRICTIONS	Louisiana is a two-party consent state under Louisiana Revised Statutes § 15:1303. It is illegal to record a conversatio...	View Details →
Maine	LEGAL WITH RESTRICTIONS	Maine is a two-party consent state under Maine Revised Statutes Title 15, § 710. It is illegal to record a private conve...	View Details →
Maryland	LEGAL WITH RESTRICTIONS	Maryland is a two-party consent state under Maryland Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 10-402. It is illegal to re...	View Details →
Massachusetts	LEGAL WITH RESTRICTIONS	Massachusetts is an all-party consent state under M.G.L. c. 272, § 99. This means you must have the consent of all parti...	View Details →
Michigan	LEGAL	Michigan is a one-party consent state under MCL 750.539c. Only one party to the conversation needs to consent to the rec...	View Details →
Minnesota	LEGAL WITH RESTRICTIONS	Minnesota requires all-party consent to record private conversations under Minn. Stat. § 626A.02. Recording without cons...	View Details →
Mississippi	LEGAL	Mississippi is a one-party consent state under Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-501. Only one party to the conversation needs to ...	View Details →
Missouri	LEGAL	Missouri is a one-party consent state under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 542.402. Recording a conversation is legal if at least one ...	View Details →
Montana	LEGAL WITH RESTRICTIONS	Montana requires all-party consent to record private conversations under Mont. Code Ann. § 45-8-213. Recording without c...	View Details →
Nebraska	LEGAL	Nebraska is a one-party consent state under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-290. Only one party to the conversation needs to consen...	View Details →
Nevada	LEGAL WITH RESTRICTIONS	Nevada is an all-party consent state under Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.620. All parties must consent to the recording of a con...	View Details →
New Hampshire	LEGAL WITH RESTRICTIONS	New Hampshire requires all-party consent under N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 570-A:2. Recording a conversation without the cons...	View Details →
New Jersey	LEGAL WITH RESTRICTIONS	New Jersey is an all-party consent state under N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:156A-3. All parties must consent to the recording of...	View Details →
New Mexico	LEGAL	New Mexico is a one-party consent state under NMSA § 30-12-1. It is legal to record conversations if at least one party ...	View Details →
New York	LEGAL	New York is a one-party consent state under CPLR § 4504. Recording a conversation is legal if one party consents. Secret...	View Details →
North Carolina	LEGAL	North Carolina is a one-party consent state under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-287. Recording is legal if one party consents to...	View Details →
North Dakota	LEGAL	North Dakota is a one-party consent state under N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-15-02. Recording conversations is legal if one pa...	View Details →
Ohio	LEGAL	Ohio is a one-party consent state under Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.52. Recording is legal if one party consents. Secret ...	View Details →
Oklahoma	LEGAL	Oklahoma is a one-party consent state under 13 Okla. Stat. § 176. Recording conversations is legal if one party consents...	View Details →
Oregon	LEGAL WITH RESTRICTIONS	Oregon is an all-party consent state under ORS § 165.540. It is illegal to record a conversation unless all parties cons...	View Details →
Pennsylvania	LEGAL WITH RESTRICTIONS	Pennsylvania is an all-party consent state under 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5703. Recording is legal only if all parties conse...	View Details →
Rhode Island	LEGAL WITH RESTRICTIONS	Rhode Island is an all-party consent state under R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-35-22. Recording conversations requires the consent...	View Details →
South Carolina	LEGAL	South Carolina is a one-party consent state under S.C. Code Ann. § 17-30-30. Recording is legal if one party consents. S...	View Details →
South Dakota	LEGAL	South Dakota is a one-party consent state under SDCL § 23A-35-15. Recording a conversation is legal if at least one part...	View Details →
Tennessee	LEGAL WITH RESTRICTIONS	Tennessee is a two-party (all-party) consent state under Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-601. It is illegal to record any conver...	View Details →
Texas	LEGAL	Texas is a one-party consent state under Texas Penal Code § 16.02. Recording a conversation is legal if one party consen...	View Details →
Utah	LEGAL	Utah is a one-party consent state under Utah Code Ann. § 77-23a-4. Recording a conversation is legal if one party consen...	View Details →
Vermont	LEGAL	Vermont is a one-party consent state under 13 V.S.A. § 5704. Recording a conversation is legal if one party consents. Se...	View Details →
Virginia	LEGAL	Virginia is a one-party consent state under Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-62. Recording a conversation is legal if one party cons...	View Details →
Washington	LEGAL WITH RESTRICTIONS	Washington is an all-party consent state under RCW 9.73.030. Recording a private conversation requires the consent of al...	View Details →
West Virginia	LEGAL	West Virginia is a one-party consent state under W. Va. Code § 62-1C-3. Recording a conversation is legal if one party c...	View Details →
Wisconsin	LEGAL	Wisconsin is a one-party consent state under Wis. Stat. § 968.31. Recording a conversation is legal if one party consent...	View Details →
Wyoming	LEGAL	Wyoming is a one-party consent state under Wyo. Stat. § 7-3-502. Recording a conversation is legal if one party consents...	View Details →

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