Walk It Through: Recording The Call
All party consent for a confidential call, a cell phone call either way, and recording police in public.
A tenant is about to call the landlord about a broken heater, and wants a record of what is promised.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One tenant's recordings. Recording at a public gathering, the admissibility rule in detail, and other offenses at an arrest scene are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- All party consentThe consent of all parties, which California requires to record a confidential communication.
- Confidential communicationA communication carried on in circumstances that reasonably indicate a party wants it confined to the parties.
- Resisting, delaying or obstructingWillfully resisting, delaying or obstructing a peace officer in the discharge of a duty, punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, up to one year in county jail, or both.