Walk It Through: Recording The Call
All parties consent, a public meeting is outside it, and a third degree felony.
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. The chapter's exceptions for service providers and law enforcement, and radio communications, 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 the interception chapter turns on: a person may intercept a wire, oral or electronic communication when all of the parties to it have given prior consent.
- Felony of the third degreeThe lowest felony degree, punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000.
- Oral communicationA communication uttered by a person exhibiting an expectation that it is not subject to interception, under circumstances justifying that expectation.
- Public meetingA meeting of a board or commission at which official acts are to be taken, open to the public at all times, with reasonable notice. No resolution, rule or formal action is binding except as taken or made at such a meeting.