Walk It Through: Recording The Call
A party may record, a line's subscriber is not consent, and a third degree crime otherwise.
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 and one landlord. The exceptions for providers and law enforcement 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.
- Degree of crimeHow the code grades a crime, from first degree down to fourth. A crime of the third degree carries between three years and five years and a fine up to $15,000.00.
- InterceptionPurposely intercepting a wire, electronic or oral communication without being a party or having a party's consent, or disclosing or using its contents knowing they came from an interception. A crime of the third degree.
- One party consentThe rule that a person not acting under color of law may intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication when they are a party to it, or one of the parties has given prior consent, unless it is done to commit a crime, a tort or another injurious act.