Recording Conversations
N.D.C.C. § 12.1-15-02 — one party's consent is enough, unless the recording is made to commit a crime
Intentionally intercepting a wire or oral communication with a device, or disclosing or using what was intercepted, is a class C felony.
One party is enough. It is a defense that the person recording was a party to the communication, or that one party gave prior consent, if the communication was not intercepted to commit a crime or other unlawful harm.
Secretly loitering about a building to overhear a conversation and repeat it to vex, annoy or injure others is a class A misdemeanor.
Sources for this section (1)
- N.D.C.C. § 12.1-15-02 — Interception of wire or oral communications - Eavesdropping
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