Question Regarding Recording Phone Calls

Nevermind, I found the answer, finally!! "Twelve states have made it illegal to record a telephone conversation without all parties' consent: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Washington. It is legal to record a conversation in the other 38 states as long as one party to the conversation (you) gives consent." I put the states that it's illegal to record without all parties consent if anyone else was quesitoning it.

That is correct, and welcome.

thanks, thatkind! Very good information to post! I see my state can record conversations. How so very interesting. Too bad I didn't record the idiots from the UK when they were calling. LOL! But this is awesome to know! I hope a lot of people read this post!

So, I live in IL and if I had a way to record telephone converstaions, I could without telling those CA's? Does that also cover cell phones? I read here where this site is set up to help record legal phone conversations in states where it is legal, is that true?

thanks

Yes, and you could use your cell phone (though I wouldn't want a CA to know my number).

Where can you buy a recorder???And is it hard to hook up???Can they be used on cordless phones??

I heard radio shack has the best recording devices. They are cheaper also

I think California law has a loophole...if you are being threatened with violence or extortion, you may be able to record without consent. I am certain that does not include every violation of either fdcpa or state debt collection laws, though.

There is an article on eHow about this: How to Record Cell Phone Calls. The article shows how to do it step by step. Link at end gives state by state laws. Appears in most states it is legal as long as one party knows.

but not all.i know in my state IL it is a two party state.that means i have to inform them i'm recording.so it's best to check your own state laws first.

However, there is this, and it is legal. Call them, record that "this call may be monitored for quality assurance purposes" then record away. In essence what they do is place that in the beginning before connecting to a CA. This allows a 2 party call recording as they are now assured it is legal for them. Now, record away and provoke them into any and all violations!!

In a 2 party state, you can't just tell them you might be recording, you have to tell them you will be recording the phone call and if they don't agree you either hang up or don't record.

Would you say that is correct Paul?

Plus, once you reach the stage that most people in this forum are at, they no longer say it's for quality assurance purposes. All of my calls say that they are attempting to collect a debt and information will be used for that purpose... or something close to that.