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Two-Party Consent States
Two-Party Consent States: compare 51 US states on 2 metrics.
Call Recordings Law
3 values across 51 entries
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51 states
 Alabama | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Alaska | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Arizona | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Arkansas | Single-Party Consent | — |
 California | Two-Party Consent | In 2006, the California Supreme Court ruled that calls to California must have all-party consent, even if the caller is from a one-party consent state. Exceptions allow recordings without consent if there’s threats of serious crimes, violence, or certain electronic threats. |
 Colorado | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Connecticut | Mixed Consent | For electronic recordings only, all parties must be made aware of recordings, with few exceptions. For in-person recordings, the rule is always one party consent. |
 Delaware | Two-Party Consent | — |
 District of Columbia | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Florida | Two-Party Consent | — |
 Georgia | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Hawaii | Mixed Consent | In general a one-party state, but requires two-party consent if the recording device is installed in a private place. |
 Idaho | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Illinois | Two-Party Consent | One-party only for parties to electronic conversations or to record law enforcement officers in public, Listening to, transmitting, or recording non-electronic private conversations require consent by all parties |
 Indiana | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Iowa | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Kansas | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Kentucky | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Louisiana | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Maine | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Maryland | Two-Party Consent | — |
 Massachusetts | Two-Party Consent | Only "secret" recordings are banned, but is the only state without a "public location" exception. Despite having a 1968 law imposing general bans on taping wire and oral communications, it was later ruled to violate the First Amendment in the conditions espoused in a case file… |
 Michigan | Single-Party Consent | A 2019 federal court briefly ruled that all-party consent was needed, creating a split, but in 2021 the same court reversed that decision, confirming that only third-party eavesdropping is illegal. |
 Minnesota | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Mississippi | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Missouri | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Montana | Two-Party Consent | Requires notification only. |
 Nebraska | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Nevada | Single-Party Consent | — |
 New Hampshire | Two-Party Consent | — |
 New Jersey | Single-Party Consent | — |
 New Mexico | Single-Party Consent | — |
 New York | Single-Party Consent | — |
 North Carolina | Single-Party Consent | — |
 North Dakota | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Ohio | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Oklahoma | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Oregon | Mixed Consent | One party for electronic communications, two party for in-person conversations. Law has been ruled in 2023 to violate the First Amendment in a case filed by Project Veritas. |
 Pennsylvania | Two-Party Consent | — |
 Rhode Island | Single-Party Consent | Consent is not required when the recorded party does not have a reason to expect privacy. |
 South Carolina | Single-Party Consent | — |
 South Dakota | Single-Party Consent | One-party only if the recording party is a participant in the conversation, or has consent of one participant in the conversation |
 Tennessee | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Texas | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Utah | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Vermont | Single-Party Consent | Vermont lacks an official law related to call recording, so Federal Law applies. This makes Vermont a single-party consent state. |
 Virginia | Single-Party Consent | Two-party consent required to be used in court for civil proceedings, but not criminal cases. |
 Washington | Two-Party Consent | Section three of the Washington law states that permission is given if any of the parties announces that they will be recording the call in a reasonable manner if the recording contains that announcement. |
 West Virginia | Single-Party Consent | — |
 Wisconsin | Single-Party Consent | Two-party consent required to be used in court. |
 Wyoming | Single-Party Consent | — |
Quick answers
- Where does this two-party consent states data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Law on Recording Conversations in All 50 States - Matthiesen, Wickert and Lehrer; United States Recording Laws (2026 Guide): Every State’s Rules - Recording Law.