Can you tape recordan in person conversation if the other person does not consent?
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Can you tape recordan in person conversation if the other person does not consent?
Employer is stealing from employees and I want to tape him.
Asked on November 12, 2010 under Employment Labor Law, Pennsylvania
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
PA is what is known as a "2-party state". This means that both parties to a conversation (telephone/in-person) must consent to it's recording. Failing to obtain such consent is a crime and can also result in civil liability. Consquently such a recording could not be used as evidence in any legal proceeding. However, you could record someone in a public place, in a restaurant for example, on the theory that the communication could have been overheard by third-parties and was therefore not intended to be private.
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