Is it illegal to record a conversation without the other person’s consent?
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Is it illegal to record a conversation without the other person’s consent?
My family hired a contractor to rebuild our house. There was an agreed upon amount of money. This man also lowered the price by taking up one of our computers Which I have personally made sure worked perfectly and fast for a computer that had once ran Window’s Vista. Now this contractor was trying to increase the price which was not agreed upon by both parties, and quickly jumped to claim the computer wasnt working properly being
Asked on December 16, 2016 under Personal Injury, Texas
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
In some states, a conversation may only be recorded if all parties to that conversation agree to it. However the majority of states, including TX, requires that only 1 party to a conversation need give their consent. In this casee, so long as the contractor "agreed" to the conversations being recorded, then it was legal.
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