Call recording consent by US state.
Most US states let one party to a call consent to recording, so you can record your own calls. Around a dozen require every party to agree. This page lists them all so you know before you dial.
The all-party (often called two-party) consent states as commonly cited are California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington. In these states, everyone on the call must know it is being recorded and agree.
Some of these are contested or depend on detail. Michigan's statute has been read by some courts to allow a participant to record. Oregon treats phone calls differently from in-person conversations. Connecticut and Delaware have statutes that do not line up neatly. When a state is in doubt, this page lists it as all-party and you should do the same.
This is not legal advice. Laws change and how they apply depends on where each party is and what you do with the recording. Last reviewed 4 September 2026.
The list.
All-party means every person on the call must consent. One-party means one participant, which can be you, is enough.
- AlabamaOne-party
- AlaskaOne-party
- ArizonaOne-party
- ArkansasOne-party
- CaliforniaAll-party
- ColoradoOne-party
- ConnecticutAll-party
All-party for recording, one-party in some criminal contexts
- DelawareAll-party
Statutes conflict; treat as all-party
- District of ColumbiaOne-party
- FloridaAll-party
- GeorgiaOne-party
- HawaiiOne-party
- IdahoOne-party
- IllinoisAll-party
- IndianaOne-party
- IowaOne-party
- KansasOne-party
- KentuckyOne-party
- LouisianaOne-party
- MaineOne-party
- MarylandAll-party
- MassachusettsAll-party
- MichiganAll-party
Read as one-party for participants by some courts
- MinnesotaOne-party
- MississippiOne-party
- MissouriOne-party
- MontanaAll-party
- NebraskaOne-party
- NevadaAll-party
Courts read as all-party for phone calls
- New HampshireAll-party
- New JerseyOne-party
- New MexicoOne-party
- New YorkOne-party
- North CarolinaOne-party
- North DakotaOne-party
- OhioOne-party
- OklahomaOne-party
- OregonAll-party
All-party for in-person, one-party for phone
- PennsylvaniaAll-party
- Rhode IslandOne-party
- South CarolinaOne-party
- South DakotaOne-party
- TennesseeOne-party
- TexasOne-party
- UtahOne-party
- VermontOne-party
- VirginiaOne-party
- WashingtonAll-party
- West VirginiaOne-party
- WisconsinOne-party
- WyomingOne-party
Announce it and move on.
A two-second notice at the start of a call keeps you inside the rules in every state and rarely costs a conversation. Build it into the process rather than leaving it to each rep.
the rules
- Announce recording at the start of the call, before anything else is said
- Use the Announce before recording mode so the notice is played every time
- Default to all-party rules when a list mixes states or the person's location is unknown
- Keep the recording setting per team, so nobody can switch it off for one call without the team knowing
Questions about recording consent.
I am in a one-party state and the prospect is in an all-party state. Which rule applies?
Assume the stricter one. Courts have applied the law of the state where the recorded person is, and sometimes both. Announce the recording.
Does a recorded notice count as consent?
In most all-party states, a clear notice followed by the person staying on the line is treated as consent. Some prefer an explicit yes. Play the notice, and if the person objects, stop recording or end the call.
Do I need to announce if I am only making a transcript?
A transcript is produced from a recording, so the same rules apply. If you cannot record, you cannot transcribe.
How Redialler handles this: see Recording and consent in the help centre.
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