You can’t record Cell Phone call without Permission

Before we begin, you should know that tapping cell phones calls without permission is obviously very illegal. Recording a cell phone call, even your own, is possibly illegal too. There are state laws and federal laws that you should check before you start recording cell phone calls.

“The federal Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2510 et seq., prohibits the willful interception of telephone communication by means of any electronic, mechanical, or other device without an applicable exemption. In the absence of more restrictive state law, it is permissible to intercept and record a telephone conversation if one or both of the parties to the call consents. Consent means authorization by only one participant in the call; single-party consent is provided for by specific statutory exemption under federal law. 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2511(2)(d).”

This is just federal law. Your own state law might have stricter laws on cell phone recorders taping your cell phone calls. And if you’re calling someone in another state, THEIR state might have even stricter laws on it. In the end, if you get into some kind of trouble over recording a cell phone call, they can use whatever federal or state law they want against you. Even if it’s a state law from the state of the person you called and not your own state. Watch out and be smart when you record!!!!