Florida State Laws on Recording Phone Calls
- Per Flordia law, all parties must consent to a phone call being recorded.recorder image by Marek Kosmal from Fotolia.com
Florida and 11 other states require that all parties engaging in a phone conversation consent to a call being recorded. Laws on recording phone calls vary from state to state and some states permit the recording of phone calls as long as the recorder is one of the parties on the call. Violators of Florida wiretapping laws are subject to prosecution in criminal court. The injured party also can sue in civil court for damages related to the recorded phone call. - Florida's law on recording telephone conversations requires that every person participating in the call consent to it being recorded. If all parties have not consented and the call is recorded, the person recording the call could face criminal charges in connection with his actions.
- A person found in violation of Florida's wiretapping laws could be ordered to pay civil damages which include lawyers' fees, court costs and $100 for each day the violation occurred or $1,000--whichever is the greater amount. A plaintiff has two years from the date of the discovery of the crime to file a lawsuit.
- When placing interstate calls, a person recording a phone call may be within the parameters of one state's law but may be in violation of another. Assume the stricter state law applies and conform to it before recording. Should the matter proceed to court, one state law may be applied over another.
