As long as you are one of the parties to a conversation, it is generally legal to record it.
it varies state to state.. however usually as long as one person knows it is being recorded I hear it is leagal.
i am not an attorney
No. As long as you are a party to the conversation then you do not have to tell them you are recording them.
Recording of the phone conversation.
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In most states as long as one party of the conversation, which could be the one doing the recording, has knowledge that they are being recorded, recording a phone conversation is legal.
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One way to keep accurate records of one to one communication is by recording the conversation. Recording the conversation is great when you have to be accurate.
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You can if you are a party to the conversation. You do not have to inform the other party that you are recording them. Texas Penal Code Section 16.02
Telephone conversation recording technology has come a long ways in the last decade. There is now a website dedicated to software, devices, and techniques used for recording conversations. Check out the website here: http://www.telephonecallrecorder.com/
This is a broad topic. Briefly: In the United States the National Security Agency has been in the news and it operates according to its own playbook. Generally, legal authority for recording conversation is governed by state and federal laws. You should check the laws in your particular state before recording a conversation since state laws vary on whether one or both parties must be informed of the recording. Law enforcement must obtain a court order.
Texas is what is commonly called a "one party consent" state, which means that if one party to the conversation knows the conversation is being recorded and consents to the recording, the other party need not. Here is a longer overview of the Texas law: http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide/texas/texas-recording-law However, even assuming that it is legal to record the conversation, there may be limits on the use of that recording. For instance, depending upon how the state of Texas recognizes and applies the marital/spousal privileges, such a recording might not be admissible as evidence in a legal proceeding.