Is setting up a voice activated recorder in your home legal to find evidence about your husbands affair and his girlfriends drug habits when you are trying to protect yourself and your child?
2007-12-15 12:54:09 · 7 answers · asked by BreakingHeart 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
So if you have set up a voice activated recorder in your home and found out some illegal stuff what are you suppose to do?
2007-12-15 13:25:35 · update #1
If it's your house then I can't see how it would be illegal for you to set up a recorder, you have every right to know what is going on in your home, especially if your under suspision of something like adultery in your marriage and the protection of your child you have every right to set this up, it's your home and your right.
2007-12-15 13:17:48 · answer #1 · answered by 24Special 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only if you get his permission first.
You see years ago some rich politicians got caught by someone recording them doing illegal activity without their knowledge so they and their buddies had a law passed making it ILLEGAL for anyone to do that without a court order and you have to prove reasonable suspicion.
They were able to get the evidence thrown out and they kept the law to protect them and other people who abuse power.
It'd be different if you were using something like that to hurt someone for some trivial thing or personal grudge to embarrass them etc,, but to bring them to justice ,it shouldnt be wrong and not in your case.
Try talking to a judge first, he may allow you to do so.
2007-12-15 13:56:13 · answer #2 · answered by Joe F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Federal and State Wiretapping laws generally prohibit the interception of conversations, unless you are a party to the conversation. You need to contact your attorney general or visit http://www.rcfp.org/taping/. Video taping in your home is OK, as long as you don't have audio. This is what most "Nanny Cams" do and they are legal.
2007-12-15 13:16:52 · answer #3 · answered by WVAttorney 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is ALWAYS legal to record ANYTHING occurring in YOUR home. The recording may or may not be admissible in court, but it is NEVER illegal to make the recording.
2007-12-15 13:34:28 · answer #4 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Check your state to see what the requirements are for legal recordings: http://www.rcfp.org/taping/
2007-12-15 12:57:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
your home you bet. The rights in your home include video or audio taping, taping friends in the bathroom may be up for grabs, but it's really no different than stores and surveillance
2007-12-15 13:00:54 · answer #6 · answered by curious115 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends on your state's law. If you are merely using it to gather information to make a decision, however, no one needs to know. If anyone...I mean ANYONE else will know about it, then you're running a risk.
2007-12-15 12:57:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋