With phones such as the new Nokia N81 and others allowing owners to record phone conversations, now is an important time to review Georgia law on recording phone calls.
O.C.G.A. Section 16-11-62 makes it unlawful for "any person in a clandestine manner to intentionally to overhear, transmit, or record or attempt to overhear, transmit, or record the private conversation of another which shall originate in any private place" and for "any person, through the use of any device, without the consent of all persons observed, to observe, photograph, or record the activities of another which occur in any private place and out of public view." There are some exceptions, including when a person is observed in jail and when the owner or occupier of property does so for security purposes and crime prevention.
O.C.G.A. Section 16-11-66 says that nothing in the above noted code section "shall prohibit a person from intercepting a wire, oral, or electronic communication where such person is a party to the communication or one of hte parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception."
Thus, in Georgia, you can record the conversations that you are a part of, the conversations that you have on your cellphone. However, be careful about recording conversations that other people are having, unless you have their consent.
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I really am confused about the law if you can record the person without their knowledge as long as you know your recording...That to me should be illegal because the other party should have the right to know your recording them..
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