Can you legally record your own phone call here in the US? Depends on a bunch of stuff.
First of all, if you're not on the call as a participant, you can't legally record it without the knowledge and consent of the people on the call.
If you are one of the people speaking on the call, most states (ie 38 out of 50) allow you to record the phone call without telling the other people on the call. These 38 states are called one-party consent states, because only one person needs to consent.
The two-party consent states of CA, CT, FL, IL, MD, MA, MT, NV, NH, PA and WA don't allow you to record without telling everyone on the call. If one of the call participants is in a two-party consent state while the other participant is in a one-party consent state, then the two-party consent laws apply to the call (everyone must give consent).
I'm not a lawyer, so this is just my opinion on how the laws apply to recording a phone call. You can email me at
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