Can I Record A Conversation In Michigan?

As easy as it is to record a conversation today, doing so is not always legal. Michigan laws are less restrictive than laws in states like Florida, but it is crucial to understand how to comply with both state and federal recording law to reduce your exposure to criminal and civil liability and to ensure the admissibility of any recordings as evidence in court.

Michigan State Law

Michigan is a one-party consent state, meaning only one person involved in a phone call or in-person conversation needs to consent to a recording of that conversation. In other words, you can record a conversation you are a part of without the permission of the other individual.

However, before recording a conversation, you should confirm that the parties involved in the conversation are either in Michigan or in another one-party consent state. If one of the parties is located in a two-party consent state at the time of the recording, then consent needs to be obtained from both of