Recording consent by jurisdiction
One-party consent
Indiana is a one-party consent jurisdiction: a participant in the conversation may record it without telling the others.
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Indiana's rule is in a DEFINITION, not a prohibition: IC 35-31.5-2-176 excludes from 'interception' any recording made by a person other than a sender or receiver, so a participant never commits one. Note the definition is expressly limited to IC 35-33.5, and Indiana has no general statute on recording in-person oral conversations.
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Statute: Ind. Code § 35-31.5-2-176
Read from: Justia (statecodesfiles.justia.com) — 2017 Indiana Code, Title 35 Art. 31.5 ch. 2 PDF; official iga.in.gov serves only a JavaScript app shell — a published statutory source; this state serves no machine-readable government copy
Last re-read: 2026-09-21 (today)
Edition: Indiana Code, 2017 edition (IC 35-31.5-2-176 added by P.L.114-2012, SEC.67; not amended since)
Status: Published from a fixed edition — no live source exists to re-check
Federal law permits recording with one party's consent unless the recording is made to commit a crime or tort. Federal law is the FLOOR; a state may and many do require more. Where an interstate call touches two states with different rules, the safe assumption is the stricter one. See 18 U.S.C. § 2511(2)(d).
Reference information, not legal advice. Statutes change and courts read them differently; confirm the current text with the linked primary source and counsel licensed in the jurisdiction before relying on it.
"Indiana recording consent law", The Insurance Investigator's Playbook, https://theclaimsplaybook.net/law/recording-consent/IN
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