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  "attribution": "The Insurance Investigator's Playbook — theclaimsplaybook.net",
  "jurisdiction": "VT",
  "name": "Vermont",
  "question": "Does recording a conversation in Vermont require one party's consent or all parties' consent?",
  "rule": "mixed",
  "ruleLabel": "It depends",
  "commonlyClassifiedAs": "one-party consent",
  "commonLabelIsMisleading": true,
  "summary": "Vermont does not resolve to a single rule — the answer depends on the medium or on who is recording. Read the nuance and the statute before acting.",
  "nuance": "Vermont has no wiretapping or recording-consent statute at all. Title 13's chapter index contains no chapter on eavesdropping, wiretapping or interception, and the Vermont Electronic Communication Privacy Act governs compelled production from service providers, not consent to record. The rule comes from the state constitution (ch. I, art. 11) as read in State v. Geraw and State v. Brooks — which restrain the state, not private parties. Treat Vermont as unsettled for private recording rather than as permissive.",
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  "casesCited": [
    {
      "name": "State v. Geraw",
      "verdict": "verified",
      "citation": "173 Vt. 350",
      "allCitations": [
        "795 A.2d 1219",
        "173 Vt. 350",
        "2002 Vt. LEXIS 50"
      ],
      "court": "Supreme Court of Vermont",
      "year": 2002,
      "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1439872/state-v-geraw/",
      "holdingVerified": false
    },
    {
      "name": "State v. Brooks",
      "verdict": "verified",
      "citation": "157 Vt. 490",
      "allCitations": [
        "601 A.2d 963",
        "157 Vt. 490",
        "1991 Vt. LEXIS 219"
      ],
      "court": "Supreme Court of Vermont",
      "year": 1991,
      "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2188413/state-v-brooks/",
      "holdingVerified": false
    }
  ],
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  "caseLawNote": "Each decision named in `nuance` was checked against a court record on CourtListener: it exists and carries the citation given. What the decision is said to HOLD is our reading and has not been verified.",
  "statute": "No statute — Vt. Const. ch. I, art. 11; State v. Geraw, 2002 VT 3; State v. Brooks, 157 Vt. 490 (1991)",
  "federalFloor": {
    "statute": "18 U.S.C. § 2511(2)(d)",
    "rule": "one-party",
    "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2511",
    "note": "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."
  },
  "verification": {
    "status": "verified",
    "statusLabel": "Verified against the government source",
    "verifiedOn": "2026-09-21",
    "sourceUrl": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/title/13",
    "sourcePublisher": "Vermont General Assembly (Office of Legislative Counsel), Vermont Statutes Online - official state government",
    "sourceTier": "government",
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    "recheckCadence": "weekly",
    "consideredStaleAfter": "90 days",
    "methodUrl": "https://theclaimsplaybook.net/law/method"
  },
  "disclaimer": "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.",
  "citation": {
    "permalink": "https://theclaimsplaybook.net/law/recording-consent/VT",
    "title": "Vermont recording consent law",
    "publisher": "The Insurance Investigator's Playbook",
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    "citationText": "\"Vermont recording consent law\", The Insurance Investigator's Playbook, https://theclaimsplaybook.net/law/recording-consent/VT",
    "citationMarkdown": "[Vermont recording consent law](https://theclaimsplaybook.net/law/recording-consent/VT) — The Insurance Investigator's Playbook"
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