Washington, recording private communications and conversations without all participants' consent (RCW 9.73.030(1))
Washington requires the consent of all participants to record a private call or a private conversation, and the section names corporations.
Dated 19 Oct 2026Source checked 19 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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“(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or the state of Washington, its agencies, and political subdivisions to intercept, or record any: (a) Private communication transmitted by telephone, telegraph, radio, or other device between two or more individuals between points within or without the state by any device electronic or otherwise designed to record and/or transmit said communication regardless how such device is powered or actuated, without first obtaining the consent of all the participants in the communication; (b) Private conversation, by any device electronic or otherwise designed to record or transmit such conversation regardless how the device is powered or actuated without first obtaining the consent of all the persons engaged in the conversation.”
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