Illinois
Everyone in the conversation must consent.
All parties must consent to the recording of a private conversation. The statute was rewritten in 2014 after the previous version was struck down.
No attorney has reviewed this page. It states the rule as we read it and names the statute so you can read it yourself.
As of .
- Rule
- All-party consent
- Statute
- 720 ILCS 5/14-2
What Scribe does about it
Scribe does not decide which rule applies to your conversation, and it will not tell you that a recording is permitted. What it does is make the recording obvious while it is happening: it starts only when you tap record, the screen says it is recording, and the app announces it out loud at the start — so the people in the room can object before there is anything to object to.
In an all-party jurisdiction that announcement is how consent gets asked for. In a one-party jurisdiction it is how you avoid the argument later.