MissHim said:
How can I protect my husband and myself from the ex-wife recording and/or cutting and pasting conversations as we know she has done in the past? Where is the best place to find the laws of Colorado (where we lived until very recently) regarding the recording of conversations? Is it worth my time to pay a lawyer to submit a copy of the law from each state we live in?
Colorado
Colo Rev. Stat. § 18-9-303 (1999): Recording or overhearing a telephone conversation, or any electronic communication, without the consent of a party to the conversation is a felony punishable by a fine of between $1,000 and $100,000 and one year to 18 months in jail. Recording of a communication from a cordless telephone, however, is a misdemeanor. Colo Rev. Stat. § 18-1-105 (1999).
Using or disclosing information obtained through illegal wiretapping is prohibited if there is reason to know the information was obtained illegally. Anyone who is not "visibly present" during a conversation who overhears or records the conversation without the consent of at least one of the parties commits a felony carrying the same punishment as a telephone interception, as does anyone who discloses the contents of such a conversation. Colo Rev. Stat § 18-9-304 (1999).
However, nothing in these statutes "shall be interpreted to prevent a news agency, or an employee thereof, from using the accepted tools and equipment of that news medium in the course of reporting or investigating a public and newsworthy event." Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-9-305 (1999).
