Grabación de conversaciones en Georgia

Explicación Simple

En Georgia, si estás en una conversación, puedes grabarla sin problemas. No es un crimen si tú eres parte de esa charla y decides grabarla.

Es como cuando estás en una reunión familiar y decides grabar la conversación para recordar lo que se dijo. No hay problema porque todos están presentes.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Ana y Carlos están en un café discutiendo un proyecto. Ana saca su teléfono y graba la conversación para tener un registro. Como ambos están de acuerdo y son parte de la charla, esto es completamente legal en Georgia.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

The person was not an eavesdropper nor does the person have the conversation under surveillance. Cross v. State, 128 Ga. App. 837 , 198 S.E.2d 338 (1973). Former Code 1933, § 26-3001 (see now O.C.G.A. § 16-11-62 ) did not prohibit actual parties to conversation from recording or divulging the conversation. Mitchell v. State, 239 Ga. 3 , 235 S.E.2d 509 , on remand, 142 Ga. App. 802 , 237 S.E.2d 243 (1977). It is not a crime for a party to a conversation to record the conversation. McCallum v. Hinson, 489 F. Supp. 627 (M.D. Ga. 1980). O.C.G.A. § 16-11-62 does not prohibit the recording of a conversation by one of the actual parties thereto. Sheppard v. Reid, 198 Ga. App. 703 , 402 S.E.2d 793 (1991). Officer's recording part of official duties. - When the defendant was convicted of one count of sexual battery and five counts of child molestation, the officer was recording the officer's interaction with the defendant and the defendant's wife as part of the officer's official duties, the recording was not prohibited by O.C.G.A. § 16-11-62 , and the trial court did not abuse the court's discretion in admitting the recording into evidence. Solis-Macias v. State, Ga. App. , S.E.2d (Sept. 4, 2020). Vagueness not shown. - Trial court erred in concluding that O.C.G.A. §§ 16-11-62(2) and 16-11-66(a) were unconstitutionally vague as people of ordinary intelligence could understand that people could be found guilty if they used a device to secretly photograph or video record others in priv