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Is it legal to record a call in North Dakota?

North Dakota is a one-party consent state for recording conversations. In a one-party consent state, a party to the conversation may record it.

The statute

He was a party to the communication or one of the parties to the communication had given prior consent to such interception.

N.D. Cent. Code 12.1-15-02. Last verified 2026-07-03.source

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Important

This page is general information, not legal advice. Recording laws have edge cases that this summary does not cover, including in-person versus phone recording, calls that cross state lines, and law-enforcement exceptions. Laws change. Confirm the current statute at the official source linked below, and consult your own counsel before relying on it.