{ "batch": "556-idaho-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r556_idaho_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_idaho_556_c1", "category": "Safety", "title": "Idaho: anchor", "summary": "Anchor: Idaho Code Title 18 \"Crimes and Punishments\", Chapter 67 \"Communications Security\" on the Idaho Legislature official statute site.", "body": "Anchor: Idaho Code Title 18 \"Crimes and Punishments\", Chapter 67 \"Communications Security\" on the Idaho Legislature official statute site.\n\nWhat Idaho Legislature (Idaho Statutes) actually says:\n\n“TITLE 18 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS CHAPTER 67 COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch67/", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho Legislature (Idaho Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "TITLE 18 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS CHAPTER 67 COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "556-idaho-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Idaho", "topic": "anchor", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "ID", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r556_idaho_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_idaho_556_c2", "category": "Safety", "title": "Idaho: statute and penalty", "summary": "Idaho Code 18-6702(1) makes willful interception of wire, electronic or oral communications a felony punishable by up to 5 years in state prison and/or a fine up to $5,000.", "body": "Idaho Code 18-6702(1) makes willful interception of wire, electronic or oral communications a felony punishable by up to 5 years in state prison and/or a fine up to $5,000.\n\nWhat Idaho Legislature (Idaho Statutes) actually says:\n\n“any person shall be guilty of a felony and is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a term not to exceed five (5) years or by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both fine and imprisonment”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch67/sect18-6702/", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho Legislature (Idaho Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "any person shall be guilty of a felony and is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a term not to exceed five (5) years or by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both fine and imprisonment", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "556-idaho-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Idaho", "topic": "statute and penalty", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "ID", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r556_idaho_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_idaho_556_c3", "category": "Safety", "title": "Idaho: consent regime", "summary": "Idaho is a one-party consent state: Idaho Code 18-6702(2)(d) makes interception lawful when one party has given prior consent.", "body": "Idaho is a one-party consent state: Idaho Code 18-6702(2)(d) makes interception lawful when one party has given prior consent.\n\nWhat Idaho Legislature (Idaho Statutes) actually says:\n\n“(d) It is lawful under this chapter for a person to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication when one (1) of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch67/sect18-6702/", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho Legislature (Idaho Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "(d) It is lawful under this chapter for a person to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication when one (1) of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "556-idaho-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Idaho", "topic": "consent regime", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "ID", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r556_idaho_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_idaho_556_c4", "category": "Safety", "title": "Idaho: criminal-purpose exception", "summary": "Idaho Code 18-6702(2)(e) states that interception for the purpose of committing a criminal act is unlawful even with consent.", "body": "Idaho Code 18-6702(2)(e) states that interception for the purpose of committing a criminal act is unlawful even with consent.\n\nWhat Idaho Legislature (Idaho Statutes) actually says:\n\n“(e) It is unlawful to intercept any communication for the purpose of committing any criminal act.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch67/sect18-6702/", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho Legislature (Idaho Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "(e) It is unlawful to intercept any communication for the purpose of committing any criminal act.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "556-idaho-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Idaho", "topic": "criminal-purpose exception", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "ID", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r556_idaho_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_idaho_556_c5", "category": "Safety", "title": "Idaho: law enforcement exception", "summary": "Idaho Code 18-6702(2)(c) allows law enforcement officers (or persons under their direction) to intercept when a party to, or with one party's prior consent.", "body": "Idaho Code 18-6702(2)(c) allows law enforcement officers (or persons under their direction) to intercept when a party to, or with one party's prior consent.\n\nWhat Idaho Legislature (Idaho Statutes) actually says:\n\n“It is lawful under this chapter for a law enforcement officer or a person acting under the direction of a law enforcement officer to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication when such person is a party to the communication”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch67/sect18-6702/", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho Legislature (Idaho Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "It is lawful under this chapter for a law enforcement officer or a person acting under the direction of a law enforcement officer to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication when such person is a party to the communication", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "556-idaho-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Idaho", "topic": "law enforcement exception", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "ID", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r556_idaho_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_idaho_556_c6", "category": "Safety", "title": "Idaho: provider exception", "summary": "Idaho Code 18-6702(2)(a) exempts switchboard operators and communication service provider employees intercepting in the normal course of employment.", "body": "Idaho Code 18-6702(2)(a) exempts switchboard operators and communication service provider employees intercepting in the normal course of employment.\n\nWhat Idaho Legislature (Idaho Statutes) actually says:\n\n“It is lawful under this chapter for an operator of a switchboard, or an officer, employee, or agent of a provider of wire or electronic communication service whose facilities are used in the transmission of a wire or electronic communication to intercept, disclose, or use that communication”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch67/sect18-6702/", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho Legislature (Idaho Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "It is lawful under this chapter for an operator of a switchboard, or an officer, employee, or agent of a provider of wire or electronic communication service whose facilities are used in the transmission of a wire or electronic communication to intercept, disclose, or use that communication", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "556-idaho-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Idaho", "topic": "provider exception", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "ID", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r556_idaho_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_idaho_556_c7", "category": "Safety", "title": "Idaho: public-access exception", "summary": "Idaho Code 18-6702(2)(h) exempts intercepting electronic communications readily accessible to the general public.", "body": "Idaho Code 18-6702(2)(h) exempts intercepting electronic communications readily accessible to the general public.\n\nWhat Idaho Legislature (Idaho Statutes) actually says:\n\n“To intercept or access an electronic communication made through an electronic communication system that is configured so that such electronic communication is readily accessible to the general public”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch67/sect18-6702/", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho Legislature (Idaho Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "To intercept or access an electronic communication made through an electronic communication system that is configured so that such electronic communication is readily accessible to the general public", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "556-idaho-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Idaho", "topic": "public-access exception", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "ID", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r556_idaho_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_idaho_556_c8", "category": "Safety", "title": "Idaho: audio vs video", "summary": "Idaho Code 18-6701 defines \"intercept\" as aural or other acquisition of contents and \"oral communication\" by expectation of non-interception; silent video is not a wire/oral communication and is addressed separately by video voyeurism, 18-6605.", "body": "Idaho Code 18-6701 defines \"intercept\" as aural or other acquisition of contents and \"oral communication\" by expectation of non-interception; silent video is not a wire/oral communication and is addressed separately by video voyeurism, 18-6605.\n\nWhat Idaho Legislature (Idaho Statutes) actually says:\n\n“\"Oral communication\" means any oral communication uttered by a person exhibiting an expectation that such communication is not subject to interception under circumstances justifying such expectation but such term does not include any electronic communication.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch67/sect18-6701/", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho Legislature (Idaho Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "\"Oral communication\" means any oral communication uttered by a person exhibiting an expectation that such communication is not subject to interception under circumstances justifying such expectation but such term does not include any electronic communication.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "556-idaho-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Idaho", "topic": "audio vs video", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "ID", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r556_idaho_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_idaho_556_c9", "category": "Safety", "title": "Idaho: audio vs video", "summary": "Idaho Code 18-6605 (video voyeurism) separately governs imaging devices in places where a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.", "body": "Idaho Code 18-6605 (video voyeurism) separately governs imaging devices in places where a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.\n\nWhat Idaho Legislature (Idaho Statutes) actually says:\n\n“A place where a reasonable person would believe that he could undress, be undressed or engage in sexual activity in privacy, without concern that he is being viewed, photographed, filmed or otherwise recorded by an imaging device”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch66/sect18-6605/", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho Legislature (Idaho Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "A place where a reasonable person would believe that he could undress, be undressed or engage in sexual activity in privacy, without concern that he is being viewed, photographed, filmed or otherwise recorded by an imaging device", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "556-idaho-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Idaho", "topic": "audio vs video", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "ID", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r556_idaho_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_idaho_556_c10", "category": "Safety", "title": "Idaho: civil remedy", "summary": "Idaho Code 18-6709 gives a civil action with actual damages (minimum liquidated $100/day or $1,000), punitive damages and attorney fees; no treble damages.", "body": "Idaho Code 18-6709 gives a civil action with actual damages (minimum liquidated $100/day or $1,000), punitive damages and attorney fees; no treble damages.\n\nWhat Idaho Legislature (Idaho Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Actual damages, but not less than liquidated damages computed at the rate of one hundred dollars ($100) a day for each day of violation or one thousand dollars ($1,000), whichever is higher; (b) Punitive damages; and (c) A reasonable attorney’s fee and other litigation costs reasonably incurred.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch67/sect18-6709/", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho Legislature (Idaho Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "Actual damages, but not less than liquidated damages computed at the rate of one hundred dollars ($100) a day for each day of violation or one thousand dollars ($1,000), whichever is higher; (b) Punitive damages; and (c) A reasonable attorney’s fee and other litigation costs reasonably incurred.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "556-idaho-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Idaho", "topic": "civil remedy", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "ID", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } } ] }