{ "batch": "592-kansas-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r592_kansas_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kansas_592_c1", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: anchor", "summary": "Kansas recording rules are in K.S.A. Chapter 21, \"Crimes and Punishments\" (21-6101 breach of privacy) and Chapter 22, \"Criminal Procedure\" (wiretap act, 22-2514 to 22-2519).", "body": "Kansas recording rules are in K.S.A. Chapter 21, \"Crimes and Punishments\" (21-6101 breach of privacy) and Chapter 22, \"Criminal Procedure\" (wiretap act, 22-2514 to 22-2519).\n\nWhat Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated) actually says:\n\n“Article 61.—CRIMES INVOLVING VIOLATIONS OF PERSONAL RIGHTS 21-6101 Breach of privacy.”\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://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/ksa_ch21.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated)", "evidence_quote": "Article 61.—CRIMES INVOLVING VIOLATIONS OF PERSONAL RIGHTS 21-6101 Breach of privacy.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "592-kansas-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "anchor", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "KS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r592_kansas_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kansas_592_c2", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: operative consent language (one-party)", "summary": "K.S.A. 21-6101(a)(1) criminalizes intercepting a private message only \"without the consent of the sender or receiver,\" so consent of one party suffices.", "body": "K.S.A. 21-6101(a)(1) criminalizes intercepting a private message only \"without the consent of the sender or receiver,\" so consent of one party suffices.\n\nWhat Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated) actually says:\n\n“Breach of privacy is knowingly and without lawful authority: (1) Intercepting, without the consent of the sender or receiver, a message by telephone, telegraph, letter or other means of private 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://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_061_0001.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated)", "evidence_quote": "Breach of privacy is knowingly and without lawful authority: (1) Intercepting, without the consent of the sender or receiver, a message by telephone, telegraph, letter or other means of private communication;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "592-kansas-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "operative consent language (one-party)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "KS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r592_kansas_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kansas_592_c3", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: recording devices in private places", "summary": "K.S.A. 21-6101(a)(4) bars installing or using a device in a private place to record sounds not ordinarily audible, without consent of the persons entitled to privacy there.", "body": "K.S.A. 21-6101(a)(4) bars installing or using a device in a private place to record sounds not ordinarily audible, without consent of the persons entitled to privacy there.\n\nWhat Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated) actually says:\n\n“installing or using outside or inside a private place any device for hearing, recording, amplifying or broadcasting sounds originating in such place, which sounds would not ordinarily be audible or comprehensible without the use of such 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://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_061_0001.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated)", "evidence_quote": "installing or using outside or inside a private place any device for hearing, recording, amplifying or broadcasting sounds originating in such place, which sounds would not ordinarily be audible or comprehensible without the use of such device", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "592-kansas-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "recording devices in private places", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "KS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r592_kansas_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kansas_592_c4", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: video treated differently", "summary": "Silent video is covered separately by K.S.A. 21-6101(a)(6) (filming a nude or undressed identifiable person without consent or knowledge where privacy is expected), a felony rather than a misdemeanor.", "body": "Silent video is covered separately by K.S.A. 21-6101(a)(6) (filming a nude or undressed identifiable person without consent or knowledge where privacy is expected), a felony rather than a misdemeanor.\n\nWhat Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated) actually says:\n\n“installing or using a camcorder, motion picture camera or photographic camera of any type to videotape, film, photograph or record, by electronic or other means, another identifiable person under or through the clothing being worn by that other person”\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://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_061_0001.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated)", "evidence_quote": "installing or using a camcorder, motion picture camera or photographic camera of any type to videotape, film, photograph or record, by electronic or other means, another identifiable person under or through the clothing being worn by that other person", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "592-kansas-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "video treated differently", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "KS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r592_kansas_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kansas_592_c5", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: penalty class", "summary": "Under K.S.A. 21-6101(b)(1), audio/communication interception violations under (a)(1)-(a)(5) are a class A nonperson misdemeanor.", "body": "Under K.S.A. 21-6101(b)(1), audio/communication interception violations under (a)(1)-(a)(5) are a class A nonperson misdemeanor.\n\nWhat Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated) actually says:\n\n“Breach of privacy as defined in: (1) Subsection (a)(1) through (a)(5) is a class A nonperson misdemeanor;”\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://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_061_0001.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated)", "evidence_quote": "Breach of privacy as defined in: (1) Subsection (a)(1) through (a)(5) is a class A nonperson misdemeanor;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "592-kansas-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "penalty class", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "KS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r592_kansas_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kansas_592_c6", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: exception - party line/extension", "summary": "K.S.A. 21-6101(c) exempts messages overheard on a regularly installed party line or extension.", "body": "K.S.A. 21-6101(c) exempts messages overheard on a regularly installed party line or extension.\n\nWhat Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated) actually says:\n\n“Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to messages overheard through a regularly installed instrument on a telephone party line or on an extension.”\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://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_061_0001.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated)", "evidence_quote": "Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to messages overheard through a regularly installed instrument on a telephone party line or on an extension.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "592-kansas-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "exception - party line/extension", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "KS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r592_kansas_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kansas_592_c7", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: exception - utility/carrier employees", "summary": "K.S.A. 21-6101(d)(1) exempts switchboard operators and utility employees intercepting in the normal course of employment.", "body": "K.S.A. 21-6101(d)(1) exempts switchboard operators and utility employees intercepting in the normal course of employment.\n\nWhat Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated) actually says:\n\n“An operator of a switchboard, or any officer, employee or agent of any public utility providing telephone communications service, whose facilities are used in the transmission of a 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://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_061_0001.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated)", "evidence_quote": "An operator of a switchboard, or any officer, employee or agent of any public utility providing telephone communications service, whose facilities are used in the transmission of a communication", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "592-kansas-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "exception - utility/carrier employees", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "KS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r592_kansas_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kansas_592_c8", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: wiretap act definition of intercept", "summary": "K.S.A. 22-2514(3) defines \"intercept\" as the aural or other acquisition of communication contents through a device.", "body": "K.S.A. 22-2514(3) defines \"intercept\" as the aural or other acquisition of communication contents through a device.\n\nWhat Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated) actually says:\n\n“\"intercept\" means the aural or other acquisition of the contents of any wire, oral or electronic communication through the use of any electronic, mechanical or other 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://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch22/022_025_0014.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated)", "evidence_quote": "\"intercept\" means the aural or other acquisition of the contents of any wire, oral or electronic communication through the use of any electronic, mechanical or other device;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "592-kansas-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "wiretap act definition of intercept", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "KS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r592_kansas_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kansas_592_c9", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: civil remedy", "summary": "K.S.A. 22-2518 gives a person whose communication is unlawfully intercepted a civil action for actual damages (minimum $100/day or $1,000), punitive damages, and attorney fees.", "body": "K.S.A. 22-2518 gives a person whose communication is unlawfully intercepted a civil action for actual damages (minimum $100/day or $1,000), punitive damages, and attorney fees.\n\nWhat Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated) actually says:\n\n“Actual damages, but not less than liquidated damages computed at the rate of $100 a day for each day of violation or $1,000, whichever is greater; (b) punitive damages; and (c) reasonable attorneys' fees 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://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch22/022_025_0018.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated)", "evidence_quote": "Actual damages, but not less than liquidated damages computed at the rate of $100 a day for each day of violation or $1,000, whichever is greater; (b) punitive damages; and (c) reasonable attorneys' fees and other litigation costs reasonably incurred.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "592-kansas-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "civil remedy", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "KS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r592_kansas_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kansas_592_c10", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: law-enforcement exception (court order defense)", "summary": "K.S.A. 22-2518(2) makes good-faith reliance on a court order authorizing interception a complete defense.", "body": "K.S.A. 22-2518(2) makes good-faith reliance on a court order authorizing interception a complete defense.\n\nWhat Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated) actually says:\n\n“A good faith reliance by any person on a court order authorizing the interception of any wire, oral or electronic communication shall constitute a complete defense in any civil or criminal action”\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://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch22/022_025_0018.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Kansas Statutes Annotated)", "evidence_quote": "A good faith reliance by any person on a court order authorizing the interception of any wire, oral or electronic communication shall constitute a complete defense in any civil or criminal action", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "592-kansas-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "law-enforcement exception (court order defense)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "KS", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r592_kansas_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kansas_592_q1", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: AG guidance / judicial self-help page on recording", "summary": "The Kansas.gov website provides links to various state services and agencies.", "body": "The Kansas.gov website provides links to various state services and agencies.\n\nWhat Kansas (official) actually says:\n\n“State government providing a wide range of online services to people who need help.”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://portal.kansas.gov/", "last_verified": "2026-10-24", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas (official)", "evidence_quote": "State government providing a wide range of online services to people who need help.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "592-kansas-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "AG guidance / judicial self-help page on recording", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Kansas", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r592_kansas_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kansas_592_q2", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: AG guidance / judicial self-help page on recording", "summary": "Kris Kobach serves as the Attorney General of Kansas.", "body": "Kris Kobach serves as the Attorney General of Kansas.\n\nWhat Kansas (official) actually says:\n\n“Kris Kobach Attorney General”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://portal.kansas.gov/", "last_verified": "2026-10-24", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas (official)", "evidence_quote": "Kris Kobach Attorney General", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "592-kansas-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "AG guidance / judicial self-help page on recording", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Kansas", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r592_kansas_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kansas_592_q3", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: AG guidance / judicial self-help page on recording", "summary": "Kansas law defines 'intercept' as the aural or other acquisition of the contents of any wire, oral or electronic communication through the use of any electronic, mechanical or other device.", "body": "Kansas law defines 'intercept' as the aural or other acquisition of the contents of any wire, oral or electronic communication through the use of any electronic, mechanical or other device.\n\nWhat Kansas (official) actually says:\n\n“(3) \"intercept\" means the aural or other acquisition of the contents of any wire, oral or electronic communication through the use of any electronic, mechanical or other device;”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch22/022_025_0014.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-24", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas (official)", "evidence_quote": "(3) \"intercept\" means the aural or other acquisition of the contents of any wire, oral or electronic communication through the use of any electronic, mechanical or other device;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "592-kansas-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "AG guidance / judicial self-help page on recording", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Kansas", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r592_kansas_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kansas_592_q4", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: AG guidance / judicial self-help page on recording", "summary": "Under Kansas law, a 'judge of competent jurisdiction' includes a justice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of appeals, or any district judge, but explicitly excludes a district magistrate judge.", "body": "Under Kansas law, a 'judge of competent jurisdiction' includes a justice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of appeals, or any district judge, but explicitly excludes a district magistrate judge.\n\nWhat Kansas (official) actually says:\n\n“(8) \"judge of competent jurisdiction\" means a justice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of appeals or any district judge but does not include a district magistrate judge;”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch22/022_025_0014.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-24", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas (official)", "evidence_quote": "(8) \"judge of competent jurisdiction\" means a justice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of appeals or any district judge but does not include a district magistrate judge;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "592-kansas-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "AG guidance / judicial self-help page on recording", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Kansas", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r592_kansas_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kansas_592_q5", "category": "Safety", "title": "Kansas: AG guidance / judicial self-help page on recording", "summary": "Kansas statute defines an 'electronic, mechanical or other device' as any apparatus that can intercept communications, excluding ordinary telephone equipment used in the ordinary course of business and hearing aids.", "body": "Kansas statute defines an 'electronic, mechanical or other device' as any apparatus that can intercept communications, excluding ordinary telephone equipment used in the ordinary course of business and hearing aids.\n\nWhat Kansas (official) actually says:\n\n“(9) \"electronic, mechanical or other device\" means any device or apparatus which can be used to intercept a wire, oral or electronic communication other than: (a) Any telephone or telegraph instrument, equipment or facility, or any component thereof, (i) furnished to the subscriber or user by a provider of wire or electronic communication service in the ordinary course of its business and being used by the subscriber or user in the ordinary course of its business or furnished by such subscriber or user for connection to the facilities of such service and used in the ordinary course of its business or (ii) being used by a provider of wire or electronic communication service in the ordinary course of its business, or by an investigative or law enforcement officer in the ordinary course of the officer's duties; or (b) a hearing aid or similar device being used to correct subnormal hearing to not better than normal;”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch22/022_025_0014.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-24", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Kansas (official)", "evidence_quote": "(9) \"electronic, mechanical or other device\" means any device or apparatus which can be used to intercept a wire, oral or electronic communication other than: (a) Any telephone or telegraph instrument, equipment or facility, or any component thereof, (i) furnished to the subscriber or user by a provider of wire or electronic communication service in the ordinary course of its business and being used by the subscriber or user in the ordinary course of its business or furnished by such subscriber or user for connection to the facilities of such service and used in the ordinary course of its business or (ii) being used by a provider of wire or electronic communication service in the ordinary course of its business, or by an investigative or law enforcement officer in the ordinary course of the officer's duties; or (b) a hearing aid or similar device being used to correct subnormal hearing to not better than normal;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "592-kansas-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Kansas", "topic": "AG guidance / judicial self-help page on recording", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Kansas", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ks" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } } ] }