{ "batch": "619-maine-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r619_maine_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_maine_anchor_statutes_index", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: statutory code index", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine's statutes are published on the official Maine Legislature site at legislature.maine.gov under a statute index page listing all titles of the Maine Revised Statutes, current through October 1, 2026.", "body": "Maine's statutes are published on the official Maine Legislature site at legislature.maine.gov under a statute index page listing all titles of the Maine Revised Statutes, current through October 1, 2026.\n\nWhat Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“List of Titles TITLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE”\n\nNote: Anchor record. The page shows the official Maine Legislature statute index. Title 15, Chapter 102 contains the wiretapping/interception statutes. Video recording without audio is not addressed in this chapter; see notes on video-only.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/", "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes", "evidence_quote": "List of Titles TITLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "619-maine-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Maine", "topic": "statutory code index", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-me" ], "platform": "maine", "topic": [ "rules.content" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r619_maine_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_maine_wiretap_statute_citation", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: statutory code index", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine's wiretapping and electronic interception statute is Title 15, Chapter 102: Interception of Wire and Oral Communications, comprising sections 709 through 714 of the Maine Revised Statutes.", "body": "Maine's wiretapping and electronic interception statute is Title 15, Chapter 102: Interception of Wire and Oral Communications, comprising sections 709 through 714 of the Maine Revised Statutes.\n\nWhat Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“Title 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL Chapter 102: INTERCEPTION OF WIRE AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS”\n\nNote: This is the home chapter for all wiretapping/interception law in Maine. Every subsequent record in this batch sits under this citation.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/15/title15sec709.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes", "evidence_quote": "Title 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL Chapter 102: INTERCEPTION OF WIRE AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "619-maine-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Maine", "topic": "statutory code index", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-me" ], "platform": "maine", "topic": [ "rules.content" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r619_maine_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_maine_one_party_consent", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: recording consent", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine is a one-party consent state: a person may record a wire or oral communication if at least one party to the communication has given prior authority or consent.", "body": "Maine is a one-party consent state: a person may record a wire or oral communication if at least one party to the communication has given prior authority or consent.\n\nWhat Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“4. Intercept. \"Intercept\" means to hear, record or aid another to hear or record the contents of any wire or oral communication through the use of any intercepting device by any person other than: A. The sender or receiver of that communication; B. A person within the range of normal unaided hearing or subnormal hearing corrected to not better than normal; or C. A person given prior authority by the sender or receiver.”\n\nNote: The definition of 'intercept' in 15 §709(4) excludes the sender/receiver and those given 'prior authority by the sender or receiver' (i.e., one-party consent). This is the operative consent language: a party to the communication may authorize the recording.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/15/title15sec709.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes", "evidence_quote": "4. Intercept. \"Intercept\" means to hear, record or aid another to hear or record the contents of any wire or oral communication through the use of any intercepting device by any person other than: A. The sender or receiver of that communication; B. A person within the range of normal unaided hearing or subnormal hearing corrected to not better than normal; or C. A person given prior authority by the sender or receiver.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "619-maine-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Maine", "topic": "recording consent", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-me" ], "platform": "maine", "topic": [ "rules.content" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r619_maine_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_maine_video_no_audio_distinction", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: recording consent", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine's wiretapping statute (Title 15, Chapter 102) covers only wire and oral communications; it does not separately address video recording without audio.", "body": "Maine's wiretapping statute (Title 15, Chapter 102) covers only wire and oral communications; it does not separately address video recording without audio.\n\nWhat Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“Chapter 102: INTERCEPTION OF WIRE AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS”\n\nNote: The chapter title explicitly limits scope to 'wire and oral communications.' There is no provision addressing video-only recording (no audio). A separate check of Title 17-A (Maine Criminal Code) was not conducted for video voyeurism provisions, which may be covered elsewhere; that gap is not resolved here.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/15/title15ch102.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes", "evidence_quote": "Chapter 102: INTERCEPTION OF WIRE AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "619-maine-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Maine", "topic": "recording consent", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-me" ], "platform": "maine", "topic": [ "rules.content" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r619_maine_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_maine_exception_le_courses", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: statutory exceptions", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine law enforcement officers, investigative officers of the Department of Corrections, and jail investigative officers are exempt from the wiretapping prohibitions when acting within the normal course of employment related to criminal justice or juvenile justice administration, provided notice of possible interception is given.", "body": "Maine law enforcement officers, investigative officers of the Department of Corrections, and jail investigative officers are exempt from the wiretapping prohibitions when acting within the normal course of employment related to criminal justice or juvenile justice administration, provided notice of possible interception is given.\n\nWhat Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“2. Investigative officers. It is not a violation of this chapter for an investigative officer, or for another employee of the Department of Corrections authorized to exercise law enforcement powers as described in Title 34-A, section 3011, to intercept, disclose or use that communication in the normal course of employment while engaged in any activity that is related to the administration of criminal justice as defined in Title 16, section 703, subsection 1 for the purposes of the Criminal History Record Information Act or as defined in Title 16, section 803, subsection 2 for the purposes of the Intelligence and Investigative Record Information Act; or while engaged in any activity that is related to the administration of juvenile justice if: A. Either the sender or receiver of that communication is a person residing in an adult or juvenile correctional facility administered by the Department of Corrections; and B. Notice of the possibility of interception is provided in a way sufficient to make the parties to the communication aware of the possibility of interception, which includes: (1) Providing the resident with a written notification statement; (2) Posting written notification next to every telephone at the facility that is subject to monitoring; and (3) Informing the recipient of a telephone call from the resident by playing a recorded warning before the recipient accepts the call.”\n\nNote: This is one of the law-enforcement/correctional exceptions in 15 §712.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/15/title15sec712.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes", "evidence_quote": "2. Investigative officers. It is not a violation of this chapter for an investigative officer, or for another employee of the Department of Corrections authorized to exercise law enforcement powers as described in Title 34-A, section 3011, to intercept, disclose or use that communication in the normal course of employment while engaged in any activity that is related to the administration of criminal justice as defined in Title 16, section 703, subsection 1 for the purposes of the Criminal History Record Information Act or as defined in Title 16, section 803, subsection 2 for the purposes of the Intelligence and Investigative Record Information Act; or while engaged in any activity that is related to the administration of juvenile justice if: A. Either the sender or receiver of that communication is a person residing in an adult or juvenile correctional facility administered by the Department of Corrections; and B. Notice of the possibility of interception is provided in a way sufficient to make the parties to the communication aware of the possibility of interception, which includes: (1) Providing the resident with a written notification statement; (2) Posting written notification next to every telephone at the facility that is subject to monitoring; and (3) Informing the recipient of a telephone call from the resident by playing a recorded warning before the recipient accepts the call.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "619-maine-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Maine", "topic": "statutory exceptions", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-me" ], "platform": "maine", "topic": [ "rules.content" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r619_maine_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_maine_exception_switchboard", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: statutory exceptions", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine allows switchboard operators or communication common carrier employees to intercept communications in the normal course of employment when necessary to provide service or protect rights and property, subject to prohibitions on random monitoring and disclosure.", "body": "Maine allows switchboard operators or communication common carrier employees to intercept communications in the normal course of employment when necessary to provide service or protect rights and property, subject to prohibitions on random monitoring and disclosure.\n\nWhat Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“1. Switchboard operators, communication common carrier agent. It is not a violation of this chapter for an operator of a switchboard or an officer, employee or agent of any communication common carrier, as defined in this chapter, to intercept, disclose or use that communication in the normal course of employment while engaged in any activity which is a necessary incident to the rendition of service or to the protection of the rights or property of the carrier of the communication, provided that the communication common carriers shall not utilize service for observing or random monitoring, except for mechanical or service quality control checks, nor shall any such officer, employee or agent use or disclose to another the contents as defined in this chapter of the communication so intercepted.”\n\nNote: This is one of the statutory exceptions in 15 §712(1) for communication common carriers.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/15/title15sec712.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes", "evidence_quote": "1. Switchboard operators, communication common carrier agent. It is not a violation of this chapter for an operator of a switchboard or an officer, employee or agent of any communication common carrier, as defined in this chapter, to intercept, disclose or use that communication in the normal course of employment while engaged in any activity which is a necessary incident to the rendition of service or to the protection of the rights or property of the carrier of the communication, provided that the communication common carriers shall not utilize service for observing or random monitoring, except for mechanical or service quality control checks, nor shall any such officer, employee or agent use or disclose to another the contents as defined in this chapter of the communication so intercepted.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "619-maine-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Maine", "topic": "statutory exceptions", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-me" ], "platform": "maine", "topic": [ "rules.content" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r619_maine_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_maine_exception_jail_investigative", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: statutory exceptions", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine allows jail investigative officers and jail employees acting at their direction to intercept communications within the normal course of employment related to criminal justice, when either party is a jail resident and notice is provided.", "body": "Maine allows jail investigative officers and jail employees acting at their direction to intercept communications within the normal course of employment related to criminal justice, when either party is a jail resident and notice is provided.\n\nWhat Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“3. Jail investigative officer. It is not a violation of this chapter for a jail investigative officer, as defined in this chapter, or for a jail employee acting at the direction of a jail investigative officer to intercept, disclose or use that communication in the normal course of employment while engaged in any activity that is related to the administration of criminal justice as defined in Title 16, section 703, subsection 1 for the purposes of the Criminal History Record Information Act or as defined in Title 16, section 803, subsection 2 for the purposes of the Intelligence and Investigative Record Information Act if: A. Either the sender or the receiver of that communication is a person residing in an adult section of the jail; and B. Notice of the possibility of interception is provided in a way sufficient to make the parties to the communication aware of the possibility of interception, which includes: (1) Providing the resident with a written notification statement; (2) Posting written notification next to every telephone at the jail that is subject to monitoring; and (3) Informing the recipient of a telephone call from the resident by playing a recorded warning before the recipient accepts the call. This subsection does not authorize any interference with the attorney-client privilege.”\n\nNote: This is one of the statutory exceptions in 15 §712(3) for jail investigative officers.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/15/title15sec712.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes", "evidence_quote": "3. Jail investigative officer. It is not a violation of this chapter for a jail investigative officer, as defined in this chapter, or for a jail employee acting at the direction of a jail investigative officer to intercept, disclose or use that communication in the normal course of employment while engaged in any activity that is related to the administration of criminal justice as defined in Title 16, section 703, subsection 1 for the purposes of the Criminal History Record Information Act or as defined in Title 16, section 803, subsection 2 for the purposes of the Intelligence and Investigative Record Information Act if: A. Either the sender or the receiver of that communication is a person residing in an adult section of the jail; and B. Notice of the possibility of interception is provided in a way sufficient to make the parties to the communication aware of the possibility of interception, which includes: (1) Providing the resident with a written notification statement; (2) Posting written notification next to every telephone at the jail that is subject to monitoring; and (3) Informing the recipient of a telephone call from the resident by playing a recorded warning before the recipient accepts the call. This subsection does not authorize any interference with the attorney-client privilege.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "619-maine-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Maine", "topic": "statutory exceptions", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-me" ], "platform": "maine", "topic": [ "rules.content" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r619_maine_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_maine_exception_disclosure_other_agencies", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: statutory exceptions", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine permits disclosure of legally obtained intercepted communications to other state agencies when related to that agency's statutory functions.", "body": "Maine permits disclosure of legally obtained intercepted communications to other state agencies when related to that agency's statutory functions.\n\nWhat Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“4. Disclosure to another state agency. It is not a violation of this chapter for the contents of an interception of any oral communication or wire communication that has been legally obtained pursuant to subsection 2 or 3 to be disclosed to a state agency if related to the statutory functions of that agency.”\n\nNote: This is one of the statutory exceptions in 15 §712(4).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/15/title15sec712.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes", "evidence_quote": "4. Disclosure to another state agency. It is not a violation of this chapter for the contents of an interception of any oral communication or wire communication that has been legally obtained pursuant to subsection 2 or 3 to be disclosed to a state agency if related to the statutory functions of that agency.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "619-maine-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Maine", "topic": "statutory exceptions", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-me" ], "platform": "maine", "topic": [ "rules.content" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r619_maine_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_maine_penalty_interception_class_c", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: penalty classification", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Knowingly intercepting, attempting to intercept, or procuring another to intercept a wire or oral communication is a Class C crime in Maine.", "body": "Knowingly intercepting, attempting to intercept, or procuring another to intercept a wire or oral communication is a Class C crime in Maine.\n\nWhat Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“1. Interception, oral communications prohibited. Any person, other than an employee of a communication common carrier, a law enforcement officer, an investigative officer, another employee of the Department of Corrections authorized to exercise law enforcement powers as described in Title 34-A, section 3011 or a jail investigative officer or a jail employee acting at the direction of a jail investigative officer, carrying out practices otherwise permitted by this chapter, who intentionally or knowingly intercepts, attempts to intercept or procures any other person to intercept or attempt to intercept any wire or oral communication is guilty of a Class C crime.”\n\nNote: Class C crime is the operative penalty under 15 §710(1).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/15/title15sec710.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes", "evidence_quote": "1. Interception, oral communications prohibited. Any person, other than an employee of a communication common carrier, a law enforcement officer, an investigative officer, another employee of the Department of Corrections authorized to exercise law enforcement powers as described in Title 34-A, section 3011 or a jail investigative officer or a jail employee acting at the direction of a jail investigative officer, carrying out practices otherwise permitted by this chapter, who intentionally or knowingly intercepts, attempts to intercept or procures any other person to intercept or attempt to intercept any wire or oral communication is guilty of a Class C crime.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "619-maine-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Maine", "topic": "penalty classification", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "running", "region": [ "us-me" ], "platform": "maine", "topic": [ "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r619_maine_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_maine_penalty_editing_class_c", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: penalty classification", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Knowingly editing, altering, or tampering with a tape recording that is then presented in a judicial or sworn proceeding without disclosure of the changes is a Class C crime in Maine.", "body": "Knowingly editing, altering, or tampering with a tape recording that is then presented in a judicial or sworn proceeding without disclosure of the changes is a Class C crime in Maine.\n\nWhat Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“2. Editing of tape recordings in judicial proceedings prohibited. Any person who knowingly or intentionally edits, alters or tampers with any tape, transcription or other sound recording, or knows of such editing, altering or tampering, and presents that recording in any judicial proceeding or proceeding under oath, without fully indicating the nature of the changes made and the original state of the recording, is guilty of a Class C crime.”\n\nNote: Under 15 §710(2).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/15/title15sec710.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes", "evidence_quote": "2. Editing of tape recordings in judicial proceedings prohibited. Any person who knowingly or intentionally edits, alters or tampers with any tape, transcription or other sound recording, or knows of such editing, altering or tampering, and presents that recording in any judicial proceeding or proceeding under oath, without fully indicating the nature of the changes made and the original state of the recording, is guilty of a Class C crime.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "619-maine-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Maine", "topic": "penalty classification", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "running", "region": [ "us-me" ], "platform": "maine", "topic": [ "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r619_maine_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_maine_penalty_disclosure_use_class_c", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: penalty classification", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Intentionally disclosing the contents of a wire or oral communication knowing it was obtained through interception, or intentionally using such contents, is a Class C crime in Maine.", "body": "Intentionally disclosing the contents of a wire or oral communication knowing it was obtained through interception, or intentionally using such contents, is a Class C crime in Maine.\n\nWhat Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“3. Disclosure or use of wire or oral communications prohibited. A person is guilty of a Class C crime if the person: A. Intentionally or knowingly discloses or attempts to disclose to any person the contents of any wire or oral communication, knowing that the information was obtained through interception; or B. Intentionally or knowingly uses or attempts to use the contents of any wire or oral communication, knowing that the information was obtained through interception.”\n\nNote: Under 15 §710(3).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/15/title15sec710.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes", "evidence_quote": "3. Disclosure or use of wire or oral communications prohibited. A person is guilty of a Class C crime if the person: A. Intentionally or knowingly discloses or attempts to disclose to any person the contents of any wire or oral communication, knowing that the information was obtained through interception; or B. Intentionally or knowingly uses or attempts to use the contents of any wire or oral communication, knowing that the information was obtained through interception.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "619-maine-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Maine", "topic": "penalty classification", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "running", "region": [ "us-me" ], "platform": "maine", "topic": [ "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r619_maine_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_maine_penalty_possession_devices_class_c", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: penalty classification", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Possessing any device designed for intercepting wire or oral communications (when not a carrier employee or law enforcement) is a Class C crime in Maine.", "body": "Possessing any device designed for intercepting wire or oral communications (when not a carrier employee or law enforcement) is a Class C crime in Maine.\n\nWhat Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“5. Possession of interception devices prohibited. A person, other than an employee of a communication common carrier, a law enforcement officer, an investigative officer, another employee of the Department of Corrections authorized to exercise law enforcement powers as described in Title 34-A, section 3011 or a jail investigative officer or a jail employee acting at the direction of a jail investigative officer, carrying out practices otherwise permitted by this chapter, who has in that person's possession any device, contrivance, machine or apparatus designed or commonly used for intercepting wire or oral communications is guilty of a Class C crime.”\n\nNote: Under 15 §710(5).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/15/title15sec710.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes", "evidence_quote": "5. Possession of interception devices prohibited. A person, other than an employee of a communication common carrier, a law enforcement officer, an investigative officer, another employee of the Department of Corrections authorized to exercise law enforcement powers as described in Title 34-A, section 3011 or a jail investigative officer or a jail employee acting at the direction of a jail investigative officer, carrying out practices otherwise permitted by this chapter, who has in that person's possession any device, contrivance, machine or apparatus designed or commonly used for intercepting wire or oral communications is guilty of a Class C crime.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "619-maine-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Maine", "topic": "penalty classification", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "running", "region": [ "us-me" ], "platform": "maine", "topic": [ "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r619_maine_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_maine_penalty_sale_devices_class_b", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: penalty classification", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Selling, exchanging, delivering, or possessing with intent to sell any device designed for intercepting wire or oral communications is a Class B crime in Maine.", "body": "Selling, exchanging, delivering, or possessing with intent to sell any device designed for intercepting wire or oral communications is a Class B crime in Maine.\n\nWhat Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“6. Sale of interception devices prohibited. A person who sells, exchanges, delivers, barters, gives or furnishes or possesses with an intent to sell any device, contrivance, machine or apparatus designed or commonly used for the interception of wire or oral communications as defined in this chapter is guilty of a Class B crime. This subsection shall not include devices manufactured under written contract for sale to common carriers, law enforcement agencies and the Department of Corrections, provided that the production of any such device shall not have commenced prior to the signing of the contract by both parties.”\n\nNote: Under 15 §710(6). Class B crime is more severe than Class C.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/15/title15sec710.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes", "evidence_quote": "6. Sale of interception devices prohibited. A person who sells, exchanges, delivers, barters, gives or furnishes or possesses with an intent to sell any device, contrivance, machine or apparatus designed or commonly used for the interception of wire or oral communications as defined in this chapter is guilty of a Class B crime. This subsection shall not include devices manufactured under written contract for sale to common carriers, law enforcement agencies and the Department of Corrections, provided that the production of any such device shall not have commenced prior to the signing of the contract by both parties.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "619-maine-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Maine", "topic": "penalty classification", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "running", "region": [ "us-me" ], "platform": "maine", "topic": [ "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r619_maine_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_maine_civil_remedy", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: penalty classification", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Any party to a conversation intercepted in violation of Maine's interception chapter has a civil cause of action and may recover actual damages (not less than liquidated damages of $100 per day per violation) plus reasonable attorney's fees and litigation disbursements.", "body": "Any party to a conversation intercepted in violation of Maine's interception chapter has a civil cause of action and may recover actual damages (not less than liquidated damages of $100 per day per violation) plus reasonable attorney's fees and litigation disbursements.\n\nWhat Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“Any party to a conversation intercepted, disclosed or used in violation of this chapter shall have a civil cause of action against any person who intercepts, discloses or uses such communications and shall be entitled to recover from any such persons: 1. Damages. Actual damages, but not less than liquidated damages, computed at the rate of $100 per day for each day of violation; and 2. Attorney's fee. A reasonable attorney's fee and other litigation disbursements reasonably incurred.”\n\nNote: Under 15 §711. No treble damages; liquidated damages are $100/day with attorney's fees; the claimant must be a party to the intercepted conversation.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/15/title15sec711.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes", "evidence_quote": "Any party to a conversation intercepted, disclosed or used in violation of this chapter shall have a civil cause of action against any person who intercepts, discloses or uses such communications and shall be entitled to recover from any such persons: 1. Damages. Actual damages, but not less than liquidated damages, computed at the rate of $100 per day for each day of violation; and 2. Attorney's fee. A reasonable attorney's fee and other litigation disbursements reasonably incurred.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "619-maine-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Maine", "topic": "penalty classification", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "running", "region": [ "us-me" ], "platform": "maine", "topic": [ "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r619_maine_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_maine_reporting_duty_common_carrier", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: penalty classification", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine requires communication common carriers to promptly report possible wiretapping violations to the Attorney General and adopt reasonable compliance rules, with a civil penalty of up to $5,000 payable to the State for violations.", "body": "Maine requires communication common carriers to promptly report possible wiretapping violations to the Attorney General and adopt reasonable compliance rules, with a civil penalty of up to $5,000 payable to the State for violations.\n\nWhat Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“4. Duty to report. Any communications common carrier shall promptly report to the Attorney General any facts coming to its attention in the conduct of its business which may indicate a possible violation of this section and such carrier shall adopt reasonable rules to assure compliance with this subsection, provided that such carrier shall not be liable to any person who may claim an injury arising out of any such report, if made in good faith. Any person violating this subsection shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000, payable to the State, to be recovered in a civil action.”\n\nNote: Under 15 §710(4).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/15/title15sec710.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Maine Legislature / Office of the Revisor of Statutes", "evidence_quote": "4. Duty to report. Any communications common carrier shall promptly report to the Attorney General any facts coming to its attention in the conduct of its business which may indicate a possible violation of this section and such carrier shall adopt reasonable rules to assure compliance with this subsection, provided that such carrier shall not be liable to any person who may claim an injury arising out of any such report, if made in good faith. Any person violating this subsection shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000, payable to the State, to be recovered in a civil action.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "619-maine-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Maine", "topic": "penalty classification", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "running", "region": [ "us-me" ], "platform": "maine", "topic": [ "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r619_maine_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_me_stat_lookup_anchor", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: statutory code index", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine's statutes are organized under 40 titles listed on the official Maine Legislature site at legislature.maine.gov under the Maine Revised Statutes title index page.", "body": "Maine's statutes are organized under 40 titles listed on the official Maine Legislature site at legislature.maine.gov under the Maine Revised Statutes title index page.\n\nWhat Maine Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“This version of the Maine Revised Statutes reflects changes made through the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature, is current through October 1, 2026, and is subject to change without notice. Individual Titles, chapters, or sections of this online version of the Maine Revised Statutes may be downloaded in either PDF or MS-Word format by clicking on the appropriate link. List of Titles - TITLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS - TITLE 2: EXECUTIVE - TITLE 3: LEGISLATURE - TITLE 4: JUDICIARY - TITLE 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES - TITLE 6: AERONAUTICS - TITLE 7: AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS - TITLE 7-A: AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY - TITLE 8: AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS - TITLE 9: BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - TITLE 9-A: MAINE CONSUMER CREDIT CODE - TITLE 9-B: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE - TITLE 11: UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE - TITLE 12: CONSERVATION - TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS - TITLE 13-A: MAINE BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT - TITLE 13-B: MAINE NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT - TITLE 13-C: MAINE BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT - TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL - TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL - TITLE 16: COURT PROCEDURE -- EVIDENCE - TITLE 17: CRIMES - TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 18: DECEDENTS' ESTATES AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONS - TITLE 18-A: PROBATE CODE - TITLE 18-B: TRUSTS - TITLE 18-C: PROBATE CODE - TITLE 19: DOMESTIC RELATIONS - TITLE 19-A: DOMESTIC RELATIONS - TITLE 20: EDUCATION - TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION - TITLE 21: ELECTIONS - TITLE 21-A: ELECTIONS - TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE - TITLE 22-A: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION - TITLE 24: INSURANCE - TITLE 24-A: MAINE INSURANCE CODE - TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY - TITLE 26: LABOR AND INDUSTRY - TITLE 27: LIBRARIES, HISTORY, CULTURE AND ART - TITLE 28: LIQUORS - TITLE 28-A: LIQUORS - TITLE 28-B: CANNABIS - TITLE 29: MOTOR VEHICLES - TITLE 29-A: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC - TITLE 30: FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBES - TITLE 30-A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES - TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS - TITLE 32: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 33: PROPERTY - TITLE 34: PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND CORRECTIONS - TITLE 34-A: CORRECTIONS - TITLE 34-B: BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES - TITLE 35: PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES - TITLE 36: TAXATION - TITLE 37: VETERANS' SERVICES - TITLE 37-A: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND VETERANS SERVICES - TITLE 37-B: DEFENSE, VETERANS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION - TITLE 39: WORKERS' COMPENSATION - TITLE 39-A: WORKERS' COMPENSATION”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/", "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Maine Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes", "evidence_quote": "This version of the Maine Revised Statutes reflects changes made through the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature, is current through October 1, 2026, and is subject to change without notice. Individual Titles, chapters, or sections of this online version of the Maine Revised Statutes may be downloaded in either PDF or MS-Word format by clicking on the appropriate link. List of Titles - TITLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS - TITLE 2: EXECUTIVE - TITLE 3: LEGISLATURE - TITLE 4: JUDICIARY - TITLE 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES - TITLE 6: AERONAUTICS - TITLE 7: AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS - TITLE 7-A: AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY - TITLE 8: AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS - TITLE 9: BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - TITLE 9-A: MAINE CONSUMER CREDIT CODE - TITLE 9-B: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE - TITLE 11: UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE - TITLE 12: CONSERVATION - TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS - TITLE 13-A: MAINE BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT - TITLE 13-B: MAINE NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT - TITLE 13-C: MAINE BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT - TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL - TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL - TITLE 16: COURT PROCEDURE -- EVIDENCE - TITLE 17: CRIMES - TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 18: DECEDENTS' ESTATES AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONS - TITLE 18-A: PROBATE CODE - TITLE 18-B: TRUSTS - TITLE 18-C: PROBATE CODE - TITLE 19: DOMESTIC RELATIONS - TITLE 19-A: DOMESTIC RELATIONS - TITLE 20: EDUCATION - TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION - TITLE 21: ELECTIONS - TITLE 21-A: ELECTIONS - TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE - TITLE 22-A: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION - TITLE 24: INSURANCE - TITLE 24-A: MAINE INSURANCE CODE - TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY - TITLE 26: LABOR AND INDUSTRY - TITLE 27: LIBRARIES, HISTORY, CULTURE AND ART - TITLE 28: LIQUORS - TITLE 28-A: LIQUORS - TITLE 28-B: CANNABIS - TITLE 29: MOTOR VEHICLES - TITLE 29-A: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC - TITLE 30: FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBES - TITLE 30-A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES - TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS - TITLE 32: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 33: PROPERTY - TITLE 34: PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND CORRECTIONS - TITLE 34-A: CORRECTIONS - TITLE 34-B: BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES - TITLE 35: PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES - TITLE 36: TAXATION - TITLE 37: VETERANS' SERVICES - TITLE 37-A: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND VETERANS SERVICES - TITLE 37-B: DEFENSE, VETERANS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION - TITLE 39: WORKERS' COMPENSATION - TITLE 39-A: WORKERS' COMPENSATION", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "619-maine-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Maine", "topic": "statutory code index", "applies_to_country": "us", "applies_to_scope": "Anchor record: Title index for the whole Maine Revised Statutes; all later Maine records sit under this citation.", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "choosing", "region": [ "us-me" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r619_maine_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_me_anchor_statutes", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine: statutory code index", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine's statutes are published on the official Legislative Information site at www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/ under a titles index page listing 39 titles including the Maine Criminal Code (Title 17-A).", "body": "Maine's statutes are published on the official Legislative Information site at www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/ under a titles index page listing 39 titles including the Maine Criminal Code (Title 17-A).\n\nWhat Maine Legislature actually says:\n\n“This version of the Maine Revised Statutes reflects changes made through the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature, is current through October 1, 2026, and is subject to change without notice.”\n\nNote: Anchor record. The page heading 'Maine Legislature' and 'Maine Revised Statutes' also present; evidence quote shows currency date.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/", "last_verified": "2026-10-16", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Maine Legislature", "evidence_quote": "This version of the Maine Revised Statutes reflects changes made through the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature, is current through October 1, 2026, and is subject to change without notice.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "619-maine-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party", "subject": "Maine", "topic": "statutory code index", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-me" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } } ] }