Can I Record My Spouse?
Short answer, then your state's specific law pulled live — in person, on the phone, and whether it holds up in court, plus what a licensed investigator can legally do.
Check your state →Guides
Short answer first, the law that governs it, what it means in real life, and what a licensed investigator can legally do next.
Short answer, then your state's specific law pulled live — in person, on the phone, and whether it holds up in court, plus what a licensed investigator can legally do.
Check your state →Your state's rule pulled live, plus the ownership line that decides it and the stalking-law traps most people miss.
Check your state →Your state's law plus the three federal statutes that override it — and why "we're married" isn't authorization.
Check your state →Your First Amendment right to film in public, your state's recording rule, and the limits that get people arrested anyway.
Check your state →Your state's rule for home, hidden, and doorbell cameras — plus the private-area and audio traps that make a legal camera illegal.
Check your state →Your state's consent rule plus the workplace layers — employer policy, and recording conversations you're not part of.
Check your state →The FAA governs flying, your state governs recording — and a few states let the person you filmed sue you.
Check your state →Whether your state requires a license, the official board, and how out-of-state reciprocity works — pulled live.
Check your state →The patterns people notice first, plus what kind of proof is worth gathering and what to leave to a professional.
Read the guide →How to brief an investigator, what to hand over, and the mistakes that get evidence thrown out.
Read the guide →When you need facts, when you need counsel, and how the two work together on the same case.
Read the guide →Real-world scenarios showing what surveillance can and cannot establish.
Read the cases →How documentation around children is gathered — and where the lines are.
Read the cases →Money that moves before a divorce or judgment, and how it gets traced.
Read the cases →Looking for the law where you live? Surveillance & recording laws by state →