Government and public statistics
RCW 9.73.030: Intercepting, recording, or divulging private communication
Washington State Legislature, Washington State Legislature, n.d.
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- What it is
- Washington's privacy statute, which makes it unlawful to record a private communication by device unless every participant has consented.
- How much weight it carries
- Official state code text. The statute has no year on the page, so the version is the current one on the Washington Legislature site as of the access date.
Facts taken from this source
- Washington makes it unlawful to record a private communication by device without first obtaining the consent of all the participants.
“without first obtaining the consent of all the participants in the communication” (9.73.030(1)(a))