Illinois eavesdropping, all-party consent for surreptitious recording of a private conversation (720 ILCS 5/14-2(a)(1), (2), (5))
Illinois requires all parties' consent to record a private conversation, by phone or in person, when the recording is surreptitious, and makes using or disclosing what was unlawfully obtained a separate offence. A buyer who knows an archive was unlawfully made takes on the use and disclosure risk.
Dated 19 Oct 2026Source checked 19 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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“(a) A person commits eavesdropping when he or she knowingly and intentionally: (1) Uses an eavesdropping device, in a surreptitious manner, for the purpose of overhearing, transmitting, or recording all or any part of any private conversation to which he or she is not a party unless he or she does so with the consent of all of the parties to the private conversation; (2) Uses an eavesdropping device, in a surreptitious manner, for the purpose of transmitting or recording all or any part of any private conversation to which he or she is a party unless he or she does so with the consent of all other parties to the private conversation; ... (5) Uses or discloses any information which he or she knows or reasonably should know was obtained from a private conversation or private electronic communication in violation of this Article, unless he or she does so with the consent of all of the parties.”
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