What's the law in your state?

[barretcreek]

https://pjmedia.com/trending/13-year-old-facing-felony-charge-for-recording-meeting-with-principal/

I hope the little delinquent (I'm sure he is one) finds a good mean s.o.b. lawyer and puts the state of Illinois out of business. I believe every interaction between any citizen and any government employee should be recorded.

Here I can record any conversation I am a part of.

[gwp]

Indiana is a "one-party consent" state for purposes of recording conversations. That means as long as one party to the conversation (including you) is aware that the conversation is being recorded, it is legal.

[Art]

+ 1 for Texas. It is a really good idea to know the law in your state before you record. In a two party consent state the penalties for recording a folks without their knowledge can run from mild to catastrophic. There was a blow up in the Monica Lewenski case over phone recordings in a two party consent state (Maryland.)

In the case in the OP: It is a really good idea to record interactions with the authorities where there are any allegations, or potential allegations of wrongdoing. Unfortunately the kid didn't know enough to tell the Principal he wanted to record the conversation.