Conditions Of Use

The laws of 13 states expressly prohibit the unauthorized installation or use of cameras in private places. In Alabama, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, South Dakota and Utah, installation or use of any device for photographing, observing or overhearing events or sounds in a private place without the permission of the people photographed or observed is against the law.

A private place is one where a person may reasonably expect to be safe from unauthorized surveillance.

Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota and Utah also prohibit trespassing on private property to conduct surveillance of people there. In most of these states, unauthorized installation or use of a hidden camera, or trespassing to install or use one, is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine. In Maine, the privacy violation is a felony. In Michigan, unauthorized installation or use of a hidden camera is a felony, punishable by a $2,000 fine and up to two years in prison.

Several states have laws prohibiting the use of hidden cameras in only certain circumstances, such as in locker rooms or restrooms, or for the purpose of viewing a person in a state of partial or full nudity.

This page is intended to give you basic information of "hidden" camera laws are in your State. We advise you consult your Local & State Laws before installing any "Hidden" Camera.

Alabama Video surveillance in a "private place" is prohibited. For instance, a hotel room would normally be considered private, but a hotel lobby would not.

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas The Arkansas statute prohibited in a private place without the permission of the people photographed or observed is against the law

California Video recording of "confidential communications" is prohibited without consent.

Colorado

Connecticut

District of Columbia

Delaware Hidden cameras are prohibited without consent.

Florida

Georgia Consent of all parties is required for video recording and photography in private places.

Hawaii Hidden cameras are prohibited without consent.

Idaho

Illinois Silent video recording is not prohibited.

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas Hidden cameras are prohibited without consent.

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine Hidden cameras are prohibited without consent.

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan Hidden cameras in a private place are prohibited without consent.

Minnesota Hidden cameras are prohibited in private places.

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire Hidden cameras are prohibited without consent.

New Jersey Hidden video recording is not prohibited by the statute.

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota Hidden cameras are prohibited without consent.

Tennessee Tennessee's "Peeping Tom" statute forbids a person to "knowingly photograph or cause to be photographed" in a privet place

Texas

Utah Hidden cameras are forbidden in private areas; violation is a misdemeanor.

Vermont

Virginia

Washington Silent video recording is not prohibited.

West Virginia

Wisconsin Wyoming

Ala. Code ?? 13A-11-31, 13A-11-32; Ark. Code ? 5-16-101; Cal. Penal Code ? 632 (see also People v. Gibbons, 215 Cal. App. 3d 1204 (Cal. Ct. App. 1989); but see WiInc., 71 Cal. App.4th 1066 (1999)); Del. Code Ann. tit. 11, ?? 1335, 1336; Ga. Code Ann. ? 16-11-60 to 16-11-64; Hawaii Rev. Stat. ? 711-1111; Kan. Stat. Ann. ? 21-4001 (see also State v. Martin, 658 P.2d 1024 (Kan. 1983)); Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 17-A ? 511; Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. ? 750.539d; Minn. Stat. ? 609.746; N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. ? 644:9; S.D. Codified Laws Ann. ? 22-21-1; Utah Code Ann. ? 76-9-401, 76-9-403, 76-9-702.7.

Ala. Code ?? 13A-11-31, 13A-11-32; Del. Code Ann. tit. 11, ?? 1335, 1336; Ga. Code Ann. ? 16-11-60 to 16-11-64; Hawaii Rev. Stat. ? 711-1111; Kan. Stat. Ann. ? 21-4001; Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 17-A ? 511; Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. ? 750.539d; Minn. Stat. ? 609.746; S.D. Codified Laws Ann. ? 22-21-1; Utah Code Ann. ? 76-9-402.