The Maryland House Judiciary Committee held a briefing this week on whether the state should alter its wiretapping and recording consent laws.
Maryland is one of only eleven states where “all-party” or “two-party” consent is required when recording a conversation, which has complicated what types of recordings can be submitted as evidence in court cases.
Under Maryland statute, while video recordings from doorbell cameras can be used as evidence, certain recordings with audio where both parties did not consent to being recorded cannot be used…