Recording laws · Oregon
Is it legal to record a conversation in Oregon?
Oregon is not simply one-party or all-party — the rule depends on the situation. One-party for telephone calls, but all participants must be notified for in-person conversations. When in doubt, tell everyone you are recording.
Depends on the situationOr. Rev. Stat. § 165.540
The detail that catches people out
One-party for telephone calls, but all participants must be notified for in-person conversations.
What to do in practice
Say you are recording, out loud, at the start, and ask each participant to confirm they are okay with it. This is the safest default when people or jurisdictions are unclear; it is not legal advice, and local rules can require more.
Two more things worth knowing wherever you are. Recording a conversation you are not part of is illegal in every state, regardless of the consent rule. And when people are in different states, the safe assumption is that the strictest rule applies — which, on a video call with participants in three places, it usually does.
Recording meetings in Oregon
Most meeting-notes tools leave consent entirely to you — a clause in the terms of service, and a notice that vanishes after a few seconds. Two of the largest are currently defending lawsuits over recording people who never agreed.
Ours keeps the recording indicator visible for the whole meeting, asks you to confirm everyone has been told before capture begins, and stores that confirmation with the meeting alongside the rule that applied — depends on the situation in Oregon — so you can still answer the question months later.
See how it works