I put this in the Legal section, but no response, so I'll try here.
To my understanding, MN is a one party consent, meaning that in order to voice record a consversation, one person must consent to the recording. That can be the one doing the recording, without disclosing it to the other. Recording is not legal if the purpose is criminal or used for tortious intent. Or if there is an expectation of privacy issue, which I think applies to stuff like planted devices, video camera pointed at a hotel room window,etc.
The Criminal part I get(bribery, etc). Tortious Intent has me confused. Can I get some examples of a Tortious Intent scenario?
My landlord sometimes voice records conversations in his office with tenant(mostly the problem ones) to cover his ass if anything is said against him.
Can the Landlord use the recording if the tenant admits doing something against policy or lying about something(claiming income.etc) and use that to infraction them?
There was a situation where one tenant found out about the recorder and her lawyer said that he wanted the recorder and it was illegal to record without consent. Landlord ended up smashing the tape thinking he was in the wrong.
When he told me this, I thought B.S. Being in his office I didn't see an expectation of privacy and the Landlord was a party to the conversation, and nothing criminal that I see.
Any thoughts?