New Hampshire Wiretapping and Eavesdropping Act (RSA 570-A)
Law. Placed at New Hampshire. Read 30 Sep 2026; 4 provisions cited by the planner.
What does New Hampshire Wiretapping and Eavesdropping Act (RSA 570-A) require?
A person must not wilfully intercept, try to intercept, or procure another to intercept a telecommunication (a call or other transfer of information over a carrier's facilities, including wireless) without the consent of all parties, unless the chapter provides otherwise. Also cited: 570-A:2, I(a), in-person conversations: record only with the consent of all parties where privacy is expected; 570-A:2, I-a, a party to the conversation must also have every other party's consent before recording.
RSA 570-A:2, I(a)Phone and carrier communications: intercept or record only with the consent of all parties A person must not wilfully intercept, try to intercept, or procure another to intercept a telecommunication (a call or other transfer of information over a carrier's facilities, including wireless) without the consent of all parties, unless the chapter provides otherwise. Penalty: class B felony.
RSA 570-A:2, I(a)In-person conversations: record only with the consent of all parties where privacy is expected A person must not wilfully intercept or record an oral communication, meaning words spoken with a justified expectation that they are not being intercepted, without the consent of all parties. For an employer this covers audio-capable CCTV, meeting and interview recording and covert microphones.
RSA 570-A:2, I-aA party to the conversation must also have every other party's consent before recording A person who is a party to a telecommunication or oral communication, or who has one party's prior consent, must not knowingly intercept it without the consent of all parties; outside the law enforcement procedure in 570-A:2, II(d), doing so is a misdemeanour. Being a participant is not enough in New Hampshire.
RSA 570-A:1, IV(a)Business-extension exclusion: carrier-furnished telephone equipment used in the ordinary course of business Telephone or telegraph equipment furnished to a subscriber by a communication carrier in the ordinary course of its business and used by the subscriber in the ordinary course of its business, or furnished by the subscriber for connection to the service and so used under the approved telephone company rules, is not an interception device. Monitoring outside such equipment or outside the ordinary course of business needs all parties' consent.