Is Oregon a one-party or two-party consent state?
Oregon is one-party for phone calls: a participant can consent to recording. For in-person conversations, its statute requires that everyone be told the conversation is being recorded.
General information, not legal advice. Check the statute and talk to a lawyer about your situation.
Statute checked October 15, 2026
The law
- Rule
- A state where the consent rule depends on the situation
- Statute
- Or. Rev. Stat. 165.540(1)(a), (1)(c) (statute text from Justia's copy of the state code), related section 1
- Notes
- Phone calls and in-person conversations are treated differently. For telephone calls, recording by a non-participant is an offense unless at least one participant consents (165.540(1)(a)). For in-person conversations, the statute requires that all participants be specifically informed that the conversation is being recorded, with exceptions such as public meetings (165.540(1)(c)). The RCFP guide (updated October 2023) reports that a 2023 Ninth Circuit decision held the in-person rule unconstitutional; its current status is not confirmed here.
For businesses using an AI receptionist
AI receptionists usually record and transcribe calls. Announcing at the start of the call that it's recorded, and that the caller is speaking with an AI assistant, is the common way businesses handle callers from states with stricter rules.
Compare AI receptionists and check which ones announce recording and AI use.