When is it legal to use a voice recording in CA?

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Sara

When is it legal to use a voice recording in the state of California? I have a difficult "roommate" situation. My boyfriend and I have a lease for a house from August 5, 2010 through February 28, 2013. My boyfriend allowed a "friend" to stay as a guest starting in September 2012. He still has not left, has definitely overstayed his welcome, is not on the lease and refuses to fill out paperwork for the property managers, and is threatening to sue us or the property managers for subletting. He is, clearly, making our life hell, even after all we have done for him when he had no where else to go. He still owes his last legitimate roommate money for rent, owes $600 to SDGE (they came and shut down our service and account when they found out he was staying with us), and he has literally no money. His car's registration tags expired January 2012 and he then registered it as a non-op in December 2012 AFTER it got impounded, yet he still drives it everywhere.
Anyway, I have a voice recording of the three of us arguing the other day and was wondering, if we were to have to go to court, would it be legal to use it since my voice and my boyfriend's voice are both on the tape?
Also, how can we go about getting him out of our house? What are the laws as far as how much notice we have to give him (or if any) and how to go about calling the sheriff to escort him out? If we do have to give him (x) days notice, do we have to certify mail it for proof he would have received it? I have heard anywhere from no notice to 3 days notice to 30 days notice so please someone help who really knows and please provide a reference.
He is not legally allowed to be here, we have informed the property managers of the situation so we would not get in trouble for subletting (even though there was no written agreement in the first place for it to be even called subletting), and we have purchased a security camera system in case he decides to try and vandalize the house or our cars once we kick him out. He is threatening us because he does not believe even 56 days notice is long enough and is trying to force us to renew our lease for his benefit. He is obviously unstable, unpredictable, and I feel like myself or my personal belongings are at risk. I want him out as soon as legally possible. What are my options?
If he wants to play hardball like he is threatening, I am determined to take him down, leave him with nothing, use police escorts, and if possible, even get his car re-impounded for operating a registered non-op for all the trouble and upset he is causing me. How do I do this!?

Answer
When you have the consent of all parties being recorded (or let's say all parties understand that they are being recorded) . . . or when in a public place where there is no reasonable expectation of it being considered a private conversation/discussion.

California is a "two-party" consent state in this respect. "One-party" consent states (like Georgia, where I live, do not need that - and I have used that right constructively).

There are pretty strict laws/penalties concerning this, I suggest you read the page linked to in "Source(s)" below.

How long can I make a claim for lost or removed/stolen items from baggage?

Patrick

I was taking a trip to Germany btw. Aug. and Sept. 2012 for about three weeks in Germany visiting relatives. During that stay I purchased two used musical instruments (Access Virus C and a Korg Micro XL). I intended to take them both home and I thought I put both of them in one of my suitcases. During the return trip the suitcase holding the instruments had to be put on a different plane taking an alternate route to the destination. It took an extra day for the other suitcase to arrive at my apartment. Upon checking the contents I noticed that the Virus B was missing but the Korg Micro XL was still there but two keys were lifted (which was easy to fix) and other items were strewn about (mostly clothes and non fragile souveniers. For some reason I was convinced that the Virus synth was still at my childhood home in Germany and I left it at that for some time. Well, last week I asked my mother to send me the Virus over but she didn't know what I was talking about. I described the item to her, even sent her a picture off the web for her to identify it. After a couple of days searching she came up with nothing. At that moment it hit me that the Virus (a 450 Euro purchase) might have actually been stolen out of that suitcase. Now after so much time going by should I still report a possible theft by airport staff or am I out of luck? Is there still any chance that security camera footage is still filed where the suitcase has been processed?
Thanks, Maverick, I'm gonna give it a shot. Better doing something than nothing.

Answer
CALL THE AIRLINE YOU FLEW ON AND EXPLAIN THE SITUATION AS YOU HAVE DONE ABOVE. However, you do not have to go any further than where you say the Virus was missing.
Note: You will have to call a general number and ask for missing luggage information.

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