Legal Question in Criminal Law in New Jersey

videotaping

Is it against the law in new jersey to videotape someone`s personal property without their permission?


Asked on 7/27/04, 8:14 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Ronald Aronds Law Office of Ronald Aronds, LLC

Re: videotaping

This is a very difficult question to answer clearly with just the information in your question, but I'll try. If a person is invited into your house and does not steal or break anything, then there is probably no privacy right being violated if they bring a video camera into the house and start taping pictures of your possessions. If they are not invited in but enter anyway and start videotaping your stuff, this would be trespassing at the very least, possibly even burglary depending on the circumstances. Those are both violations of the criminal law. If a person secretly tapes the inside of your house by peering through a window without your permission, then this could be considered something like a "Peeping Tom" violation and is also a criminal offense. As you can see, there are lots of variations on the question you asked. I am an attorney who handles criminal defense cses in New Jersey. I would like very much to discuss the details of your question further so I can give you proper advice on this question. Please call me at 1-908-272-0111 so we can talk about this. Thank you.

Sincerely yours, Ronald Aronds, Esq.

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Answered on 7/28/04, 8:53 am


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