You could be right, I’m not a lawyer. Could it also depends where the person you are talking to is located? No guarantee they are also in NJ.

I have some friends of friends who have a crazy story about getting this wrong years ago… and I want no part of that. It gets really bad really fast. Recording anyone without notifying them ahead of time gets dicey even if it might be technically legal, no harm at all in being safe. #NotLegalAdvice

After so many hours of initial not-recorded calls that I wished I had recorded, I also didn’t hate them knowing I’m going to hold them to what they said. It also gave me more credibility when I said “a person named <this> told me <this> on <this> date.”