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In some states, it is illegal for you to record a conversation without the other party's consent. If you are hauled into court, your recording may be (1) used to chain another charge on you, or (2) be inadmissible as exonerating evidence. Some courts have ruled that LEOs can be recorded while performing official duties, but I don't think there is a definitive SCOTUS decision on this subject, and I wouldn't bet my freedom on this.

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That mainly pertains to Telecommunications and Wiretapping, of which the police have tried to twist and try to charge people with when recording them.

However I do not know of any state that prohibits recording your own property. If that were the case then there would be zero security camera's anywhere.

Security cameras don't typically record sound, which I'm guessing makes them not illegal under such statutes. Or they're plainly obvious, at least it's plainly obvious that they're recording video, or at least in commercial spaces there are signs up mandated by law, or something. Anyway, you can't surreptitiously record a conversation you have with somebody on your own property in many states.

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