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    Default Is a Surveillance Camera Looking Outside of a Complex Apartment Illegal

    Greetings,

    I live on a 2nd floor in a renting complex property in West Orange for 17 years without any incidents. Recently, there are two burglars and a shooting death crime about three block aways. To protect myself, my family and my belongings which consist of high end electronics and sentimental statues inheritance, I setup 3 external surveillance camera, clamping to the outside windows sill looking down toward my apartment main entrance, the cul de sac traffic circle and the stairs leading to the apartment building unit which consists of about 20 individual first and second floor apartment. The surveillance setting is such that the cameras trigger and sending me an alert while I am at work. The super-intendant requests that I have to take them down due to invasion of privacy complaint from my neighbors and verbal rental property policy which prohibit anything mounted on the outside. Can someone please advise what right I do have in this case?

    Advance thanks for your time and help.

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    Default Re: Is Surveillance Camera Looking Outside of a Complex Apartment Illegal

    unless your lease allows you to place things on the outside of the building you likely cannot do so, your apartment rental would not typically include the outside of the structure, can you position the cameras indoors facing out a window or windows?

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    Default Re: Is Surveillance Camera Looking Outside of a Complex Apartment Illegal

    The manufacture recommend not to mount the camera indoor. The picture quality is degrading such that it is better not to have them at all.
    How about a mounting pole inside the apart with the camera on an extension arm thru the opening of the windows?

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    Default Re: Is Surveillance Camera Looking Outside of a Complex Apartment Illegal

    All these 'open windows' and such just INVITE in the criminal element you seem to be worried about.

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    Default Re: Is Surveillance Camera Looking Outside of a Complex Apartment Illegal

    Thank you so much for your time and help.

    I am on the second floor. To access to these windows you will need a very high ladder and the ground is soft soil to support such a ladder. More over I can have a vertical bar which can only be accessed from inside to block the windows sliding up. So, do you thing I have a better chance of having an camera on an extension arm?

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    Default Re: Is Surveillance Camera Looking Outside of a Complex Apartment Illegal

    your lease does not include the airspace protruding out from your window.

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    Default Re: Is a Surveillance Camera Looking Outside of a Complex Apartment Illegal

    Perhaps stick on door and window monitors along with internet notification and camera inside.

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    Default Re: Is Surveillance Camera Looking Outside of a Complex Apartment Illegal

    Since the people coming to your door are not breaking the law, why not just mount the cameras inside the home. One facing the door so you would see somebody that came through the door. You can place the others such that they would record the face of person that might be taking some of the more preferential items, as far as thieves would be concerned.

    you need to understand that all parties consent is required to record oral communications and that includes your friends and family.

    the video could run the risk of an invasion of privcy issue in some cases as well

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    Default Re: Is Surveillance Camera Looking Outside of a Complex Apartment Illegal

    Thank you all for your valuable input.

    I am currently searching for an indoor ip camera solution and will remove the exterior cam.

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