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Home » US Law » 2022 Georgia Code » Title 17 - Criminal Procedure » Chapter 5 - Searches and Seizures » Article 4 - Investigating Sexual Assault » § 17-5-73. Victim’s Right to Refuse Request for Polygraph Examinations or Other Truth-Telling Devices

No prosecuting attorney, investigating law enforcement agency, or government official shall ask or require any victim of a sexual assault to submit to a polygraph examination or any other truth-telling device as a condition precedent to investigating such alleged crime. The refusal of a victim to submit to a polygraph examination or any other truth-telling device shall not prevent an investigation or prosecution of any sexual assault.

History. Code 1981, § 17-5-73 , enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 486, § 3/HB 1297.

Cross references.

Negligent or improper administration of polygraph examination, § 51-1-37.