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O.C.G.A. § 17-5-73 — Victim's right to refuse request for polygraph examinations or other truth-telling devices | Georgia Code

O.C.G.A. § 17-5-73 (2018) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Scholar Amendments

TITLE 17 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Section 5. Searches and Seizures, 17-5-1 through 17-5-100.

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.

(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.

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