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.)