Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 7507 (2026)
Breach of privacy by using a psychological-stress evaluator, an audio-stress monitor or a similar device without consent.
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§ 7507. Breach of privacy by using a psychological-stress evaluator, an audio-stress monitor or a similar device without consent.
A person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if he uses a psychological-stress evaluator, an audio-stress monitor or a similar device which measures voice waves or tonal inflections to judge the truth or falsity of oral statements without the consent of the person whose statement is being tested.
(Oct. 4, 1978, P.L.976, No.194, eff. imd.)
1978 Amendment. Act 194 added section 7507.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1979–2025 · leading case: Illinois Polygraph Soc'y v. Pellicano, 396 N.E.2d 1354 (Ill. App. Ct. 1979).
Illinois Polygraph Soc'y v. Pellicano, 396 N.E.2d 1354 (Ill. App. Ct. 1979). “3 (West 1978) and 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. §7507 (1978) (use of the PSE without consent of the examinee an offense).”
Com. v. Laurenzi, F. (Pa. Super. Ct. 2025). “On November 16, 2022, Detective Anderson of the Norristown Borough Police Department filed a criminal complaint against [Laurenzi] charging him with violations of the Crimes Code of Pennsylvania under 18 Pa. C.S. Section 7507[]with twenty-three (23) counts of invasion of privacy…”
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