Section 17-5-73 – Victim’s right to refuse request for polygraph examinations or other truth-telling devices

May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia

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.

OCGA § 17-5-73

Added by 2008 Ga. Laws 539,§ 3, eff. 5/12/2008.