Section 160.45 – Polygraph tests; prohibition against

May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, New York

1. No district attorney, police officer or employee of any law enforcement agency shall request or require any victim of a sexual assault crime to submit to any polygraph test or psychological stress evaluator examination.
2. As used in this section, “victim of a sexual assault crime” means any person alleged to have sustained an offense under article one hundred thirty or section 255.25255.26 or 255.27 of the penal law.

N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law ยง 160.45