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§10451 Polygraph testing prohibition
Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - Comprehensive Acts › Chapter CHAPTER 101— - JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XIX— - GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN › § 10451
Summary
To get grants, States, tribes, territories, and local governments must certify that by 3 years after January 5, 2006 their laws will bar requiring victims of alleged sexual offenses to take polygraph or lie‑detector tests. Refusal cannot block investigation, charging, or prosecution.
Full Legal Text
Title 34, §10451
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(a)In order to be eligible for grants under this subchapter, a State, Indian tribal government, territorial government, or unit of local government shall certify that, not later than 3 years after January 5, 2006, their laws, policies, or practices will ensure that no law enforcement officer, prosecuting officer or other government official shall ask or require an adult, youth, or child victim of an alleged sex offense as defined under Federal, tribal, State, territorial, or local law to submit to a polygraph examination or other truth telling device as a condition for proceeding with the investigation of such an offense.
(b)The refusal of a victim to submit to an examination described in subsection (a) shall not prevent the investigation, charging, or prosecution of the offense.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 3796gg–8 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section not effective until the beginning of fiscal year 2007, see section 4 of Pub. L. 109–162, set out as an
Effective Date
of 2006 Amendment note under section 10261 of this title.
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Citation
34 U.S.C. § 10451
Title 34 — Navy
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73