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§10451 Polygraph Testing Prohibition

Title 34 › Subtitle I — Comprehensive Acts › CHAPTER 101 — JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT › SUBCHAPTER XIX — GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN › § 10451

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

To get grants under this part, States, tribal and territorial governments, and local governments must promise that, no later than 3 years after January 5, 2006, their laws and policies will stop police, prosecutors, or other officials from asking or forcing adult, youth, or child victims of an alleged sex offense to take a polygraph or other "truth‑telling" test as a condition for investigating the crime. If a victim refuses to take such a test, that refusal cannot stop the investigation, charging, or prosecution of the offense.

Full Legal Text

Title 34, §10451

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(a)In general
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)Prosecution
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.

Reference

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Citation

34 U.S.C. § 10451

Title 34, Navy

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110