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Tenn. Code Ann. § 38-3-123

Prohibition against requiring victims of sexual offenses to submit to polygraph

Acts 2006, ch. 638, § 1.

(1) No law enforcement officer shall require any victim of a sexual offense, as defined in § 40-39-202, or violent sexual offense, as defined in § 40-39-202, to submit to a polygraph examination or any other test designed to detect deception or verify the truth of statements through instrumentation or by means of a mechanical device, as a condition of the officer proceeding with the investigation of the offense.

(2) A violation of this section shall subject the officer to appropriate departmental disciplinary action.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.