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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 160.45 — Polygraph tests; prohibition against
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 160: Fingerprinting and Photographing of Defendant After Arrest--criminal Identification Records and Statistics, New York Criminal Procedure Law.
Full text of N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 160.45
Statutory text current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17). This publication reproduces the text of the Consolidated Laws of New York as provided by the New York State Senate's Open Legislation service (Legislative Bill Drafting Commission statutory text); it is not the official statutes of the State of New York.
160.45 Polygraph tests; prohibition against.
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 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of the penal law.
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