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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - CRIM P Art. 15.051. Polygraph examination of complainant prohibited

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A peace officer or an attorney representing the state may not require, request, or take a polygraph examination of a person who charges or seeks to charge in a complaint the commission of an offense under Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, or 25.02, Penal Code.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., ch. 649 (H.B. 1172), § 7(1).

(c) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., ch. 649 (H.B. 1172), § 7(1).

(d) A complaint may not be dismissed solely:

(1) because a complainant did not take a polygraph examination; or

(2) on the basis of the results of a polygraph examination taken by the complainant.

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