Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
§ 15.051 — POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION OF COMPLAINANT PROHIBITED
CR § 15.051Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 15. ARREST UNDER WARRANT
Statute text
View on source(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(b)Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 649 (H.B. 1172), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2021.
(c)Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 649 (H.B. 1172), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2021.
(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. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 24, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 608, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by:
Legislative history
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (H.B. 8), Sec. 3.07, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 649 (H.B. 1172), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 649 (H.B. 1172), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 649 (H.B. 1172), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2021.