{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-831.1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-831.1","heading":"Polygraph examinations of victims of sexual assaults.","body":"(a)\tA criminal or juvenile justice agency shall not require a person claiming to be a victim of sexual assault or claiming to be a witness regarding the sexual assault of another person to submit to a polygraph or similar examination as a precondition to the agency conducting an investigation into the matter.\n(b)\tAn agency wishing to perform a polygraph examination of a person claiming to be a victim or witness of sexual assault shall inform the person of the following:\n(1)\tThat taking the polygraph examination is voluntary.\n(2)\tThat the results of the examination are not admissible in court.\n(3)\tThat the person's decision to submit to or refuse a polygraph examination will not be the sole basis for a decision by the agency not to investigate the matter.\n(c)\tAn agency which declines to investigate an alleged case of sexual assault following a decision by a person claiming to be a victim not to submit to a polygraph examination shall provide to that person, in writing, the reasons why the agency did not pursue the investigation at the request of the person. (2007-294, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 15A. Criminal Procedure Act.","SUBCHAPTER VIII-A. RIGHTS OF CRIME VICTIMS AND WITNESSES.","Article 46. Crime Victims' Rights Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_15A/GS_15A-831.1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:42Z","sha256":"23ce9f48639d86f88afed1597e9bc693bc1c649bdf0cc5e81c45bb892c91b0cd","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-831","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-832"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}