§ 22-4614 Alleged victims of certain offenses, polygraph examination prohibited.

If someone says they were a victim of a sex crime, human trafficking, or incest, police and prosecutors cannot make them take a lie detector test before moving forward with the case. This applies to the investigation, the decision to file charges, and the actual prosecution of the crime.

The point of this rule is to protect victims from being doubted or pressured just for coming forward. Law enforcement can still investigate the case using other methods, but they cannot use a polygraph test as a requirement or condition to take the victim's report seriously. This means a victim's willingness or refusal to take a lie detector test cannot be used to stop or slow down the case.

This rule covers a specific list of crimes, including sex offenses under Kansas law, human trafficking, aggravated human trafficking, incest, and aggravated incest. If a case falls under one of these categories, the victim has this legal protection automatically. No one needs to ask for it, and officials are not allowed to override it.