{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"637.4","citation":"Pen. Code, § 637.4","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 15. MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES [626. - 653.75.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-15"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1.5. Invasion of Privacy [630. - 638.55.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-15/chapter-1.5"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 880, Sec. 1.","effective":null,"html":"<p>(a) No state or local governmental agency involved in the investigation or prosecution of crimes, or any employee thereof, shall require or request any complaining witness, in a case involving the use of force, violence, duress, menace, or threat of great bodily harm in the commission of any sex offense, to submit to a polygraph examination as a prerequisite to filing an accusatory pleading.</p><p>(b) Any person who has been injured by a violator of this section may bring an action against the violator for his actual damages or one thousand dollars ($1,000), whichever is greater.</p>","text":"(a) No state or local governmental agency involved in the investigation or prosecution of crimes, or any employee thereof, shall require or request any complaining witness, in a case involving the use of force, violence, duress, menace, or threat of great bodily harm in the commission of any sex offense, to submit to a polygraph examination as a prerequisite to filing an accusatory pleading. (b) Any person who has been injured by a violator of this section may bring an action against the violator for his actual damages or one thousand dollars ($1,000), whichever is greater.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/invasion-of-privacy-637-4","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}