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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 570 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1995, chapters 770<\/a> and 818<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 803<\/a> and 835<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":80462,"section_number":"2.2-1202.1","catch_line":"Additional powers and duties of Director; employment dispute resolution","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1202.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":277653,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64963,"identifier":"8.01-418.2","token":"8.01\/14\/9\/8.01-418.2","url":"\/8.01-418.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-418.2\/","token":"8.01\/14\/9\/8.01-418.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Evidence of polygraph examination inadmissible in any proceeding","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-418.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The analysis of any polygraph test charts produced during any polygraph examination administered to a party<\/span> or witness<\/span> shall not be admissible<\/span> in any proceeding conducted pursuant to \u00a7 2.2-1202.1<\/a> or conducted by any county, city or town over the objection of any party<\/span> except as to disciplinary or other actions<\/span> taken against a polygrapher.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEVIDENCE OF POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION INADMISSIBLE IN ANY PROCEEDING (\u00a7 8.01-418.2)\n\nThe analysis of any polygraph test charts produced during any polygraph\nexamination administered to a party or witness shall not be admissible in any\nproceeding conducted pursuant to \u00a7 2.2-1202.1 or conducted by any county, city\nor town over the objection of any party except as to disciplinary or other\nactions taken against a polygrapher.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 570; 1995, cc. 770, 818; 2012, cc. 803, 835.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}