Virginia Statutes
§ 40.1-51.4:3 — Prohibition of use of certain questions on polygraph tests for employment
Virginia § 40.1-51.4:3
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 40.1LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Ch. 3PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES
Art. 5SAFETY PROVISIONS
This text of Virginia § 40.1-51.4:3 (Prohibition of use of certain questions on polygraph tests for employment) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Virginia primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 40.1-51.4:3 (2026).
Text
No employer shall, as a condition of employment, require a prospective employee to answer questions in a polygraph test concerning the prospective employee's sexual activities unless such sexual activity of the prospective employee has resulted in a conviction of a violation of the criminal laws of this Commonwealth. Any written record of the results of a polygraph examination given to a prospective employee by an employer shall be destroyed or maintained on a confidential basis by the employer giving the examination and shall be open to inspection only upon agreement of the employee tested.
Violation of this section shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
1977, c. 521; 1990, c. 368.
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Bluebook (online)
Virginia § 40.1-51.4:3, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/40.1/40.1-51.4%3A3.