(a) No person may require or demand as a condition of continued employment with the State of Alabama that an individual submit to or take a polygraph or similar test.

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class A misdemeanorup to 1 yearup to $6,000
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-7

Terms Used In Alabama Code 36-1-8

  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) Any person found guilty of violating subsection (a) shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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