CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Opinion & Scientific Evidence
......Forensic Issues
.........Polygraph
............Use in Civil Cases
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Civil cases apply rule of exclusion, absent stipulation, based on unreliability of polygraph test.

Polygraph admissible in civil cases by stipulation.

Harmless error to prevent D's questioning DA's expert witnesses in ••civil•• proceeding re polygraph exam. administered as part of SVP treatment.

Rule of exclusion applies in domestic cases.