Lie Detector Tests Prohibited
MT Polygraph Ban
Employees
Montana bars employers from requiring a polygraph or other mechanical lie detector test as a condition of getting or keeping a job.
- Where
- Montana
- Citation
- Mont. Code Ann. 39-2-304
- Status
- In force
- Last amended
- 1997-10-01
- Enforced by
- Not specified in the section
- People can sue
- No
- Penalties
- No penalty stated in 39-2-304 itself.
- Applies to
- Any person, firm, corporation or other business entity or its representative (39-2-304)
Practices it requires
- Do not require a polygraph or any mechanical lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.Mont. Code Ann. 39-2-304
Sources
Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.
Unverified: Enacted 1974 (R.C.M. 41-119); remedies and penalty provisions (if any elsewhere in Title 39) not checked. last_amended inferred from history note (Ch. 521, L. 1997).
Research reference, not legal advice.