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(b) Harassing communications. --
(1) A person commits the crime of harassing communications if, with intent to harass or alarm another person, he or she does any of the following:
(2) Harassing communications is a Class C misdemeanor [up to $500 fine, 3 months’ imprisonment or both].
Alaska Stat. Sec. 11.61.120. Harassment in the second degree
(a) A person commits the crime of harassment in the second degree if, with intent to harass or annoy another person, that person
(2) telephones another and fails to terminate the connection with intent to impair the ability of that person to place or receive telephone calls;
(4) makes an anonymous or obscene telephone call, an obscene electronic communication, or a telephone call or electronic communication that threatens physical injury or sexual contact;
A.C.A. § 5-71-209. Harassing communications.
(b)	An offense involving use of a telephone may be prosecuted in the county where the defendant was located when he or she used a telephone, or in the county where the telephone made to ring by the defendant was located.
(d)	Any offense committed by use of a telephone may be deemed to have been committed where the telephone call or calls were made or received. Any offense committed by use of an electronic communication device or medium, including the Internet, may be deemed to have been committed when the electronic communication or communications were originally sent or first viewed by the recipient.
C.R.S. 18-9-111. Harassment - stalking
(e)	Initiates communication with a person, anonymously or otherwise by telephone, computer, computer network, or computer system in a manner intended to harass or threaten bodily injury or property damage, or makes any comment, request, suggestion, or proposal by telephone, computer, computer network, or computer system that is obscene; or
Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 53a-183. Harassment in the second degree: Class C misdemeanor.
11 Del. C. § 1311. Harassment; class B misdemeanor
(b) Harassment is a class B misdemeanor [up to $1,150 fine, six months’ imprisonment or other conditions deemed appropriate].
D.C. Code § 22-404. Assault or threatened assault in a menacing manner; stalking [Formerly § 22-504]
(b) Any person who on more than one occasion engages in conduct with the intent to cause emotional distress to another person or places another person in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury by willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly following or harassing that person, or who, without a legal purpose, willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows or harasses another person, is guilty of the crime of stalking and shall be fined not more than $500 or be imprisoned not more than 12 months, or both. Constitutionally protected activity, such as conduct by a party to a labor dispute in furtherance of labor or management objectives in that dispute, is not included within the meaning of this definition.
Fla. Stat. § 365.16. Obscene or harassing telephone calls
(2)	Whoever knowingly permits any telephone under his or her control to be used for any purpose prohibited by this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
O.C.G.A. § 46-5-21. Using telephone communications for obscene, threatening, or harassing purposes
(b)	Any person who knowingly permits any telephone under his control to be used for any purpose prohibited by this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor [up to $1,000 fine, 12 months’ imprisonment or both].
9 GCA § 61.20. Harassment; Defined & Punished.
A person commits a petty misdemeanor [up to $500 fine or 60 days’ imprisonment] if, with intent to harass another, he:
(a) makes, or causes to be made, a communication anonymously or at extremely inconvenient hours, or in offensively coarse language, or any other manner likely to cause annoyance or alarm;
(g)	Subsections (d) or (e) of this section are violated when the person acting with intent to annoy makes a telephone call or telefax transmission requesting a return call or return transmission and performs the acts prohibited under such subsections upon receiving the return call or transmission.
HRS § 711-1106. Harassment.
(c)	Repeatedly makes telephone calls, facsimile, or electronic mail transmissions without purpose of legitimate communication;
(2) Harassment is a petty misdemeanor [up to $1,000 or 30 days’ imprisonment].
(1) Every person who, with intent to annoy, terrify, threaten, intimidate, harass or offend, telephones another and
(a) addresses to or about such person any obscene, lewd or profane language, or makes any request, suggestion or proposal which is obscene, lewd, lascivious or indecent; or
(2)	The use of obscene, lewd or profane language or the making of a threat or obscene proposal, or the making of repeated anonymous telephone calls as set forth in this section may be prima facie evidence of intent to annoy, terrify, threaten, intimidate, harass or offend.
Idaho Code § 18-6711. Use of telephone to terrify, intimidate, harass or annoy by false statements — Penalties
(1) Every person who telephones another and knowingly makes any false statements concerning injury, death, disfigurement, indecent conduct or criminal conduct of the person telephoned or any member of his family, with intent to terrify, intimidate, harass or annoy the called person, is guilty of a misdemeanor [up to $1,000 fine, six months’ imprisonment or both]. Upon a second or subsequent conviction of the violation of the provisions of this section, the defendant shall be guilty of a felony [up to $50,000 fine, five years’ imprisonment, or both].
720 ILCS 135/1-1. Harassment by telephone
Every telephone directory published for distribution to members of the general public shall contain a notice setting forth a summary of the provisions of this Section. Such notice shall be printed in type which is no smaller than any other type on the same page and shall be preceded by the word “WARNING.” All telephone companies in this State shall cooperate with law enforcement agencies in using their facilities and personnel to detect and prevent violations of this Act.
720 ILCS 135/2. Sentence
Sec. 2. Sentence. (a) ... [A] person who violates any of the provisions of Section … 1-1… of this Act … is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. ... [A] second or subsequent violation of Section … 1-1… of this Act … is a Class A misdemeanor, for which the court shall impose a minimum of 14 days in jail or, if public or community service is established in the county in which the offender was convicted, 240 hours of public or community service. …
Ind. Code § 35-45-2-2. Harassment; “obscene message” defined.
(a) A person who, with intent to harass, annoy, or alarm another person but with no intent of legitimate communication:
(3)	transmits an obscene message, or indecent or profane words, on a Citizens Radio Service channel; or
commits harassment, a Class B misdemeanor [up to $1,000 fine, 180 days’ imprisonment or both].
Iowa Code § 708.7. Harassment.
4.	Any other act of harassment is harassment in the third degree. Harassment in the third degree is a simple misdemeanor [$65 to $625 fine, up to 30 days’ imprisonment or both].
K.S.A. § 21-4113. Harassment by telephone.
(a) Harassment by telephone is use of telephone communication for any of the following purposes:
(1) Making or transmitting any comment, request, suggestion or proposal which is obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent;
(2) making a telephone call, whether or not conversation ensues, or transmitting a telefacsimile communication with intent to abuse, threaten or harass any person at the called number;
(b) Every telephone directory published for distribution to members of the general public shall contain a notice setting forth a summary of the provisions of this section. Such notice shall be printed in type which is no smaller than any other type on the same page and shall be preceded by the word “WARNING.”
KRS § 525.080. Harassing communications.
(1) A person is guilty of harassing communications when with intent to harass, annoy or alarm another person he:
(a) Communicates with a person, anonymously or otherwise, by telephone, telegraph, mail or any other form of written communication in a manner which causes annoyance or alarm and serves no purpose of legitimate communication; or
(2) Harassing communications is a Class B misdemeanor [up to $250 fine, 90 days’ imprisonment or both].
D.	Upon second or subsequent offenses, the offender shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than two years, or both.
1. A person is guilty of harassment by telephone if:
A. By means of telephone he makes any comment, request, suggestion or proposal which is, in fact, offensively coarse or obscene, without the consent of the person called;
2. The crime defined in this section may be prosecuted and punished in the county in which the defendant was located when he used the telephone, or in the county in which the telephone called or made to ring by the defendant was located.
Md. CRIMINAL LAW Code Ann. 3-804. Misuse of telephone facilities and equipment.
(a) Prohibited. - A person may not use telephone facilities or equipment to make:
(b) Penalty.- A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.
ALM GL ch. 265 § 43A. Criminal Harassment.
(a) Whoever willfully and maliciously engages in a knowing pattern of conduct or series of acts over a period of time directed at a specific person, which seriously alarms that person and would cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional distress, shall be guilty of the crime of criminal harassment and shall be punished by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than two and one-half years or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Such conduct or acts described in this paragraph shall include, but not be limited to, conduct or acts conducted by mail or by use of a telephonic or telecommunication device including, but not limited to, electronic mail, internet communications or facsimile communications.
MCL § 750.540e. Malicious use of service provided by telecommunications service provider.
(2)	A person violating this section may be imprisoned for not more than 6 months or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. An offense is committed under this section if the communication either originates or terminates in this state and may be prosecuted at the place of origination or termination.
Minn. Stat. § 609.749 HARASSMENT; STALKING; PENALTIES.
(a) A person who harasses another by committing any of the following acts is guilty of a gross misdemeanor [up to $3,000, one year’s imprisonment or both]:
(4)	repeatedly makes telephone calls, or induces a victim to make telephone calls to the actor, whether or not conversation ensues;
(b) The conduct described in paragraph (a), clauses (4) and (5), may be prosecuted at the place where any call is either made or received or, additionally in the case of wireless or electronic communication, where the actor or victim resides. The conduct described in paragraph (a), clause (2), may be prosecuted where the actor or victim resides. The conduct described in paragraph (a), clause (6), may be prosecuted where any letter, telegram, message, package, or other object is either sent or received or, additionally in the case of wireless or electronic communication, where the actor or victim resides. …
Miss. Code § 97-29-45. Obscene electronic communications.
(2)	Upon conviction of any person for the first offense of violating subsection (1) of this section, such person shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or both.
(8)	No person shall be held to have violated this section solely for providing access or connection to telecommunications or electronic communications services where the services do not include the creation of the content of the communication. Companies organized to do business as commercial broadcast radio stations, television stations, telecommunications service providers, Internet service providers, cable service providers or news organizations shall not be criminally liable under this section.
565.090 R.S.Mo. Harassment.
2. Harassment is a class A misdemeanor [up to $1,000 fine or one year’s imprisonment].
Mont. Code § 45-8-213. Privacy in communications.
(2)	Except as provided in 69-6-104, a person commits the offense of violating privacy in communications if the person purposely intercepts an electronic communication. This subsection does not apply to elected or appointed public officials or to public employees when the interception is done in the performance of official duty or to persons given warning of the interception.
(a) A person convicted of the offense of violating privacy in communications shall be fined an amount not to exceed $500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed 6 months, or both.
(2)	The use of indecent, lewd, or obscene language or the making of a threat or lewd suggestion shall be prima facie evidence of intent to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy, or offend.
Nev. Rev. Stat. §201.255. Obscene, Threatening or Annoying Telephone Calls, Penalties.
3.	Any violation of subsections 1 and 2 is committed at the place at which the telephone call or calls were made and at the place where the telephone call or calls were received, and may be prosecuted at either place.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 644:4. Harassment.
I. A person is guilty of a misdemeanor [up to $2,000 fine or one year’s imprisonment], and subject to prosecution in the jurisdiction where the communication originated or was received, if such person:
II.	As used in paragraph I, “communicates” means to impart a message by any method of transmission, including but not limited to telephoning or personally delivering or sending or having delivered any information or material by written or printed note or letter, package, mail, courier service or electronic transmission, including electronic transmissions generated or communicated via a computer. For purposes of this section, “computer” means a programmable, electronic device capable of accepting and processing data.
III.	In any complaint or information brought for the enforcement of RSA 644:4, I(f), it shall not be necessary for the state to negate any exception, excuse, proviso, or exemption contained therein and the burden of proof of any exception, excuse, proviso, or exemption shall be upon the defendant.
N.J. Stat. § 2C:33-4. Harassment
Except as provided in subsection e., a person commits a petty disorderly persons offense [up to $500 or 30 days’ imprisonment] if, with purpose to harass another, he:
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-20-12. Use of telephone to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy or offend; penalty
A. It shall be unlawful for any person, with intent to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy or offend, to telephone another and use any obscene, lewd or profane language or suggest any lewd, criminal or lascivious act, or threaten to inflict injury or physical harm to the person or property of any person. It shall also be unlawful for any person to attempt by telephone to extort money or other thing of value from any other person, or to otherwise disturb by repeated anonymous telephone calls the peace, quiet or right of privacy of any other person at the place where the telephone call or calls were received, or to maliciously make a telephone call, whether or not conversation ensues, with intent to annoy or disturb another, or to disrupt the telecommunications of another.
D.	Whosoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor [up to $1,000 fine, one year’s imprisonment or both], unless such person has previously been convicted of such offense or of an offense under the laws of another state or of the United States which would have been an offense under this section if committed in this state, in which case such person is guilty of a fourth degree felony [up to 18 months’ imprisonment and $5,000 fine].
NY CLS Penal § 240.30. Aggravated harassment in the second degree.
Aggravated harassment in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor [up to $1,000 fine or one year’s imprisonment].
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-196. Using profane, indecent or threatening language to any person over telephone; annoying or harassing by repeated telephoning or making false statements over telephone
(b)	Any of the above offenses may be deemed to have been committed at either the place at which the telephone call or calls were made or at the place where the telephone call or calls were received. For purposes of this section, the term “telephonic communications” shall include communications made or received by way of a telephone answering machine or recorder, telefacsimile machine, or computer modem.
N.D. Cent. Code 12.1-17-07. Harassment.
a. Communicates in writing or by telephone a threat to inflict injury on any person, to any person’s reputation, or to any property;
2.	The offense is a class A misdemeanor [up to $2,000 fine, one year’s imprisonment or both] if it is under subdivision a of subsection 1 or subsection 4. Otherwise it is a class B misdemeanor [up to $1,000 fine, 30 days’ imprisonment or both].
Ohio Code § 2917.21. Telecommunications harassment.
(D)	No cause of action may be asserted in any court of this state against any provider of a telecommunications service or information service, or against any officer, employee, or agent of a telecommunication service or information service, for any injury, death, or loss to person or property that allegedly arises out of the provider’s, officer’s, employee’s, or agent’s provision of information, facilities, or assistance in accordance with the terms of a court order that is issued in relation to the investigation or prosecution of an alleged violation of this section or section 4931.31 of the Revised Code. A provider of a telecommunications service or information service, or an officer, employee, or agent of a telecommunications service or information service, is immune from any civil or criminal liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property that allegedly arises out of the provider’s, officer’s, employee’s, or agent’s provision of information, facilities, or assistance in accordance with the terms of a court order that is issued in relation to the investigation or prosecution of an alleged violation of this section or section 4931.31 of the Revised Code.
B.	As used in this section, “telecommunication” and “electronic communication” mean any type of telephonic, electronic or radio communications, or transmission of signs, signals, data, writings, images and sounds or intelligence of any nature by telephone, including cellular telephones, wire, cable, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectronic or photo-optical system or the creation, display, management, storage, processing, transmission or distribution of images, text, voice, video or data by wire, cable or wireless means, including the Internet. The term includes:
ORS § 166.090. Telephonic harassment.
(2)	Telephonic harassment is a Class B misdemeanor [up to $2,500 fine or 6 months’ imprisonment].
(3)	It is an affirmative defense to a charge of violating subsection (1)	of this section that the caller is a debt collector, as defined in ORS 646.639, who engaged in the conduct proscribed by subsection (1) of this section while attempting to collect a debt. The affirmative defense created by this subsection does not apply if the debt collector committed the unlawful collection practice described in ORS 646.639 (2)(a) while engaged in the conduct proscribed by subsection (1) of this section.
(a) OFFENSE DEFINED. — A person commits the crime of harassment when, with intent to harass, annoy or alarm another, the person:
(c)	GRADING.--
(2) (i) An offense under subsection (a)(4), (5), (6) or (7) shall constitute a misdemeanor of the third degree [up to $2,500 fine or one year’s imprisonment].
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-430. Unlawful communication.
It is a Class 1 misdemeanor [up to $2,000 fine, one year’s imprisonment or both] for a person to use a telephone for any of the following purposes:
(1) To call another person with intent to terrorize, intimidate, threaten, harass or annoy such person by using obscene or lewd language or by suggesting a lewd or lascivious act;
It is a Class 1 misdemeanor [up to $2,000 fine, one year’s imprisonment or both] for a person to knowingly permit a telephone under his control to be used for a purpose prohibited by this section.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-308. Harassment.
(1) Threatens, by telephone, in writing, or by electronic communication, including electronic mail or internet services, to take action known to be unlawful against any person, and by this action knowingly annoys or alarms the recipient;
(b)	In this section:
(2)	“Family” and “household” have the meaning assigned by Chapter 71, Family Code.
(c)	An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor [up to $2,000 fine, 180 days’ imprisonment or both], except that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor [up to $4,000 fine, one year’s imprisonment or both] if the actor has previously been convicted under this section.
Utah Code Ann. § 76-9-201. Electronic communication harassment — Definitions — Penalties
(a) “Electronic communication” means any communication by electronic, electro-mechanical, or electro-optical communication device for the transmission and reception of audio, image, or text but does not include broadcast transmissions or similar communications that are not targeted at any specific individual.
13 V.S.A. § 1027. Disturbing peace by use of telephone or other electronic communications
(a) A person who, with intent to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass or annoy, makes contact by means of a telephonic or other electronic communication with another and
(i) makes any request, suggestion or proposal which is obscene, lewd, lascivious or indecent;
(iii) disturbs, or attempts to disturb, by repeated anonymous telephone calls or other electronic communications, whether or not conversation ensues, the peace, quiet or right of privacy of any person at the place where the communication or communications are received
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-427. Use of profane, threatening or indecent language over public airways
If any person shall use obscene, vulgar, profane, lewd, lascivious, or indecent language, or make any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature, or threaten any illegal or immoral act with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass any person, over any telephone or citizens band radio, in this Commonwealth, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor [up to $2,500 fine, one year’s imprisonment or both].
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-428. Giving certain false information to another by telephone
If any person maliciously advises or informs another over any telephone in this Commonwealth of the death of, accident to, injury to, illness of, or disappearance of some third party, knowing the same to be false, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor [up to $2,500 fine, one year’s imprisonment or both].
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-429. Causing telephone to ring with intent to annoy
Any person who, with or without intent to communicate but with intent to annoy any other person, causes any telephone or digital pager, not his own, to ring or to otherwise signal, and any person who permits or condones the use of any telephone under his control for such purpose shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor [up to $500 fine].
Any person who, with or without intent to converse, but with intent to annoy, harass, hinder or delay emergency personnel in the performance of their duties as such, causes a telephone to ring, which is owned or leased for the purpose of receiving emergency calls by a public or private entity providing fire, police or emergency medical service, and any person who knowingly permits the use of a telephone under his control for such purpose, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor [up to $2,500 fine, one year’s imprisonment or both].
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-430. Venue for offenses under this article
Rev. Code Wash. § 9.61.230. Telephone harassment.
(2) The person is guilty of a class C felony [up to $10,000, five years’ imprisonment or both] punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW if either of the following applies:
W.Va. Code § 61-8-16. Obscene, anonymous, harassing, repeated and threatening telephone calls; penalty.
Wis. Stat. 947.012. Unlawful use of telephone.
(1) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor [up to $1,000 fine, 90 days’ imprisonment or both]:
(2) Whoever does any of the following is subject to a Class B forfeiture [up to $1,000]:
Wyo. Stat. § 6-6-103. Telephone calls; unlawful acts; penalties; place of commission of crime.
(b)	A person commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both, if:
(c)	A crime under this section is committed at the place where the calls either originated or were received.
Model Penal Code § 250.4. Harassment.
A person commits a petty misdemeanor [up to $500 fine or 30 days’ imprisonment] if, with purpose to harass another, he:
(1) makes a telephone call without purpose of legitimate communication; or
47 USCS § 223. Obscene or harassing telephone calls in the District of Columbia or in interstate or foreign communications
(B)	by means of a telecommunications device knowingly--
(E)	makes repeated telephone calls or repeatedly initiates communication with a telecommunications device, during which conversation or communication ensues, solely to harass any person at the called number or who receives the communication; or
(B) permits any telephone facility under such person’s control to be used for an activity prohibited by subparagraph (A), shall be fined in accordance with title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
(2)	Whoever knowingly--
(A) within the United States, by means of telephone, makes (directly or by recording device) any indecent communication for commercial purposes which is available to any person under 18 years of age or to any other person without that person’s consent, regardless of whether the maker of such communication placed the call; or
(B) permits any telephone facility under such person’s control to be used for an activity prohibited by subparagraph (A), shall be fined not more than $50,000 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
(3)	It is a defense to prosecution under paragraph (2) of this subsection that the defendant restricted access to the prohibited communication to persons 18 years of age or older in accordance with subsection (c) of this section and with such procedures as the Commission may prescribe by regulation.
(A) In addition to the penalties under paragraphs (1), (2), and (5), whoever, within the United States, violates paragraph (1) or (2) shall be subject to a civil fine of not more than $50,000 for each violation. For purposes of this paragraph, each day of violation shall constitute a separate violation.
(2)	Except as provided in paragraph (3), no cause of action may be brought in any court or administrative agency against any common carrier, or any of its affiliates, including their officers, directors, employees, agents, or authorized representatives on account of--
(d)	Sending or displaying offensive material to persons under 18. Whoever--
(2) knowingly permits any telecommunications facility under such person’s control to be used for an activity prohibited by paragraph (1) with the intent that it be used for such activity,
(1) No person shall be held to have violated subsection (a) or (d) solely for providing access or connection to or from a facility, system, or network not under that person’s control, including transmission, downloading, intermediate storage, access software, or other related capabilities that are incidental to providing such access or connection that does not include the creation of the content of the communication.
(4)	No employer shall be held liable under this section for the actions of an employee or agent unless the employee’s or agent’s conduct is within the scope of his or her employment or agency and the employer (A)	having knowledge of such conduct, authorizes or ratifies such conduct, or (B) recklessly disregards such conduct.
(5)	It is a defense to a prosecution under subsection (a)(1)(B) or (d), or under subsection (a)(2) with respect to the use of a facility for an activity under subsection (a)(1)(B) that a person--
(h)	Definitions. For purposes of this section--
(A) shall not impose new obligations on broadcasting station licensees and cable operators covered by obscenity and indecency provisions elsewhere in this Act [47 USCS § 151 et seq.];
(C)	in the case of subparagraph (C) of subsection (a)(1), includes any device or software that can be used to originate telecommunications or other types of communications that are transmitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet (as such term is defined in section 1104 of the Internet Tax Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note)).
(2)	The term “interactive computer service” has the meaning provided in section 230(f)(2) [47 USCS § 230(f)(2)].
(3)	The term “access software” means software (including client or server software) or enabling tools that do not create or provide the content of the communication but that allow a user to do any one or more of the following:
(5)	The term “library” means a library eligible for participation in State-based plans for funds under title III of the Library Services and Construction Act (20 U.S.C. 355e et seq.).
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