§711-1106 Harassment. (1) A person commits the offense of harassment if, with intent to harass,
annoy, or alarm any other person, that person:
(a) Strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise touches another person in an offensive
manner or subjects the other person to offensive physical contact;
(b) Insults, taunts, or challenges another person in a manner likely to provoke an
immediate violent response or that would cause the other person to reasonably
believe that the actor intends to cause bodily injury to the recipient or another
or damage to the property of the recipient or another;
(c) Repeatedly makes telephone calls, facsimile, or electronic mail transmissions
without purpose of legitimate communication;
(d) Repeatedly makes a communication anonymously or at an extremely inconvenient
hour;
(e) Repeatedly makes communications, after being advised by the person to whom the
communication is directed that further communication is unwelcome; or
(f) Makes a communication using offensively coarse language that would cause the
recipient to reasonably believe that the actor intends to cause bodily injury to
the recipient or another or damage to the property of the recipient or another.
(2) Harassment is a petty misdemeanor. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; am L 1973, c 136, §9(b); am L 1992,
c 292, §4; am L 1996, c 245, §2]
