Harassment by Electronic Communication

The crime of harassment through electronic communications consists of using electronic communication for any of the following purposes:
1.
making any comment, request, suggestion, or proposal which is obscene with an intent to offend;
2.
interrupting, with the intent to harass, the telephone service or the electronic communication service of any person;
3.
transmitting to any person, with the intent to harass and regardless of whether the communication is read in its entirety or at all, any file, document, or other communication which prevents that person from using his or her telephone service or electronic communications device;
4.
transmitting an electronic communication or knowingly inducing a person to transmit an electronic communication for the purpose of harassing another person who is under 13 years of age, regardless of whether such person consents to the harassment, if the defendant is at least 16 years of age at the time;
5.
threatening injury to the person or to the property of the person to whom an electronic communication is directed or to any of his or her family or household members; or
6.
knowingly permitting any electronic communications device to be used for any of the above purposes.
Harassment by Electronic Communication is a Class B misdemeanor for a first offense, and a second or subsequent violation is a Class A misdemeanor.