2C:33-4. Harassment.
Except as provided in subsection e., a person commits a petty disorderly persons offense if, with purpose to harass another, he:
a. Makes, or causes to be made, a communication or communications
anonymously or at extremely inconvenient hours, or in offensively coarse
language, or any other manner likely to cause annoyance or alarm;
b. Subjects another to striking, kicking, shoving, or other offensive touching, or threatens to do so; or
c. Engages in any other course of alarming conduct or of repeatedly
committed acts with purpose to alarm or seriously annoy such other
person.
A communication under subsection a. may be deemed to have been made
either at the place where it originated or at the place where it was
received.
d. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2001, c.443).
e. A person commits a crime of the fourth degree if, in committing an
offense under this section, he was serving a term of imprisonment or was
on parole or probation as the result of a conviction of any indictable
offense under the laws of this State, any other state or the United
States.
Amended 1983, c.334; 1990, c.87, s.2; 1995, c.211, s.2; 1998, c.17, s.4; 2001, c.443, s.3.
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
2C:33-4 Harassment
