13-2921. Harassment; classification;
definition


A. A person commits harassment if, with intent to harass or with knowledge that the
person is harassing another person, the person:


1. Anonymously or otherwise contacts, communicates or causes a communication with
another person by verbal, electronic, mechanical, telegraphic, telephonic or written
means in a manner that harasses.


2. Continues to follow another person in or about a public place for no legitimate
purpose after being asked to desist.


3. Repeatedly commits an act or acts that harass another person.


4. Surveils or causes another person to surveil a person for no legitimate purpose.


5. On more than one occasion makes a false report to a law enforcement, credit or
social service agency.


6. Interferes with the delivery of any public or regulated utility to a person.


B. A person commits harassment against a public officer or employee if the person,
with intent to harass, files a nonconsensual lien against any public officer or employee
that is not accompanied by an order or a judgment from a court of competent jurisdiction
authorizing the filing of the lien or is not issued by a governmental entity or political
subdivision or agency pursuant to its statutory authority, a validly licensed utility or
water delivery company, a mechanics' lien claimant or an entity created under covenants,
conditions, restrictions or declarations affecting real property.


C. Harassment under subsection A is a class 1 misdemeanor. Harassment under
subsection B is a class 5 felony.


D. This section does not apply to an otherwise lawful demonstration, assembly or
picketing.


E. For the purposes of this section, "harassment" means conduct that is directed at
a specific person and that would cause a reasonable person to be seriously alarmed,
annoyed or harassed and the conduct in fact seriously alarms, annoys or harasses the
person.