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Old October 5th 03, 05:00 PM
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Go for it, Horvie. You'll end up in jail with your buddies.
Thanks for reminding us that you broke the law and your friends broke the
law.

in article , Terd Fartingmor at
wrote on 10/5/03 9:43 AM:

RCW 9A.46.020
Definition -- Penalties. (Effective July 1, 2004.)
(1) A person is guilty of harassment if:

(a) Without lawful authority, the person knowingly threatens:

(i) To cause bodily injury immediately or in the future to the
person
threatened or to any other person; or

(ii) To cause physical damage to the property of a person other
than
the actor; or

(iii) To subject the person threatened or any other person to
physical
confinement or restraint; or

(iv) Maliciously to do any other act which is intended to
substantially
harm the person threatened or another with respect to his or her
physical or
mental health or safety; and

(b) The person by words or conduct places the person threatened
in
reasonable fear that the threat will be carried out. "Words or
conduct"
includes, in addition to any other form of communication or conduct,
the
sending of an electronic communication.

(2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, a person who
harasses another is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

(b) A person who harasses another is guilty of a class C felony
if
either of the following applies: (i) The person has previously been
convicted in this or any other state of any crime of harassment, as
defined
in RCW 9A.46.060, of the same victim or members of the victim's family
or
household or any person specifically named in a no-contact or
no-harassment
order; or (ii) the person harasses another person under subsection
(1)(a)(i)
of this section by threatening to kill the person threatened or any
other
person.

(3) The penalties provided in this section for harassment do not
preclude the victim from seeking any other remedy otherwise available
under
law.


[2003 c 53 § 69; 1999 c 27 § 2; 1997 c 105 § 1; 1992 c 186 § 2; 1985 c
288 §
2.]

NOTES:


Intent -- Effective date -- 2003 c 53: See notes following RCW
2.48.180.


Intent -- 1999 c 27: "It is the intent of chapter 27, Laws of
1999 to
clarify that electronic communications are included in the types of
conduct
and actions that can constitute the crimes of harassment and stalking.
It is
not the intent of the legislature, by adoption of chapter 27, Laws of
1999,
to restrict in any way the types of conduct or actions that can
constitute
harassment or stalking." [1999 c 27 § 1.]



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