Harassment
New Jersey Statutes Annotated 2C:33-4: Harassment
A person may be guilty of harassment if, with purpose to harass another, he:
- 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;
- Subjects another to striking, kicking, shoving, or other offensive touching, or threatens to do so; or
- Engages in any other course of alarming conduct or of repeatedly committed acts with purpose to alarm or seriously annoy such other person.
Harassment is a petty disorderly persons offense, punishable by:
- Imprisonment for up to six months;
- A fine of up to $1,000; or
- Both.
It is a crime of the fourth degree to harass another with a purpose to intimidate an individual or group of individuals because of race, color, religion, gender, handicap, sexual orientation or ethnicity, punishable by:
- Imprisonment for up to 18 months;
- A fine of up to $10,000; or
- Both.
Harassment is a crime of the fourth degree if the actor was serving a term of imprisonment or was on parole or probation as the result of a conviction of any indictable offense under state or Federal law.
It is punishable by:
- Imprisonment for up to 18 months;
- A fine of up to $10,000; or
- Both.
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