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.
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey
as a Criminal Trial Attorney
