49-31-31. Threatening or harassing contacts by telephone or other electronic communication device as misdemeanor.
It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to use a telephone or other electronic communication device for any of the following purposes:
(1)To contact another person with intent to terrorize, intimidate, threaten, harass, or annoy such person by using obscene or lewd language or by suggesting a lewd or lascivious act;
(2)To contact another person with intent to threaten to inflict physical harm or injury to any person or property;
(3)To contact another person with intent to extort money or other things of value;
(4)To contact another person with intent to disturb that person by repeated anonymous telephone calls or intentionally failing to replace the receiver or disengage the telephone connection.
It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to knowingly permit a telephone or other electronic communication device under his or her control to be used for a purpose prohibited by this section.
Source: SL 1967, ch 30, §1; SL 1983, ch 15, §121; SL 2008, ch 240, §1; SL 2011, ch 206, §1.