D.C. Code § 22-3133: Stalking.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 22. Criminal Offenses and Penalties.
- Chapter 31A. Stalking.
(a)
It is unlawful for a person to purposefully engage in a course of conduct directed at a specific individual:
(1)
With the intent to cause that individual to:
(A)
Fear for his or her safety or the safety of another person;
(B)
Feel seriously alarmed, disturbed, or frightened; or
(C)
Suffer emotional distress;
(2)
That the person knows would cause that individual reasonably to:
(A)
Fear for his or her safety or the safety of another person;
(B)
Feel seriously alarmed, disturbed, or frightened; or
(C)
Suffer emotional distress; or
(3)
That the person should have known would cause a reasonable person in the individual’s circumstances to:
(A)
Fear for his or her safety or the safety of another person;
(B)
Feel seriously alarmed, disturbed, or frightened; or
(C)
Suffer emotional distress.
(b)
This section does not apply to constitutionally protected activity.
(c)
Where a single act is of a continuing nature, each 24-hour period constitutes a separate occasion.
(d)
The conduct on each of the occasions need not be the same as it is on the others.
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