§ 22-121. Harassment by telephone.

(a)

Harassment by telecommunication device is the use of:

(1)

A telecommunications device to:

a.

Knowingly make or transmit any comment, request, suggestion, proposal, image or text which is obscene, lewd, lascivious, or indecent;

b.

Make or transmit a call, whether or not conversation ensues, with intent to abuse, threaten, or harass a person at the receiving end;

c.

Make or transmit any comment, request, suggestion, proposal, image, or text with intent to abuse, threaten, or harass any person at the receiving end;

d.

Make or cause a telecommunication device to repeatedly ring or activate with intent to harass any person at the receiving end;

e.

Knowingly play any recording on a telephone, except recordings such as weather information or sports information when the number thereof is dialed, unless the person or group playing the recording shall be identified and state that it is a recording; or

f.

Knowingly permit any telecommunications device under one's control to be used in violation of this paragraph.

(2)

Telefacsimile communication to send or transmit such communication to a court in the State of Kansas for a use other than court business, with no requirement of culpable mental state.

(b)

As used in this section, telecommunications device includes telephones, cellular telephones, telefacsimile machines and any other electronic device which makes use of an electronic communication service as defined in K.S.A. 22-2514, and amendments thereto.

(c)

Harassment by telephone is a class A misdemeanor.

(Code 1964, § 23-57; Code 1988, § 22-72; Ord. No. 64656, § 1, 6-21-1984; Ord. No. 64724, §§ 1, 2, 11-15-1984; Ord. No. 65498, § 34, 1-4-1990; Ord. No. 65883, § 14, 3-10-1994; Ord. No. O-36-13, § 3, 6-6-2013)

State law reference

Similar provisions, K.S.A. 21-4113.