Online Security, a global provider of computer forensics and information technology risk mitigation since 1997   << Back to referring page State / Statute Name Extortion Harassment Terrorism Threats Privacy Invasion Punishment CALIFORNIA*;CAL. PENAL CODE § 422 Punishment for threats       X   N/A CAL. PENAL CODE § 653m Obscene, threatening, or annoying telephone calls   X   X   Misde- meanor CAL. PENAL CODE § 646.9 Stalking   X X X   Up to 4 years imprison- ment COLORADO;C.R.S. 18-9-111 (2003) Harassment - stalking X X X X X Class 4 or Class 5 Felony MISSISSIPPI;MISS. CODE ANN. § 97-45-15 “Cyberstalking” X X X X   Up to 5 years imprison- ment MONTANA;MONT. CODE. ANNO. § 45-8-213 Privacy in communications X X X X X Up to 5 years imprison- ment NEW YORK;NY PENAL LAW § 120.45 Stalking in the fourth degree   X X X   Class B Misde- meanor OHIO;OHIO REV. CODE ANN. § 2903.21.1 Menace by stalking   X X X   Misde- meanor to Fourth Degree Felony OKLAHOMA*;21 OKLA. STAT. § 1953 A.8–9 Prohibited acts   X X X   Misde- meanor to Felony RHODE ISLAND;R.I. GEN. LAWS § 11-52-4.2 Cyberstalking prohibited   X X X   Misde- meanor WASHINGTON;R.C.W. § 9A.46.020 Definition (Harassment) X X X X   Misde- meanor to Class C Felony R.C.W. § 9A.46.110 Stalking   X X X   Gross Misde- meanor to Class C Felony WISCONSIN;WIS. STAT. ANN. § 940.32 Stalking   X   X X Class I to Class F Felony * In some situations, such as with California, if a state has dealt directly with a particular category of computer crime within the context of a larger encompassing computer crime statute, we have included in our statutory analysis a cross reference to the relevant subsection of that state’s statute. We have denoted states that are also listed in our general computer crime statute section with a ‘*’. Top << Back to referring page