HRS §711-1106
What counts as harassment and its penalty
This law defines harassment as certain actions done on purpose to bother, scare, or upset someone. It lists specific behaviors like hitting, insulting, or repeatedly contacting someone when they don't want it. Harassment is a petty misdemeanor, which is a minor crime with possible jail time and fines.
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The statute, as written — Harassment
(1) A person commits the offense of harassment if, with intent to harass, annoy, or alarm any other person, that person: (a) Strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise touches another person in an offensive manner or subjects the other person to offensive physical contact; (b) Insults, taunts, or challenges another person in a manner likely to provoke an immediate violent response or that would cause the other person to reasonably believe that the actor intends to cause bodily injury to the recipient or another or damage to the property of the recipient or another; (c) Repeatedly makes telephone calls, facsimile transmissions, or any form of electronic communication as defined in section 711-1111(2), including electronic mail transmissions, without purpose of legitimate communication; (d) Repeatedly makes a communication anonymously or at an extremely inconvenient hour; (e) Repeatedly makes communications, after being advised by the person to whom the communication is directed that further communication is unwelcome; or (f) Makes a communication using offensively coarse language that would cause the recipient to reasonably believe that the actor intends to cause bodily injury to the recipient or another or damage to the property of the recipient or another. (2) Harassment is a petty misdemeanor.
Sections this one refers to
§711-1111 When spying or recording someone is a crime
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