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120.50 – Stalking in the third degree

§ 120.50 Stalking in the third degree.

A person is guilty of stalking in the third degree when he or she:

  1. Commits the crime of stalking in the fourth degree in violation of
    section 120.45 of this article against three or more persons, in three
    or more separate transactions, for which the actor has not been
    previously convicted; or
  2. Commits the crime of stalking in the fourth degree in violation of
    section 120.45 of this article against any person, and has previously
    been convicted, within the preceding ten years of a specified predicate
    crime, as defined in subdivision five of section 120.40 of this article,
    and the victim of such specified predicate crime is the victim, or an
    immediate family member of the victim, of the present offense; or
  3. With intent to harass, annoy or alarm a specific person,
    intentionally engages in a course of conduct directed at such person
    which is likely to cause such person to reasonably fear physical injury
    or serious physical injury, the commission of a sex offense against, or
    the kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment or death of such person or a
    member of such person’s immediate family; or
  4. Commits the crime of stalking in the fourth degree and has
    previously been convicted within the preceding ten years of stalking in
    the fourth degree.

    Stalking in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.

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