Except as provided in
subsection e., a person commits a petty disorderly
persons offense if, with purpose to harass another,
a.Makes, or causes to be made, a communication or
communications anonymously or at extremely
inconvenient hours, or in offensively coarse
language, or any other manner likely to cause
annoyance or alarm;
b.Subjects another to striking, kicking, shoving, or
other offensive touching, or threatens to do so; or
c.Engages in any other course of alarming conduct or
of repeatedly committed acts with purpose to alarm
or seriously annoy such other person.
A communication under
subsection a. may be deemed to have been made either
at the place where it originated or at the place
where it was received.
d.(Deleted by amendment, P.L.2001, c.443).
e.A person commits a crime of the fourth degree if,
in committing an offense under this section, he was
serving a term of imprisonment or was on parole or
probation as the result of a conviction of any
indictable offense under the laws of this State, any
other state or the United States.
L.1978, c.95; amended 1983, c.334; 1990, c.87, s.2;
1995, c.211, s.2; 1998, c.17, s.4; 2001, c.443, s.3.