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RCW 9A.46

9A.46.110

Stalking.

Full Statute Text
The complete and official text of the statute.
(1) A person commits the crime of stalking if, without lawful authority:
   (a) He or she intentionally and repeatedly harasses or repeatedly follows another person; and
   (b) The person being harassed or followed is placed in reasonable fear that the stalker intends to injure the person, another person, or property of the person or of another person. The feeling of fear must be one that a reasonable person in the same situation would experience under all the circumstances; and
   (c) The stalker either:
      (i) Intends to frighten, intimidate, or harass the person; or
      (ii) Knows or reasonably should know that the person is afraid, intimidated, or harassed, even if the stalker did not intend to place the person in fear or intimidate or harass the person.
(2) Stalking is a gross misdemeanor. A second or subsequent conviction for stalking against the same victim is a class C felony. Stalking is also a class C felony if the stalker has a prior conviction for any felony crime of violence or if the stalking violates a court order.
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