(a) A person who, with intent to harass, annoy, or alarm another person but with no intent of legitimate communication:(1) makes a telephone call, whether or not a conversation ensues;(2) communicates with a person by telegraph, mail, or other form of written communication;(3) transmits an obscene message, or indecent or profane words, on a Citizens Radio Service channel; or(4) uses a computer network (as defined in IC 35-43-2-3(a)) or other form of electronic communication to:(A) communicate with a person; or(B) transmit an obscene message or indecent or profane words to a person;commits harassment, a Class B misdemeanor.(b) A message is obscene if:(1) the average person, applying contemporary community standards, finds that the dominant theme of the message, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest in sex;(2) the message refers to sexual conduct in a patently offensive way; and(3) the message, taken as a whole, lacks serious artistic, literary, political, or scientific value.As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.5. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.72; Acts 1977, P.L.343, SEC.1; Acts 1978, P.L.82, SEC.4; P.L.216-1996, SEC.22.
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