Section 49-31-31 - Contact by telephone or other device--Threatening, harassing, or misleading contacts--Penalty

49-31-31. Contact by telephone or other device--Threatening, harassing, or misleading contacts--Penalty.It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to use a telephone or other electronic communication device for any of the following purposes:(1)To contact another person with intent to terrorize, intimidate, threaten, harass, or annoy such person by using obscene or lewd language or by suggesting a lewd or lascivious act;(2)To contact another person with intent to threaten to inflict physical harm or injury to any person or property;(3)To contact another person with intent to extort money or other things of value;(4)To contact another person with intent to disturb that person by repeated anonymous telephone calls or intentionally failing to replace the receiver or disengage the telephone connection; or(5)Except as allowed in §49-31-31.2, to contact or to attempt to contact another person and, in so doing, intentionally cause to be displayed as caller identification, a fictitious or misleading name or telephone number:(a)To defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value from another person; or(b)Of another person who has not granted the person the right to display that

leading name or telephone number:(a)To defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value from another person; or(b)Of another person who has not granted the person the right to display that other person's name or phone number, as applicable.It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to knowingly permit a telephone or other electronic communication device under his or her control to be used for a purpose prohibited by this section. Source: SL 1967, ch 30, §1; SL 1983, ch 15, §121; SL 2008, ch 240, §1; SL 2011, ch 206, §1; SL 2022, ch 170, §1.