18-7901. PURPOSE. The legislature finds and declares that it is the right of every person regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion or national origin, to be secure and protected from fear, intimidation, harassment, and physical harm caused by the activities of groups and individuals. It is not the intent of this act to interfere with […]
18-7902. MALICIOUS HARASSMENT DEFINED — PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any person, maliciously and with the specific intent to intimidate or harass another person because of that person’s race, color, religion, ancestry, or national origin, to: (a) Cause physical injury to another person; or (b) Damage, destroy, or deface any real or personal property […]
18-7903. PENALTIES — CRIMINAL AND CIVIL. (a) Malicious harassment is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a period not to exceed five (5) years or by fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by both. (b) In addition to the criminal penalty provided in subsection (a) of this section, there is hereby […]
18-7904. EFFECT OF INVALIDITY OF PART OF THIS ACT. If a court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge to be invalid or unconstitutional any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this act, such judgment or decree shall not affect, impair, invalidate or nullify the remainder of this act, but the effect thereof shall be confined […]
18-7905. STALKING IN THE FIRST DEGREE. (1) A person commits the crime of stalking in the first degree if the person violates section 18-7906, Idaho Code, and: (a) The actions constituting the offense are in violation of a temporary restraining order, protection order, no contact order or injunction, or any combination thereof; or (b) The […]
18-7906. STALKING IN THE SECOND DEGREE. (1) A person commits the crime of stalking in the second degree if the person knowingly and maliciously: (a) Engages in a course of conduct that seriously alarms, annoys or harasses the victim and is such as would cause a reasonable person substantial emotional distress; or (b) Engages in […]
18-7907. ACTION FOR PROTECTION. (1) There shall exist an action known as a "petition for a protection order" in cases where a person intentionally engages in the following conduct: (a) Stalks, in any degree, as described in sections 18-7905 and 18-7906, Idaho Code; (b) Telephones another with the intent to terrify, threaten, or intimidate such […]
18-7908. EX PARTE TEMPORARY PROTECTION ORDER. (1) Where a verified petition for a protection order under this chapter seeks an ex parte temporary protection order, such an ex parte temporary protection order may be granted to the petitioner if the court finds that present harm could result if an order is not immediately issued without […]
18-7909. FEES WAIVED. No filing fee, service fee, hearing fee or bond shall be charged for proceedings seeking only the relief provided under sections 18-7907 and 18-7908, Idaho Code. History: [18-7909, added 2016, ch. 270, sec. 3, p. 727.]
