Current through codified legislation effective October 30, 2024
Section 22-3133 - Stalking(a) It is unlawful for a person to purposefully engage in a course of conduct directed at a specific individual: (1) With the intent to cause that individual to:(A) Fear for his or her safety or the safety of another person;(B) Feel seriously alarmed, disturbed, or frightened; or(C) Suffer emotional distress;(2) That the person knows would cause that individual reasonably to: (A) Fear for his or her safety or the safety of another person;(B) Feel seriously alarmed, disturbed, or frightened; or(C) Suffer emotional distress; or(3) That the person should have known would cause a reasonable person in the individual's circumstances to:(A) Fear for his or her safety or the safety of another person;(B) Feel seriously alarmed, disturbed, or frightened; or(C) Suffer emotional distress.(b) This section does not apply to constitutionally protected activity.(c) Where a single act is of a continuing nature, each 24-hour period constitutes a separate occasion.(d) The conduct on each of the occasions need not be the same as it is on the others.Dec. 10, 2009, D.C. Law 18-88, § 503, 56 DCR 7413.