Cyberstalking means using phones, the internet, or other technology to scare, threaten, or repeatedly bother someone in a way that makes them feel fear or stress. The first time someone does this, it is a misdemeanor. If they do it again, it becomes a felony.
Classifications stated in the statute. Actual outcomes vary.
565.405. Cyberstalking, of — . — 1. A person commits the offense of cyberstalking if such person or engages in a threatening, aggressive, or otherwise fear-inducing, by using digital technology, internet providers, electronic service providers, or other electronic communications and devices to enhance the ability to , track, follow or reasonable fear, alarm, anxiety, undue stress, or terror to another person.
2. The first offense of cyberstalking shall be a . A second and any subsequent offense shall be a .
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Source & history notes
(L. 2026 H.B. 2637 & 3155 merged with S.B. 999) Effective 7-01-27, see § 565.019 Nonseverability clause, see § 1.1008 Severability clause, see § 1.1005
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