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Harassment

KRS 525.070 — physical contact, threats, following or repeated acts meant to harass or alarm

  • With intent to intimidate, harass, annoy or alarm: striking, shoving or kicking someone, or attempting or threatening to.
  • Making offensively coarse utterances or gestures, or abusive language, to a person in a public place.
  • Following a person in public, or repeatedly committing acts that alarm or seriously annoy with no legitimate purpose.
Email

Harassment is a violation, and a Class B misdemeanor when it involves physical contact. Communicating by phone, mail or electronic means to harass, with no legitimate purpose, is harassing communications, a Class B misdemeanor.

  • KRS 525.070
  • KRS 525.080
Sources for this section (2)
  1. KRS 525.070 — Harassment
  2. KRS 525.080 — Harassing communications

Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Kentucky attorney.

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