Harassment And Stalking
N.J.S.A. 2C:12-10 — a course of conduct on two or more occasions is stalking, a crime of the fourth degree
In New Jersey, harassment is a petty disorderly persons offense: with purpose to harass, making communications anonymously, at extremely inconvenient hours, in offensively coarse language or in any other way likely to cause annoyance or alarm; offensive touching or threatening it; or any other course of alarming conduct meant to alarm or seriously annoy.
Stalking. Purposefully or knowingly engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for their safety or someone else's, or suffer other emotional distress, is stalking, a crime of the fourth degree. Repeatedly means on two or more occasions.
Stalking is a crime of the third degree in violation of an existing court order, as a second offense against the same victim, or while on parole or probation for an indictable offense. The law does not apply to organized group picketing.
Sources for this section (2)
- N.J.S.A. 2C:12-10 — Stalking
- N.J.S.A. 2C:33-4 — Harassment
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of September 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed New Jersey attorney.