Guam § 61 - Harassment; Defined & Punished.

§ 61. Harassment; Defined & Punished.

A person commits a petty misdemeanor if, with intent to

harass another, he:

(a) makes, or causes to be made, a communication

anonymously or at extremely inconvenient hours, or in

offensively coarse language, or any other manner likely to

cause annoyance or alarm;

(b) subjects another to striking, kicking, shoving or

other offensive touching, or threatens to do so; or

(c) engages in any other course of alarming conduct or

of repeatedly committed acts which alarm or seriously

annoy such other person serving no legitimate purpose of

the defendant.

(d) Every person who with intent to annoy, telephones,

telefaxes, or communicates by use of any telephone

network, data network, text message, instant message,

computer, computer network, or computer system with

another person and addresses to or about such other person

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any obscene language is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(e) Every person who makes a telephone call, telefax

transmission, or any transmission by use of a telephone

network, data network, text message, instant message,

computer, computer network, or computer system with

intent to annoy and without disclosing his true identity to

the person answering the telephone or receiving the telefax

transmission or transmission received from any telephone

network, data network, text message, instant message,

computer, computer network, or computer system, whether

or not conversation or return transmission ensues from

making the telephone call or the transmission, is guilty of a

misdemeanor.

(f) Any offense committed by use of a telephone,

telefax machine, or any telephone network, data network,

text message, instant message, computer, computer

network, or computer system as set out in this Section may

be deemed to have been committed at either the place at

which the telephone calls, telefax transmissions, or any

transmission by use of a telephone network, data network,

text message, instant message, computer, computer

network, or computer system were made or received. In the

event that a customer of a telephone service provider,

wireless service provider, or an internet service provider

receives harassing telephone calls or transmissions received

via or by use of a telephone network, data network, text

message, instant message, computer, computer network, or

computer system, such customer may t1le an injunction

complaint under the name of John Doe, although the

telephone service provider may release the name, address,

and telephone number of the plaintiff to the Superior Court

of Guam. The telephone service provider, wireless service

provider, or an internet service provider shall disconnect all

telephone services or computer or wireless services to any

subscriber who has violated the provisions of this Section

more than one ( 1) time.

(g) Subsections (d) or (e) of this Section are violated

when the person acting with intent to annoy makes a

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telephone call, telefax transmission, or any transmission by

use of a telephone network, data network, text message,

instant message, computer, computer network, or computer

system requesting a return call or return transmission and

performs the acts prohibited under such Subsections upon

receiving the return call or transmission.