New Jersey legal term
Cyber-harassment in New Jersey Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New Jersey legislative session
In New Jersey criminal law, “Cyber-harassment” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the New Jersey criminal code.
What does “Cyber-harassment” mean in New Jersey criminal law?
"Cyber-harassment" means conduct that occurs, while making one or more communications in an online capacity via any electronic device or through a social networking site and with the purpose to harass another, that involves: threatening to inflict injury or physical harm to any person or the property of any person; knowingly sending, posting, commenting, requesting, suggesting, or proposing any lewd, indecent, or obscene material to or about a person with the intent to emotionally harm a reasonable person or place a reasonable person in fear of physical or emotional harm to the reasonable pers (N.J.S.A. 2C:14-14)
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