What is the law on Telephone Harassment in Prairie Village Municipal Court?
Sec. 9.10. Harassment by Telecommunications Device.
(a) Harassment by telecommunication device is the use of:
(1) A telecommunications device to:
(A) Knowingly make or transmit any comment, request, suggestion, proposal, image or text which is obscene, lewd, lascivious, or indecent;
(B) Make or transmit a call, whether or not conversation ensues, with intent to abuse, threaten or harass a person at the receiving end;
(C) Make or transmit any comment, request, suggestion, proposal, image or text with intent to abuse, threaten or harass any person at the receiving end;
(D) Make or cause a telecommunications device to repeatedly ring or activate with intent to harass any person at the receiving end;
(E) Knowingly play any recording on a telephone, except recordings such as weather information or sports information when the number thereof is dialed, unless the person or group playing the recording shall be identified and state that it is a recording; or
(F) Knowingly permit any telecommunications device under one’s control to be used in violation of this paragraph.
(2) Telefacsimile communication to send or transmit such communication to a court in the State of Kansas for a use other than court business, with no requirement of culpable mental state. (b) An offender who violates the provisions of this section may also be prosecuted for, convicted of, and punished for any other offense in sections 11.1 and 11.2. (c) Harassment by a telecommunication device is a Class A violation. (K.S.A. 21-6206)
Possible Punishment
*Class A Violations are punishable by up to 365 days in the Johnson County Jail, however, most Class A Violations are eligible for probation