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Please click on any state to learn exactly what their cyberstalking laws include.

“Electronic” or “Digital”?

Covers “electronic” or “digital” or “technology” or ‘device” or “software” etc.

“Cyberstalking”?

Uses the word “cyberstalking”

“Harassment”?

Mentions “harassment”

“Emotional Distress”?

Mentions “emotional distress”

“Fear”?

Mentions “fear”

“More than one act” or “pattern”?

Mentions “more than one act” “two or or more acts” or “a pattern”

List of States, in case you don’t want to use the map above…

State “Electronic” or “Digital”? “Cyberstalking”? “Harassment”? “Emotional Distress”? “Fear”? “More than one act” or “pattern”?
Alabama YES NO YES NO YES YES
Alaska YES NO NO NO YES YES
Arizona YES NO YES YES YES YES
Arkansas YES NO YES YES YES YES
California YES NO YES NO YES YES
Colorado YES NO NO YES YES YES
Connecticut YES NO YES YES YES YES
Delaware YES NO YES YES YES YES
Florida YES YES YES YES YES YES
Georgia YES NO YES YES YES NO
Hawaii YES NO YES NO NO YES
Idaho YES NO YES YES YES NO
Illinois YES YES YES YES YES NO
Indiana YES NO YES YES YES YES
Iowa YES NO YES NO YES YES
Kansas YES NO YES YES YES YES
Kentucky YES NO YES YES (“MENTAL DISTRESS”) NO YES
Louisiana YES YES YES YES YES YES
Maine YES YES YES YES YES YES
Maryland YES NO YES YES YES NO
Massachusetts YES NO YES YES YES YES
Michigan YES NO YES YES YES YES
Minnesota YES NO YES YES YES YES
Mississippi YES YES YES NO YES YES
Missouri NO NO YES YES YES NO
Montana YES NO YES YES YES YES
Nebraska NO NO YES NO YES YES
Nevada YES NO YES NO YES YES
New Hampshire YES NO YES NO YES YES
New Jersey YES NO YES YES YES YES
New Mexico YES NO YES YES NO YES
New York NO NO NO YES YES NO
North Carolina YES NO YES YES YES YES
North Dakota YES NO YES YES (“MENTAL ANGUISH”) YES YES
Ohio YES NO YES YES (“MENTAL DISTRESS”) YES YES
Oklahoma YES NO YES YES YES YES
Oregon YES NO NO NO YES YES
Pennsylvania YES NO YES YES YES YES
Rhode Island YES YES YES YES YES YES
South Carolina YES NO YES YES YES YES
South Dakota YES NO YES NO YES YES
Tennessee YES NO YES YES YES YES
Texas YES NO YES YES YES YES
Utah YES NO YES YES YES YES
Vermont YES NO NO YES YES YES
Virginia YES NO NO NO YES YES
Washington YES NO YES NO YES YES
West Virginia YES NO YES YES YES YES
Wisconsin YES NO YES YES YES YES
Wyoming YES NO YES YES YES YES
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