§ 74-59. Malicious acts by telephone.

Any person is guilty of a misdemeanor who maliciously uses any service provided by a communications common carrier with intent to terrorize, frighten, intimidate, threaten, harass, molest or annoy any other person, or to disturb the peace and quiet of any other person by any of the following:

(1)

Threatening physical harm or damage to any person or property in the course of a telephone conversation.

(2)

Falsely and deliberately reporting by telephone or telegraph message that any person has been injured, has suddenly taken ill, has suffered death, or has been the victim of a crime, or of an accident.

(3)

Deliberately refusing or failing to disengage a connection between a telephone and another telephone or between a telephone and other equipment provided for the transmission of messages by telephone, thereby interfering with any communications service.

(4)

Using any vulgar, indecent, obscene or offensive language or suggesting any lewd or lascivious act in the course of a telephone conversation.

(5)

Telephone any person repeatedly or cause the same to be done for the primary purpose of harassing such other person or his family, whether or not conversation ensues.

An offense under this section shall be committed if the telephone call either originates or terminates, or both originates and terminates within the city.

(Code 1963, § 9.102(39))

State law reference

Similar provisions, MCL 750.540e, MSA 28.808(5).