6.68.010 Prohibited.
The crime of harassment in the city of Selah is defined as follows:
(1) A person is guilty of harassment if:
(A) Without lawful authority, the person knowingly threatens:
(i) To cause bodily injury in the future to the person threatened or to any other person; or
(ii) To cause physical damage to the property of a person other than the actor; or
(iii) To subject the person threatened or any other person to physical confinement or restraint; or
(iv) Maliciously to do nay other act which is intended to substantially harm the person threatened or another with respect to his or her physical or mental health or safety; and
(B) The person by words or conduct places the person threatened in reasonable fear that the threat will be carried out.
(2) A person who harasses another is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable under Chapter 9A.20 RCW, except that the person is guilty of a class C felony if either of the following applies: (a) The person has previously been convicted in this or any other state of any crime of harassment, as defined in RCW 9A.46.060, of the same victim or members of the victim's family or household or any person specifically named in a no-contact or no-harassment order; or (b) the person harasses another person under subsection (1)(A)(i) of this section by threatening to kill the person threatened or any other person.
(3) The penalties provided in this section for harassment do not preclude the victim from seeking any other remedy otherwise available under law.
If any section, subsection, clause, phrase, or word of this chapter or of the statutes adopted by reference herein is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this chapter or any provisions adopted by reference herein. (Ord. 1356,, 1997.)