Texas · Texas Penal Code
Tex. Penal Code § 42.07: HARASSMENT
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits harassment by intentionally communicating in ways designed to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, or embarrass another—including obscene comments, threats of injury, false reports of death, repeated calls, tracking, or threatening electronic communications.
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