Ordinance 3027-07 - Laserfiche WebLink

of another person. The feeling of fear must be one that a reasonable person in the same situation would experience under all the circumstances; and 3. The stalker either: a. Intends to frighten, intimidate or harass the person, or b. Knows or reasonably should know that the person is afraid, intimidated or harassed even if the stalker did not intend to place the person in fear or intimidate or harass the person. B. 1. It is not a defense to the crime of stalking under subsection A.3.a of this section that the stalker was not given actual notice that the person did not want the stalker to contact or follow the person. 2. It is not a defense to the crime of stalking under subsection A.3.b of this section that the stalker did not intend to frighten, intimidate or harass the person. C. It shall be a defense to the crime of stalking that the defendant is a licensed private detective acting within the capacity of his or her license as provided by Chapter 18.165 RCW. D. Attempts to contact or follow the person after being given actual notice that the person does not want to be contacted or followed constitutes prima facie evidence that the stalker intends to intimidate or harass the person. "Contact" includes, in addition to any other form of contact or communication, the sending of an electronic communication to the person. E. A person who stalks another person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor except that the person is guilty of a class C felony if any of the following applies: (a) The stalker has previously been convicted in this state or any other state of any crime of harassment, as defined in RCW 9A.46.060, of the same victim or members of the victims' family or household or any person specifically named in a no-contact order or no-harassment order; (b) the stalking violates any protective order protecting the person being stalked; (c) the stalker has previously been convicted of a gross misdemeanor or felony stalking offense under this section or RCW 9A.46.110 for stalking another person; (d) the stalker was armed with a deadly weapon, as defined in RCW 9.94A.602, while stalking the person; (e) the stalker's victim is or was a law enforcement officer,judge,juror, attorney, victim advocate, legislator, or an employee, contract staff person or volunteer of a correctional agency, and the stalker stalked the victim to retaliate against the victim for an act the victim performed during the course of official duties or to influence the victim's performance of official duties; or (f) the stalker's victim is a current, former, or prospective witness in an adjudicative proceeding, and the stalker stalked the victim to retaliate against the victim as a result of the victim's testimony or potential testimony. F. As used in this section: 1. "Correctional Agency" means a person working for the department of natural resources in a correctional setting or any state, county, or municipally operated agency with the authority to direct the release of the a person serving a sentence or term of confinement and includes but is not limited to the department of corrections, the indeterminate sentence review board, and the department of social and health services. 2. "Follows" means deliberately maintaining visual or physical proximity to a specific person over a period of time. A finding that the alleged stalker repeatedly and deliberately appears at the person's home, school, place of employment, business, or any other location to maintain visual or physical proximity to the person is sufficient to find 3