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Laws current as of July 19, 2024

What is stalking?

Stalking is when the abuser:

  • harasses you or your child over time by doing things to seriously alarm, annoy, or bother you for no good reason, and it’s so bad that anyone would feel “substantial emotional distress” or fear being hurt physically; or
  • follows you or your child, repeatedly, on purpose, and in a harmful way that is meant to make you afraid of being hurt physically.1

1 R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 8-8.1-1(2), (5)(vii), (6), (8); 15-15-1(1), (4)(iv), (5), (9)

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