Idaho Code § 18-7902

Current through Chapter 330 of the 2024 Regular Legislative Session

Section 18-7902 - MALICIOUS HARASSMENT DEFINED - PROHIBITED

It shall be unlawful for any person, maliciously and with the specific intent to intimidate or harass another person because of that person's race, color, religion, ancestry, or national origin, to:

(a) Cause physical injury to another person; or

(b) Damage, destroy, or deface any real or personal property of another person; or

(c) Threaten, by word or act, to do the acts prohibited if there is reasonable cause to believe that any of the acts described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section will occur.

For purposes of this section, "deface" shall include, but not be limited to, cross-burnings or the placing of any word or symbol commonly associated with racial, religious or ethnic terrorism on the property of another person without his or her permission.

Idaho Code § 18-7902

[18-7902, added 1983, ch. 110, sec. 2, p. 237.]