MCLS § 750.540e
§ 750.540e. Malicious use of service provided by telecommunications service provider.
Sec. 540e. (1) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who maliciously uses any service provided by a
telecommunications service provider with intent to terrorize, frighten, intimidate, threaten, harass, molest,
or annoy another person, or to disturb the peace and quiet of another person by any of the following:
(a)
Threatening physical harm or damage to any person or property in the course of a conversation or
message through the use of a telecommunications service or device.
(b)
Falsely and deliberately reporting by message through the use of a telecommunications service or device
that a person has been injured, has suddenly taken ill, has suffered death, or has been the victim of a crime
or an accident.
(c)
Deliberately refusing or failing to disengage a connection between a telecommunications device and
another telecommunications device or between a telecommunications device and other equipment provided for the
transmission of messages through the use of a telecommunications service or device.
(d)
Using vulgar, indecent, obscene, or offensive language or suggesting any lewd or lascivious act in the
course of a conversation or message through the use of a telecommunications service or device.
(e)
Repeatedly initiating a telephone call and, without speaking, deliberately hanging up or breaking the
telephone connection as or after the telephone call is answered.
(f)
Making an unsolicited commercial telephone call that is received between the hours of 9 p.m. and 9 a.m.
For the purpose of this subdivision, "an unsolicited commercial telephone call" means a call made by a person
or recording device, on behalf of a person, corporation, or other entity, soliciting business or
contributions.
(g)
Deliberately engaging or causing to engage the use of a telecommunications service or device of another
person in a repetitive manner that causes interruption in telecommunications service or prevents the person
from utilizing his or her telecommunications service or device.
(2) A person violating this section may be imprisoned for not more than 6 months or fined not more than
$1,000.00, or both. An offense is committed under this section if the communication either originates or
terminates in this state and may be prosecuted at the place of origination or termination.
(3) As used in this section, "telecommunications", "telecommunications service", and "telecommunications
device" mean those terms as defined in section 540c.
