State laws
criminalizing threats include Ala. Code § [new], Acts 2000, Act 807; Ariz. Rev.
Stat. Ann. § 13-1202; Ark. Code Ann. § 5-13-301; Cal. Penal Code § 422; Colo.
Rev. Stat. §§ 18-3-206 (menacing), 18-9-106 (1)(b) (disorderly conduct); Conn.
Gen. Stat. Ann. § § 53a-62, 181 (d); Del. Code Ann. tit. 11 § 621; D.C. Code
Ann. § 22-504 (a); Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 836.05 (verbal threats), 836.10
(written threats); Ga. Code Ann. § 16-11-37; Haw. Rev. Stat. § 707-716; 720
ILCS 5/12-6; Ind. Code Ann. § 35-45-2-1; Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-3419; Ky. Rev.
Stat. Ann. §§ 508.050, 525.060 (1)(a); La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 14:40.1; Me.
Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 17-A § § 209, 210; Md. Ann. Code art. 27 § 562; Mass.
Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 275 § 1 et seq.(maintaining peace); Minn. Stat. Ann.
§ 609.27; Mo. Rev. Stat. § 574.010.1 (c); Mont. Code Ann. § 45-5-203; Neb.
Rev. Stat. § 28.311.01; N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 631:4; N.J. Stat. Ann. §
2C:12-3; N.Y. Penal Law § 120.14 (1); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-277.1; N.D. Cent.
Code § 12.1-17-04; Ohio Rev. Code Ann. §§ 2903.21, .22; Okla. Stat. tit. 21
§ 1362; Or. Rev. Stat. § 166.155; 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2706; Tex. Penal Code
Ann. § 22.07; Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-107; Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13 §§ 1026,
1701; Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 9A.46.020; Wis. Stat. Ann. § 943.30. In many
states, threats may be alternatively punished as common law assault. See, e.g.,
18 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. § 2701 (a)(3); Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-101 (a)(2).