Maria, I think you said Kennel Man lives in Texas, is that correct? I
just googled (I couldn't rest without having at least tried...) and
found the harassment law for Texas. See especially under #7. This is
just so interesting! (All the ifs and buts, the way it's worded to
make sure nothing is left out -- I just looooove reading laws!)


§ 42.07. Harassment. Amended 2002.

(a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to harass, annoy,
alarm, abuse, torment, or embarrass another, he:

(1) initiates communication by telephone, in writing, or by electronic
communication and in the course of the communication makes a comment,
request, suggestion, or proposal that is obscene;

(2) threatens, by telephone, in writing, or by electronic
communication, in a manner reasonably likely to alarm the person
receiving the threat, to inflict bodily injury on the person or to
commit a felony against the person, a member of his family or
household, or his property;

(3) conveys, in a manner reasonably likely to alarm the person
receiving the report, a false report, which is known by the conveyor to
be false, that another person has suffered death or serious bodily
injury;

(4) causes the telephone of another to ring repeatedly or makes
repeated telephone communications anonymously or in a manner reasonably
likely to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, embarrass, or offend
another;

(5) makes a telephone call and intentionally fails to hang up or
disengage the connection;

(6) knowingly permits a telephone under the person's control to be used
by another to commit an offense under this section; or

(7) sends repeated electronic communications in a manner reasonably
likely to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, embarrass, or offend
another.

(b) In this section:

(1) "Electronic communication" means a transfer of signs, signals,
writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature
transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic,
photoelectronic, or photo-optical system. The term includes:

(A) a communication initiated by electronic mail, instant message,
network call, or facsimile machine; and

(B) a communication made to a pager.

(2) "Family" and "household" have the meaning assigned by Chapter 71,
Family Code.

(3) "Obscene" means containing a patently offensive description of or a
solicitation to commit an ultimate sex act, including sexual
intercourse, masturbation, cunnilingus, fellatio, or anilingus, or a
description of an excretory function.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor, except
that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if the actor has previously
been convicted under this section.