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KRS § 508.140. Stalking in the first degree. (2000) 

(1)   A person is guilty of stalking in the first degree,

(a)  When he intentionally:

                                                            1.      Stalks another person; and

                                                            2.      Makes an explicit or implicit threat with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear of:

a.      Sexual contact as defined in KRS 510.010;

b.      Serious physical injury; or

c.      Death; and

(b)  1.  A protective order has been issued by the court to protect the

same victim or victims and the defendant has been served with the summons or order or has been given actual notice; or

                   2.  A criminal complaint is currently pending with a court, law

enforcement agency, or prosecutor by the same victim or victims and the defendant has been served with a summons or warrant or has been given actual notice; or

                   3.  The defendant has been convicted of or pled guilty within the

previous five (5) years to a felony or to a Class A misdemeanor against the same victim or victims; or

                   4.  The act or acts were committed while the defendant had a deadly

                        weapon on or about his person.

(2)   Stalking in the first degree is a Class D felony. 

KRS § 508.150. Stalking in the second degree. (1992) 

(1)  A person is guilty of stalking in the second degree when he intentionally:

(a)  Stalks another person; and

(b)  Makes an explicit or implicit threat with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear of:

                                                1.      Sexual contact as defined in KRS 510.010;

                                                2.      Physical injury; or

                                                3.      Death.

(2)  Stalking in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor.

 

KRS § 525.070. Harassment. (2008) 

(1)        A person is guilty of harassment when, with intent to intimidate, harass, annoy, or alarm another person, he or she:

(a)  Strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise subjects him to physical contact;

(b)  Attempts or threatens to strike, shove, kick, or otherwise subject the person to physical contact;

(c)  In a public place, makes an offensively coarse utterance, gesture, or display, or addresses abusive language to any person present;

(d)  Follows a person in or about a public place or places;

(e)  Engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly commits acts which alarm or seriously annoy such other person and which serve no legitimate purpose; or

(f)    Being enrolled as a student in a local school district, and while on school premises, on school-sponsored transportation, or at a school-sponsored event:

                                                            1.      Damages or commits a theft of the property of another student;

                                                            2.      Substantially disrupts the operation of the school; or

                                                            3.      Creates a hostile environment by means of any gestures, written communications, oral statements, or physical acts that a reasonable person under the circumstances should know would cause another student to suffer fear of physical harm, intimidation, humiliation, or embarrassment.

(2)  (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, harassment

     is a violation.

(b) Harassment, as defined in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this

section, is a Class B misdemeanor.