<section number="76-5-107"><effdate>5/7/2025</effdate><enddate type="SC">1/1/2027</enddate><histories><history>Amended by Chapter <modchap sess="2025GS">173</modchap>, 2025 General Session</history><modyear>2025</modyear></histories><catchline>Threat of violence.</catchline><subsection number="76-5-107(1)">Terms defined in Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="76-1-101.5">76-1-101.5</xref> apply to this section.</subsection><subsection number="76-5-107(2)">An actor commits a threat of violence if the actor:<subsection number="76-5-107(2)(a)"><subsection number="76-5-107(2)(a)(i)">threatens to commit an offense:<subsection number="76-5-107(2)(a)(i)(A)">under Title 76, Chapter 5, Part 4, Sexual Offenses, other than Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="76-5-417">76-5-417</xref>, <xref depth="3" refnumber="76-5-418">76-5-418</xref>, <xref depth="3" refnumber="76-5-419">76-5-419</xref>, or <xref depth="3" refnumber="76-5-420">76-5-420</xref>; or</subsection><subsection number="76-5-107(2)(a)(i)(B)">involving bodily injury, death, or substantial property damage; and</subsection></subsection><subsection number="76-5-107(2)(a)(ii)">acts with intent to place an individual in fear:<subsection number="76-5-107(2)(a)(ii)(A)">that the actor will imminently commit an offense under Title 76, Chapter 5, Part 4, Sexual Offenses, other than Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="76-5-417">76-5-417</xref>, <xref depth="3" refnumber="76-5-418">76-5-418</xref>, <xref depth="3" refnumber="76-5-419">76-5-419</xref>, or <xref depth="3" refnumber="76-5-420">76-5-420</xref>, against the individual; or</subsection><subsection number="76-5-107(2)(a)(ii)(B)">of imminent serious bodily injury, substantial bodily injury, or death; or</subsection></subsection></subsection><subsection number="76-5-107(2)(b)">makes a threat, accompanied by a show of immediate force or violence, to do bodily injury to an individual.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="76-5-107(3)"><subsection number="76-5-107(3)(a)">A violation of Subsection (2) is a class B misdemeanor.</subsection><subsection number="76-5-107(3)(b)">An actor who commits an offense under this section is subject to punishment for that offense, in addition to any other offense committed, including the carrying out of the threatened act.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="76-5-107(4)">It is not a defense under this section that the actor did not attempt to or was incapable of carrying out the threat.</subsection><subsection number="76-5-107(5)">A threat under Subsection (2) may be express or implied.</subsection></section>