Statutes | Fort Belknap Tribal Code Title IV Part II ยง 1.25 | 2018
A. A person commits the offense of stalking if the person purposely or knOWingly causes another substantial emotional distress or reasonable apprehension of bodily injury by repeatedly following the person or harassing, threatening, or intimidating the person, in person, by phone, or by mail, or by any other action.
B. A person convicted of Stalking shall be guilty of a Class One offense. For the first offense a person shall be fined an amount not to exceed $1,000.00 or imprisoned for a term not to exceed six months, or both. For a second or subsequent offense a person shall be fined an amount not to exceed $5,000.00 or imprisoned for a term not to exceed one year, or both.
C. For purposes of this section if the person who is stalking another is told not to contact, follow, threaten, harass, or intimidate another and s/ he continues to do so, s/he may be arrested and shall not be released until s/he appears in front of a judge. Upon a finding that the individual is still stalking the victim, the judge may detain the individual until trial.
History: Subsection 1.25 (A-C) enacted on the 3/8/99. Resolution 63-99