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Harassment by Communication or Address

PENNSYLVANIA CRIMES CODE ---

Section 3307. Institutional Vandalism.

1. Offenses defined. - A person commits the offense of institutional vandalism if he knowingly desecrates, as defined in section 5509 (relating to desecration of venerated objects), vandalizes, defaces or otherwise damages:
   
   
   1. any church, synagogue or other facility or place used for religious worship or other religious purposes;
   2. any cemetery, mortuary or other facility used for the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead;
   3. any school, educational facility, community center, municipal building, courthouse facility or juvenile detention center;
   4. the grounds adjacent to and owned or occupied by any facility set forth in paragraph (1), (2) or (3); or
   5. any personal property located in any facility set forth in this subsection.

   (a.1) Illegal possession. - A person commits the offense of institutional vandalism if, with intent to violate subsection (a), the person carries an aerosol spray-paint can, broad-tipped indelible marker or similar marking device onto property identified in subsection (a). (Added by L.1994, Act 16(1), eff. 6/20/94.)

2. Grading. - An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree if the act is one of desecration as defined in section 5509 or if the actor causes pecuniary loss in excess of $5,000. Pecuniary loss includes the cost of repair or replacement of the property affected. Otherwise, institutional vandalism is a misdemeanor of the second degree.

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