Legal.geWhen a threat against life, health or property arouses in the addressee a well-founded fear of realization — without any consequence.
A fine, community service, corrective labour, house arrest or imprisonment up to one year; with aggravating features — up to three years.
By a group, repeatedly, against a pregnant, helpless or disabled person or a minor, and against a family member.
By showing that no threat existed or could not arouse well-founded fear — through form, context and impossibility of realization.
Article 151 of the Criminal Code declares threat an independent crime — even without consequence, where the threat aroused in the addressee a well-founded fear of its realization. The composition requires two elements: a threat to kill, injure health or destroy property, and the well-founded fear caused by that threat. Verbal form does not remove criminality: a threat may be uttered orally, in writing or through conduct, if perceived as a threat.
Updated: 14 Oct 2026
