Stalking Cease and Desist Letter Template

[Your Full Name]
[Street Address]
[City, State/Province, ZIP/Postal Code, Country]
Email: [Your Email Address]
Phone: [Your Phone Number]

[Date]

[Recipient Full Name]
[Street Address or “Address Unknown”]
[City, State/Province, ZIP/Postal Code, Country]

Re: Cease and Desist – Stalking, Surveillance, and Unwanted Contact

Dear [Recipient Name],

1. Parties and Background

I am [Your Full Name]. This letter is to notify you that your actions toward me are unwanted, frightening, and must stop immediately. Your behavior has caused me to feel unsafe and harassed, and this letter serves as a formal demand that you stop all stalking, surveillance, and unwanted contact.

2. Description of Stalking and Unwanted Conduct

Your behavior has included, but is not limited to, the following:

• [Incident 1: description, including approximate date, time, and location – for example, “appearing outside my home and watching the property.”]

• [Incident 2: description – e.g., “following me from my home to my workplace/school on [date(s)].”]

• [Incident 3: description – e.g., “waiting near my workplace or usual routes and observing or approaching me.”]

• [Any additional incidents – e.g., “repeatedly driving past my residence,” “monitoring me online and commenting in a harassing way,” “leaving unwanted notes or items.”]

This pattern of conduct is intrusive, distressing, and unwanted. It interferes with my ability to live and move about without fear.

3. Demand to Cease and Desist

Effective immediately, you are directed to cease and desist from:

• Following, tracking, shadowing, or otherwise monitoring my movements in person or by vehicle;

• Appearing at or near my home, workplace, school, or any place I am known to visit;

• Contacting me by phone, text, email, social media, messaging apps, letters, or any other method;

• Using third parties to watch, follow, approach, or contact me;

• Monitoring or attempting to monitor my online activity in a harassing or intimidating way;

• Leaving messages, gifts, notes, or other items for me at my home, work, vehicle, or other locations.

4. No Contact Instructions

You are instructed to have no direct or indirect contact with me from this point forward. This includes:

• No in-person contact;

• No phone calls or voice messages;

• No text messages, emails, or social media messages;

• No contact through friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, or any third parties, except through lawful channels if required in a specific legal process.

5. Documentation and Possible Next Steps

I am documenting your behavior, including dates, times, locations, and any witnesses or messages related to your conduct. If your stalking and unwanted contact continue after you receive this letter, I may take further steps to protect my safety and rights, which can include:

• Reporting your behavior to law enforcement or other authorities;

• Seeking a restraining order or similar protective order from a court;

• Providing this letter and a record of your conduct as part of any report or legal proceeding.

6. Reservation of Rights

This letter is not a complete statement of all incidents or legal options. I do not waive any rights, claims, or remedies that may be available to me now or in the future under criminal or civil law. All such rights and remedies are expressly reserved.

7. Closing

You are now on clear notice that your conduct is unwanted and must stop. I expect you to comply with this cease and desist demand immediately. If you choose to ignore this notice and your behavior continues, you should understand that additional steps may be taken without further warning.

Sincerely,

[Your Full Name]
[Signature, if printed]
[Date]