Idaho Statutes
§ 18-4802 — PUNISHMENT FOR LIBEL
Idaho § 18-4802
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Bluebook
Idaho Code § 18-4802 (2026).
Text
Every person who wilfully, and with a malicious intent to injure another, publishes, or procures to be published, any libel, is punishable by fine not exceeding $5000, or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months.
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Legislative History
[18-4802, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 944.]
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Bluebook (online)
Idaho § 18-4802, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/id/18-4802.