Idaho Statutes
§ 18-703 — ILLEGAL ARRESTS AND SEIZURES
Idaho § 18-703
JurisdictionIdaho
Title 18CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Ch. 7ARRESTS AND SEIZURES OF PERSONS OR PROPERTY — SPECIAL OFFICERS
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Bluebook
Idaho Code § 18-703 (2026).
Text
Every public officer, or person pretending to be a public officer, who, under the pretense or color of any process or other legal authority, arrests any person or detains him against his will, or seizes or levies upon any property, or dispossesses any one of any lands or tenements, without a regular process or other lawful authority therefor, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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Related
State v. Richardson
511 P.2d 263 (Idaho Supreme Court, 1973)
Legislative History
[18-703, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 862.]
Nearby Sections
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§ 18-1001
COMMON BARRATRY§ 18-1002
PROOF OF COMMON BARRATRY§ 18-1003
PURCHASE OF EVIDENCE OF DEBT§ 18-1005
EXCEPTION TO PRECEDING SECTION§ 18-101
DEFINITION OF TERMS§ 18-101A
DEFINITIONS§ 18-101B
CRIMINAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS AND PERSONNEL OF PRIVATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES§ 18-102
SUFFICIENCY OF INTENT TO DEFRAUD§ 18-103
CIVIL REMEDIES PRESERVED§ 18-105
COURTS MAY PUNISH FOR CONTEMPT§ 18-106
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Bluebook (online)
Idaho § 18-703, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/id/18-703.