Idaho § 49-1412 RELEASE OF DEFENDANT WHEN MAGISTRATE NOT AVAILABLE

Idaho Statutes

§ 49-1412 — RELEASE OF DEFENDANT WHEN MAGISTRATE NOT AVAILABLE

Idaho § 49-1412

Title 49MOTOR VEHICLES

Ch. 14TRAFFIC — ENFORCEMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Idaho Code § 49-1412 (2026).

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Whenever any person is taken into custody by an officer for the purpose of taking him before a magistrate as authorized or required in this chapter upon any charge other than a felony or the offenses enumerated in subsections (1)(a) through (d) of section 49-1405, Idaho Code, and no magistrate is available at the time of arrest, and there is no bail schedule established by any magistrate or court and no lawfully designated court clerk or other public officer who is available and authorized to accept bail upon behalf of the magistrate or court, the person shall be released from custody upon the issuance to him of a written traffic citation and his signing a promise to appear.

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Whenever any person is taken into custody by an officer for the purpose of taking him before a magistrate as authorized or required in this chapter upon any charge other than a felony or the offenses enumerated in subsections (1)(a) through (d) of section 49-1405, Idaho Code, and no magistrate is available at the time of arrest, and there is no bail schedule established by any magistrate or court and no lawfully designated court clerk or other public officer who is available and authorized to accept bail upon behalf of the magistrate or court, the person shall be released from custody upon the issuance to him of a written traffic citation and his signing a promise to appear.