Idaho § 6-710 PRIVILEGED BROADCASTS

Idaho Statutes

§ 6-710 — PRIVILEGED BROADCASTS

Idaho § 6-710

Title 6ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES

Ch. 7LIBEL AND SLANDER

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Idaho Code § 6-710 (2026).

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A privileged broadcast which shall not be considered as libelous, slanderous, or defamatory is one made:

(1)In the proper discharge of an official duty.

(2)In any broadcast of or any statement made in any legislative or judicial proceeding.

(3)By fair and true report, without malice of a judicial, legislative, or other public official proceedings, or of anything said in the course thereof, or of a charge or complaint made by any person to a public official, upon which a warrant shall have been issued or an arrest made.

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A privileged broadcast which shall not be considered as libelous, slanderous, or defamatory is one made:
(1) In the proper discharge of an official duty.
(2) In any broadcast of or any statement made in any legislative or judicial proceeding.
(3) By fair and true report, without malice of a judicial, legislative, or other public official proceedings, or of anything said in the course thereof, or of a charge or complaint made by any person to a public official, upon which a warrant shall have been issued or an arrest made.