All Roll Calls
Yes: 99 • No: 3
IdahoH 03212025 regular legislative sessionHouseWALLET
PROPERTY RIGHTS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding a limited alternative remedy to remove unauthorized persons from residential real property, to provide for the crime of making false statements to detain real property, and to provide for the crime of fraudulent sale or lease of residential real property.
Sponsored By: WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Signed by Governor
PROPERTY RIGHTS
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Sheriff help for owners, with safeguards
Beginning July 1, 2025, Idaho residential property owners or authorized agents can request sheriff removal of people who unlawfully entered and remain. The property must not have been open to the public when they entered, and the owner must have told them to leave. This process excludes current or former owner-authorized tenants, the owner's immediate family, and cases with pending litigation between the owner and a known occupant. Owners must submit the required complaint confirming eligibility; false statements can bring liability. The sheriff must verify ownership or authority, serve notice to leave immediately, and return possession to the owner. Notice can be delivered by hand or posted at the home. Owners can request sheriff standby while changing locks and moving belongings to or near the property line. The sheriff may charge a possession-order service fee and a reasonable hourly standby fee, paid by the requester. Owners and agents are not liable for occupants' losses unless removal was wrongful. Anyone harmed by wrongful removal can seek restored possession, actual costs and damages, and statutory damages of three times the home's fair-market rent. They can also seek court costs and reasonable attorney's fees, and courts must give these cases priority. Existing owner rights and law enforcement's arrest powers remain in place.
New penalties for property fraud
Beginning July 1, 2025, Idaho law creates crimes targeting false property documents and fraudulent home sales and rentals. Knowingly and willfully presenting a false lease, deed, or similar document to hold or remain on property is a misdemeanor. Listing or advertising a home for sale is a felony when the person knows the seller lacks title or authority to sell. Renting or leasing a home is also a felony when the person knows they lack lawful ownership or a leasehold interest. These rules protect owners, buyers, and renters, while adding criminal penalties for those acts; the provisions state no dollar penalties.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
Brent Crane
Republican • House
Josh Keyser
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/25/2025
Senate Floor Vote
Yes: 35 • No: 0
House vote • 3/13/2025
House Floor Vote
Yes: 64 • No: 3
Actions Timeline
Reported Signed by Governor on March 31, 2025 Session Law Chapter 222 Effective: 07/01/2025
4/1/2025Delivered to Governor at 3:30 p.m. on March 26, 2025
3/27/2025Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
3/26/2025SenateSigned by President; returned to House
3/26/2025SenateReceived from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
3/26/2025SenateReported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
3/25/2025HouseReturned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
3/25/2025HouseRead third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0
3/25/2025SenateRetained on calendar
3/24/2025SenateRead second time; filed for Third Reading
3/21/2025SenateReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
3/20/2025SenateIntroduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules
3/14/2025SenateReceived from the House passed; filed for first reading
3/14/2025SenateRead Third Time in Full – PASSED - 64-3-3
3/13/2025HouseRead second time; Filed for Third Reading
3/12/2025HouseReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
3/11/2025HouseReported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
2/26/2025HouseIntroduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
2/25/2025House
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