Title 31 — COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW
53 chapters · 743 sections in this title.
Idaho Code § 31-401 Authority for county consolidation
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31-401. Authority for county consolidation. Counties of the state of Idaho as they now exist, or may hereafter be created or exist, may be consolidated as in this act provided.
Idaho Code § 31-402 Time for holding elections to consolidate counties
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31-402. Time for holding elections to consolidate counties. All elections for the consolidation of counties shall be held at the November general election.
Idaho Code § 31-403 Petition for consolidation
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31-403. Petition for consolidation. Not less than ninety (90) days nor more than six (6) months prior to the date specified in section 31-402, Idaho Code, a petition may be circulated in any county praying for the consolidation of such county with another county. Such petition sh…
Idaho Code § 31-404 Signing of petition — Qualifications of signers — Petition open to inspection
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31-404. Signing of petition — Qualifications of signers — Petition open to inspection. Each person signing such petition shall write, or cause to be written, opposite his name the name or number of the precinct in which he resides; and no person shall be entitled to sign such pet…
Idaho Code § 31-405 Right to contest petition
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31-405. Right to contest petition. Any qualified elector of the county shall have the right to contest the right of any person whose name is subscribed to such petition to file the same, or to contest said petition as to any name or names subscribed thereto which he believes are …
Idaho Code § 31-406 Hearing of contest
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31-406. Hearing of contest. Said petition, with any such contesting lists and affidavits, shall be presented to the court, or to the judge thereof at chambers if the court is not in session, not less than ten (10) nor more than fifteen (15) days after the petition has been filed …
Idaho Code § 31-407 Provision for holding election — Notice thereof to be given
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31-407. Provision for holding election — Notice thereof to be given. If the court shall order an election, copies of such order, certified by the clerk, shall at once be filed with the county clerk of the county which it is proposed to consolidate, and also with the county clerk …
Idaho Code § 31-408 Preparation and form of ballots
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31-408. Preparation and form of ballots. It shall be the duty of the county clerk of each of said counties to cause ballots to be printed to state: "Shall …. County be consolidated with …. County? □ Yes □ No" The county clerk in each county shall send the requisite number of ball…
Idaho Code § 31-409 Conduct of election
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31-409. Conduct of election. The polls in the several election precincts on the day any such election is held shall be open as provided in chapter 14, title 34, Idaho Code. No adjournments or intermissions whatever shall take place until the polls shall be closed and the votes co…
Idaho Code § 31-410 Who qualified to vote
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31-410. Who qualified to vote. No person shall be qualified to vote at any such election unless he is a qualified elector of the county and state in which he offers to vote and unless he be duly registered in the precinct where he offers to vote.
Idaho Code § 31-411 Provisions of general election laws made applicable
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31-411. Provisions of general election laws made applicable. The provisions of the general election laws relative to the holding of elections, the appointment of judges and clerks of election, the registration of voters, the solicitation of voters at the polls, the manner of cond…
Idaho Code § 31-412 Result of vote
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31-412. Result of vote. When an election has been held, as in this act provided, and the county board of canvassers in each of said counties have found and declared that two-thirds (2/3) of the voters in each county who have voted for or against such consolidation have voted in f…
Idaho Code § 31-413 Payment of floating indebtedness — Disposition of bonded debt
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31-413. Payment of floating indebtedness — Disposition of bonded debt. The floating indebtedness of the counties so consolidated, existing and owing at the time the consolidation becomes effective, evidenced by warrants, orders, tax anticipation notes or bonds, and claims outstan…
Idaho Code § 31-414 Transfer of records — Sale of property
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31-414. Transfer of records — Sale of property. Promptly after such consolidation becomes effective, all records, files, proceedings, instruments, documents, bonds, reports, maps, plats, rolls and the like shall be delivered to and taken possession of by the appropriate officer o…
Idaho Code § 31-415 Disposition of county moneys
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31-415. Disposition of county moneys. The county treasurer of the formerly existing county shall turn over to the treasurer of the consolidated county all funds in his official possession or control belonging to municipal or quasi municipal corporations, and the proper record of …
Idaho Code § 31-416 Transfer of civil, criminal and probate matters
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31-416. Transfer of civil, criminal and probate matters. All civil and criminal actions and special proceedings, and all records and files pertaining thereto, pending in the formerly existing county, shall be transferred to the office of the clerk of the court of the consolidated…