Title 55 — PROPERTY IN GENERAL

55-601. Conveyance — How made. A conveyance of an estate in real property may be made by an instrument in writing, subscribed by the party disposing of the same, or by his agent thereunto authorized by writing. The name of the grantee and his complete mailing address must appear …

55-602. Conveyance by attorney in fact. When an attorney in fact executes an instrument transferring an estate in real property, he must subscribe the name of his principal to it, and his own name as attorney in fact.

55-603. Easements pass with property — easements in gross of a commercial character. (1) A transfer of real property passes all easements attached thereto, and creates in favor thereof an easement to use other real property of the person whose estate is transferred, in the same m…

55-604. Fee presumed to pass. A fee simple title is presumed to be intended to pass by a grant of real property unless it appears from the grant that a lesser estate was intended.

55-605. Acquisition of subsequent title by grantor. Where a person purports by proper instrument to convey or grant real property in fee simple, and subsequently acquires any title or claim of title thereto, the same passes by operation of law to the grantee or his successors.

55-606. Conclusiveness of conveyance — Bona fide purchasers. Every grant or conveyance of an estate in real property is conclusive against the grantor, also against every one subsequently claiming under him, except a purchaser or encumbrancer, who in good faith, and for a valuabl…

55-607. Unauthorized grant by life tenant. A grant made by the owner of an estate for life or years, purporting to transfer a greater estate than he could lawfully transfer, does not work a forfeiture of his estate, but passes to the grantee all the estate which the grantor could…

55-608. Defeat of grant on condition subsequent. Where a grant is made upon condition subsequent, and is subsequently defeated by the nonperformance of the condition, the person otherwise entitled to hold under the grant must reconvey the property to the grantor or his successors…

55-609. Grant on condition precedent. An instrument purporting to be a grant of real property, to take effect upon condition precedent, does not pass the estate upon the performance of the condition. Such instrument is an executory contract for the conveyance of the property. Upo…

55-610. Grant of rents, reversions, or remainders. Grants of rents or of reversions or of remainders are good and effectual without attornments of the tenants; but no tenant who, before notice of the grant, has paid rent to the grantor, must suffer any damage thereby.

55-611. Grant of land bounded by highway. A transfer of land, bounded by a highway, passes the title of the person whose estate is transferred to the soil of the highway in front, to the center thereof, unless a different intent appears from the grant.

55-612. Covenants implied from grant. From the use of the word "grant" in any conveyance by which an estate of inheritance, possessory right, or fee simple is to be passed, the following covenants, and none other, on the part of the grantor, for himself and his heirs, to the gran…

55-613. Encumbrances defined. The term "encumbrances" includes taxes, assessments, and all liens upon real property.

55-614. Lineal and collateral warranties abolished. Lineal and collateral warranties, with all their incidents, are abolished; but the heirs and devisees of every person who has made any covenant or agreement in reference to the title of, in, or to any real property, are answerab…

55-615. Solar easements. (1) An easement, as defined in section 50-1301, Idaho Code, may be obtained for the purpose of exposure of a solar energy device to sunlight. Such easement shall be known as a solar easement, shall be created in writing, and shall be subject to the same c…

55-616. Prohibition and Removal of restrictive covenants. (1) Every provision in a written instrument relating to real property that purports to forbid or restrict the conveyance, encumbrance, occupancy, or lease thereof to individuals because of race, color, ethnicity, or nation…

55-617. Appurtenant water rights and water entitlements and obligations pass with property. (1) A transfer of real property passes appurtenant water rights decreed by court order pursuant to chapter 14, title 42, Idaho Code, permitted or licensed by the department of water resour…

55-618. internal accessory dwelling units — restrictive covenants prohibited. (1) On and after July 1, 2023, no restrictive covenant may be entered into that prohibits an internal accessory dwelling unit, as defined in section 55-3212, Idaho Code. Any such covenant is hereby decl…