Title 6 — ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES

6-701. Defamatory statements uttered on radio and television broadcasts in behalf of candidates — Liability. The owner, licensee, or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station, or network of stations, or agents or employees of any such owner, licensee, or operator s…

6-702. Uniform single publication act — One cause of action for libel or slander — Recovery. No person shall have more than one (1) cause of action for damages for libel or slander or invasion of privacy or any other tort founded upon any single publication or exhibition or utter…

6-703. Judgment a bar to second action. A judgment in any jurisdiction for or against the plaintiff upon the substantive merits of any action for damages founded upon a single publication or exhibition or utterance as described in section 6-702, Idaho Code, shall bar any other ac…

6-704. Interpretation of act. This act shall be so interpreted as to effectuate its purpose to make uniform the law of those states or jurisdictions which enact it.

6-705. Title of act. This act may be cited as the Uniform Single Publication Act.

6-706. Radio or television broadcasting station or network of stations — Proof of malice. No person, firm, or corporation owning or operating a radio or television broadcasting station or network of stations shall be liable under the laws of libel, slander or defamation on accoun…

6-707. Right of station to require submission of matter intended to be broadcast. Any person, firm, or corporation owning or operating a radio or television broadcasting station shall have the right, but shall not be compelled, to require the submission and permanent filing, in s…

6-708. Limitations and restrictions upon immunity from liability — Failure to exercise due care. Nothing in this act contained shall be construed to relieve any person broadcasting over a radio or television station from liability under the law of libel, slander or defamation. No…

6-709. Liability in case of joint operation. In any case where liability shall exist on account of any broadcast where two (2) or more radio or television stations were connected together simultaneously or by transcription, film, or other approved or adapted use for joint operati…

6-710. Privileged broadcasts. 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 …

6-711. Malice not inferred from broadcast. In the cases provided for in subdivision (3) of the preceding section, malice is not to be inferred from the mere fact of communication or broadcast.

6-712. Retraction by newspaper, radio or television broadcasting station or network of stations — Limit of recovery. In any action for damages for the publication of a libel, in a newspaper, or of a slander or libel by radio or television broadcast, plaintiff shall recover no mor…

6-713. Privileged publication in newspaper defined. A privileged publication in a newspaper which shall not be considered as libelous is one made: (1) In the proper discharge of an official duty. (2) In any publication of or any statement made in any legislative or judicial proce…

6-714. Malice not inferred from publication. In the cases provided for in subdivisions (3) and (4) of the preceding section, malice is not inferred from the communication or publication.