Title 18 — CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

18-6304. Refusal to give tax collector names of employees. Every person who, when requested by the collector of taxes or licenses, refuses to give to such collector the name and residence of each man in his employment, or to give such collector access to the building or place whe…

18-6305. Doing business without license. Every person who commences or carries on any business, trade, profession or calling, for the transaction or carrying on of which a license is required by any law of this state, without taking out or procuring the license prescribed by such…

18-6306. Tax collector — Neglect of duty. If any tax collector or his deputy wilfully neglects or refuses to perform any of the duties enjoined on him by the provisions of title 63 of Idaho Code he is guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the…

18-6307. Auditor — Neglect of duty. If any county auditor neglects or refuses to perform the duties enjoined on him by the provisions of title 63 of the Idaho Code he is guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than one (1) year, …

18-6308. Violation of revenue laws. Any officer who, at the same time, performs the duties of any two officers, in any manner connected with the public revenue, except in the manner expressly provided by law, or any collecting or disbursing officer who refuses or neglects the per…

18-6309. Impersonation of revenue officer. Any person who shall in this state unlawfully exercise or attempt to exercise the functions of, or hold himself out as, an officer, agent, deputy or employee of the state tax commission or of any county assessor shall be guilty of a felo…

18-6401. Riot defined. Any action, use of force or violence, or threat thereof, disturbing the public peace, or any threat to use such force or violence, if accompanied by immediate power of execution, by two (2) or more persons acting together, and without authority of law, whic…

18-6402. Riot — Felony — Misdemeanor — Punishment. (1) A riot is a felony if: (a) It occurs on or about the state penitentiary, a county or city jail, or any other penal facility in this state, or it involves the taking of one or more hostages. Violation of the provisions of this…

18-6404. Unlawful assembly defined. Whenever two or more persons assemble together to do an unlawful act, and separate without doing or advancing toward it, or do a lawful act in a violent, boisterous or tumultuous manner, such assembly is an unlawful assembly.

18-6405. Punishment for unlawful assembly. Every person who participates in any unlawful assembly is guilty of a misdemeanor.

18-6409. Disturbing the peace. (1) Every person who maliciously and willfully disturbs the peace or quiet of any neighborhood, family or person, by loud or unusual noise, or by tumultuous or offensive conduct, or by threatening, traducing, quarreling, challenging to fight or figh…

18-6410. Assembly to disturb peace — Refusal to disperse. If two or more persons assemble for the purpose of disturbing the public peace, or committing any unlawful act, and do not disperse on being desired or commanded so to do by a public officer, the persons so offending are s…

18-6501. Robbery defined. Robbery is the felonious taking of personal property in the possession of another, from his person or immediate presence, and against his will, accomplished by means of force or fear.

18-6502. Fear which constitutes robbery. The fear which constitutes robbery may be either: 1. The fear of an unlawful injury to the person or property of the person robbed, or of any relative of his, or member of his family; or, 2. The fear of an immediate and unlawful injury to …

18-6503. Punishment for robbery. Robbery is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not less than five (5) years, and the imprisonment may be extended to life.

18-6601. Incest. (1) Any person who willfully marries or engages in sexual intercourse with another person known to be within the degrees of consanguinity within which marriages are declared by law to be incestuous and void under section 32-205, Idaho Code, is guilty of a felony.…

18-6602. sexual abuse of an animal. (1) A person is guilty of a felony if that person: (a) Engages in sexual contact with an animal; (b) Advertises, solicits, offers, or accepts the offer of an animal or possesses, purchases, or otherwise obtains an animal with the intent that th…

18-6603. sexual abuse of human remains. (1) A person is guilty of a felony if that person engages in sexual contact with human remains. (2) As used in this section: (a) "Human remains" means a deceased human body or any portion of a deceased human body in any condition or state o…

18-6604. Forcible penetration by use of foreign object. (1) A person violates this section when that person willfully causes the penetration, however slight, of the genital or anal opening of any person, by any object, instrument, or device: (a) Against the victim’s will by: (i) …

18-6605. video voyeurism. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Broadcast" means the electronic transmittal of a visual image with the intent that it be viewed by a person or persons. (b) "Disseminate" means to make available by any means to any person. (c) "Imaging device" means any…

18-6606. DISCLOSING EXPLICIT SYNTHETIC MEDIA. (1) A person is guilty of disclosing explicit synthetic media when the person knowingly: (a) Discloses explicit synthetic media and knows or reasonably should know that: (i) An identifiable person portrayed in whole or in part in the …

18-6701. Definitions. Definitions as used in this chapter: (1) "Wire communication" means any aural transfer made in whole or in part through the use of facilities for the transmission of communications by the aid of wire, cable, or other like connection between the point of orig…

18-6702. Interception and disclosure of wire, electronic or oral communications prohibited. (1) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, any person shall be guilty of a felony and is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a term not to exceed five (5…

18-6703. Manufacture, distribution, possession, and advertising of wire, electronic or oral communication intercepting devices prohibited. (1) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter any person who willfully: (a) Sends through the mail or sends or carries any el…

18-6704. Confiscation of wire, electronic or oral communication intercepting devices. Any electronic, mechanical, or other device used, sent, carried, manufactured, assembled, possessed, or sold in violation of this chapter may be seized and forfeited to the state.

18-6705. Prohibition of use as evidence of intercepted wire, electronic or oral communications. Whenever any wire, electronic or oral communication has been intercepted, no part of the contents of such communication and no evidence derived therefrom may be received in evidence in…

18-6706. Authorization for interception of wire, electronic or oral communications. The prosecuting attorney of any county is authorized to make application to a judge of competent jurisdiction for an order authorizing or approving the interception of wire, electronic or oral com…

18-6707. Authorization for disclosure and use of intercepted wire, electronic or oral communications. (1) Any investigative or law enforcement officer who, by any means authorized by this chapter, has obtained knowledge of the contents of any wire, electronic or oral communicatio…

18-6708. Procedure for interception of wire, electronic or oral communications. (1) Each application for an order authorizing the interception of a wire, electronic or oral communication shall be made in writing upon oath or affirmation or by means of an oral affidavit as provide…

18-6709. Recovery of civil damages authorized. Any person whose wire, electronic or oral communication is intercepted, disclosed, or used in violation of this chapter shall have a civil cause of action against any person who intercepts, discloses, uses, or procures any other pers…

18-6710. Use of telecommunication to annoy, terrify, threaten, intimidate, harass, or offend by lewd or profane language, requests, suggestions, or proposals — Threats of physical harm — Disturbing the peace by repeated telecommunication — Penalties. (1) Any person who, with inte…

18-6711. Use of telephone to terrify, intimidate, harass or annoy by false statements — Penalties. (1) Every person who telephones another and knowingly makes any false statements concerning injury, death, disfigurement, indecent conduct or criminal conduct of the person telephon…

18-6711A. False alarms — Complaints — Reports — Penalties — Civil damages. (a) Any person calling the number "911" for the purpose of making a false alarm or complaint and reporting false information which could or does result in the emergency response of any firefighting, police…

18-6712. Place of offense. Any offense committed by use of a telephone as provided by this chapter may be deemed to have been committed at either the place at which the telephone call or calls were made or at the place where the telephone call or calls were received.

18-6713. Theft of telecommunication services. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Clone cellular telephone" or "counterfeit cellular telephone" is a cellular telephone whose electronic serial number has been altered from the electronic serial number that was programmed in the telep…

18-6714. Aiding the avoidance of telecommunications charges. (1) A person commits the offense of aiding the avoidance of telecommunications charges when he: (a) Publishes the number or code of an existing, canceled, revoked, expired, or nonexistent credit card or the numbering or…

18-6715. Forgery of telegraphic messages. Every person who knowingly and willfully sends by telegraph to any person a false or forged message purporting to be from such telegraph office, or from any other person, or who willfully delivers or causes to be delivered to any person a…

18-6716. Opening telegrams. Every person not connected with any telegraphic office who without the authority or consent of the person to whom the same may be directed, willfully opens any sealed envelope enclosing a telegraphic message and addressed to any other person, with the …

18-6717. Refusal to send or deliver telegraph message. Every agent, operator or employee of any telegraph office who willfully refuses or neglects to send any message received at such office for transmission, or willfully postpones the same out of its order, or willfully refuses …

18-6718. Opening sealed mail or packages. (1) Every person who willfully opens or breaks the seal, or reads, or causes to be read, any sealed mail not addressed to such person without being authorized to do so either by the writer or by the person to whom it is addressed, and eve…

18-6719. Definitions for pen registers and trap and trace devices. (1) "Attorney general" means the attorney general of the state of Idaho; (2) "Pen register" means a device which records or decodes electronic or other impulses which identify the numbers dialed or otherwise trans…

18-6720. General prohibition on pen register and trap and trace device use — Exception. (1) Except as provided in section 18-6720, Idaho Code, no person may install or use a pen register or a trap and trace device without first obtaining a court order under section 18-6722, Idaho…

18-6721. Application for an order for a pen register or a trap and trace device. (1) The prosecuting attorney or attorney general may make application for an order or an extension of an order under section 18-6722, Idaho Code, authorizing or approving the installation and use of …

18-6722. Issuance of an order for a pen register or a trap and trace device. (1) Upon an application made under section 18-6721, Idaho Code, the court shall enter an ex parte order authorizing the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device within the jurisd…

18-6723. Assistance in installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device. (1) Upon the request of the prosecuting attorney or attorney general, or an officer of a law enforcement agency authorized to install and use a pen register, a provider of wire or electronic…

18-6725. Rule for prior interceptions. Any pen register or trap and trace device installed prior to the effective date of this act which would be valid and lawful without regard to the amendments made by sections 18-6719 and 18-6724, Idaho Code, shall be valid and lawful.

18-6726. TikTok use by state employees on a state-issued device prohibited. (1) As used in this section, "TikTok" means the social networking service owned by the Chinese company ByteDance Limited or any successor application. (2) No person or entity that contracts with the state…

18-6801. Removal or obstruction of telephone or telegraph lines or equipment. Every person who maliciously displaces, removes, injures or destroys any public telephone instrument or any part thereof or any equipment or facilities associated therewith, or who enters or breaks into…

18-6802. Electric lines — Punishment for injuring. Any person who shall wilfully cut down or burn, or otherwise materially injure, any electric light pole, or shall shoot so as to materially injure any insulator, or knock said insulator loose from the pole to which it is attached…

18-6803. Removal or destruction of electric transmission lines. It shall be unlawful for anyone within the state of Idaho to take down, remove, injure, obstruct, displace or destroy, wilfully or maliciously and without the consent of the owner, any line erected or constructed for…