Title 31, COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW

31-101. State divided into counties. The state is divided into the several counties in this chapter named and described. The county seats are located at the cities or villages named after the respective county descriptions.

31-102. Definition of descriptive terms. The words, "range," "township" and "section" as employed in this chapter refer to the Boise meridian and base line of the United States survey, except in such cases as the word "range" obviously refers to a range of mountains. In the descr…

31-103. Ada county. Ada county is described as follows: beginning at a point in the center of the channel of the Boise river where the section line between sections fifteen (15) and sixteen (16), township three (3) north, range four (4) east, crosses said Boise river; Northern bo…

31-104. Adams county. Adams county is described as follows: beginning at a point on the boundary line between the states of Idaho and Oregon, the same being the middle of the center channel of Snake river, three thousand nine hundred sixty (3,960) feet in a southwesterly directio…

31-105. Bannock county. Bannock county is described as follows: beginning at the intersection of the township line between townships four (4) and five (5) south, with the Snake river; Western boundary. Thence down the Snake river southwesterly to the mouth of Portneuf river; then…

31-106. Bear Lake county. Bear Lake county is described as follows: beginning at the twenty-third (23d) mile post on the boundary line between Utah and Idaho; Western boundary. Thence northerly along the summit of the range of mountains between Cache valley and Bear Lake valley t…

31-107. Benewah county. Benewah county is described as follows: beginning at the point of intersection of the Idaho-Washington state line with the north boundary line of township forty-six (46) north; Western boundary. Thence south along said state line to the point of intersecti…

31-108. Bingham county. Bingham county is described as follows: beginning at the northwest corner of section thirty-one (31), township six (6) south, range thirty (30) east: Southern boundary. Thence east along the section line between sections thirty-one (31) and thirty (30), to…

31-109. Blaine county. Blaine county is described as follows: beginning at the southeast corner of township two (2) south, range seventeen (17) east, thence east along the township line between townships two (2) and three (3) south, to the intersection of the same with the line b…

31-110. Boise county. Boise county is described as follows: beginning at the confluence of Mores creek with the Boise river, at the center of the channel of Boise river; Western boundary. Thence north forty-four (44) degrees and thirty-eight (38) minutes west (R.C., section 23f),…

31-111. Bonner county. Bonner county is described as follows: beginning at a point where the township line between townships fifty-three (53) and fifty-four (54) north intersects the boundary line between the state of Idaho and the state of Washington; Southern boundary. Thence e…

31-112. Bonneville county. Bonneville county is described as follows: beginning at the northeast corner of Bannock county; Southern boundary. Thence west along the north line of Bannock county to the southwest corner of township four (4) south, range forty-two (42) east; thence n…

31-113. Boundary county. Boundary county is described as follows: beginning at a point on the state line between the states of Idaho and Washington where the same is intersected by the north line of township sixty-three (63) north, range five (5) west; Southern boundary. Thence e…

31-114. Butte county. Butte county is described as follows: beginning at the point, which, when surveyed, will be the southeast corner of section thirty-one (31), township one (1) north, range twenty-four (24) east; Western boundary. Thence north to the summit of the range of mou…

31-115. Camas county. Camas county is described as follows: beginning at the southwest corner of township two (2) south, range twelve (12) east; Southern boundary. Thence due east along the township line between townships two (2) and three (3) south, to the southeast corner of to…

31-116. Canyon county. Canyon county is described as follows: beginning at a point in the middle of the channel of Snake river, where the line between township one (1) south, range one (1) west, and township one (1) south, range two (2) west, crosses said river; Eastern boundary.…

31-117. Caribou county. Caribou county is described as follows: commencing at the northwest corner of township five (5) south, range thirty-nine (39) east of Boise meridian; Northern boundary. Thence east along the township line between townships four (4) and five (5) south, Bois…

31-118. Cassia county. Cassia county is described as follows: beginning with the intersection of the center of the main channel of Snake river with the north and south center line of section twenty-eight (28), township ten (10) south, range twenty-one (21) east; Western boundary.…

31-119. Clark county. Clark county is described as follows: beginning at a point on the Idaho-Montana state line directly north of the point where the east line of section four (4), township thirteen (13) north, range forty-one (41) east, Boise meridian, intersects the north line…

31-120. Clearwater county. Clearwater county is described as follows: beginning at the mouth of Lolo creek; Southern boundary. Thence in a northeasterly direction up the middle of the channel to the head of said Lolo creek; thence northeasterly in a direct line to a point where t…

31-121. Custer county. Custer county is described as follows: beginning at the confluence of the Pahsimeroi river with the Salmon river thence up the Pahsimeroi river to the mouth of the Big creek; thence up Big creek, and on the line from the head thereof, with the general cours…

31-122. Elmore county. Elmore county is described as follows: beginning at a point on the top of the Sawtooth range of mountains, where the counties of Blaine, Boise, Custer and Elmore unite; Eastern boundary. Thence in a southerly direction along the summit of the Sawtooth mount…

31-123. Franklin county. Franklin county is described as follows: beginning at a point on the boundary line between the states of Utah and Idaho where the same is intersected by the section line between sections twenty-six (26) and twenty-seven (27), township sixteen (16) south, …

31-124. Fremont county. Fremont county is described as follows: beginning at a point where the northern boundary of the state of Idaho intersects the range line between ranges thirty (30) and thirty-one (31) east; Northern boundary. Thence easterly along the northern boundary of …

31-125. Gem county. Gem county is described as follows: beginning at the southeast corner of township six (6) north, range one (1) east; thence north twenty-four (24) miles, to the northeast corner of township nine (9) north, range one (1) east; thence east three (3) miles, to th…

31-126. Gooding county. Gooding county is described as follows: beginning at the northeast corner of section six (6), township three (3) south, range sixteen (16) east; Eastern boundary. Thence south twenty-four (24) miles, more or less, along the section line to the southeast co…

31-127. Idaho county. Idaho county is described as follows: beginning at the junction of the Salmon river with the Snake river; Northern boundary. Thence up the middle of the channel of Salmon river to the mouth of Deep creek; thence up the middle of the channel of Deep creek to …

31-128. Jefferson county. Jefferson county is described as follows: beginning at a point where the township line between range thirty-one (31) and range thirty-two (32) east, intersects the township line between townships three (3) and four (4) north; Southern boundary. Thence ea…

31-129. Jerome county. Jerome county is described as follows: beginning at the northwest corner of section five (5), township seven (7) south, range sixteen (16) east, Boise meridian; Northern boundary. Thence east thirteen (13) miles, more or less, to the northeast corner of sec…

31-130. Kootenai county. Kootenai county is described as follows: beginning at the south quarter of section fifteen (15), township forty-seven (47) north, range one (1) east, being the southeast corner of Kootenai county with Shoshone county to the east and south; Southern bounda…

31-131. Latah county. Latah county is described as follows: beginning at a point where the middle line of township thirty-seven (37) north intersects the boundary line between the state of Idaho and the state of Washington; Western boundary. Thence north along the said boundary l…

31-132. Lemhi county. Lemhi county is described as follows: beginning at a point where the divide between the watersheds of the Salmon river and the Clearwater river in the state of Idaho intersect the boundary line between the state of Idaho and the state of Montana; thence in a…

31-133. Lewis county. Lewis county is described as follows: beginning at the mouth of Lolo creek; Northern boundary. Thence in a northerly direction down the middle of the channel of the Clearwater river to a point where the seventh (7th) standard parallel north crosses the Clear…

31-134. Lincoln county. Lincoln county is described as follows: beginning at the northeast corner of section six (6), township three (3) south, range sixteen (16) east; Western boundary. Thence south twenty-four (24) miles, more or less, along the section line to the southeast co…

31-135. Madison county. Madison county is described as follows: beginning at the southwest corner of section thirty-four (34), township four (4) north, range forty-one (41) east (1913, ch. 26, section 2, p. 108); Southern boundary. Thence easterly along the township line between …

31-136. Minidoka county. Minidoka county is described as follows: beginning at the point where the center of the main channel of Snake river is intersected by the west section line of section nineteen (19), township ten (10) south, range twenty-two (22) east; Western boundary. Th…

31-137. Nez Perce county. Nez Perce county is described as follows: beginning at the northwest corner of section twenty-two (22), township thirty-eight (38) north, range one (1) west; Eastern boundary. Thence south to the north boundary line of the Nez Perce Indian reservation; t…

31-138. Oneida county. Oneida county is described as follows: beginning at a point where the one hundred thirteenth (113th) meridian west from Greenwich intersects with the southern line of township twelve (12) south; Western boundary. Thence south along the said meridian to a po…

31-139. Owyhee county. Owyhee county is described as follows: beginning on the Snake river at the mouth of Owyhee river; Western boundary. Thence south along the eastern boundary line of the state of Oregon to the northern boundary of the state of Nevada; Southern boundary. Thenc…

31-140. Payette county. Payette county is described as follows: beginning at the intersection of the north line of township nine (9) north, range five (5) west, with the west line of the state of Idaho, said intersection being the southwest corner of Washington county; Northern b…

31-141. Power county. Power county is described as follows: beginning at the northwest corner of section thirty-one (31), township six (6) south, range thirty (30) east; thence east along the section line between sections thirty-one (31) and thirty (30), township and range afores…

31-142. Shoshone county. Shoshone county is described as follows: beginning at a point where the township line between townships forty-one (41) and forty-two (42) north, intersects the western boundary of the state of Montana; Eastern boundary. Thence in a northerly direction alo…

31-143. Teton county. Teton county is described as follows: beginning at a point on the northern boundary line of Bonneville county, the said point being two (2) miles east of the range line, which, when surveyed, will be between ranges forty-two (42) and forty-three (43) east; S…

31-144. Twin Falls county. Twin Falls county is described as follows: beginning with the intersection of the middle of the channel of the Snake river with the north and south center line of section twenty-eight (28), township ten (10) south, range twenty-one (21) east; Eastern bo…

31-145. Valley county. Valley county is described as follows: beginning at the southwest corner of section thirty-four (34), township ten (10) north, range two (2) east, on the second (2d) standard parallel north; Southern boundary. Thence east along the said second (2d) standard…

31-146. Washington county. Washington county is described as follows: beginning at a point on the boundary line between the states of Idaho and Oregon, the same being the middle of the center channel of Snake river, three thousand nine hundred sixty (3,960) feet in a southwesterl…

31-201. Time for holding county seat election. All elections for the removal of county seats shall be held at the same time and place at which general elections are held.

31-202. Petition for removal. Public notice shall be given of the intention to circulate a petition praying for the removal of the county seat of any county from its then present location to some other point within said county, and in said petition designated, at least ten (10) d…

31-203. Petition for removal — How signed. Each petitioner signing such petition shall write, or cause to be written, opposite to his name on said petition, the name of the city and ward in which he then resides, if he resides in a city; or, if he does not reside in a city, then …

31-204. Petition open to inspection. Said petition or petitions shall, after they are filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county be open to the inspection of any and all citizens of the county, but shall not be removed therefrom.