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Digitized by the Internet Archive 2013 in http://archive.org/details/govlawidcode1920 IDAHO CODE CONTAININGTHE GENERAL LAWS OF IDAHO ANNOTATED ORIGINALLYPUBLISHED BYAUTHORITY OF LAWS 1947, CHAPTER 224 REPUBLISHED BYAUTHORITYOF LAWS 1949, CHAPTER 167ASAMENDED Compiled Under the Supervision ofthe Idaho Code Commission THOMAS A. MILLER RICHARD GOODSON DANIEL BOWEN R. COMMISSIONERS MAX M. SHEILS, JR. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TITLES 19 AND 20 MICHIE LexisNexis and the knowledge burst logo are registered trade- marks, and MICHIE is a trademark of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., usedunderlicense. MatthewBenderis aregisteredtrademark ofMatthew Bender Properties Inc. © 2004 Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. All rights reserved. 4222812 ISBN 0-820-58883-0 (Pub.42205) PUBLISHER'S NOTE Since the publication in 1997 ofReplacementTitles 19 and 20, manylaws havebeen amended orrepealed and manynew laws have been enacted. The resultingincrease in the size ofthe cumulative supplementforTitles 19 and 20 has made it necessary to revise this volume. Accordingly, Replacement Titles 19 and 20 are issuedwith the approval and under the direction ofthe Idaho Code Commission. To better serve our customers by making our annotations more current, LexisNexis has changed the sources that are read to create annotations for this publication. Rather than waiting for cases to appear in printed reporters, court decisions are now being read as they are released by the courts. A consequence of this more current reading of cases, as they are posted on lexis.com, is that the most recent cases annotated may not yet have print reporter citations. These will be provided, as they become available, through later publications. This publication contains annotations taken from decisions ofthe Idaho Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals, and the appropriate federal courts, posted onlexis.com as ofMarch 25, 2004. These cases will be printed in the following reports: Pacific Reporter, 3rd Series Federal Supplement, 2nd Series Federal Reporter, 3rd Series United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers' Edition, 2nd Series Additionally, annotations have been taken from the following sources: American Law Reports, 5th Series, through Volume 113 American Law Reports, Federal Series, through Volume 189 Opinions ofAttorney General, 2002-2 Following is an explanation ofthe abbreviations ofthe Court Rules used throughout the Idaho Code. I.R.C.R Idaho Rules ofCivil Procedure I.R.E. Idaho Rules ofEvidence I.C.R. Idaho Criminal Rules M.C.R. Misdemeanor Criminal Rules I.I.R. Idaho Infraction Rules I.J.R. Idaho Juvenile Rules I.C.A.R. Idaho CourtAdministrative Rules I.A.R. Idaho Appellate Rules If you have any questions or suggestions concerning the Idaho Code, please write or call toll free 1-800-833-9844, fax toll free at 1-800-643-1280, or email us at [email protected]. in iv PUBLISHER'S NOTE Visit our website at http://www.lexistiexis.com for an online bookstore, technical support, customer service, and other company information. LexisNexis Attn: Customer Service 1275 Broadway Albany, NY 12204-2694 USER'S GUIDE To assist the legal profession and the layperson in obtaining the maxi- mum benefit from the Idaho Code, a User's Guide has been included in the first volume ofthis set.