Boise, ID

Boise bans feeding wildlife and birds in city parks, including animals confined at Zoo Boise, under the park conduct code.

Boise regulates dogs by behavior, not breed: there is no breed-specific ban. A dog is declared dangerous or potentially dangerous only after a bite, attack, or fighting history.

Boise requires dogs to be leashed in public and bans letting a dog run at large on city streets, alleys, or private property without consent.

Boise bans keeping wild and exotic animals as pets under Boise City Code section 5-1-12, listing dozens of species by family, from big cats and primates to venomous snakes, birds of…

Boise bans unspayed cats over 4 months from roaming and lets the Animal Shelter spay, neuter, and release seized feral cats instead of destroying them.

Boise households may keep up to four dogs or five cats without a permit; more requires a noncommercial kennel license capped at 10 animals total.

Boise doesn't require microchips for all pets, but any dog ruled dangerous or potentially dangerous must be permanently microchipped at the owner's expense.

Boise's Development Code treats animal hospitals and veterinary clinics as a distinct land use, permitted outright in some zoning districts and requiring a conditional use permit in…

Boise's zoning code classifies pet grooming shops under the "Animal Daycare or Kennel" land use, which is allowed only in certain zoning districts and must meet enclosed-structure…

Boise allows accessory beekeeping on any residential lot with no minimum parcel size, capped at three colonies per quarter-acre plus permitted nucleus colonies.

Boise bans hunting, harming, feeding, or taking eggs or nests of any bird in city parks, greenbelt, and Zoo Boise grounds.

Boise makes it illegal to let a cat four months or older roam the streets or alleys unless it has been spayed or neutered: unaltered cats must stay confined to the owner's property.

Boise requires at least one acre to keep horses, cows, or other livestock at a home, with tighter rules for poultry and rabbits.

Boise bans running a radio, stereo, PA system, or other amplified sound device if it's plainly audible inside another residence or 100 feet away on a public street.

Boise requires every vehicle to run a working muffler, bans muffler cutouts and jake brakes citywide, and separately makes a plainly audible car stereo a ticketable offense.

Boise treats an animal's excessive barking, baying, crying or howling as a public nuisance under Boise City Code section 5-1-13 once it runs 30 straight minutes with only short breaks…

Boise requires industrial operations in its I-1 Light Industrial zoning district to reasonably mitigate noise, alongside odor, dust, smoke, and vibration, to protect nearby land uses…

In unincorporated Ada County, loud or offensive noise is prohibited between 10:00 PM and 7:00 AM. Noise is 'loud or unusual' if plainly audible in another residence or 100 feet away on…

Ada County has no separate construction-hours ordinance; construction noise falls under the general 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM prohibition in chapter 13. In June, July and August, landscape…

Aircraft and other FAA-regulated planes are expressly exempted from Ada County's general noise ordinance, so residents cannot cite Chapter 13 to stop overflight noise near Boise Air…

Boise designates Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) areas requiring ignition-resistant construction, a 30-foot defensible space, and a Wildfire Safety Plan for new subdivisions.

Boise property owners must cut and remove weeds, grass, vines, or other growth capable of igniting once it tops 12 inches and the fire code official flags it as a hazard.

Boise waives the open-burning permit for backyard recreational fires and portable outdoor fireplaces, but bans them outright whenever the regional Air Quality Index hits 60 or higher…

Most open burning in Boise needs a fire code permit first, and any open burning is banned outright once the regional Air Quality Index hits 60.

Boise homes follow 2018 IRC Section R314 for smoke alarms, plus a stricter local rule on alterations and a garage heat-detector mandate.

Boise bans all aerial and explosive "dangerous fireworks" outright and allows only non-aerial common fireworks, sparklers, fountains, ground spinners, sold and used under a City permit…

Inside Ada County's Wildland-Urban Interface Overlay District, liquefied petroleum gas containers cannot sit within the mandatory 50-foot defensible space around a habitable structure…

Boise caps stops in marked curb loading zones at 30 minutes for trucks and 10 minutes for passenger vehicles, with placement and hours set by the city's Parking Services Office under…

Commercial vehicles over 8,000 pounds can't park on Boise residential streets for more than two hours, with exceptions for loading, construction, or nearby commercial work.

Boise doesn't require EV charging at existing apartments, but projects that opt into the city's housing-incentive program must wire 5% of new parking as EV-ready if they add 20+ spaces.

Boise treats any vehicle left on a street, alley, or public property for 72+ hours as abandoned, subject to police notice and removal.

Boise writes its own ceiling on nonconsent towing charges. The maximums come from City Code chapter 3-16, adopted under the city's stated policy of preventing fees and rates that are…

Boise bars leaving a vehicle on any street, alley, or public property for 72 hours or more without a permit, capping how long cars can sit curbside overnight and across multiple nights.

Boise bans parking RVs, boats, and trailers in the front or street-side setback of a residential lot, though gravel surfacing is allowed outside that setback area.

Boise creates Residential Parking Districts (RPD) and Special Parking Districts (SPD) through its Parking Services Office under Boise City Code section 6-10A-21, after a public hearing…

Boise bans parking in front of driveways, requires cars parked within 18 inches of the curb facing the direction of traffic, and makes violations civil infractions.

Boise requires driveways, parking areas, and vehicle storage areas to be built with concrete, asphalt, or another approved hard surface: dirt and gravel parking is not allowed on…

Boise allows a home daycare for up to six children by-right, and seven to twelve with a Zoning Compliance Review, under strict site and space standards.

Boise caps home businesses at 500 sq ft and no outside employees before a Zoning Compliance Review is required.

Boise allows only one small, non-illuminated wall sign for a home-based business, capped at two square feet and mounted flat against the house.

Boise caps home-business deliveries at two per day, limits instructional classes to one student at a time, and bans any home occupation that causes abnormal automotive or pedestrian…

Idaho requires no cottage-food license, permit, or registration. You may make non-potentially-hazardous foods in your home kitchen and sell them directly to consumers without a Health…

Idaho has no microenterprise home kitchen permit and cannot issue one, because the Idaho Food Code flatly bars the premises. IDAPA 16.02.19.620 provides that except for cottage food…

Boise caps residential fence height at 6 feet on side/rear lines and limits front-yard fences to 36-48 inches under the Development Code.

Boise bans electric fences citywide and restricts barbed wire, chain-link, and low-quality materials under its development code.

Boise requires a fence to sit entirely on the builder's own property unless the neighbor agrees to something else.

Boise caps retaining walls in setbacks at 36 or 72 inches, and a building permit kicks in above 4 feet of exposed height.

Boise doesn't require a building permit for fences up to 7 feet tall, but Development Code height and material rules still apply, and taller fences or right-of-way fences need city or…

Boise allows turning a garage into living space as an accessory dwelling unit, but only if replacement off-street parking is sited elsewhere on the lot and the unit stays under 900…

Boise allows a tiny home on wheels as an accessory unit to a single-family home, capped at 400 square feet and subject to permitted utility hookups.

Detached carports in Boise can't sit in front of the house or encroach into front and street-side setbacks without a conditional use permit, though one-story carports under 200 square…

Boise allows up to two accessory dwelling units per single-family lot, capped at 900 square feet or 70% of the primary home's floor area, with no more than two bedrooms and two stories…

Inside the Harris Ranch Specific Plan area, Boise requires the principal home or its accessory dwelling to stay owner-occupied on an ongoing basis. The Planning Director cannot approve…

Ada County Code 8-4-23(F) requires a recorded deed restriction on every secondary dwelling stating that once no owner remains living in either the main house or the ADU, the secondary…

Boise requires a free permit from the City Forester before anyone plants, prunes, removes, or otherwise disturbs a public tree, including parkway trees adjacent to private lots.

Boise's development landscaping code lets a site's undisturbed natural areas count toward landscaping and requires new plantings to favor native and low-water-use species over turf.

Boise requires property owners to prune tree branches overhanging streets and sidewalks for sufficient vertical clearance, whether the tree stands on public right-of-way or on private…

Boise's curbside compost program is optional: sign up for a gray cart with a green lid. Meat, dairy, oils and even bags labeled compostable are barred, and branches must be under 4…

Under Boise City Code Title 1, Chapter 17, the Mayor can declare a drought emergency and issue a mandatory reduction order that sets required watering days and times for irrigation…

Boise requires owners to cut weeds, grass, and vines that pose a fire hazard, with a 12-inch height trigger, or the fire code official can abate the hazard and bill the cost to the…

Ada County Code 8-3-5(E)(4)(a) requires rainwater harvesting on any commercial or industrial building over 10,000 square feet and any single-family home over 25,000 square feet…

Boise requires a building permit for any residential swimming pool deeper than four feet; only prefabricated pools four feet deep or shallower skip the permit step under the city's…

Boise's Development Code defines an improperly maintained or secured swimming pool or hot tub as an 'attractive nuisance,' putting owners at risk of code enforcement action and…

Idaho law bars Ada County and its cities from requiring a short-term-rental permit or conditional use permit in a residential zone. STRs are treated as ordinary residential uses, so no…

Ada County may set STR occupancy limits, but only up to the same maximum that building code allows for any non-transient residence. Idaho Code 67-6539 bars stricter guest caps aimed…

Ada County cannot limit how many nights per year a short-term rental operates. Idaho Code 67-6539 prohibits imposing a limit on the days a property can be rented, so no annual night…

Ada County cannot require extra off-street parking just because a home is a short-term rental. Idaho Code 67-6539 forbids STR-specific parking mandates; the dwelling's normal…

Ada County cannot require short-term-rental operators to carry additional insurance. Idaho Code 67-6539 bars STR-specific insurance mandates, though hosts should still carry adequate…

Ada County cannot limit short-term rentals to owners' primary residences. Idaho Code 67-6539 expressly bars requiring owner occupation for any amount of time, so non-owner-occupied and…

Ada County STRs (stays of 30 days or less) owe Idaho's 6% state sales tax plus the 2% state travel-and-convention tax. Properties inside the Greater Boise Auditorium District also owe…

A building permit is required for most Boise home renovations that touch walls, framing, egress, or systems, not just cosmetic finish work.

Boise requires a permit before any plumbing, gas, or drainage piping work, fixture, or water heater installation begins under the locally amended Idaho State Plumbing Code.

Boise's building code treats a home daycare of 12 or fewer children as an ordinary residential occupancy; larger operations must meet commercial building standards.

Boise's building code sets a fixed sequence of inspections, footing, framing, slab, energy, and final, before construction can advance or a permit closes out.

Boise requires a permit before installing, altering, or repairing most electrical systems, under the city's adopted National Electrical Code.

Boise adopted the 2018 International Green Construction Code as Title 9, Chapter 13, but compliance is voluntary unless the city makes it a condition of a Planning and Zoning approval…

Boise deleted the IRC mandate for automatic fire sprinklers in new one- and two-family homes, so most single-family and duplex construction doesn't need them.

New homes in unincorporated Ada County with an attached garage or any fuel-fired appliance must have an approved carbon monoxide alarm outside each sleeping area under Ada County Code…

Boise designates a weekend passenger pickup and drop-off zone on Main Street downtown, explicitly open to Uber, Lyft, and taxis, with a strict ten-minute stop limit and vehicle…

Boise City Code section 6-13-2 limits shared e-scooter and e-bike rentals to a single Shared Micromobility Program Service Provider chosen through a competitive city process and bound…

Boise treats e-bikes as bicycles on roads, bike lanes, and sidewalks, but bans them outright on Ridge to Rivers Foothills Trails unless Parks and Recreation issues written ADA…

Boise requires bicycle, e-bike and e-scooter riders to use a marked bike lane instead of the travel lane whenever one is provided, and to move onto an adjacent bike path when signs…

Idaho has no golf-cart street-legal scheme at all. What it has is a neighborhood electric vehicle regime: Idaho Code section 49-123(2)(j) defines an NEV as an emission-free…

Boise requires every residential property to have trash service, collected weekly, with recycling picked up every other week.

Dumping solid waste anywhere in Boise so it can wash or blow onto a street, sidewalk, waterway, sewer, vacant lot, or other property violates the City's Solid Waste Ordinance and is…

Commercial dumpsters and roll-off containers in Boise must stay off public streets and can't block the right-of-way or sidewalks without Ada County Highway District approval.

Boise bars glass, plastic bags, oversized containers and motor oil fluids from the blue recycling cart. Mixing them in counts as contamination: the load gets dumped as trash, you can…

Boise's residential recycling program is opt-in, not mandatory. Sign up and Public Works issues a blue wheeled cart for commingled materials excluding glass; skip the cart and the city…

Boise collects leaves, branches, and yard waste through its voluntary curbside compost cart program, with specific size and bundling limits on branches.

Boise requires wheeled trash carts curbside by 7 AM on collection day, out no more than 24 hours, with 3-foot clearance.

Boise runs a curbside compost program, but the city code makes participation voluntary for residents rather than mandatory.

Boise residents must schedule bulky item pickup with the city's franchise hauler rather than setting items at the curb unannounced.

Boise sets carts out by 7 AM on collection day, no earlier than the evening before, and pulls them back within 24 hours.

Boise makes it unlawful to camp or sleep on any public property, building grounds, road or right-of-way anywhere in the city under the Galloway Law, Boise City Code section 7-3A-1…

Boise makes it unlawful to obstruct, injure or impair any sidewalk, street or alley in the city under Boise City Code section 7-5-1, a rule broad enough to reach sitting, camping gear…

Boise regulates sexually oriented businesses through zoning use standards instead of a separate license, imposing strict spacing and operating conditions citywide.

Boise requires every non-consent towing company to hold a City license and caps what they can charge to release your vehicle.

Boise bars running an auto repair shop from a house; "Vehicle Repair" is a commercial use that isn't listed for any residential zone, and heavy equipment repair is a banned home…

Boise requires anyone who buys used gold, silver, platinum, or gems for resale to get a City-issued precious metal dealer license, pass a police background check, and hold every…

Boise requires an annual City license, fingerprinting, and a police background check before anyone can lend money against pledged personal property.

Boise requires every massage establishment to hold a City license before allowing anyone to practice massage therapy on the premises, with narrow exemptions for hospitals, schools…

Idaho regulates electronic cigarette and vapor product retailers under Idaho Code 39-5701 et seq., requiring permits, age verification, and compliance with statewide tobacco-21 rules…

Boise bans drinking or carrying an open alcohol container in any public place, from sidewalks to parked cars.

In Boise, a pedestrian who crosses a street anywhere other than a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection must yield to all vehicles on the roadway.

Boise bans smoking within 20 feet of bus stops, school and city building entrances, sidewalk cafes, and restaurant patios open to minors, plus named zones like the Grove Plaza and…

Boise bans skateboards, inline skates and similar wheeled devices outright in a downtown Dismount Zone and requires soft, wheel-covered gear plus careful riding in the surrounding All…

Boise's disorderly conduct law makes it a misdemeanor to occupy or sleep in a private building without the owner's permission, or to loiter on or around school grounds without a…

Boise doesn't ban panhandling itself, but Boise City Code section 5-2-5 makes it a misdemeanor to solicit money in an "aggressive manner": touching someone without consent, following…

Boise makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate anywhere except a toilet, whether on the ground, into a body of water like the Boise River, or onto anything sitting on those surfaces…

Boise requires new and substantially improved homes in the Floodway Fringe to elevate their lowest floor, including basements and crawl spaces, two feet above the base flood elevation.

Boise requires new and substantially improved homes in the Floodway Fringe to elevate the lowest floor, including basements, two feet above the base flood elevation under the city's…

Boise requires a 30-foot defensible space around homes in designated Wildland-Urban Interface areas, with a 5-foot fuel-free zone right against structures.

Boise regulates stormwater discharge and requires drainage plans for new development under its Stormwater Management and Discharge Control Ordinance.

Boise requires a grading permit under the city's building code before altering land contours, unless the work falls into one of nine listed exemptions such as small fills or utility…

Boise lets window signs cover up to 25 percent of a window's area without a sign permit; go over that and the sign falls under the city's standard Sign Permit process.

Electronic billboards in Boise must show static frames only, changing no more than once every 8 seconds, with strict brightness caps.

Boise exempts political signs from permit requirements as long as they stay off the public right-of-way and don't block traffic visibility.

Boise exempts religious symbols and seasonal decorations from sign permits, with no code-set start or removal date for holiday displays.

Garage-sale signs fall under Ada County's content-neutral temporary-sign rules. No permit is needed: residential lots may have up to six temporary signs, each up to 4 square feet and 8…

Boise requires a Public Works permit before anyone builds, places, or maintains any private encroachment on a city street, sidewalk, or parkway.

Boise bans obstructions and encroachments on streets, sidewalks, and parkways without a city permit, and orders violators to remove them within ten days or face abatement.

Filming that closes or blocks a Boise street requires a Citizen Use Permit and its fee on top of the film permit.

Filming that generates amplified sound in Boise automatically bumps a shoot into the medium-impact permit tier, requiring City Clerk review and a sound amplification plan before…

Commercial filming on Boise public property requires a film permit from the City Clerk's Office, tiered by impact level with fees and insurance.

Boise exempts student films made for a class requirement from the City's commercial film permit, but filmmakers must still book locations, pay applicable fees, and prove enrollment on…

Boise street fair and festival vendors operate under the event's Planned Special Event Permit rather than a separate vendor license, but organizers must secure that City permit at…

Reserving a Boise park shelter, field, or hall in advance requires a fee and a park use permit for organized gatherings.

Boise requires a planned special event permit for parades and other public-property events expected to draw over 1,000 people or need extra city resources.

Boise requires a Citizen Use Permit before closing or blocking any street for a block party, filed with the City Clerk and reviewed by the Police Chief.

Boise designates historic buildings, sites, and monuments by ordinance and requires a Certificate of Appropriateness before exterior changes.

Boise city parks are open daily from sunrise to sunset. Entering or remaining in a park after closing is banned, except for permitted events or simply passing through.

Boise bans anyone under 18 from public places, parked or moving vehicles in public, and business premises between midnight and 5:00 a.m. unless a listed exception applies. Officers…

Boise caps light trespass, mandates fully shielded fixtures, and requires most outdoor lights off after 11 p.m. under City Code § 11-04-011.

Boise requires fully shielded, full-cutoff outdoor light fixtures citywide to cut glare, sky-glow, and light spilling onto neighbors.

Boise caps electronic billboard brightness at 5,000 nits and requires sign lighting not trespass onto neighboring properties.

Boise property owners must furnish pest-prevention equipment and exterminate insect or rodent infestations under the city's Housing Code.

Boise requires every restaurant to carry a City Clerk license and a Central District Health Department permit, and the Health Officer grades each one A, B or C under Boise City Code…

Boise requires used needles and syringes to go into a sharps disposal container before trash pickup, not loose in the cart.

Boise enforces habitability under its adopted Uniform Housing Code: landlords must keep rental buildings structurally sound, clean, sanitary, and safe, with the Building Director…

Idaho Code 6-303 makes a tenant guilty of unlawful detainer after defined breaches. For nonpayment of rent the landlord serves a three-day written notice to pay or quit; for other…

Idaho has no statute governing landlord entry into a residential rental. State law sets no required notice period or permitted hours, so access is controlled entirely by the lease. In…

Under Idaho Code 55-208, either party may end a tenancy at will (month-to-month) by giving written notice of 'not less than one (1) month.' The same one-month written notice applies…

Idaho prohibits local rent control. Idaho Code 55-307 bars any local governmental unit from enacting, maintaining, or enforcing an ordinance or resolution that would regulate rent…

Idaho sets no statutory limit on how much a landlord may charge for a security deposit. Under Idaho Code 6-321, deposits must be refunded within 21 days, or within a longer agreed…

Idaho requires 20 years of continuous, open, hostile possession to claim title by adverse possession, plus payment of all taxes throughout. This applies to oral claims (Idaho Code…

Boise bars licensed peddlers and door-to-door solicitors from entering any property posted with a "No Peddlers Allowed" or "No Solicitation Allowed" sign, and caps residential…

Anyone selling door-to-door in Boise must get a license from the City Clerk, post a bond, and carry photo ID before knocking on a single door.

Boise sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks by residential zoning district, from 10-foot rears in R-3 to 20-foot fronts and rears in R-1A.

Boise's Development Code sets a flat 35-foot cap on new houses in the R-1A and R-1B districts, rising to 40 feet (3 stories) in R-1C, 45 feet (4 stories) in R-2, and 50 feet (4…

On Residential Small Lots under 3,500 square feet and on substandard lots of record citywide, Boise limits residential floor area to 70 percent of the effective lot area, with…

Planting a tree in the parkway strip between sidewalk and curb requires a free City Forester permit specifying species and location.

Boise requires owners to repair, vacate, or demolish buildings that endanger public life, health, or safety under its adopted Dangerous Buildings Code.

Boise property owners must clear snow from the sidewalk and gutter in front of their building or vacant lot by 9:00 A.M. whenever snow is on the ground, under Boise City Code section…

Boise's fire code requires owners to cut weeds, grass, and vines before they become a fire hazard, and treats any growth over 12 inches as grounds for city-ordered abatement.

Boise requires any reclaimed or reuse water system to be designed, permitted, and inspected under state rules, with municipally reclaimed water mandatory for irrigation near mains.

New Boise developments must cap water-hungry lawn grass like Kentucky Bluegrass at 33% of landscaped area and ban decorative turf in medians, traffic circles, and parking lot islands.

Boise reserves farming and ranching for its A-1 Open Land district, a very low density zone with a one acre minimum lot and one unit per acre density cap. The Development Code names…

Ada County exempts land zoned in a rural area district from its own Nuisance Ordinance. Code section 5-9-3, as amended by Ordinance 1014 effective January 20, 2026, now excludes…

Boise requires multi-family, mixed-use, and nonresidential projects in the Downtown Planning Area to comply with the adopted Downtown Design Standards and Guidelines, layered on top of…

Boise grants extra dwelling units in the Foothills Planning Area when developers set aside open space, using a sliding formula table.

Boise's development code bars invasive, destructive, and exotic plants from every landscape plan required under City Code Section 11-04-09, and separately bans any tree on the Treasure…

Boise bans amplified sound, including bass-heavy car audio systems, that is plainly audible fifty feet or more from a vehicle on a public street, under Boise City Code section 6-16-2…

Boise's vehicle amplified sound law doesn't reach car alarms: Boise City Code section 6-16-3 specifically exempts vehicular burglar alarms and emergency alarms from the fifty-foot…

Boise caps street vending carts at 5 feet wide, 9 feet long, and 7 feet high, and requires functional brakes, propane-only generators, and inspection before carts operate on public…

Boise licenses vendors, solicitors and temporary merchants under BCC Title 3, Chapter 2, restricting mobile vending carts, trailers and vehicles from sidewalks, crosswalks, driveways…

Any food truck, cart or trailer selling food in Boise must hold a City Food and Beverage Establishment License before opening, the same license required of fixed restaurants. Vendors…

Boise exempts garage and yard sales from its vendor license, but caps residents at two sales a year, three days each.

Ada County Code 2-2-5(A) confines cooking fires on county parks and waterways property to gas and charcoal grills; any other fire needs the Parks Director's advance approval for an…

Ada County regulates commercial barbecue pits under section 5-2-7-3, requiring outdoor pits to be built of concrete or noncombustible material, set back 10 feet from combustible…

Rooftop, pole and ground-mounted solar panels are an accessory use in unincorporated Ada County and require a Zoning Certificate from the Planning and Development Director under Ada…

Unincorporated Ada County lets a homeowner install solar panels on an existing detached structure through a simple Director-issued zoning certificate, even if the structure itself…

Idaho Code Section 55-3208 prohibits homeowners associations from adopting or enforcing covenants that limit or prohibit rooftop solar panel installation, preempting contrary CC&Rs…

Ada County's unmanned aircraft ordinance, Code 5-4-10, requires every drone operator to carry an FAA remote pilot certificate and bans flights that harass or endanger people, invade…

Ada County Code 5-4-10 bans flying a drone in ways that harass or endanger people, invade a reasonable expectation of privacy, or interfere with firefighters or public safety officers…

Commercial drone use in Idaho is governed primarily by FAA Part 107, which preempts most state and local regulation of airspace. Idaho Code 21-213 still applies to surveillance and…

Ada County Code 1-13-3 sets the minimum investment a business must make to qualify for the county's property tax exemption on new plant investment at three million dollars. Set under…

Because Idaho Code 37-2732 prohibits sale and delivery of marijuana, no marijuana dispensaries may legally operate anywhere in Idaho. There is no state licensing scheme, and no city or…

Idaho Code 44-1502 preempts local minimum wage ordinances, holding all Idaho cities and counties to the state minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, the same as the federal floor.

Idaho permits residents 18 and older to carry concealed firearms statewide without a license under Idaho Code 18-3302, while still offering enhanced and standard permits for…

Idaho Code 18-3302J broadly preempts local government regulation of firearms, ammunition, and components, voiding city or county gun ordinances that exceed state law and protecting…

Idaho is an open-carry state allowing any person legally able to possess a firearm to carry it openly without a permit, with local restrictions preempted under Idaho Code 18-3302J…

Idaho's constitution bans gambling outright except for three narrow carve-outs, one of them 'bingo and raffle games ... operated by qualified charitable organizations' (Idaho Const…

Idaho Code section 18-3801 defines gambling broadly and lists exactly five things it does not cover: skill contests, valid business contracts, additional-play-only games, incidental…

Idaho's constitution permits only three narrow forms of gambling: a state lottery, pari-mutuel horse and dog racing, and charitable bingo or raffle games, and sports wagering is not…

Idaho's Homeowner's Association Act lets an HOA levy assessments for common-area maintenance and record a verified lien against a lot. Idaho Code § 55-3207 expressly permits the…

Idaho HOAs are governed by their declaration plus the Homeowner's Association Act and the Idaho Nonprofit Corporation Act (Title 30, Ch 30). Idaho Code § 55-3204 requires open board…

Idaho has no statute setting general covenant or architectural-review standards: enforcement flows from the recorded declaration. The Homeowner's Association Act limits HOA power in…

Idaho Code § 55-3210 stops a homeowner's association from adding, amending, or enforcing any covenant that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, four flags: the flag of the…

Idaho Code § 55-3206 bars any HOA fine unless the authority to fine is 'clearly set forth in the covenants and restrictions.' The board must vote by majority and give at least 30 days'…

Idaho runs two separate assessment-lien regimes and only one of them carries a power of sale. In a condominium governed by the Condominium Property Act, Idaho Code section 55-1518…

Idaho has a road block statute, and it does not authorise sobriety checkpoints. Idaho Code § 19-621 lets sheriffs, state policemen and policemen of cities of the first or second class…

Idaho has no standalone right-to-record statute, and it does not need one to make recording your own encounter lawful. Idaho Code § 18-6702(2)(d) says it is lawful for a person to…

Idaho never enacted a stop-and-identify law. Nothing in the Idaho Code requires a person stopped on the street to give a peace officer a name, and Idaho Code § 19-603 gives officers…

Idaho has no statute telling an ordinary driver what consenting to a car search means, and none saying that an odour, a lawful substance or a refusal cannot supply grounds. Idaho has…

Idaho Code 67-2340, enacted in 2016, prohibits cities and counties from regulating, banning, or imposing fees on auxiliary containers, including plastic bags, polystyrene, and other…

Idaho Code 39-5703 sets 21 as the minimum age to purchase tobacco, vapor products, and alternative nicotine products, aligning state law with federal Tobacco-21 and barring local age…

Idaho does not ban flavored tobacco or vapor products at the state level, and local flavor bans face significant preemption questions under the statewide tobacco licensing framework in…

Idaho Code § 49-918 lets any motor vehicle carry up to two spot lamps, two fog lamps, two auxiliary passing lamps and two auxiliary driving lamps, each with its own mounting height…

Idaho never wrote a windshield-device statute. Idaho Code § 49-943(1) bans only a sign, poster or other nontransparent material on the windshield or the side or rear windows that…

Idaho has never enacted either a lane-splitting ban or a lane-filtering allowance. Chapter 6 of title 49 runs from section 49-663 on neighborhood electric vehicles straight to section…

Idaho never uses the words cover, frame, shield or tint anywhere in title 49 in connection with a license plate. The rule that catches plate covers is Idaho Code section 49-428(2)…

The word radar does not appear anywhere in the Idaho Code, and neither does laser, speed measuring device or any equivalent. Idaho Code § 49-902(1) makes it unlawful to drive a vehicle…

Idaho writes its studded-tire rule as a closed season rather than an open one. Idaho Code section 49-948(3) prohibits motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers with tires having…

Idaho Code § 49-944 lets you put nonreflective film on the front side windows and rear window down to 35% light transmission, and on the windows behind the driver down to 20%, with a…