Coeur d'Alene, ID

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, section 5.24.030 makes it unlawful to run a sound amplification system on a street, sidewalk, parking lot, park, beach or motor vehicle so that it is…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Chapter 10.80 of the Municipal Code requires every motor vehicle to run with a muffler in good working order and bans cutouts, bypass devices and…

Section 6.15.050 of the Coeur d'Alene Municipal Code makes it unlawful to keep or harbor any animal whose loud, continued or frequent barking, howling, yelping, meowing, screeching…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, no use of property can create a noise level for residentially zoned property above 65 dB between 7:00 A.M. and 10:00 P.M. or above 55 dB at night…

Unincorporated Kootenai County has no separate municipal noise curfew; nighttime disturbances are prosecuted under Idaho's statewide disturbing-the-peace law, Idaho Code section…

Land within the 65 DNL noise contour around Coeur d'Alene Airport sits in the county's airport overlay zone noise compatibility area under LUDC 8.3.102 and 8.3.103. New places of…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, it is a violation to allow weeds, grasses or vegetation over eight inches in height on your property or on the planting strip next to it. The owner…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, an actively maintained compost pile that does not generate nuisance odors is excluded from the code's definitions of brush pile and vegetative…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, removing a public tree or shrub requires a valid permit, no matter who does the work. A person without a tree service license also needs a permit to prune…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, the owner of the property next to a right of way must prune public trees so branches over a sidewalk clear seven feet and branches over the street clear…

Kootenai County itself sets no countywide lawn-watering schedule. Outdoor watering limits, if any, come from your city or your water/irrigation provider. Under Idaho law, outdoor…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, a household that keeps more than four dogs over six months of age is a noncommercial kennel under the animal code and needs a city kennel license. The…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, the owner or custodian of a dog declared dangerous must have it sterilized, photographed and microchipped or tattooed to identify it as dangerous…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, no one can operate a pet shop or kennel without a city license, and chapter 6.30 requires primary enclosures at pet stores that are sound…

Feeding wildlife is unlawful in the City of Coeur d'Alene. Section 6.15.040 bars feeding or providing food or other attractants to wild animals, a group the code defines to include…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, section 6.15.010 lets a person keep up to twelve (12) chickens, excluding roosters, and up to four (4) other domestic fowl. Livestock is unlawful unless…

The City of Coeur d'Alene makes it unlawful to own, keep, maintain, display or offer for sale any exotic or hybrid animal within the city limits. The definition names bears…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, section 6.15.080 makes it unlawful for the owner or custodian of any animal, except domestic cats, to allow it to run at large, and the owner is strictly…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, zoning splits veterinary use into two activity types. A Veterinary Office treats small domestic animals such as cats, dogs and rabbits with…

Kootenai County doesn't restrict dog breeds; instead it regulates individual dogs the sheriff declares "dangerous" or "at risk" after a bite or attack (Code 5.1.301). Once declared, an…

Idaho requires commercial beekeepers to register apiaries annually with the Idaho State Department of Agriculture, and uniform statewide inspection rules apply to disease control and…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, every firework other than nonaerial common fireworks is banned, sky lanterns are banned, and fireworks can be sold or discharged only from 8:00…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, it is unlawful to burn garbage or refuse. Only brush, grass, weeds, and cuttings from trees, lawns or gardens can be burned, and only at times the…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, it is unlawful to make, use, or have an open fire on any city-owned, leased or maintained beach, natural area, park, playground or play field. Fires are…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, development in the Hillside Overlay Zone must meet wildfire mitigation goals that the city sets before work starts, using the Kootenai County…

Kootenai County adopts the 2009 International Fuel Gas Code and the state-approved International Fire Code, which govern propane (LP-gas) tanks and appliances under NFPA 58. LP-gas…

Wildfire mitigation plans required for timbered subdivisions in unincorporated Kootenai County must include a real vegetation-clearance plan, not just a map. Land Use and Development…

Kootenai County builds to the 2009 International Residential Code, which requires smoke alarms in each sleeping room, outside each sleeping area, and on every level. New homes must…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, barbed or electrified wire fencing or gates along any street, alley, highway or road is prohibited unless the City Council approves an application…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Section 17.06.815 requires a special use permit under Section 17.09.205 for a fence, wall or hedge up to ten feet (10') where the code allows the extra…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, a residential fence, wall or hedge can be six feet (6') tall on rear and side property lines and front yard setback lines, but not more than four feet…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, berming up and building a retaining wall at the back of a sidewalk is prohibited on an individual residential lot or a single commercial lot when…

Kootenai County's Land Use Code sets no boundary-fence cost-sharing or 'good-neighbor' rule; those are civil matters under Idaho law. The county only regulates height, materials…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, a home daycare is a home occupation. It needs a home occupation certificate plus a childcare facility license under Chapter 5.68, must stay within twenty…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, a home occupation within one dwelling unit or permitted accessory structure cannot generate more than twenty (20) pedestrian and vehicle trips per day…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, every home occupation needs a home occupation certificate, and the certificate is issued upon request once the business meets the conditions in Sections…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, a commercial sign is not allowed in a residential zone or on property used for non-transient residential purposes unless it relates to a home…

Idaho lets home cottage-food operations sell non-perishable (non-TCS) foods like baked goods, jams, and honey directly to Idaho consumers without a license or inspection, as long as…

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…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, no person can stop, stand or park on a sidewalk, in front of a driveway, within an intersection or on a crosswalk. Vehicles park parallel to the…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, no motor vehicle can park in an alley or loading zone except to load or unload. The work has to be done as expeditiously as possible and cannot…

The Coeur d'Alene City Council creates residential parking permit areas by ordinance after a public hearing. In a resident only area, parking from 7:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M., Monday…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, no vehicle can be parked continuously at the same location, or combination of locations, within the same block on any public street or alley for more than…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, storing abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperable vehicles or vehicle parts on private or public property is a declared public nuisance under Idaho…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, no vehicle can stay parked for longer than two hours in any stall served by an electric vehicle charging station in a city-owned parking facility. The…

Every residential lot in unincorporated Kootenai County must have driveway or access-road frontage that meets LUDC 8.4.201, and the fire protection district with jurisdiction decides…

Idaho replaced its entire towing chapter in 2025, and Idaho Code title 49, chapter 18 is now titled Towing and Storage of Motor Vehicles. There is no statewide dollar cap on a tow, but…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, every public, semipublic and private pool, spa or hot tub that can hold twenty-four inches or more of water must sit inside a six-foot fence. The fence…

Above-ground pools follow the same building path as in-ground pools: they are regulated under the county building code's adopted International Residential Code, and a pool deep enough…

The City of Coeur d'Alene adopts the 2018 International Residential Code with local amendments and turns on Appendix Q Tiny Houses, one of only three appendices the City Council keeps…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, connecting an accessory dwelling unit to the public sewer triggers a sewer capitalization fee of 2.20 population equivalents per unit, printed as $6,460…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, a shed or other accessory structure in the rear twenty five feet of a lot sits at least five feet from the side and rear lot lines, or three feet where…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, accessory dwelling units are permitted within all Residential and Commercial Zoning Districts. Height runs from eighteen feet for a one story rear-yard…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, owner occupancy is tied to short-term rental use of an ADU: either the principal dwelling or the accessory dwelling unit must be occupied by a majority…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, an ADU used for less than 30-day stays falls under the short-term rental article in chapter 17.08. The owner needs a City permit, must pay the required…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, every short-term rental, meaning a residential dwelling rented for thirty days or fewer, needs a City permit before it is offered to the public…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, a homeowner can rent a residential dwelling without a short-term rental permit for no more than fourteen days per calendar year, and those days…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, an accessory dwelling unit can be a short-term rental only if a majority owner or an immediate family member lives in the principal dwelling or the…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, every short-term rental needs a responsible party reachable 24 hours a day, seven days a week, who must respond within sixty minutes to noise or…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, short-term rental guests must use the dwelling's off-street parking to the greatest extent possible, and on-street parking follows Code chapters…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, overnight guests at a short-term rental cannot exceed the Code's definition of family. Visitors of an occupant cannot sleep over, individual rooms…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, a first short-term rental offense is a civil penalty, any later offense is a misdemeanor, and three or more violations in a calendar year let the…

Idaho applies state sales tax and travel and convention tax to short-term rental stays statewide, and platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo collect these as marketplace facilitators.

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, minors under 18 are barred from public places and business premises from 10:30 P.M. to 5:00 A.M. Sunday through Thursday nights, and from midnight to 5:00…

City-owned parks, beaches, natural areas, playgrounds and play fields in the City of Coeur d'Alene are closed from 11:00 P.M. to 5:00 A.M. The Jewett House Beach closes earlier, from…

The City of Coeur d'Alene defines an Electric-Assisted Bicycle as a pedaled bicycle with a motor under 750 watts and sorts it into Class 1, 2 or 3 by assist type and top assisted speed…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, no one can drive a Motor Vehicle, golf cart or Electric Motorcycle in a Bicycle Lane, and pedestrians are barred from bike lanes except where there are no…

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…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, section 5.08.160 bans drinking or holding an open container of beer, wine or other alcohol on any public property, streets and alleys included, and in any…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, a pedestrian crossing a street anywhere other than a marked crosswalk, pedestrian crossing or unmarked crosswalk at an intersection must yield the…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, no one can ride a skateboard, roller skates, in-line skates, human powered scooter or other toy vehicle on the streets, highways or sidewalks along…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, smoking is prohibited in all outdoor areas of the City Hall Campus, which takes in the parking areas, driveways and sidewalks around City Hall and the…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, it is unlawful to urinate or defecate on public property or a public right of way, or on private property open to public view. The only exception is…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, operating or permitting a sound amplification system on a street, alley, sidewalk, parking lot, driveway, park, beach, motor vehicle or public…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, section 5.28.020 makes it unlawful to run a massage facility or spa, or do the business of massage therapy, without a City license from the City Clerk…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, a pawnbroker is a used merchandise dealer and needs a license from the city clerk before making a single pawn loan. The license expires December 31 and is…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, storing wrecked, dismantled or inoperable vehicles or parts on private property is a declared public nuisance under Chapter 8.28. A vehicle is exempt if…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, an adult entertainment use needs a special use permit in a designated zone and cannot be located within, or closer than 1,000 feet to, any…

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…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, the weed abatement chapter defines a weed to include any noxious weed as defined in Idaho Code section 22-2402, plus valueless wild plants and…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, the owner or occupant of a vacant lot or block must clear the abutting sidewalk of snow and ice within a reasonable time after a snowfall. Unpaid…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, a building declared dangerous under chapter 15.09 must be repaired to the current building code or demolished at the owner's option. A building…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, every food truck, food cart and stand needs a city concession permit from the city clerk, displayed for public view, plus a current Panhandle…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, a mobile food concession or cart outside a mobile food court must be on property in a nonresidential zone, unless it operates within a special…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, the owner of property must maintain the sidewalk abutting it in a safe and proper condition at all times, with or without a city notice. The city…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, work in the public right of way must be confined so it does not obstruct walks unnecessarily, and a passageway at least four feet wide stays open along…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, building street work in a public right of way, placing an obstruction on its surface, or changing its surface or grade requires an encroachment permit…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, the occupant of every dwelling and the operator of every commercial establishment is assessed at least the minimum charge in the rate schedule the…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, every resident or owner must use the city's collection and disposal system. The contractor supplies a container for each level of service, and a…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, dropping, dumping or depositing debris, litter, glass, nails, trash or garbage on any street or highway is an infraction, and the person responsible must…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, every use in a Neighborhood Commercial (NC) district must keep trash areas completely enclosed by a structure built of materials similar to the…

Kootenai County sets container rules through its collection system rather than a curbside setout ordinance. Residential service is defined as up to three 32-gallon cans weekly, and…

Large bulky items, appliances, furniture, tires and wood must go to the Ramsey or Prairie transfer station, not to rural residential collection sites, where they are expressly…

Idaho prohibits disposing of lead-acid batteries in landfills or incinerating them and requires that they be recycled. Every battery retailer must take back used batteries at the point…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, a childcare center cares for thirteen or more children at other than a principal residence and needs an annual facility license. The license requires a…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, no person, firm or corporation may install, erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, remove, convert or demolish any building or structure without…

The City of Coeur d'Alene adopts the 2017 Idaho State Plumbing Code with six local amendments, names the building official as the administrative authority, and sets plumbing fees by…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, anyone doing wiring or making an electrical installation must secure a permit from the state of Idaho, division of building safety, electrical bureau, and…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, an erosion, sediment and construction waste control plan must be approved before any site clearing, excavation or grading begins. It must include…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, every land disturbing activity needs an approved stormwater management plan, and runoff cannot be accelerated, concentrated or conveyed past the project's…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene the flood protection elevation equals the base flood elevation plus the floodway elevation, if present, plus zero freeboard. New residential construction…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, any development inside a FEMA special flood hazard area needs a floodplain development permit from the floodplain administrator, who is the city…

Kootenai County's land use code does not permit a private boat dock itself; that requires a separate Idaho Department of Lands permit. Instead LUDC 8.4.1410 tightly controls what can…

Wildfire mitigation plans for timbered subdivisions in unincorporated Kootenai County must identify emergency firefighting water supplies and protect them. Land Use and Development…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, it is unlawful to solicit door to door without first registering with the city and passing a background check, unless state or federal law exempts…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, door to door solicitation is barred before 9:00 A.M. and after 8:00 P.M. No one, registered or not, can solicit at a home or business that clearly…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, an applicant for a Class A, B or C concession permit must provide proof that all workers have a current Idaho food handlers certificate, if…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, a vendor included in a special event that holds a city permit covering concessions does not need an individual concession permit, but only for that…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, no person can conduct a parade, public assembly or block watch event on the streets without a permit issued by the City Clerk. Applications are due…

The City of Coeur d'Alene treats a neighborhood street-closure gathering as a block watch event. A City Clerk permit is required, the closure cannot exceed one City block or one…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, the Parks and Recreation Director permits park events expected to draw no more than 1,000 people, on a written request filed at least thirty days ahead…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, any commercial film production on public or private property needs a film production permit under Chapter 17.08, Article VI, and a Planning…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, all activities capable of generating an open flame are prohibited in every City owned, leased or maintained natural area. The rule in § 4.25.060 has no…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene it is unlawful to camp, or to establish or maintain a campsite, overnight or longer in or on any public property, a term that covers streets, sidewalks…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, the density bonus is a floor area ratio bonus in the DC Downtown Core district. Without bonuses the maximum FAR is 4.0. Builders can raise it to a…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, development in the Downtown Overlay Northside (DO-N), Downtown Overlay Eastside (DO-E) and Midtown Overlay (MO) districts must meet design…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, street trees must stay at least one foot six inches (small), two feet six inches (medium) or four feet (large) from any curb or sidewalk. Spacing…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, protection attaches to public trees and grand scale trees by location and size, not by species name. Construction inside a public tree's protection zone…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Billboards are prohibited except those lawful on December 1, 2019, which can stay or relocate through a City Council hearing. Any Electronic…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, a sign for a garage sale needs no sign permit when it is posted on the property where the sale is held (§ 15.50.310(A)(6)). It still has to meet…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, a Billboard over 300 square feet can be relocated only in C-17, M, or LM zoning and only on property within 615 feet of Interstate 90 along…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, a Sign affixed or attached to the interior or exterior of a window or door needs no sign permit, but it stays subject to the rest of the Sign Code…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, one permit covers an entire campaign, and each campaign sign is subject to the Freestanding Sign and Attached Sign allowances. A campaign sign goes…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, an illuminated Sign, including an Electronic Message Display, must dim automatically to ambient light and cannot run more than 0.3 foot candles…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, lighting greater than two foot-candles is prohibited in a Community Commercial (CC) district, and every fixture must be a cutoff design to prevent…

Kootenai County treats outdoor lighting tied to a permitted recreational use, ballfields, shooting ranges, campgrounds, and similar facilities, as its own regulated activity in the…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, no building, sign, or structure can exceed the maximum height set by its zoning district or by the sign chapter of Title 15. Residential lots downhill…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, no lot can have a front, side or rear yard smaller than its zoning district prescribes. A residential use in an R-1 District needs a twenty foot front…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, the Code defines lot coverage as the portion of a lot occupied by any building, structure, or facility, excluding paved areas, walks, and swimming pools…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, a film production permit is required for any film production upon public property or upon private property without a proper zoning designation for…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, the film production article prints no decibel figure. Instead, the applicant must agree to a permit agreement acceptable to the City Council that…

Kootenai County's Planning Director enforces Title 8 zoning rules against unpermitted construction, non-conforming land uses, and site work that violates approved plans. Common…

Once Kootenai County mails a notice of zoning violation, the property owner has 45 days to resolve it before the notice is recorded against the parcel at the County Recorder's office…

Anyone can file a written complaint alleging a Title 8 zoning violation with the Kootenai County Planning Director. The Director must investigate the allegations right away, and if…

Kootenai County lets landowners voluntarily designate at least five contiguous acres as an Agricultural Protection Area (APA) under LUDC 8.3.403, locking the land into agricultural or…

Idaho Code 22-4501 et seq., the Idaho Right to Farm Act, protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits brought by neighbors when surrounding land use changes…

Kootenai County only allows data centers in its Light Industrial and Industrial zones, under a conditional use permit, on a parcel of at least ten acres. Facilities near a residential…

A data center in unincorporated Kootenai County has to prove, before it ever opens, that its cooling and power equipment will not push noise past the county's industrial-zone sound…

Kootenai County requires every subdivision's CC&Rs to spell out how the homeowners' association enforces its own rules, but the county keeps a backstop. Under Land Use and Development…

Kootenai County requires every association's CC&Rs to give it real teeth for collecting dues. Land Use and Development Code section 8.6.902(B)(2)(d) mandates authority to withhold…

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 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 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…

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…

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…

Idaho Code 21-213 prohibits using unmanned aircraft systems to conduct surveillance, gather evidence, or photograph specifically targeted persons or private property without written…

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 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 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 Code 6-320 makes a landlord liable for failing to keep a rental in habitable condition, listing duties such as waterproofing, working plumbing, heating, electrical and sanitary…

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…

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

Idaho Code § 55-3208 stops any homeowner's association from adopting or enforcing a covenant that prohibits rooftop solar panels or solar collectors, while letting associations set…

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…