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 narrow areas, including Idaho Code § 55-3211, which blocks newly imposed rental restrictions on owners who did not agree to them in writing.
Idaho's Homeowner's Association Act (Idaho Code §§ 55-3201–3213) imposes no general covenant-enforcement or architectural-review framework, so what the HOA may enforce comes from the recorded CC&Rs. Idaho Code § 55-3204 bars boards from expanding 'the provisions of the restrictive covenants.' One concrete statutory limit is § 55-3211: 'No homeowner's association may add, amend, or enforce any covenant... in such a way that limits or prohibits the rental, for any amount of time, of any property... unless expressly agreed to in writing... by the owner of the affected property.' A pre-existing rental covenant remains enforceable only if it 'applied to the property at the time the homeowner acquired his interest.' Otherwise, architectural and use covenants are enforced as written in the declaration.
Declaration-based remedies (cure demands, fines under § 55-3206, liens, suit); new rental restrictions unenforceable against non-consenting owners under § 55-3211.
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