Idaho Ordinances (2026)

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…

Idaho Code Section 25-2810 sets uniform statewide standards for declaring dogs dangerous or at-risk and imposes restraint, identification, and signage requirements that apply on top of…

Idaho prohibits private possession of designated deleterious exotic animals such as big cats, primates, and Russian wild boar without a state permit, applying uniformly across all…

Idaho Code Section 25-3504 criminalizes animal cruelty statewide, and conduct typical of animal hoarding such as inadequate food, water, or shelter is prosecuted as cruelty in every…

Idaho Fish and Game rule IDAPA 13.01.18.200 makes it unlawful to purposely or knowingly provide supplemental feed to wild deer, elk, and other cervids inside any Chronic Wasting…

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…

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 Code 46-1020 through 46-1024 establishes the statewide framework directing local governments to adopt floodplain management ordinances meeting NFIP minimum standards. The Idaho…

Idaho Code Title 35 governs partition fences statewide, requiring adjoining landowners to share equally in the cost of dividing fences after written notice, with a six-month…

Idaho Code 39-2601 et seq. limits consumer fireworks to non-aerial, non-explosive devices, regulates licensed sales windows, and treats illegal aerial fireworks as a misdemeanor…

Idaho Department of Lands declares an annual closed fire season requiring burn permits for any outdoor burning on protected lands, with criminal liability for fires that escape control.

Idaho's Liquefied Petroleum Gas Public Safety Act makes it unlawful to store, sell, transport, or install propane and LP-gas without a license from the state, which licenses facilities…

Idaho Department of Lands holds statewide authority over forest and rangeland wildfire protection, may declare emergency burn closures, and assesses landowners protection fees on…

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 applies uniform statewide food safety standards to mobile food units under the Idaho Food Code, with public health districts issuing licenses but enforcing the same baseline…

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 replaced its cottage-food chapter outright in 2026. Senate Bill 1283, chapter 91 of the 2026 session laws, added a new chapter 2 to title 37 called the Idaho Direct-to-Consumer…

Idaho Code Title 39 Chapter 11 sets statewide daycare licensing requirements based on the number of unrelated children. State-level basic daycare licenses apply uniformly, though…

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…

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 § 22-2407 makes it the duty of every landowner to control noxious weeds on their land, at their own expense, under rules set by the director of agriculture. County control…

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…

Idaho Code Title 49 Chapter 18 establishes uniform rules for abandoned vehicles statewide. Abandoning a vehicle on any highway, public, or private property without consent is…

Idaho Code 54-1001A, enacted by HB 704 in 2024, prohibits any city, county, or local entity from requiring installation of electric vehicle charging circuits in new home construction…

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…

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 protects agricultural land uses through the Local Land Use Planning Act and Right to Farm Act, with Idaho Code 22-4503 limiting local zoning that would restrict established farm…

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…

Idaho Code 67-6539 prohibits cities and counties from outright banning short-term rentals or vacation rentals, while permitting reasonable local regulation tied to health, safety, and…

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.

Idaho Code 55-3209 prevents homeowners associations from prohibiting political sign displays statewide. HOAs may impose only reasonable time, place, and manner rules and must give…

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 18-7008 criminal trespass enforces posted no-soliciting and no-trespassing signs at private residences, while local governments may operate municipal do-not-knock registries.

Idaho requires every licensed day care with a pool, hot tub, or pond on the premises to enclose it with a fence at least four feet high, fitted with self-closing, self-latching gates…

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 18-7031 makes illegal dumping of solid waste on public or private property a misdemeanor statewide, with restitution for cleanup and escalating penalties for repeat offenses.

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…

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…