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Idaho Code § 1-1603

Powers of court

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State v. Schorzman (1996)

Most recently applied in Steiner v. Gilbert (May 2007)

C.C.P. 1881, § 42; R.S., R.C., & C.L., § 3862; C.S., § 6477; I.C.A., § 1-1603.

Every court has power:

(1) To preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence.

(2) To enforce order in the proceedings before it or before a person or persons empowered to conduct a judicial investigation under its authority.

(3) To provide for the orderly conduct of proceedings before it or its officers.

(4) To compel obedience to its judgments, orders and process, and to the orders of a judge out of court in an action or proceeding pending therein.

(5) To control, in furtherance of justice, the conduct of its ministerial officers, and of all other persons in any manner connected with a judicial proceeding before it, in every matter appertaining thereto.

(6) To compel the attendance of persons to testify in an action or proceeding pending therein, in the cases and manner provided in this code.

(7) To administer oaths in an action or proceeding pending therein, and in all other cases where it may be necessary in the exercise of its powers and duties.

(8) To amend and control its process and orders, so as to make them conformable to law and justice.

Current official text: Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Idaho statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.