In any federal bankruptcy proceeding, an individual debtor may exempt from property of the estate only such property as is specified under the laws of this state.
Idaho Code § 11-609
Nonauthorization of federal bankruptcy exemptions
Applied in 51 court decisions — leading case In Re Steinmetz (2001)
Most recently applied in In re Colafranceschi (November 2017)
I.C., § 11-609, as added by 1981, ch. 81, § 2, p. 113.
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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.