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Idaho Code § 18-2501

Rescuing prisoners

I.C., § 18-2501, as added by 1972, ch. 336, § 1, p. 844; am. 2006, ch. 71, § 7, p. 216.

Every person who rescues, or attempts to rescue, or aids another person in rescuing or attempting to rescue, any prisoner from any prison, or from any officer or person having him in lawful custody, is punishable as follows:

(1) If such prisoner was in custody upon a conviction of felony punishable by death, by imprisonment in the state prison not less than one (1) nor more than fourteen (14) years.

(2) If such prisoner was in custody upon a conviction of any other felony, by imprisonment in the state prison not less than six (6) months nor more than five (5) years.

(3) If such prisoner was in custody upon a charge of felony, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) and imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one (1) year.

(4) If such prisoner was in custody, otherwise than upon a charge or conviction of felony, by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) and imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months.

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.