Every county is a body politic and corporate, and as such has the powers specified in this title or in other statutes, and such powers as are necessarily implied from those expressed.
Idaho Code § 31-601
Every county a body corporate
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Bissett v. Unnamed Members of Political Compact (1986)
Most recently applied in Hansen v. White (August 1988)
1870, p. 76, § 1; R.S., § 1730; reen
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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.