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Idaho Code § 49-1407

When peace officer has option to take person before a magistrate

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Hallstrom

Most recently applied in Susan Hallstrom Robert Hallstrom v. City of Garden City Randy W. Snapp Sgt. Thurston Vaughn Killeen, Sheriff Mike Roberts (April 1993)

I.C., § 49-576.3.1, as added by 1955, ch. 84, § 35, p. 156; am. 1983, ch. 25, § 9, p. 66; am. and redesig. 1988, ch. 265, § 343, p. 549.

Whenever any person is halted by a peace officer for any misdemeanor violation of the provisions of this title and is not required to be taken before a magistrate, the person shall, in the discretion of the officer, either be given a traffic citation or be taken without unnecessary delay before the proper magistrate as specified in section 49-1411, Idaho Code, in the following cases:

(1) When the person does not furnish satisfactory evidence of identity or when the officer has reasonable and probable grounds to believe the person will disregard a written promise to appear in court.

(2) When the person is charged with a violation relating to the refusal of a driver of a vehicle to submit a vehicle to an inspection and test.

(3) When the person is charged with a violation relating to the failure or refusal of a driver of a vehicle to submit the vehicle and load to a weighing or to remove excess weight therefrom.

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.