Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Idaho Code § 50-1309

Certification of plat — Dedication of streets and alleys — Dedication of private roads to public — Jurisdiction over private roads

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Allen v. Blaine County (1998)

Most recently applied in Stafford v. Klosterman (April 2000)

1967, ch. 429, § 227, p. 1249; am. 1988, ch. 175, § 2, p. 306; am. 1989, ch. 102, § 2, p. 235; am. 1992, ch. 262, § 3, p. 778; am. 1997, ch. 190, § 8, p. 517.

(1) The owner or owners of the land included in said plat shall make a certificate containing the correct legal description of the land, with the statement as to their intentions to include the same in the plat, and make a dedication of all public streets and rights-of-way shown on said plat, which certificate shall be acknowledged before an officer duly authorized to take acknowledgments and shall be indorsed on the plat. The professional land surveyor making the survey shall certify the correctness of said plat and he shall place his seal, signature and date on the plat.

(2) No dedication or transfer of a private road to the public can be made without the specific approval of the appropriate public highway agency accepting such private road.

(3) Highway districts shall not have jurisdiction over private roads designated as such on subdivision plats and shall assume no responsibility for the design, inspection, construction, maintenance and/or repair of private roads.

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.