Cities governed by this act shall be bodies corporate and politic; may sue and be sued; contract and be contracted with; accept grants-in-aid and gifts of property, both real and personal, in the name of the city; acquire, hold, lease, and convey property, real and personal; have a common seal, which they may change and alter at pleasure; may erect buildings or structures of any kind, needful for the uses or purposes of the city; and exercise all powers and perform all functions of local self-government in city affairs as are not specifically prohibited by or in conflict with the general laws or the constitution of the state of Idaho.
Idaho Code § 50-301
Corporate and local self-government powers
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Old Cutters, Inc. v. City of Hailey (In re Old Cutters, Inc.) (2012)
Most recently applied in Old Cutters, Inc. v. City of Hailey (In re Old Cutters, Inc.) (December 2012)
1967, ch. 429, § 6, p. 1249; am. 1976, ch. 214, § 1, p. 784.
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.