Forcible entry defined
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Howerton v. Gabica (1983)
Most recently applied in Howerton v. Gabica (May 1983)
C.C.P. 1881, § 795; R.S., R.C., & C.L., § 5091; C.S., § 7320; I.C.A., § 9-301.
Every person is guilty of a forcible entry who either:
(1) By breaking open doors, windows or other parts of a house, or by any kind of violence or circumstances of terror, enters upon or into any real property; or,
(2) Who, after entering peaceably upon real property, turns out, by force, threats or menacing conduct, the party in possession.
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.