No estate or interest in real property, other than for leases for a term not exceeding one (1) year, nor any trust or power over or concerning it, or in any manner relating thereto, can be created, granted, assigned, surrendered, or declared, otherwise than by operation of law, or a conveyance or other instrument in writing, subscribed by the party creating, granting, assigning, surrendering or declaring the same, or by his lawful agent thereunto authorized by writing.
Idaho Code § 9-503
Transfers of real property to be in writing
Applied in 18 court decisions — leading case Garner v. Bartschi (2003)
Most recently applied in In re Dolven (April 2016)
C.C.P. 1881, § 935; R.S., R.C., & C.L., § 6007; C.S., § 7974; I.C.A., § 16-503.
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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.