Terms Used In Idaho Code 67-2905

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
The jurisdiction of the director of the Idaho state police and his deputies, both regular and special, and all peace officers or other persons called into the police service of the state by him or his deputies shall be coextensive with the territory of the state of Idaho and not limited by the lines of any political or municipal subdivisions.