Terms Used In Idaho Code 67-2907

  • 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.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114
  • 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
    • Any person having charge of a jail, prison or reformatory or other place of detention shall receive any prisoner arrested by the Idaho state police within the jurisdiction served by such jail and shall detain that prisoner in custody until otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by the superintendent. Such person in charge shall have the right to refuse to receive any juvenile not being charged with a felony and not in the process of being certified as an adult, in accordance with section 20-509, Idaho Code.