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Ex. DUT-ID-013 Standing duty Primary source read

Idaho Code section 18-5901

Public nuisance defined

Idaho Legislature (Idaho Code tit. 18, ch. 59, Nuisances) · Idaho (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Idaho
Level
State
Authority
Idaho Const. art. III; enacted 1972 Idaho Sess. Laws ch. 336, sec. 1
Effective
standing throughout the period
End
standing (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Standing (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Standing dutyOperating condition
Addressees
  • owners or persons in control of premises; persons generally
Character
sanitary code duty
Collection
Standing duties: Idaho DUT-ID

Operative words

Anything which is injurious to health, or is indecent, or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property by an entire community or neighborhood, or by any considerable number of persons... is a public nuisance.

Penalty

Misdemeanor under Idaho Code § 18-5903 (Ex. DUT-ID-014)

What it required

Made any condition 'injurious to health' affecting 'any considerable number of persons' a public nuisance; the standing condition on which every place of business open to the public operated.

Retrieval note

Section 18-5902 (read on the live site; not saved) provides that an act affecting a community 'is not less a nuisance because the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon individuals is unequal'.