{ "batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_124_1", "category": "Safety", "title": "IDAHO statutes touching filming, recording and distributing sexual content between adults: 18-6702 (interception -- one-", "summary": "It is lawful for a person to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication if one of the parties to the communication has provided prior consent.", "body": "It is lawful for a person to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication if one of the parties to the communication has provided prior consent.\n\nWhat Idaho (official) actually says:\n\n“It is lawful under this chapter for a person to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication when one (1) of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception.”\n\nNote: Shift Board: page fetched by the program, quote picked by omniroute:auto/claude-opus, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title18/T18CH67/SECT18-6702/", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho (official)", "evidence_quote": "It is lawful under this chapter for a person to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication when one (1) of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho", "topic": "IDAHO statutes touching filming, recording and distributing sexual content between adults: 18-6702 (interception -- one-", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_124_q1", "category": "Safety", "title": "IDAHO statutes touching filming, recording and distributing sexual content between adults: 18-6702 (interception -- one-", "summary": "Idaho statute 18-6702 establishes one-party consent for the lawful interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications.", "body": "Idaho statute 18-6702 establishes one-party consent for the lawful interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications.\n\nWhat Idaho (official) actually says:\n\n“(d) It is lawful under this chapter for a person to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication when one (1) of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception.”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title18/T18CH67/SECT18-6702/", "last_verified": "2026-10-24", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho (official)", "evidence_quote": "(d) It is lawful under this chapter for a person to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication when one (1) of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho", "topic": "IDAHO statutes touching filming, recording and distributing sexual content between adults: 18-6702 (interception -- one-", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_124_q2", "category": "Safety", "title": "IDAHO statutes touching filming, recording and distributing sexual content between adults: 18-6702 (interception -- one-", "summary": "Idaho statute 18-6702 prohibits the willful interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications unless specifically provided otherwise in the chapter.", "body": "Idaho statute 18-6702 prohibits the willful interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications unless specifically provided otherwise in the chapter.\n\nWhat Idaho (official) actually says:\n\n“(1) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, any person shall be guilty of a felony and is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a term not to exceed five (5) years or by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both fine and imprisonment if that person: (a) Willfully intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept or endeavor to intercept any wire, electronic or oral communication;”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title18/T18CH67/SECT18-6702/", "last_verified": "2026-10-24", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho (official)", "evidence_quote": "(1) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, any person shall be guilty of a felony and is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a term not to exceed five (5) years or by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both fine and imprisonment if that person: (a) Willfully intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept or endeavor to intercept any wire, electronic or oral communication;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho", "topic": "IDAHO statutes touching filming, recording and distributing sexual content between adults: 18-6702 (interception -- one-", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_124_q3", "category": "Safety", "title": "IDAHO statutes touching filming, recording and distributing sexual content between adults: 18-6702 (interception -- one-", "summary": "Idaho statute 18-6702 makes it unlawful to intercept any communication for the purpose of committing any criminal act.", "body": "Idaho statute 18-6702 makes it unlawful to intercept any communication for the purpose of committing any criminal act.\n\nWhat Idaho (official) actually says:\n\n“(e) It is unlawful to intercept any communication for the purpose of committing any criminal act.”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title18/T18CH67/SECT18-6702/", "last_verified": "2026-10-24", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho (official)", "evidence_quote": "(e) It is unlawful to intercept any communication for the purpose of committing any criminal act.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho", "topic": "IDAHO statutes touching filming, recording and distributing sexual content between adults: 18-6702 (interception -- one-", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_124_q4", "category": "Safety", "title": "IDAHO statutes touching filming, recording and distributing sexual content between adults: 18-6702 (interception -- one-", "summary": "Idaho statute 18-6702 allows law enforcement officers to intercept communications when they are a party to the communication or one party has given prior consent.", "body": "Idaho statute 18-6702 allows law enforcement officers to intercept communications when they are a party to the communication or one party has given prior consent.\n\nWhat Idaho (official) actually says:\n\n“(c) It is lawful under this chapter for a law enforcement officer or a person acting under the direction of a law enforcement officer to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication when such person is a party to the communication or one (1) of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception.”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title18/T18CH67/SECT18-6702/", "last_verified": "2026-10-24", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho (official)", "evidence_quote": "(c) It is lawful under this chapter for a law enforcement officer or a person acting under the direction of a law enforcement officer to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication when such person is a party to the communication or one (1) of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho", "topic": "IDAHO statutes touching filming, recording and distributing sexual content between adults: 18-6702 (interception -- one-", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_18_6702_interception_consent", "category": "Safety", "title": "Idaho Code 18-6702 (interception of wire/electronic/oral communications): Consent required to record an in-person conversation", "summary": "Idaho is a one-party consent state: interception of a wire, electronic or oral communication is lawful where one party to the communication has given prior consent.", "body": "Idaho is a one-party consent state: interception of a wire, electronic or oral communication is lawful where one party to the communication has given prior consent.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“(d) It is lawful under this chapter for a person to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication when one (1) of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception.”\n\nNote: Statute text as posted on official Idaho Legislature site. History: added 1980, ch. 326; am. 2002, ch. 223; am. 2004, ch. 303. Site note: statutes updated to website July 1 following the legislative session.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch67/sect18-6702/", "last_verified": "2026-09-05", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "(d) It is lawful under this chapter for a person to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication when one (1) of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho Code 18-6702 (interception of wire/electronic/oral communications)", "topic": "Consent required to record an in-person conversation", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "State of Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_18_6702_interception_penalty", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Penalty class for unlawful interception", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Unlawful interception in Idaho is a felony punishable by imprisonment for up to five years and/or a fine up to $5,000.", "body": "Unlawful interception in Idaho is a felony punishable by imprisonment for up to five years and/or a fine up to $5,000.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“(1) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, any person shall be guilty of a felony and is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a term not to exceed five (5) years or by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both fine and imprisonment if that person:”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch67/sect18-6702/", "last_verified": "2026-09-05", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "(1) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, any person shall be guilty of a felony and is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a term not to exceed five (5) years or by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both fine and imprisonment if that person:", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho Code 18-6702 (interception of wire/electronic/oral communications)", "topic": "Penalty class for unlawful interception", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "State of Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_18_6605_video_voyeurism_renumbered", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Section renumbering from 18-6609 to 18-6605", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Idaho video voyeurism section was renumbered from 18-6609 to 18-6605 by the 2022 legislature, so the current citation for video voyeurism/dissemination of intimate images is 18-6605, not 18-6609.", "body": "The Idaho video voyeurism section was renumbered from 18-6609 to 18-6605 by the 2022 legislature, so the current citation for video voyeurism/dissemination of intimate images is 18-6605, not 18-6609.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“History:\n[(18-6605) 18-6609, added 2004, ch. 122, sec. 1, p. 410; am. 2014, ch. 173, sec. 1, p. 477; am. 2018, ch. 256, sec. 1, p. 606; am. and redesig. 2022, ch. 124, sec. 9, p. 438; am. 2026, ch. 121, sec. 1, p. 602.]”\n\nNote: URL https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title18/T18CH66/SECT18-6609/ returns 404; the live official section page is 18-6605.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch66/sect18-6605/", "last_verified": "2026-09-05", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "History:\n[(18-6605) 18-6609, added 2004, ch. 122, sec. 1, p. 410; am. 2014, ch. 173, sec. 1, p. 477; am. 2018, ch. 256, sec. 1, p. 606; am. and redesig. 2022, ch. 124, sec. 9, p. 438; am. 2026, ch. 121, sec. 1, p. 602.]", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho Code 18-6605 / former 18-6609 (video voyeurism)", "topic": "Section renumbering from 18-6609 to 18-6605", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "State of Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_18_6605_video_voyeurism_offense", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Elements of video voyeurism for recording and non-consensual dissemination", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho makes it a felony to record people with an imaging device in a place of reasonable expectation of privacy without consent, and a separate felony to disseminate, publish or sell intimate images of an identifiable person (including threats or conspiracies to do so) where the depicted person understood the images were private and did not consent.", "body": "Idaho makes it a felony to record people with an imaging device in a place of reasonable expectation of privacy without consent, and a separate felony to disseminate, publish or sell intimate images of an identifiable person (including threats or conspiracies to do so) where the depicted person understood the images were private and did not consent.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“(4) A violation of this section is a felony.”\n\nNote: Also: (3)(a) includes 'or threatens or conspires to disseminate, publish or sell, any image...'; (2) requires recording without the knowledge or consent of the person using the place. Current text amended 2026, ch. 121.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch66/sect18-6605/", "last_verified": "2026-09-05", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "(4) A violation of this section is a felony.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho Code 18-6605 (video voyeurism)", "topic": "Elements of video voyeurism for recording and non-consensual dissemination", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "State of Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_18_6606_explicit_synthetic_media", "category": "Safety", "title": "The 2024 deepfake / non-consensual explicit synthetic media offense", "summary": "Idaho makes it a crime to knowingly disclose non-consenting explicit synthetic media (deepfakes) of an identifiable person, or to possess and threaten its disclosure to obtain money, a misdemeanor generally but a felony punishable by up to 10 years' imprisonment and/or a $25,000 fine when the depicted person is under 18 or the person has a prior violation within five years.", "body": "Idaho makes it a crime to knowingly disclose non-consenting explicit synthetic media (deepfakes) of an identifiable person, or to possess and threaten its disclosure to obtain money, a misdemeanor generally but a felony punishable by up to 10 years' imprisonment and/or a $25,000 fine when the depicted person is under 18 or the person has a prior violation within five years.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“(3) A person who violates subsection (1) of this section when the identifiable person is under eighteen (18) years of age or when the person was previously found guilty of a violation of this section or a similar statute in another state or any local jurisdiction within the past five (5) years, notwithstanding the form of the judgment or withheld judgment, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for a period no more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of no more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.”\n\nNote: History: added 2024, ch. 105, sec. 1, p. 472; am. 2026, ch. 121, sec. 2. Subsection (5) lists exceptions: lawful criminal investigation/prosecution, reporting unlawful conduct, public interest with lawful public purpose, scientific/educational research, and civil legal proceedings. This is the 2024 synthetic-media law referenced in the batch.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch66/sect18-6606/", "last_verified": "2026-09-05", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "(3) A person who violates subsection (1) of this section when the identifiable person is under eighteen (18) years of age or when the person was previously found guilty of a violation of this section or a similar statute in another state or any local jurisdiction within the past five (5) years, notwithstanding the form of the judgment or withheld judgment, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for a period no more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of no more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho Code 18-6606 (disclosing explicit synthetic media, added 2024)", "topic": "The 2024 deepfake / non-consensual explicit synthetic media offense", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "State of Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_hb498_age_verification", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Age verification requirement and the current citation for the Online Child Safety Act", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho's 2024 age-verification law (H.B. 498, the Online Child Safety Act) is codified in Title 6, Chapter 38 (definitions in section 6-3802), not at 18-1517B, and requires commercial entities publishing material harmful to minors from a website containing a substantial portion (more than one-third) of such material to perform reasonable age verification, which may be a digitized identification card or a commercial age verification system using government-issued identification or transactional data.", "body": "Idaho's 2024 age-verification law (H.B. 498, the Online Child Safety Act) is codified in Title 6, Chapter 38 (definitions in section 6-3802), not at 18-1517B, and requires commercial entities publishing material harmful to minors from a website containing a substantial portion (more than one-third) of such material to perform reasonable age verification, which may be a digitized identification card or a commercial age verification system using government-issued identification or transactional data.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“(10) \"Reasonable age verification methods\" include verifying that the person seeking to access the material is eighteen (18) years of age or older by: (a) Providing a digitized identification card as defined in this section; or (b) Requiring that the person attempting to access the material complies with a commercial age verification system that verifies age in one (1) or more of the following ways: (i) Government-issued identification; or (ii) Public or private transactional data.”\n\nNote: Section history: 'added 2024, ch. 113, sec. 1, p. 487.' Signed by Governor 2024-03-20; effective 07/01/2024 per the official H.B. 498 legislative tracking page. The batch's claimed citation 18-1517B was not found in Title 18 Chapter 15; the operative 2024 age-verification law is in Title 6 Chapter 38 (civil, private cause of action).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title6/t6ch38/sect6-3802/", "last_verified": "2026-09-05", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "(10) \"Reasonable age verification methods\" include verifying that the person seeking to access the material is eighteen (18) years of age or older by: (a) Providing a digitized identification card as defined in this section; or (b) Requiring that the person attempting to access the material complies with a commercial age verification system that verifies age in one (1) or more of the following ways: (i) Government-issued identification; or (ii) Public or private transactional data.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho H.B. 498 (2024) / Title 6 Chapter 38 (liability for publishers and distributors of material harmful to minors on the internet)", "topic": "Age verification requirement and the current citation for the Online Child Safety Act", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "State of Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_publicity_no_statute_title48", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Absence of a right-of-publicity statute in Title 48 (Monopolies and Trade Practices)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The official chapter list of Idaho Code Title 48 (Monopolies and Trade Practices), the title in which a commercial right-of-publicity statute would be expected, contains no right-of-publicity or name-and-likeness chapter.", "body": "The official chapter list of Idaho Code Title 48 (Monopolies and Trade Practices), the title in which a commercial right-of-publicity statute would be expected, contains no right-of-publicity or name-and-likeness chapter.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“TITLE 48 MONOPOLIES AND TRADE PRACTICES\nCHAPTER 1 IDAHO COMPETITION ACT\nCHAPTER 2 ANTI-PRICE DISCRIMINATION ACT\nCHAPTER 3 IDAHO PATIENT ACT\nCHAPTER 4 UNFAIR SALES ACT — [REPEALED]\nCHAPTER 5 REGISTRATION AND PROTECTION OF TRADEMARKS\nCHAPTER 6 CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT\nCHAPTER 7 SHOPLIFTING\nCHAPTER 8 IDAHO TRADE SECRETS ACT\nCHAPTER 9 NEW MOTOR VEHICLE WARRANTIES — MANUFACTURER’S DUTY TO REPAIR, REFUND OR REPLACE\nCHAPTER 10 IDAHO TELEPHONE SOLICITATION ACT\nCHAPTER 11 IDAHO PAY-PER-TELEPHONE CALL ACT\nCHAPTER 12 IDAHO CHARITABLE SOLICITATION ACT\nCHAPTER 13 MUSIC LICENSING AND COPYRIGHT ENFORCEMENT ACT\nCHAPTER 14 ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY WARRANTY ACT\nCHAPTER 15 IDAHO NONPROFIT HOSPITAL SALE OR CONVERSION ACT\nCHAPTER 16 HEALTH-RELATED CASH DISCOUNT CARDS\nCHAPTER 17 BAD FAITH ASSERTIONS OF PATENT INFRINGEMENT\nCHAPTER 18 RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM DISCLOSURE ACT\nCHAPTER 19 IDAHO CHARITABLE ASSETS PROTECTION ACT\nCHAPTER 20 PROHIBITION OF UNFAIR SERVICE AGREEMENTS ACT\nCHAPTER 21 STOP HARMS FROM ADDICTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA ACT\nCHAPTER 21 [22] CONVERSATIONAL AI SAFETY ACT [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2027]”\n\nNote: Absence finding from the official Title 48 chapter list; no right-of-publicity chapter present. Whether a common-law right of publicity exists in Idaho case law could not be verified from an official tier-A source.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title48/", "last_verified": "2026-09-05", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "TITLE 48 MONOPOLIES AND TRADE PRACTICES\nCHAPTER 1 IDAHO COMPETITION ACT\nCHAPTER 2 ANTI-PRICE DISCRIMINATION ACT\nCHAPTER 3 IDAHO PATIENT ACT\nCHAPTER 4 UNFAIR SALES ACT — [REPEALED]\nCHAPTER 5 REGISTRATION AND PROTECTION OF TRADEMARKS\nCHAPTER 6 CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT\nCHAPTER 7 SHOPLIFTING\nCHAPTER 8 IDAHO TRADE SECRETS ACT\nCHAPTER 9 NEW MOTOR VEHICLE WARRANTIES — MANUFACTURER’S DUTY TO REPAIR, REFUND OR REPLACE\nCHAPTER 10 IDAHO TELEPHONE SOLICITATION ACT\nCHAPTER 11 IDAHO PAY-PER-TELEPHONE CALL ACT\nCHAPTER 12 IDAHO CHARITABLE SOLICITATION ACT\nCHAPTER 13 MUSIC LICENSING AND COPYRIGHT ENFORCEMENT ACT\nCHAPTER 14 ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY WARRANTY ACT\nCHAPTER 15 IDAHO NONPROFIT HOSPITAL SALE OR CONVERSION ACT\nCHAPTER 16 HEALTH-RELATED CASH DISCOUNT CARDS\nCHAPTER 17 BAD FAITH ASSERTIONS OF PATENT INFRINGEMENT\nCHAPTER 18 RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM DISCLOSURE ACT\nCHAPTER 19 IDAHO CHARITABLE ASSETS PROTECTION ACT\nCHAPTER 20 PROHIBITION OF UNFAIR SERVICE AGREEMENTS ACT\nCHAPTER 21 STOP HARMS FROM ADDICTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA ACT\nCHAPTER 21 [22] CONVERSATIONAL AI SAFETY ACT [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2027]", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho right of publicity", "topic": "Absence of a right-of-publicity statute in Title 48 (Monopolies and Trade Practices)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "State of Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_6_3803_age_verification_liability", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho Code 6-3803 (intentional publication or distribution of material harmful to minors on the internet): Operative liability rule requiring age verification for commercial adult websites", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Under Idaho's 2024 age-verification law, a commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes material harmful to minors from a website containing a substantial portion of such material is liable if it fails to perform reasonable age verification or, after verification, provides a minor access; it is a civil liability scheme (private causes of action under the chapter), not a criminal penalty, and it must not retain identifying information after age verification.", "body": "Under Idaho's 2024 age-verification law, a commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes material harmful to minors from a website containing a substantial portion of such material is liable if it fails to perform reasonable age verification or, after verification, provides a minor access; it is a civil liability scheme (private causes of action under the chapter), not a criminal penalty, and it must not retain identifying information after age verification.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“(1) Any commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes material that is harmful to minors on the internet from a website that contains a substantial portion of such material shall be liable if the entity fails to perform reasonable age verification to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material or, after verifying the age of the individual, provides a minor access to the material.”\n\nNote: History: added 2024, ch. 113, sec. 1, p. 489. Chapter 38's private cause of action and the $10,000 statutory-damages floor are confirmed by section 6-3804 (separately recorded).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title6/t6ch38/sect6-3803/", "last_verified": "2026-09-05", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "(1) Any commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes material that is harmful to minors on the internet from a website that contains a substantial portion of such material shall be liable if the entity fails to perform reasonable age verification to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material or, after verifying the age of the individual, provides a minor access to the material.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho Code 6-3803 (intentional publication or distribution of material harmful to minors on the internet)", "topic": "Operative liability rule requiring age verification for commercial adult websites", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "State of Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_18_1513_obscenity_policy", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Declaration of policy on distribution of obscene material", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho's obscenity chapter opens with a legislative policy to restrain the distribution, promotion or dissemination of obscene material and material harmful to minors.", "body": "Idaho's obscenity chapter opens with a legislative policy to restrain the distribution, promotion or dissemination of obscene material and material harmful to minors.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“It is hereby declared to be the policy of the legislature to restrain the distribution, promotion, or dissemination of obscene material, or of material harmful to minors, or the performance of obscene performances, or performances harmful to minors.”\n\nNote: History: as added by 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch15/sect18-1513/", "last_verified": "2026-09-05", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "It is hereby declared to be the policy of the legislature to restrain the distribution, promotion, or dissemination of obscene material, or of material harmful to minors, or the performance of obscene performances, or performances harmful to minors.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho Code 18-1513 (obscene materials — dissemination to minors)", "topic": "Declaration of policy on distribution of obscene material", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "State of Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_18_1514_obscenity_definitions", "category": "Safety", "title": "Statutory definitions of minor, adolescent minor, sexual conduct and harmful to minors", "summary": "For Idaho obscenity law, 'minor' means any person less than eighteen, 'adolescent minor' means any person thirteen or older but less than eighteen, and 'sexual conduct' includes masturbation, homosexuality, sexual intercourse, and physical contact with clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks or female breast.", "body": "For Idaho obscenity law, 'minor' means any person less than eighteen, 'adolescent minor' means any person thirteen or older but less than eighteen, and 'sexual conduct' includes masturbation, homosexuality, sexual intercourse, and physical contact with clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks or female breast.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“(4) \"Sexual conduct\" means any act of masturbation, homosexuality, sexual intercourse, or physical contact with a person’s clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks or, if such person be a female, the breast.”\n\nNote: History: added 1972, ch. 336; am. 1976; am. 2024, ch. 327; am. 2026, ch. 343. Amended in 2024 and 2026 so the text is volatile.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch15/sect18-1514/", "last_verified": "2026-09-05", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "(4) \"Sexual conduct\" means any act of masturbation, homosexuality, sexual intercourse, or physical contact with a person’s clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks or, if such person be a female, the breast.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho Code 18-1514 (obscene materials — definitions)", "topic": "Statutory definitions of minor, adolescent minor, sexual conduct and harmful to minors", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "State of Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_18_1515_obscenity_disseminating_to_minors", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Offense of giving or making sexually explicit material available to a minor", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A person commits the misdemeanor of disseminating material harmful to minors by knowingly giving, selling, loaning or promoting sexually explicit material that is harmful to minors to a person under 18, punishable by up to one year in county jail and/or a $1,000 fine.", "body": "A person commits the misdemeanor of disseminating material harmful to minors by knowingly giving, selling, loaning or promoting sexually explicit material that is harmful to minors to a person under 18, punishable by up to one year in county jail and/or a $1,000 fine.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“Disseminating material harmful to minors is a misdemeanor punishable by confinement in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both such fine and jail sentence.”\n\nNote: History: added 1972; am. 2026, ch. 343, sec. 2.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch15/sect18-1515/", "last_verified": "2026-09-05", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "Disseminating material harmful to minors is a misdemeanor punishable by confinement in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both such fine and jail sentence.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho Code 18-1515 (disseminating material harmful to minors)", "topic": "Offense of giving or making sexually explicit material available to a minor", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "State of Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_18_1516_obscenity_misrepresentation", "category": "Safety", "title": "Misrepresenting parenthood or age to obtain admission to material harmful to minors", "summary": "Idaho makes it a misdemeanor to misrepresent that one is a parent or guardian of a minor, or for a minor to misrepresent his age, to obtain admission to a presentation harmful to minors as defined in 18-1515.", "body": "Idaho makes it a misdemeanor to misrepresent that one is a parent or guardian of a minor, or for a minor to misrepresent his age, to obtain admission to a presentation harmful to minors as defined in 18-1515.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when: 1. He knowingly misrepresents that he is a parent or guardian of a minor for the purpose of obtaining admission of any minor to any motion picture, show, or other presentation which is harmful to minors as defined in section 18-1515, subsection 2.”\n\nNote: History: as added by 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch15/sect18-1516/", "last_verified": "2026-09-05", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when: 1. He knowingly misrepresents that he is a parent or guardian of a minor for the purpose of obtaining admission of any minor to any motion picture, show, or other presentation which is harmful to minors as defined in section 18-1515, subsection 2.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho Code 18-1516 (misrepresentations — parenthood or age)", "topic": "Misrepresenting parenthood or age to obtain admission to material harmful to minors", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "State of Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_18_1517_obscenity_defenses", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Affirmative defenses to dissemination of harmful-to-minors material", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho provides affirmative defenses to dissemination of material harmful to minors where the defendant reasonably believed the minor was 18 or older (or was shown an apparently official document), the minor was accompanied by a parent/guardian or an adult so representing, the defendant was the minor's parent or guardian, or the defendant was a bona fide school or library.", "body": "Idaho provides affirmative defenses to dissemination of material harmful to minors where the defendant reasonably believed the minor was 18 or older (or was shown an apparently official document), the minor was accompanied by a parent/guardian or an adult so representing, the defendant was the minor's parent or guardian, or the defendant was a bona fide school or library.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“1. In any prosecution for disseminating material harmful to minors, it is an affirmative defense that: (a) The defendant had reasonable cause to believe that the minor involved was eighteen (18) years old or more, or such minor exhibited to the defendant a draft card, driver’s license, birth certificate, or other official or apparently official document purporting to establish that the minor was eighteen (18) years of age or older.”\n\nNote: History: as added by 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch15/sect18-1517/", "last_verified": "2026-09-05", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "1. In any prosecution for disseminating material harmful to minors, it is an affirmative defense that: (a) The defendant had reasonable cause to believe that the minor involved was eighteen (18) years old or more, or such minor exhibited to the defendant a draft card, driver’s license, birth certificate, or other official or apparently official document purporting to establish that the minor was eighteen (18) years of age or older.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho Code 18-1517 (disseminating material harmful to minors — defenses)", "topic": "Affirmative defenses to dissemination of harmful-to-minors material", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "State of Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_18_1518_obscenity_tie_in", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Prohibition on tie-in sales of prohibited materials", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho makes it a misdemeanor to require, as a condition of a sale or delivery for resale of any book, paper, magazine, periodical or other material, that the purchaser or consignee receive for resale any article the promotion of which is prohibited by the obscenity act.", "body": "Idaho makes it a misdemeanor to require, as a condition of a sale or delivery for resale of any book, paper, magazine, periodical or other material, that the purchaser or consignee receive for resale any article the promotion of which is prohibited by the obscenity act.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“No person shall as a condition to a sale or delivery for resale of any book, paper, magazine, periodical, or other material require that the purchaser or consignee receive for resale any article, the promotion of which is prohibited by this act. Any violation hereof is a misdemeanor.”\n\nNote: History: as added by 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch15/sect18-1518/", "last_verified": "2026-09-05", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "No person shall as a condition to a sale or delivery for resale of any book, paper, magazine, periodical, or other material require that the purchaser or consignee receive for resale any article, the promotion of which is prohibited by this act. Any violation hereof is a misdemeanor.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho Code 18-1518 (tie-in sales of prohibited materials)", "topic": "Prohibition on tie-in sales of prohibited materials", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "State of Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_18_4116_indecent_exposure", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Elements and penalty of the indecent exposure offense", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho indecent exposure is a misdemeanor for willful and lewd exposure of genitals or certain breasts in a public place or where others present are offended; a third such conviction within five years becomes a felony punishable by up to five years in prison, and breastfeeding is exempt.", "body": "Idaho indecent exposure is a misdemeanor for willful and lewd exposure of genitals or certain breasts in a public place or where others present are offended; a third such conviction within five years becomes a felony punishable by up to five years in prison, and breastfeeding is exempt.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“(1) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if the person willfully and lewdly, either: (a) Exposes his or her genitals; exposes developed female breasts, including the areola and nipple;... in any public place or in any place where there is present another person or persons who are offended thereby;”\n\nNote: Placement: Chapter 41 'INDECENCY AND OBSCENITY'. History: added 1996; am. 2006, 2018, 2025 ch. 173. Amended 2025 so text is somewhat volatile.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch41/sect18-4116/", "last_verified": "2026-09-05", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "(1) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if the person willfully and lewdly, either: (a) Exposes his or her genitals; exposes developed female breasts, including the areola and nipple;... in any public place or in any place where there is present another person or persons who are offended thereby;", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho Code 18-4116 (indecent exposure, Chapter 41 Indecency and Obscenity)", "topic": "Elements and penalty of the indecent exposure offense", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "State of Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_18_1507_sexual_exploitation_of_child_offense", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Crimes against minors boundary: possession, production, promotion and distribution of child sexual content", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho makes it a felony to possess or access sexually exploitative material of a child (up to 10 years and/or $10,000) and a felony to cause a child to engage in explicit sexual conduct to produce such material, or to promote or distribute it (up to 30 years and/or $50,000), where 'child' means a person less than eighteen, including computer-generated or modified images that appear to show an identifiable child.", "body": "Idaho makes it a felony to possess or access sexually exploitative material of a child (up to 10 years and/or $10,000) and a felony to cause a child to engage in explicit sexual conduct to produce such material, or to promote or distribute it (up to 30 years and/or $50,000), where 'child' means a person less than eighteen, including computer-generated or modified images that appear to show an identifiable child.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“(3) The sexual exploitation of a child pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section is a felony and shall be punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a period not to exceed ten (10) years or by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both such imprisonment and fine.”\n\nNote: History includes am. 2024, ch. 194. 'Child' identical in following section 18-1507A. Section is the boundary: 18 or older participants outside, under-18 inside.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch15/sect18-1507/", "last_verified": "2026-09-05", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "(3) The sexual exploitation of a child pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section is a felony and shall be punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a period not to exceed ten (10) years or by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both such imprisonment and fine.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho Code 18-1507 (sexual exploitation of a child)", "topic": "Crimes against minors boundary: possession, production, promotion and distribution of child sexual content", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "State of Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_18_1507_possession_near_age_mitigation", "category": "Safety", "title": "Idaho Code 18-1507(5) (sexual exploitation of a child): Misdemeanor mitigation for possession of near-age self-distributed content", "summary": "An adult 18 or older who knowingly possesses content a minor created and self-distributed (under 18-1507A(1) or (2)) is guilty only of a misdemeanor, rather than the felony possession offense, where the minor intended the adult to receive it, the depicted minor is not more than three years younger than the possessor, and the possessor did not use coercion, manipulation or fraud.", "body": "An adult 18 or older who knowingly possesses content a minor created and self-distributed (under 18-1507A(1) or (2)) is guilty only of a misdemeanor, rather than the felony possession offense, where the minor intended the adult to receive it, the depicted minor is not more than three years younger than the possessor, and the possessor did not use coercion, manipulation or fraud.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“(5) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, a person eighteen (18) years of age or older who is found to be in knowing and willful possession of content created and distributed under circumstances defined in section 18-1507A(1) or (2), Idaho Code, is guilty of a misdemeanor provided that:”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch15/sect18-1507/", "last_verified": "2026-09-05", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "(5) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, a person eighteen (18) years of age or older who is found to be in knowing and willful possession of content created and distributed under circumstances defined in section 18-1507A(1) or (2), Idaho Code, is guilty of a misdemeanor provided that:", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho Code 18-1507(5) (sexual exploitation of a child)", "topic": "Misdemeanor mitigation for possession of near-age self-distributed content", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "State of Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_18_1507a_minor_self_distribution", "category": "Safety", "title": "Idaho Code 18-1507A (sexual exploitation of a child by electronic means): Offense levels for a minor's own self-distributed content (sexting)", "summary": "Idaho treats a minor's own creation and distribution of intimate content: single-recipient distribution is a misdemeanor; distribution intended for or believed accessible to multiple parties is a misdemeanor on the first adjudicated offense and a felony on the second; redistributing another minor's image is a misdemeanor then felony, and distributing to coerce or embarrass is a felony.", "body": "Idaho treats a minor's own creation and distribution of intimate content: single-recipient distribution is a misdemeanor; distribution intended for or believed accessible to multiple parties is a misdemeanor on the first adjudicated offense and a felony on the second; redistributing another minor's image is a misdemeanor then felony, and distributing to coerce or embarrass is a felony.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“(2) A minor child who, without being induced by coercion, manipulation or fraud, creates or causes to be created any photographic, electronic or video content of said minor child that would be characterized under any of the classifications defined in section 18-1507(1), Idaho Code, and knowingly and willfully distributes it in such a way and through such a medium that the minor intended or had reason to believe that multiple parties would receive or have access to the image: (a) Is guilty of a misdemeanor on the first adjudicated offense; and (b) Is guilty of a felony on the second or subsequent adjudicated offense.”\n\nNote: History: added 2016; am. 2024, ch. 194, sec. 2. Proceedings fall under juvenile corrections act per sec. 20-505(1).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch15/sect18-1507a/", "last_verified": "2026-09-05", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "(2) A minor child who, without being induced by coercion, manipulation or fraud, creates or causes to be created any photographic, electronic or video content of said minor child that would be characterized under any of the classifications defined in section 18-1507(1), Idaho Code, and knowingly and willfully distributes it in such a way and through such a medium that the minor intended or had reason to believe that multiple parties would receive or have access to the image: (a) Is guilty of a misdemeanor on the first adjudicated offense; and (b) Is guilty of a felony on the second or subsequent adjudicated offense.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho Code 18-1507A (sexual exploitation of a child by electronic means)", "topic": "Offense levels for a minor's own self-distributed content (sexting)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "State of Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_18_6605_crime_against_nature_repealed", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Whether the crime-against-nature statute is still on the books", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho's 'Crime Against Nature' statute, formerly 18-6605, was repealed in 2022 by Senate Bill 1325, and the 18-6605 number is now used for the video voyeurism section; the former anti-sodomy offense is therefore no longer on the books.", "body": "Idaho's 'Crime Against Nature' statute, formerly 18-6605, was repealed in 2022 by Senate Bill 1325, and the 18-6605 number is now used for the video voyeurism section; the former anti-sodomy offense is therefore no longer on the books.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“REPEALING SECTION 18-6601, IDAHO CODE, RELATING TO ADULTERY; REPEALING SECTION 18-6603, IDAHO CODE, RELATING TO FORNICATION; REPEALING SECTION 18-6605, IDAHO CODE, RELATING TO CRIMES AGAINST NATURE AND PUNISHMENT; REPEALING SECTION 18-6606, IDAHO CODE, RELATING TO CRIMES AGAINST NATURE AND PENETRATION”\n\nNote: Published_on estimated from 2022 session. Corroborated by: current official 18-6605 page shows video voyeurism with history '(18-6605) 18-6609... am. and redesig. 2022, ch. 124'; ACLU Idaho reports the repeal and ties repeal to SB 1325. Official text of the current 18-6605 (video voyeurism) is separately recorded above.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2022/legislation/S1325.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-09-05", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "REPEALING SECTION 18-6601, IDAHO CODE, RELATING TO ADULTERY; REPEALING SECTION 18-6603, IDAHO CODE, RELATING TO FORNICATION; REPEALING SECTION 18-6605, IDAHO CODE, RELATING TO CRIMES AGAINST NATURE AND PUNISHMENT; REPEALING SECTION 18-6606, IDAHO CODE, RELATING TO CRIMES AGAINST NATURE AND PENETRATION", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho Code 18-6605 (former 'Crime Against Nature' statute)", "topic": "Whether the crime-against-nature statute is still on the books", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "State of Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r124_idaho_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_idaho_6_3804_age_verification_private_cause_of_action", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Civil enforcement and remedies for publishing material harmful to minors without age verification", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho's age-verification law creates a private cause of action: any person exposed to material harmful to minors in violation of 6-3803, or a parent or guardian of an exposed child, may bring a civil action; a prevailing claimant is awarded injunctive relief, nominal and compensatory damages, statutory damages of no less than $10,000, and court costs and reasonable attorney's fees; suit must be brought within 4 years, class actions are barred, and lawsuits against a provider or user of an interactive computer service are barred where preempted by 47 U.S.C. 230(c).", "body": "Idaho's age-verification law creates a private cause of action: any person exposed to material harmful to minors in violation of 6-3803, or a parent or guardian of an exposed child, may bring a civil action; a prevailing claimant is awarded injunctive relief, nominal and compensatory damages, statutory damages of no less than $10,000, and court costs and reasonable attorney's fees; suit must be brought within 4 years, class actions are barred, and lawsuits against a provider or user of an interactive computer service are barred where preempted by 47 U.S.C. 230(c).\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“(2) If a claimant prevails in an action brought under this section, the court shall award: (a) Injunctive relief sufficient to prevent the defendant from engaging in the conduct described in section 6-3803, Idaho Code; (b) Nominal and compensatory damages; (c) Statutory damages in an amount no less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000); and (d) Court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.”\n\nNote: History: [6-3804, added 2024, ch. 113, sec. 1, p. 489.]. Same enactment as 6-3803 (H.B. 498, 2024 Session Law Chapter 113; effective 07/01/2024 per the official H.B. 498 tracking page, separately recorded).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title6/t6ch38/sect6-3804/", "last_verified": "2026-09-05", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "(2) If a claimant prevails in an action brought under this section, the court shall award: (a) Injunctive relief sufficient to prevent the defendant from engaging in the conduct described in section 6-3803, Idaho Code; (b) Nominal and compensatory damages; (c) Statutory damages in an amount no less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000); and (d) Court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "124-idaho-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Idaho Code 6-3804 (private cause of action under the age-verification law)", "topic": "Civil enforcement and remedies for publishing material harmful to minors without age verification", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "State of Idaho", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-id" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } } ] }