Criminal Statutes of Limitations
Idaho
Last Updated: April 2023
Sexual exploitation by a medical care provider | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
A prosecution must be commenced by the filing of the complaint or the finding of an indictment within two (2) years after the commission of the offense. |
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Sexual abuse and exploitation of a vulnerable adult | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
Note: “Vulnerable adult” means a person eighteen (18) years of age or older who is unable to protect himself or herself from abuse, neglect or exploitation due to physical or mental impairment which affects the person’s judgment or behavior to the extent that he or she lacks sufficient understanding or capacity to make or communicate or implement decisions regarding his or her person, funds, property or resources.
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Sexual abuse of a child under the age of sixteen (16) years | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
There is no limitations period for this crime. |
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Ritualized abuse of a child (i.e., a person under the age of 18) | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
A prosecution must be commenced within three (3) years after the date of initial disclosure of the offense by the victim to law enforcement. |
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Female Genital Mutilation of a child (i.e., a person under the age of 18) | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
A prosecution must be commenced within three (3) years after the date of initial disclosure of the offense by the victim to law enforcement. |
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Sexual exploitation of a child/Sexual exploitation of a child by electronic means | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
Depending on the facts, sexual exploitation of a child is either a felony or a misdemeanor.
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Possession of sexually exploitative material for other than a commercial purpose | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
This crime was repealed effective as of July 1, 2012. |
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This crime was repealed as of July 1, 2012. |
Lewd conduct with a minor child under sixteen (16) | Answer |
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Sexual battery of a minor child 16 or 17 years of age | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
Sexual battery of a minor child who is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age is a felony.
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Enticing of children (i.e., a minor under the age of sixteen (16)) | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
Enticing of children is a misdemeanor for a first offense is a felony for second and subsequent offenses, punishable by imprisonment for up to five (5) years.
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Enticing of children (i.e., a minor under the age of 16) using internet or other communication device | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
A prosecution must be commenced by the filing of the complaint or the finding of an indictment within five (5) years after the commission of the offense. |
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Rape | Answer |
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Rape of a spouse (definition) | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
This crime was repealed as of July 1, 2021. |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
S.L. 2021, ch. 172, § 2. |
Male rape (definition) | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
This crime was repealed as of July 1, 2016. |
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S.L. 2016, ch. 296, § 3. |
Male rape (punishment) | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
This crime was repealed as of July 1, 2016. |
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S.L. 2016, ch. 296, § 3. |
Disseminating material harmful to minors | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
A case must be brought against offender within one (1) year after the commission of the offense. |
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Sexual contact with a prisoner or juvenile offender | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
A prosecution must be commenced by the filing of the complaint or the finding of an indictment within five (5) years after the commission of the offense. |
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Incest | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
A prosecution must be commenced by the filing of the complaint or the finding of an indictment within five (5) years after the commission of the offense. |
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Forcible sexual penetration by use of foreign object | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
Prosecution must be commenced by the filing of the complaint or the finding of an indictment within five (5) years after the commission of the offense. |
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Crime of video voyeurism | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
Video voyeurism is a felony.
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Transfer of bodily fluid which may contain the HIV virus | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
Prosecution must be commenced by the filing of the complaint or the finding of an indictment within five (5) years after the commission of the offense. |
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Are there any exceptions to the statute of limitations laws? | Answer |
Exceptions |
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Anything else I should know? | Answer |
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