Criminal Statutes of Limitations
Idaho

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.

1. Citation for the crime: Idaho Code § 18-919.
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Idaho Code § 19-406.

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.

1. 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.

1. Citation for the crime: Idaho Code § 18-1505B.
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Idaho Code § 19-402.

There is no limitations period for this crime.

1. Citation for the crime: Idaho Code § 18-1506(5).
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Idaho Code § 19-401(4).

A prosecution must be commenced within three (3) years after the date of initial disclosure of the offense by the victim to law enforcement.

1. Citation for the crime: Idaho Code § 18-1506A.
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Idaho Code § 19-402.

A prosecution must be commenced within three (3) years after the date of initial disclosure of the offense by the victim to law enforcement.

1. Citation for the crime: Idaho Code § 18-1506B.
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Idaho Code § 19-402.

Depending on the facts, sexual exploitation of a child is either a felony or a misdemeanor.

1. If a felony, 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.
2. If a misdemeanor, a prosecution must be commenced by the filing of the complaint or the finding of an indictment within one (1) year after the commission of the offense.

1. Citation for the crime: Idaho Code §§ 18-1507, 18-1507A (Sexual Exploitation of a Child by Electronic Means).
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Idaho Code §§ 19-402, 19-403.

This crime was repealed effective as of July 1, 2012.

This crime was repealed as of July 1, 2012.

1. There is no limitations period for this crime.

1. Citation for the crime: Idaho Code § 18-1508.
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Idaho Code § 19-401.

Sexual battery of a minor child who is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age is a felony.

1. 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.

1. Citation for the crime: Idaho Code § 18-1508A.
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Idaho Code § 19-402.

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.

1. For a misdemeanor, a prosecution must be commenced by the filing of the complaint or the finding of an indictment within one (1) year of the commission of the offense.
2. For a felony, a prosecution must be commenced by the filing of the complaint or the finding of an indictment within five (5) years of the commission of the offense.

1. Citation for the crime: Idaho Code § 18-1509.
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Idaho Code §§ 19-402, 19-403.

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.

1. Citation for the crime: Idaho Code § 18-1509.
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Idaho Code § 19-402.

1. For rape as defined in Idaho Code § 18-6101(1)-(2), 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.
2. For rape as defined in Idaho Code § 18-6101(3)-(10), there is no limitations period.

1. Citation for the crime: Idaho Code § 18-6101
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Idaho Code §§ 19-401; 19-402

This crime was repealed as of July 1, 2021.

S.L. 2021, ch. 172, § 2.

This crime was repealed as of July 1, 2016.

S.L. 2016, ch. 296, § 3.

This crime was repealed as of July 1, 2016.

S.L. 2016, ch. 296, § 3.

A case must be brought against offender within one (1) year after the commission of the offense.

1. Citation for the crime: Idaho Code § 18-1515.
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Idaho Code § 19-403.

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.

1. Citation for the crime: Idaho Code § 18-6110.
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Idaho Code § 19-402.

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.

1. Citation for the crime: Idaho Code § 18-6601; 18-111.
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Idaho Code § 19-402.

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.

1. Citation for the crime: Idaho Code § 18-6604.
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Idaho Code § 19-402.

Video voyeurism is a felony.

1. 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.

1. Citation for the crime: Idaho Code § 18-6605.
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Idaho Code § 19-402.

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.

1. Citation for the crime: Idaho Code § 39-608.
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Idaho Code § 19-402.

• If the defendant is out of the state of Idaho when the offense is committed, the indictment may be found within the limitations period after his or her coming within the state, and no time during which the defendant is not an inhabitant of, or usually resident within, the state of Idaho is considered included in the limitations period. Idaho Code § 19-404.

• An indictment is deemed found when it is presented by the grand jury in open court and there received and filed. Idaho Code §19-405.
• When a person is charged with or convicted of an offense under section 18-901, 18-903, 18-905, 18-907, 18-909, 18-911, 18-913, 18-915, 18-918, 18-919, 18-6710, 18-6711, 18-7905, 18-7906 or 39-6312, Idaho Code, or any other offense for which a court finds that a no contact order is appropriate, an order forbidding contact with another person may be issued. A no contact order may be imposed by the court or by Idaho criminal rule. Idaho Code § 18-920.