2005 Idaho Code - 16-1609 — EMERGENCY REMOVAL -- NOTICE

                                  TITLE  16
                             JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS
                                  CHAPTER 16
                             CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT
    16-1609.  EMERGENCY REMOVAL -- NOTICE. (1) A peace officer who takes a
child into shelter care under section 16-1608, Idaho Code, shall immediately:
    (a)  Take the child to a place of shelter; and
    (b)  Notify the court of the action taken and the place to which the child
    was taken; and
    (c)  With the exception of a child abandoned pursuant to the provisions of
    chapter 82, title 39, Idaho Code, notify each of the parents, guardian or
    other legal custodian that the child has been taken into shelter care, the
    type and nature of shelter care, and that the child may be held for a
    maximum of forty-eight (48) hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and
    holidays, within which time there must be a shelter care hearing.
    (2)  A peace officer who takes a child into shelter care under section
16-1608, Idaho Code, shall not be held liable either criminally or civilly
unless the action of taking the child was exercised in bad faith and/or the
requirements of subsection (1) of this section are not complied with.