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                                  TITLE  18
                            CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
                                  CHAPTER 15
                        CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS
    18-1510.  PROVIDING SHELTER TO RUNAWAY CHILDREN. (1)  A person who
knowingly or intentionally provides housing or other accommodations to a child
seventeen (17) years of age or younger without the authority of: (a) the
custodial parent or guardian of the child; (b) the state of Idaho or a
political subdivision thereof; or (c) the one having legal custody of the
child shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Nothing contained in this section
shall be construed to prevent the lawful detention of a minor child or the
rendering of emergency aid or assistance to a minor child. It shall be an
affirmative defense to the provisions of this section that the person
providing housing or other accommodations to the child has notified the
custodial parent or guardian or the county sheriff or city police of the
child's whereabouts. It shall also be an affirmative defense to the provisions
of this section that the person providing housing or other accommodations to
the child notices reasonable evidence that the child has been abused by the
custodial parent or guardian.
    (2)  A person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section
shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not in excess of six (6)
months, a fine not in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by both such
fine and imprisonment. Additionally, any real property utilized in violation
of the provisions of this section may be declared a public nuisance pursuant
to chapter 1, title 52, Idaho Code.