2005 Idaho Code - 49-509 — STOLEN VEHICLES -- REPORTING BY OFFICERS -- PUBLICATION OF LISTS -- RECOVERED CARS -- NOTICE

                                  TITLE  49
                                MOTOR VEHICLES
                                  CHAPTER 5
                                VEHICLE TITLES
    49-509.  STOLEN VEHICLES -- REPORTING BY OFFICERS -- PUBLICATION OF LISTS
-- RECOVERED CARS -- NOTICE. (1) It shall be the duty of every sheriff, chief
of police, constable, officer of the Idaho state police, or officer having
knowledge of a stolen vehicle, to immediately furnish the Idaho state police
with full information in connection therewith, and it shall be the duty of the
Idaho state police whenever it shall receive a report of the theft or
conversion of a vehicle, whether the same has been registered or not, and
whether owned in this state or any other state, to make a distinctive record
of it together with the make and manufacturer's serial number, and file the
same in numerical order of the manufacturer's serial number with the index
records of the vehicles of the same make.
    (2)  The Idaho state police shall prepare a report listing vehicles stolen
and recovered as disclosed by reports submitted to it, and the report shall be
distributed as deemed advisable. At least once each month the Idaho state
police shall furnish reports of stolen and recovered vehicles to every county
sheriff and the police department in every municipality of over three thousand
(3,000) population within this state, and shall transmit copies of the reports
to the motor vehicle departments of other states. In the event of the receipt
by the Idaho state police of a certificate of title to a stolen vehicle, the
Idaho state police shall immediately notify the owner, and if upon
investigation it appears that the certificate of title was improperly issued,
the transportation department shall immediately cancel it. In the event of the
recovery of a stolen or converted vehicle the owner shall immediately notify
the Idaho state police, which shall cause the record of the theft or
conversion to be removed from its file.