2010 Idaho Code
TITLE 58 PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 11 REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION
58-1102 DEFINITIONS.

TITLE 58

PUBLIC LANDS

CHAPTER 11

REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION

58-1102. Definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "Owner" means any individual, family, business, corporation, partnership, association, or farm operation having any right, title or interest in property which is acquired, condemned, or sought to be acquired or condemned by a department or an agency as defined in this act.

(b) "Department" means the division of highways of the department of transportation of the state of Idaho.

(c) "Political subdivision" means any local unit or agency of government of the state of Idaho, and includes but is not limited to good roads districts, highway districts, cities and counties.

(d) "Agency" means any department, agency or instrumentality of the state of Idaho or of any political subdivision thereof which is financed in whole or in part by funds furnished by the federal government and which is authorized by the laws of the state of Idaho to acquire property by eminent domain.

(e) "Business" means any lawful activity, excepting a farm operation, conducted primarily for the purchase, sale, resale, lease and rental of personal property and real property, and for the manufacture, processing or marketing of products, commodities, or any other personal property; or for the sale of services to the public; or by a nonprofit organization or corporation.

(f) "Farm operation" means any activity conducted solely or primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities, including timber, for sale or home use, and customarily producing such products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator’s support.