There Is a Newer Version of the Idaho Code and Statutes
  1. 2025 Idaho Code
  2. 2024 Idaho Code
  3. 2023 Idaho Code
  4. 2011 Idaho Code (here)
  5. View All Versions
View Our Newest Version Here

2011 Idaho Code
TITLE 49 MOTOR VEHICLES
CHAPTER 13 ACCIDENTS
49-1305 IMMEDIATE NOTICE OF ACCIDENTS.

Universal Citation:
ID Code § 49-1305 (2011 through Reg Sess)
Learn more This media-neutral citation is based on the American Association of Law Libraries Universal Citation Guide and is not necessarily the official citation.

TITLE 49

MOTOR VEHICLES

CHAPTER 13

ACCIDENTS

49-1305. Immediate notice of accidents. (1) The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person, or damage to the property of any one (1) person in excess of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) shall immediately, by the quickest means of communication, give notice of the accident to the local police department if the accident occurs within a city, otherwise to the office of the county sheriff or the nearest office of the state police.

(2) Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of giving immediate notice of an accident as required herein, and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of doing so, the occupant shall give or cause to be given the notice not given by the driver.

Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Idaho may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.