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2017 Idaho Statutes
Title 9 - EVIDENCE
Chapter 8 - UNIFORM MEDIATION ACT
Section 9-804 - PRIVILEGE AGAINST DISCLOSURE — ADMISSIBILITY — DISCOVERY.
Universal Citation: ID Code § 9-804 (2017)
9-804. Privilege against disclosure — Admissibility — Discovery. (1) Except as otherwise provided in section 9-806, Idaho Code, a mediation communication is privileged as provided in subsection (2) of this section and is not subject to discovery or admissible in evidence in a proceeding unless waived or precluded as provided by section 9-805, Idaho Code.
(2) In a proceeding, the following privileges apply:
(a) A mediation party may refuse to disclose, and may prevent any other person from disclosing, a mediation communication.
(b) A mediator may refuse to disclose a mediation communication, and may prevent any other person from disclosing a mediation communication of the mediator.
(c) A nonparty participant may refuse to disclose, and may prevent any other person from disclosing, a mediation communication of the nonparty participant.
(3) Evidence or information that is otherwise admissible or subject to discovery does not become inadmissible or protected from discovery solely by reason of its disclosure or use in a mediation.
History:
[9-804, added 2008, ch. 35, sec. 1, p. 68.]
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