H0695 • 2026

FORCIBLE ENTRY AND UNLAWFUL DETAINER – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding a fee for service.

Enacted

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Sponsor: JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-03-23
Official status: LAW
Effective date: 2026-07-01

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FORCIBLE ENTRY AND UNLAWFUL DETAINER – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding a fee for service.

What This Bill Does

FORCIBLE ENTRY AND UNLAWFUL DETAINER – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding a fee for service.

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Bill History

2026-03-23 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Signed by Governor on March 20, 2026 Session Law Chapter 82 Effective: 07/01/2026
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Delivered to Governor at 2 p.m. on March 19, 2026
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Signed by President; returned to House
2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woller(Rabe), Woodward, Zito, Zuiderveld NAYS – None Absent and excused – Semmelroth Floor Sponsor - Keyser Title apvd - to House
2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
2026-03-13 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-03-12 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-03-04 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
2026-03-04 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules
2026-03-03 Idaho State Legislature
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2 AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws(Woller), Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – McCann, Wheeler Floor Sponsor - Crane(13) Title apvd - to Senate
2026-03-02 Idaho State Legislature
U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
2026-02-27 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-02-26 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2026-02-17 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
2026-02-16 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing

Official Summary Text

FORCIBLE ENTRY AND UNLAWFUL DETAINER – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding a fee for service.

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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE
BILL
NO.
695
BY
JUDICIARY,
RULES
AND
ADMINISTRATION
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
FORCIBLE
ENTRY
AND
UNLAWFUL
DETAINER;
AMENDING
SECTION
6
-
310A,
2
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
REVISE
A
PROVISION
REGARDING
A
FEE
FOR
SERVICE;
AND
3
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
4
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
5
SECTION
1.
That
Section
6
-
310A,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
6
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
6
-
310A.
LIMITED
ALTERNATIVE
REMEDY
TO
REMOVE
UNAUTHORIZED
PERSONS
8
FROM
RESIDENTIAL
REAL
PROPERTY.
(1)
The
legislature
finds
that
the
right
9
to
exclude
others
from
entering,
and
the
right
to
direct
others
to
immedi
-
10
ately
vacate,
residential
real
property
are
the
most
important
real
property
1
1
rights.
The
legislature
further
finds
that
existing
remedies
regarding
12
unauthorized
persons
who
unlawfully
remain
on
residential
real
property
13
fail
to
adequately
protect
the
rights
of
the
property
owner
and
fail
to
ad
-
14
equately
discourage
theft
and
vandalism.
The
intent
of
this
section
is
to
15
quickly
restore
possession
of
residential
real
property
to
the
lawful
owner
16
of
the
property
when
the
property
is
being
unlawfully
occupied
and
to
thereby
17
preserve
property
rights
while
limiting
the
opportunity
for
criminal
activ
-
18
ity.
19
(2)
A
property
owner
or
the
owner's
authorized
agent
may
request
from
20
the
sheriff
of
the
county
in
which
the
property
is
located
the
immediate
21
removal
of
a
person
or
persons
unlawfully
occupying
a
residential
dwelling
22
pursuant
to
this
section
if
all
of
the
following
conditions
are
met:
23
(a)
The
requesting
person
is
the
property
owner
or
authorized
agent
of
24
the
property
owner;
25
(b)
The
real
property
that
is
being
occupied
includes
a
residential
26
dwelling;
27
(c)
An
unauthorized
person
or
persons
have
unlawfully
entered
and
re
-
28
main
or
continue
to
reside
on
the
property
owner's
property;
29
(d)
The
real
property
was
not
open
to
members
of
the
public
at
the
time
30
the
unauthorized
person
or
persons
entered;
31
(e)
The
property
owner
has
directed
the
unauthorized
person
to
leave
32
the
property;
33
(f)
The
unauthorized
person
or
persons
are
not
current
or
former
ten
-
34
ants
pursuant
to
a
written
or
oral
rental
agreement
authorized
by
the
35
property
owner;
36
(g)
The
unauthorized
person
or
persons
are
not
immediate
family
members
37
of
the
property
owner;
and
38
(h)
There
is
no
pending
litigation
related
to
the
real
property
between
39
the
property
owner
and
any
known
unauthorized
person.
40
(3)
To
request
the
immediate
removal
of
an
unlawful
occupant
of
a
res
-
41
idential
dwelling,
the
property
owner
or
the
owner's
authorized
agent
must
42

2
submit
a
complaint
by
presenting
a
completed
and
verified
"Complaint
to
Re
-
1
move
Persons
Unlawfully
Occupying
Residential
Real
Property"
to
the
sheriff
2
of
the
county
in
which
the
real
property
is
located.
The
submitted
complaint
3
must
be
in
substantially
the
following
form:
4
COMPLAINT
TO
REMOVE
PERSONS
UNLAWFULLY
OCCUPYING
5
RESIDENTIAL
REAL
PROPERTY
6
I,
the
owner
or
authorized
agent
of
the
owner
of
the
real
property
7
located
at......,
declare
under
the
penalty
of
perjury
that
(ini
-
8
tial
each
box):
9
1.....
I
am
the
owner
of
the
real
property
or
the
authorized
agent
10
of
the
owner
of
the
real
property.
1
1
2.....
I
purchased
the
property
on.....
12
3.....
The
real
property
is
a
residential
dwelling.
13
4.....
An
unauthorized
person
or
persons
have
unlawfully
entered
14
and
are
remaining
or
residing
unlawfully
on
the
real
property.
15
5.....
The
real
property
was
not
open
to
members
of
the
public
at
16
the
time
the
unauthorized
person
or
persons
entered.
17
6.....
I
have
directed
the
unauthorized
person
or
persons
to
leave
18
the
real
property,
but
they
have
not
done
so.
19
7.....
The
person
or
persons
are
not
current
or
former
tenants
pur
-
20
suant
to
any
valid
lease
authorized
by
the
property
owner,
and
any
21
lease
that
may
be
produced
by
an
occupant
is
fraudulent.
22
8.....
The
unauthorized
person
or
persons
sought
to
be
removed
are
23
not
owners
or
co
-
owners
of
the
property
and
have
not
been
listed
on
24
the
title
to
the
property
unless
the
person
or
persons
have
engaged
25
in
title
fraud.
26
9.....
The
unauthorized
person
or
persons
are
not
immediate
family
27
members
of
the
property
owner.
28
10.....
There
is
no
litigation
related
to
the
real
property
pending
29
between
the
property
owner
and
any
person
sought
to
be
removed.
30
11.....
I
understand
that
a
person
or
persons
removed
from
the
31
property
pursuant
to
this
procedure
may
bring
a
cause
of
action
32
against
me
for
any
false
statements
made
in
this
complaint,
or
for
33
wrongfully
using
this
procedure,
and
that
as
a
result
of
such
action
34
I
may
be
held
liable
for
actual
damages,
penalties,
costs,
and
rea
-
35
sonable
attorney's
fees.
36
12.....
I
am
requesting
the
sheriff
to
immediately
remove
the
unau
-
37
thorized
person
or
persons
from
the
residential
property.
38
13.....
A
copy
of
my
valid
government
-
issued
identification
is
at
-
39
tached,
or
I
am
an
agent
of
the
property
owner,
and
documents
evi
-
40
dencing
my
authority
to
act
on
the
property
owner's
behalf
are
at
-
41
tached.
42
I
HAVE
READ
EVERY
STATEMENT
MADE
IN
THIS
PETITION
AND
EACH
STATEMENT
43
IS
TRUE
AND
CORRECT.
I
UNDERSTAND
THAT
THE
STATEMENTS
MADE
IN
THIS
44
PETITION
ARE
BEING
MADE
UNDER
PENALTY
OF
PERJURY.
45
...(Signature
of
Property
Owner
or
Agent
of
Owner)...
46
(4)
Upon
receipt
of
the
complaint,
the
sheriff
shall
verify
that
the
47
person
submitting
the
complaint
is
the
record
owner
of
the
real
property
or
48
the
authorized
agent
of
the
owner
and
appears
otherwise
entitled
to
relief
49
pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
this
section.
If
verified,
the
sheriff
shall,
50

3
without
delay,
serve
a
notice
to
immediately
vacate
on
all
the
unlawful
occu
-
1
pants
and
shall
put
the
owner
in
possession
of
the
real
property.
Service
may
2
be
accomplished
by
hand
delivery
of
the
notice
to
an
occupant
or
by
posting
3
the
notice
on
the
front
door
or
entrance
of
the
dwelling.
The
sheriff
shall
4
also
attempt
to
verify
the
identities
of
all
persons
occupying
the
dwelling
5
and
note
the
identities
on
the
return
of
service.
If
appropriate,
the
sher
-
6
iff
may
arrest
any
person
found
in
the
dwelling
for
trespass,
outstanding
7
warrants,
or
any
other
legal
cause.
8
(5)
The
sheriff
is
entitled
to
the
same
fee
for
service
of
the
notice
9
to
immediately
vacate
as
if
the
sheriff
were
serving
a
writ
of
possession
10
restitution
.
After
the
sheriff
serves
the
notice
to
immediately
vacate,
the
1
1
property
owner
or
authorized
agent
may
request
that
the
sheriff
stand
by
to
12
keep
the
peace
while
the
property
owner
or
agent
of
the
owner
changes
the
13
locks
and
removes
the
personal
property
of
the
unlawful
occupants
from
the
14
premises
to
or
near
the
property
line.
When
such
a
request
is
made,
the
sher
-
15
iff
may
charge
a
reasonable
hourly
rate,
and
the
person
requesting
the
sher
-
16
iff
to
stand
by
and
keep
the
peace
is
responsible
for
paying
the
reasonable
17
hourly
rate
set
by
the
sheriff.
The
sheriff
is
not
liable
to
the
unlawful
oc
-
18
cupant
or
any
other
party
for
loss,
destruction,
or
damage
of
property.
The
19
property
owner
or
the
owner's
authorized
agent
is
not
liable
to
an
unlawful
20
occupant
or
any
other
party
for
the
loss,
destruction,
or
damage
to
the
per
-
21
sonal
property
unless
the
removal
was
wrongful.
22
(6)
A
person
may
bring
a
civil
cause
of
action
for
wrongful
removal
un
-
23
der
this
section.
A
person
harmed
by
a
wrongful
removal
under
this
section
24
may
be
restored
to
possession
of
the
real
property
and
may
recover
actual
25
costs
and
damages
incurred,
statutory
damages
equal
to
triple
the
fair
mar
-
26
ket
rent
of
the
dwelling,
court
costs,
and
reasonable
attorney's
fees.
The
27
court
shall
advance
the
cause
on
the
calendar.
28
(7)
The
provisions
of
this
section
shall
not
limit
the
rights
of
a
prop
-
29
erty
owner
or
limit
the
authority
of
a
law
enforcement
officer
to
arrest
an
30
unlawful
occupant
for
trespassing,
vandalism,
theft,
or
other
crimes.
31
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
32
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
33
July
1,
2026.
34