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Idaho Code § 18-7004 (2026)

Firing timber or prairie lands. 

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Firing timber or prairie lands. 

Any person who shall wilfully or carelessly set on fire, or cause to be set on fire, any timber or prairie lands in this state, thereby destroying the timber, grass or grain on any such lands, or any person who shall build a camp fire in any woods, or on any prairie, and leave the same without totally extinguishing such fire, or any railway company which shall permit any fire to spread from its right-of-way to the adjoining lands, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1992–2026 · leading case: State v. Nastoff, 862 P.2d 1089 (Idaho Ct. App. 1993).
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State v. Nastoff, 862 P.2d 1089 (Idaho Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 6× “§ 38-121; firing timber, I.C. § 18-7004; and destruction of timber on state lands, I.”
State v. Frias (Idaho 2025). · cites it 58× “I.C. § 18-7004; see Idaho Rev. Stat. § 6921 (Idaho Territory 1887).”
State v. Frias (Idaho 2025). · cites it 58× “I.C. § 18-7004; see Idaho Rev. Stat. § 6921 (Idaho Territory 1887).”
State v. Tuso-Guerrero (Idaho Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “I.C. § 18-7004. He pled guilty, and the State filed a request for restitution for the costs incurred by the BLM to contain and suppress the fire.”
Burdge (D. Idaho 2026). · cites it 2× “CR01-25-22390, charging Plaintiff with a misdemeanor offense under Idaho Code § 18-7004 (“firing timber or prairie lands”).”
In the Matter of John Doe, a Child Under Eighteen Years (State v. John Doe) (Idaho Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “§ 18-7001, the statute only applies to destruction of property in “cases otherwise than such as are specified in this code.”
State v. Goodson, 835 P.2d 1364 (Idaho Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “Although it does not materially affect the appeal, we note that the one-year sentences imposed for firing timber or prairie lands appear illegal because I.C. § 18-7004 does not prescribe a penalty different from the general misdemeanor penalty provided for in I.”
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