Idaho Code

Idaho Code § 18-8301 (2026)

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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Sexual Offender Registration Notification and Community Right-to-Know Act."

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 47 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1996–2025 · leading case: Smith v. State, 203 P.3d 1221 (Idaho 2009).
Smith v. State, 203 P.3d 1221 (Idaho 2009). · cites it 8× “The Statutory Framework Designation as a VSP is based on the provisions of Idaho's Sexual Offender Registration Notification and Community Right to Know Act (the Act or SOR Act).”
Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003). · cites it 2× “12 (citing Idaho Code §§ 18-8301 to 18-8326 (Cum. Supp.”
Ray v. State, 982 P.2d 931 (Idaho 1999). · cites it 4× “The Sexual Offender Registration Notification and Community Right-to-Know Act, I.C. §§ 18-8301 to -8326, applies to all persons convicted of specified felony sex crimes after July 1, 1993, even if judgment is withheld.”
State v. Joslin, 175 P.3d 764 (Idaho 2007). · cites it 4× “Does the Requirement that the Defendant Register as a Sex Offender Constitute the Infliction of Cruel and Unusual Punishment? In 1998, the Idaho legislature enacted the Sexual Offender Registration Notification and Community Right-to-Know Act, I.C. §§ 18-8301 et seq. The Act…”
State v. Gragg, 137 P.3d 461 (Idaho Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 4× “In 1993, the Idaho legislature enacted the Sexual Offender Registration Notification and Community Right-to-Know Act, I.C. §§ 18-8301 et seq. *75 (the Act). Gragg was discharged from probation in 1994.”
State v. Kimball, 181 P.3d 468 (Idaho 2008). · cites it 4× “As a result, he was required to register as a sex offender under Idaho’s Sexual Offender Registration, Notification, and Community Right-to-Know Act, I.C. §§ 18-8301, et seq. (Registration Act).”
Does v. Lawrence Wasden, 982 F.3d 784 (9th Cir. 2020). · cites it 2× “WASDEN SUMMARY *** Civil Rights The panel reversed in part and affirmed in part the district court’s dismissal of an action alleging that the retroactive application of Idaho’s Sexual Offender Registration Notification and Community Right-to-Know Act, Idaho Code § 18-8301 , et…”
John J. Zichko v. State of Idaho Larry Wright, Warden Alan Lance, 247 F.3d 1015 (9th Cir. 2001). “Zichko was, however, incarcerated for failing to register as a sex offender as required by Idaho law, Idaho Code §§ 18-8301 — 18-8326, at the time he filed his habeas petition and at the time it was dismissed by the district court.”
State v. Perkins, 13 P.3d 344 (Idaho Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 4× “In 1998, the sex offender registration statutes were substantially revised with the adoption of the Sexual Offender Registration Notification and Community Right-to-Know Act, Idaho Code §§ 18-8301 to -8326 (hereinafter "the Registration Act").”
State v. Wade Lamonte Peterson, 280 P.3d 184 (Idaho Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 4× “After the district court terminated Hartwig’s probation and dismissed the case with prejudice, Hartwig filed a petition for exemption from the sex offender registration requirements, which the district court denied. Hartwig again petitioned the district court.”
State v. Hartwig, 246 P.3d 979 (Idaho 2011). · cites it 2× “In 1993, the Legislature passed the Sex Offender Registration Act, I.C. §§ 18-8301 to 18-8311. 1993 Idaho Sess.”
State v. Moses Olivas, Jr., 347 P.3d 1189 (Idaho 2015). · cites it 4× “The district court ordered Olivas to register as a sex offender pursuant to the Sexual Offender Registration and Community Right-to- Know Act (SORA), codified at Idaho Code section 18-8301 to 18-8331. Following the period of retained jurisdiction, the district court suspended…”
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