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Idaho Code § 18-8303 (2026)

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✓ current as of May 2026
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Definitions. 

As used in this chapter:

(1)  "Aggravated offense" means any of the following crimes: 18-1506A (ritualized abuse of a child); 18-1508 (lewd conduct); 18-4003(d) (murder committed in the perpetration of rape); 18-4502 (first-degree kidnapping committed for the purpose of rape, committing any lewd and lascivious act upon any child under the age of sixteen years or for purposes of sexual gratification or arousal); 18-4503 (second-degree kidnapping where the victim is an unrelated minor child and the kidnapping is committed for the purpose of rape, committing any lewd and lascivious act upon any child under the age of sixteen years or for purposes of sexual gratification or arousal); 18-6101 (rape, but excluding section 18-6101(1) where the victim is at least twelve (12) years of age or the defendant is eighteen (18) years of age and section 18-6101(2) where the victim is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age and the defendant is no more than five (5) years older than the victim); 18-6604 (forcible penetration by use of a foreign object); chapter 86, title 18, (human trafficking); and any other offense set forth in section 18-8304, Idaho Code, if at the time of the commission of the offense the victim was below the age of thirteen (13) years or an offense that is substantially similar to any of the foregoing offenses under the laws of another jurisdiction or military court or the court of another country.
(2)  "Board" means the sexual offender management board described in section 18-8312, Idaho Code.
(3)  "Central registry" means the registry of convicted sexual offenders maintained by the Idaho state police pursuant to this chapter.
(4)  "Certified evaluator" means either a psychiatrist licensed by this state pursuant to chapter 18, title 54, Idaho Code, or a master’s or doctoral level mental health professional licensed by this state pursuant to chapter 23, chapter 32, or chapter 34, title 54, Idaho Code. Such person shall have, by education, experience and training, expertise in the assessment and treatment of sexual offenders, and such person shall meet the qualifications and shall be approved by the board to perform psychosexual evaluations in this state, as described in section 18-8314, Idaho Code.
(5)  "Department" means the Idaho state police.
(6)  "Employed" means full-time or part-time employment exceeding ten (10) consecutive working days or for an aggregate period exceeding thirty (30) days in any calendar year, or any employment that involves counseling, coaching, teaching, supervising or working with minors in any way regardless of the period of employment, whether such employment is financially compensated, volunteered or performed for the purpose of any government or education benefit.
(7)  "Foreign conviction" means a conviction under the laws of Canada, Great Britain, Australia or New Zealand, or a conviction under the laws of any foreign country deemed by the U.S. department of state, in its country reports on human rights practices, to have been obtained with sufficient safeguards for fundamental fairness and due process.
(8)  "Incarceration" means committed to the custody of the Idaho department of correction or department of juvenile corrections, but excluding cases where the court has retained jurisdiction.
(9)  "Jurisdiction" means any of the following: a state, the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, the federal government or a federally recognized Indian tribe.
(10) "Minor" means an individual who has not attained the age of eighteen (18) years.
(11) "Offender" means an individual convicted of an offense listed and described in section 18-8304, Idaho Code, or a substantially similar offense under the laws of another jurisdiction or military court or the court of another country deemed by the U.S. department of state, in its country reports on human rights practices, to have sufficient safeguards for fundamental fairness and due process.
(12) "Offense" means a sexual offense listed in section 18-8304, Idaho Code.
(13) "Psychosexual evaluation" means an evaluation that specifically addresses sexual development, sexual deviancy, sexual history and risk of reoffense as part of a comprehensive evaluation of an offender.
(14) "Recidivist" means an individual convicted two (2) or more times of any offense requiring registration under this chapter.
(15) "Residence" means the offender’s present place of abode.
(16) "Student" means a person who is enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis in any public or private educational institution, including any secondary school, trade or professional institution or institution of higher education.
(17) "Violent sexual predator" means a person who was designated as a violent sexual predator by the sexual offender management board where such designation has not been removed by judicial action or otherwise.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 36 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1996–2026 · leading case: Smith v. State, 203 P.3d 1221 (Idaho 2009).
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Smith v. State, 203 P.3d 1221 (Idaho 2009). · cites it 12× “Additionally, recidivists, as defined by I.C. § 18-8303(12), may be reviewed for VSP designation.”
State v. Johnson, 266 P.3d 1146 (Idaho 2011). · cites it 12× “" I.C. § 18-8303. Under the plain language of SORA, a defendant who pleads guilty to sexual abuse of a child under the age of thirteen is therefore required to register as a sexual offender for life.”
State v. Zichko, 923 P.2d 966 (Idaho 1996). · cites it 4× “Zichko proposed an instruction to the effect that the Sex Offender Registration Act requires: (1) the Idaho Department of Correction to provide written notification of the duty to register under the act to any person committed to its custody for an offense identified in…”
State v. Hartwig, 246 P.3d 979 (Idaho 2011). · cites it 6× “I.C. § 18-8303(1). 1 The inclusion of this new class of offenses is important because a person convicted of an aggravated offense cannot be exempted from the duty to register as a sexual offender.”
Re: Thermination of Parental Rights (mother), 320 P.3d 1262 (Idaho 2014). · cites it 2× “(iii) Torture of a child; any conduct described in the code sections listed in section 18-8303(1), Idaho Code; battery or an injury to a child that results in serious or great bodily injury to a child; voluntary manslaughter of a child, or aiding or abetting such voluntary…”
State v. Robinson, 142 P.3d 729 (Idaho 2006). · cites it 4× “I.C. § 18-8303(1). Therefore, it is clear that Robinson does not meet the statutory requirements set forth in I.”
State v. Glodowski, 463 P.3d 405 (Idaho 2020). · cites it 4× “Concluding that the Wisconsin conviction equated to an aggravated offense under Idaho Code section 18-8303(1), the Bureau informed Glodowski that he would be ineligible to petition a district court to exempt him from the duty to register under Idaho Code section 18-8310.”
Lightner v. State, 127 P.3d 227 (Idaho Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 7× “See I.C. § 18-8303(10), (15). 3 Lightner presents no *328 evidence that would prove his VSP designation to be inappropriate.”
Rbrt Groves v. State, 328 P.3d 532 (Idaho Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 8× “Idaho Code § 18-8303 defines “aggravated offense” to include lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen.”
State v. Perkins, 13 P.3d 344 (Idaho Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 4× “I.C. § 18-8303(2), (3), § 18-8305, § 18-8307(5).”
Travis David Knox v. State, 404 P.3d 1280 (Idaho Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 4× “” As is relevant here, I.C. § 18-8303 defines an “aggravated offense” and does so by reference to the crime charged.”
Doe, SORB No. 380316 v. Sex Offender Registry Bd., 473 Mass. 297 (Mass. 2015). “§ 42-1-14 (2015); Idaho Code Ann. §§ 18-8303 , 18-8314, 18-8316 (2015); N.”
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— Idaho Code § 18-8303(1) — 11 cases
State v. Hartwig, 246 P.3d 979 (Idaho 2011). “I.C. § 18-8303(1). 1 The inclusion of this new class of offenses is important because a person convicted of an aggravated offense cannot be exempted from the duty to register as a sexual offender.”
Re: Thermination of Parental Rights (mother), 320 P.3d 1262 (Idaho 2014). “(iii) Torture of a child; any conduct described in the code sections listed in section 18-8303(1), Idaho Code; battery or an injury to a child that results in serious or great bodily injury to a child; voluntary manslaughter of a child, or aiding or abetting such voluntary…”
State v. Robinson, 142 P.3d 729 (Idaho 2006). “I.C. § 18-8303(1). Therefore, it is clear that Robinson does not meet the statutory requirements set forth in I.”
State v. Glodowski, 463 P.3d 405 (Idaho 2020). “Concluding that the Wisconsin conviction equated to an aggravated offense under Idaho Code section 18-8303(1), the Bureau informed Glodowski that he would be ineligible to petition a district court to exempt him from the duty to register under Idaho Code section 18-8310.”
Travis David Knox v. State, 404 P.3d 1280 (Idaho Ct. App. 2017). “” As is relevant here, I.C. § 18-8303 defines an “aggravated offense” and does so by reference to the crime charged.”
— Idaho Code § 18-8303(10) — 2 cases
Lightner v. State, 127 P.3d 227 (Idaho Ct. App. 2005). “See I.C. § 18-8303(10), (15). 3 Lightner presents no *328 evidence that would prove his VSP designation to be inappropriate.”
Morgan v. Sexual Offender Class. Bd., 197 P.3d 797 (Idaho Ct. App. 2008).
— Idaho Code § 18-8303(11) — 2 cases
State v. Glodowski, 463 P.3d 405 (Idaho 2020). “Concluding that the Wisconsin conviction equated to an aggravated offense under Idaho Code section 18-8303(1), the Bureau informed Glodowski that he would be ineligible to petition a district court to exempt him from the duty to register under Idaho Code section 18-8310.”
Skehan v. ISP (Idaho 2024).
— Idaho Code § 18-8303(12) — 1 case
Smith v. State, 203 P.3d 1221 (Idaho 2009). “Additionally, recidivists, as defined by I.C. § 18-8303(12), may be reviewed for VSP designation.”
— Idaho Code § 18-8303(15) — 7 cases
Smith v. State, 203 P.3d 1221 (Idaho 2009). “Additionally, recidivists, as defined by I.C. § 18-8303(12), may be reviewed for VSP designation.”
Lightner v. State, 127 P.3d 227 (Idaho Ct. App. 2005). “See I.C. § 18-8303(10), (15). 3 Lightner presents no *328 evidence that would prove his VSP designation to be inappropriate.”
State v. Muriel (Idaho Ct. App. 2020).
Doe v. Wasden (D. Idaho 2021).
Morgan v. Sexual Offender Class. Bd., 197 P.3d 797 (Idaho Ct. App. 2008).
— Idaho Code § 18-8303(2) — 1 case
State v. Perkins, 13 P.3d 344 (Idaho Ct. App. 2000). “I.C. § 18-8303(2), (3), § 18-8305, § 18-8307(5).”
— Idaho Code § 18-8303(3) — 1 case
State v. Robinson, 142 P.3d 729 (Idaho 2006). “I.C. § 18-8303(1). Therefore, it is clear that Robinson does not meet the statutory requirements set forth in I.”
— Idaho Code § 18-8303(6) — 2 cases
John Doe v. State Sex Offender Registry, 352 P.3d 500 (Idaho 2015).
Crist v. Clifford (D. Idaho 2024).
— Idaho Code § 18-8303(7) — 2 cases
Richard Leo Oppelt v. State (Idaho Ct. App. 2010).
State v. Helmuth, 246 P.3d 400 (Idaho Ct. App. 2010).
— Idaho Code § 18-8303(8) — 4 cases
State v. Dickerson, 129 P.3d 1263 (Idaho Ct. App. 2006).
JK Homes, LLC v. Brizzee, 554 P.3d 568 (Idaho 2024).
State v. Wade Collins (Idaho Ct. App. 2010).
State v. Wade Collins AMENDED 8/4/2010 (Idaho Ct. App. 2010).
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