Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 18-8311 (2026)
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(1) An offender subject to registration who knowingly fails to register, verify his address, or provide any information or notice as required by this chapter shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison system for a period not to exceed ten (10) years and by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000). If the offender is on probation or other supervised release or suspension from incarceration at the time of the violation, the probation or supervised release or suspension shall be revoked and the penalty for violating this chapter shall be served consecutively to the offender’s original sentence.
(2) An offender subject to registration under this chapter, who willfully provides false or misleading information in the registration required, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in a state prison for a period not to exceed ten (10) years and a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 25
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1999–2026 · leading case: State v. Moses Olivas, Jr., 347 P.3d 1189 (Idaho 2015).
State v. Moses Olivas, Jr., 347 P.3d 1189 (Idaho 2015). “” In context, the original sentence would be the sentence that was suspended when Olivas was placed on probation, which in this case was ten years in the 11 custody of the Idaho Board of Correction with five years fixed and the remainder indeterminate.”
State v. Glodowski, 463 P.3d 405 (Idaho 2020). “By extension, offenders will be criminally liable if they violate SORA’s “duty to update” provision which dictates that an offender subject to registration must provide notice of a change of address.”
Ray v. State, 982 P.2d 931 (Idaho 1999). “I.C. § 18-8311. In addition to requiring a registrant to register every year, Idaho's Act imposes a lifelong registration requirement.”
Bradshaw v. State, 671 S.E.2d 485 (Ga. 2008). “§§ 846E-9(d), 706-660; Idaho Code § 18-8311 (1); Ill. Comp. Stat.”
Does v. Lawrence Wasden, 982 F.3d 784 (9th Cir. 2020). “WASDEN Idaho Code § 18-8311 . Indeed, in some circumstances, violations can result in revocation of probation and reinstatement of a registrant’s underlying sentence.”
State v. Moses Olivas, Jr. (Idaho Ct. App. 2013). “Judge LANSING, DISSENTING Because I believe that Idaho Code § 18-8311 (1) clearly and constitutionally prohibits the suspension of Olivas’s sentence for sexual abuse of a child in Docket No.”
State v. Nemoede-Maynard (Idaho Ct. App. 2022). “ANALYSIS On appeal, Nemoede-Maynard contends that I.C. § 18-8311, which provides the penalty for failure to register (the offense with which he was originally charged), constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution and…”
State v. Craven, Sr (Idaho Ct. App. 2018). “” The State proposed the following elements instruction, based on Idaho Criminal Jury Instruction 985: INSTRUCTION NO.”
State v. Medrano, 502 P.3d 61 (Idaho Ct. App. 2021). “The relevant statutes in this case are I.C. §§ 18-8311(1), 19-2601, and 20-222(1).”
State v. Crist (Idaho 2025). “Pertinent here, the magistrate court determined that Crist’s Utah kidnapping conviction was “substantially conforming” to Idaho’s second-degree kidnapping offense, which is an offense subject to registration in Idaho.”
State v. Richard Lee Brown, 291 P.3d 464 (Idaho Ct. App. 2011). “Therefore, Brown states that he "does not raise as a separate issue on appeal that the district court lacked the jurisdiction to re-revoke his probation and execute his sentence” in the grand theft case; and we offer no opinion as to whether I.C. § 18-8311 (1) required that the…”
State v. Samir Michael Abrams (Idaho Ct. App. 2016). “________________________________________________ Before GUTIERREZ, Judge; GRATTON, Judge; and HUSKEY, Judge ________________________________________________ PER CURIAM Samir Michael Abrams pleaded guilty to providing false information to the sex-offender registry, Idaho Code §…”
— Idaho Code § 18-8311(1) — 9 cases
State v. Moses Olivas, Jr., 347 P.3d 1189 (Idaho 2015). “” In context, the original sentence would be the sentence that was suspended when Olivas was placed on probation, which in this case was ten years in the 11 custody of the Idaho Board of Correction with five years fixed and the remainder indeterminate.”
State v. Glodowski, 463 P.3d 405 (Idaho 2020). “By extension, offenders will be criminally liable if they violate SORA’s “duty to update” provision which dictates that an offender subject to registration must provide notice of a change of address.”
State v. Moses Olivas, Jr. (Idaho Ct. App. 2013). “Judge LANSING, DISSENTING Because I believe that Idaho Code § 18-8311 (1) clearly and constitutionally prohibits the suspension of Olivas’s sentence for sexual abuse of a child in Docket No.”
State v. Medrano, 502 P.3d 61 (Idaho Ct. App. 2021). “The relevant statutes in this case are I.C. §§ 18-8311(1), 19-2601, and 20-222(1).”
State v. Nemoede-Maynard (Idaho Ct. App. 2022). “ANALYSIS On appeal, Nemoede-Maynard contends that I.C. § 18-8311, which provides the penalty for failure to register (the offense with which he was originally charged), constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution and…”
— Idaho Code § 18-8311(12) — 1 case
State v. Samir Michael Abrams (Idaho Ct. App. 2015).
— Idaho Code § 18-8311(2) — 1 case
52357/52358/52359/52360 State v. Smalley (Idaho Ct. App. 2026).
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