Idaho Code

Idaho Code § 19-614 (2026)

Duty of private person making arrest. 

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Duty of private person making arrest. 

A private person who has arrested another for the commission of a public offense must, without unnecessary delay, take the person arrested before a magistrate, or deliver him to a peace officer.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1996–2021 · leading case: State v. Moore, 932 P.2d 899 (Idaho Ct. App. 1996).
State v. Moore, 932 P.2d 899 (Idaho Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 16× “Section 19-614. By terms of I.C. Section 19-604, the authority of a citizen to make an arrest is limited to the following range of circumstances.”
State v. Sutherland, 943 P.2d 62 (Idaho Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “” I.C. § 19-614. We begin by considering whether the officers’ acts of detaining, handcuffing and transporting Sutherland to the police station constituted an arrest by the police, or whether the officers were merely assisting Gomaa in conducting a citizen’s arrest.”
State v. Sutterfield (Idaho 2021). · cites it 2× “I.C. § 19-614. While the tradition of allowing a citizen’s arrest is long, misconceptions and urban myths abound when it comes to the circumstances under which a citizen’s arrest can be made and how it must be carried out.”
State v. Sutterfield (Idaho 2021). · cites it 2× “I.C. § 19-614. While the tradition of allowing a citizen’s arrest is long, misconceptions and urban myths abound when it comes to the circumstances under which a citizen’s arrest can be made and how it must be carried out.”
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