Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 20-227 (2026)
Arrest of parolee, probationer or person under drug court or mental health court supervision without warrant — Agent’s warrant — Detention — Report to commission or court.
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Arrest of parolee, probationer or person under drug court or mental health court supervision without warrant — Agent’s warrant — Detention — Report to commission or court.
(1) Any parole or probation officer may arrest a parolee, probationer, or person under drug court or mental health court supervision without a warrant, or may deputize any other officer with power of arrest to do so, by giving such officer a written statement hereafter referred to as an agent’s warrant, setting forth that the parolee, probationer, or person under drug court or mental health court supervision has, in the judgment of said parole or probation officer, violated the conditions of drug court or mental health court or conditions of his parole or probation. The provisions of this section shall apply where the court has provided for the service of discretionary jail time.
(2) Such written statement or agent’s warrant, delivered with the parolee, probationer, or person under drug court or mental health court supervision by the arresting officer to the official in charge of the institution from which the parolee was released, the county jail or other place of detention, shall be sufficient warrant for the detention of the probationer, parolee, or person under drug court or mental health court supervision.
(3) The agent’s warrant issued by the parole or probation officer shall be sufficient authorization for a local law enforcement officer to transport the probationer, parolee, or person under drug court or mental health court supervision to the appropriate jurisdiction to be housed pending appearance before the sentencing court or the commission.
(4) The parole and probation officer shall at once notify the commission, or the court, of the arrest and detention of the parolee, probationer, or person under drug court or mental health court supervision, and shall submit in writing a report showing in what manner the parolee, probationer, or person under drug court or mental health court supervision is alleged to have violated the condition of his or her parole, probation, or drug court or mental health court program. When a probationer is arrested pursuant to an agent’s warrant, the supervising officer shall provide the prosecuting attorney with a copy of the notice of arrest and the report.
(5) In counties where there are misdemeanor probation officers in addition to department of correction parole or probation officers, those officers shall have the same authority conferred upon department of correction parole or probation officers in this section to arrest a misdemeanor probationer without a warrant for misdemeanor probation violations occurring in the officer’s presence as otherwise provided in this section.
(6) When a probationer has been arrested by the supervising officer without a warrant or pursuant to an agent’s warrant, the supervising officer shall submit to the court, to the prosecuting attorney and to the facility where the probationer is detained, a statement of probable cause for the violation. The statement shall be attested to under oath or under penalty of perjury pursuant to section 9-1406, Idaho Code, and shall be submitted within twenty-four (24) hours of the arrest. If a judicial determination of probable cause is not made within forty-eight (48) hours of arrest, then the probationer shall be released.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 20
cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1986–2025 · leading case: Gawron v. Roberts, 743 P.2d 983 (Idaho Ct. App. 1987).
Gawron v. Roberts, 743 P.2d 983 (Idaho Ct. App. 1987). “Idaho Code § 20-227 , requires that, following an arrest without a bench warrant, the probation officer shall “at once” notify the sentencing court of the arrest and detention of the probationer, and shall submit a written report showing in what manner the probationer is alleged…”
State v. Osborn, 449 P.3d 419 (Idaho 2019). “The defendant shall receive credit for time served from the date of service of a bench warrant issued by the court after a finding of probable cause to believe the defendant has violated a condition of probation, for any time served following an arrest of the defendant pursuant…”
State v. Jason Roy Barrett, 414 P.3d 1188 (Idaho 2018). “2006) (holding that an agent’s warrant, as described under section 20-227, is equivalent to a bench warrant for purposes of section 19-2603).”
State v. Ayala, 432 P.3d 996 (Idaho Ct. App. 2018). “Specifically, he contends that his arrest was constitutionally unlawful because it was not supported by probable cause and that the parole officer's statutory authority to arrest under I.C. § 20-227 was never invoked. He also argues that his sentence for possession of a…”
State v. Daniel William Leary, 372 P.3d 404 (Idaho 2016). “The defendant shall receive credit for time served from the date of service of a bench warrant issued by the court after a finding of probable cause to believe the defendant has violated a condition of probation, for any time served following an arrest of the defendant pursuant…”
State v. Anderson, 136 P.3d 406 (Kan. 2006). “See Idaho Code § 20-227 (1) (1947); Ky. Rev. Stat.”
Loomis v. Killeen, 21 P.3d 929 (Idaho Ct. App. 2001). “Under Idaho law, an agent's warrant for the arrest of a parolee, issued pursuant to I.C. § 20-227, may precede a Commission's warrant issued under I.”
State v. Ligon-bruno, 270 P.3d 1059 (Idaho Ct. App. 2011). “Idaho Code § 20-227 authorizes a probation officer to arrest a probationer and/or obtain the probationer’s arrest for violation of a condition of probation through the issuance of an agent's warrant.”
State v. McLean, 844 P.2d 1358 (Idaho Ct. App. 1992). “After that interview was completed, the probation officer, using a warrant he issued under I.C. § 20-227, placed McLean in jail for violating his probation for the alleged molestation of his stepchildren.”
Sterling v. Bloom, 723 P.2d 755 (Idaho 1986). “I.C. § 20-227. However, a probation officer's exercise of that authority is purely discretionary.”
State v. Jon Curtis May (Idaho Ct. App. 2016). “May filed a motion to suppress the evidence found on his person and statements made to the officer, arguing that the arrest was unlawful and unconstitutional because it did not comply with I.C. § 20-227. After a hearing, the district court found that the State violated I.”
State v. Armstrong (Idaho Ct. App. 2023). “Armstrong asserts that officers unlawfully prolonged the traffic stop and arrested him without the written agent’s 2 warrant required under I.C. § 20-227 in violation of the Fourth Amendment and Article 1, Section 17 of the Idaho Constitution.”
— Idaho Code § 20-227(1) — 2 cases
State v. Ayala, 432 P.3d 996 (Idaho Ct. App. 2018). “Specifically, he contends that his arrest was constitutionally unlawful because it was not supported by probable cause and that the parole officer's statutory authority to arrest under I.C. § 20-227 was never invoked. He also argues that his sentence for possession of a…”
State v. Armstrong (Idaho Ct. App. 2023). “Armstrong asserts that officers unlawfully prolonged the traffic stop and arrested him without the written agent’s 2 warrant required under I.C. § 20-227 in violation of the Fourth Amendment and Article 1, Section 17 of the Idaho Constitution.”
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