Idaho Code
Idaho Code

Idaho Code § 25-2806 (2026)

Liability for livestock and poultry killed by dogs. 

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Liability for livestock and poultry killed by dogs. 

The owner, possessor, or harborer of any dog or animal that kills, worries, or wounds any livestock and poultry which are raised and kept in captivity for domestic or commercial purposes, is liable to the owner of the same for the damages and costs of suit, to be recovered before any court of competent jurisdiction:

1.  In the prosecution of actions under the provisions of this section it is not necessary for the plaintiff to show that the owner, possessor, or harborer of such dog or other animal had knowledge of the fact that such dog or other animal would kill or wound livestock or poultry which are raised and kept in captivity for domestic or commercial purposes.
2.  Any person, on finding any dog, not on the premises of its owner or possessor, worrying, wounding, or killing any livestock or poultry which are raised and kept in captivity for domestic or commercial purposes, may, at the time of so finding said dog, kill the same, and the owners thereof can sustain no action for damages against any person so killing such dog.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 2000–2017 · leading case: Melene James v. City of Boise, 376 P.3d 33 (Idaho 2016).
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Melene James v. City of Boise, 376 P.3d 33 (Idaho 2016). · cites it 4× “Persons guilty of a violation of this subsection, and in addition to any liability as provided in section 25-2806, Idaho Code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.”
Whitney L. Bright v. Roman Maznik, 396 P.3d 1193 (Idaho 2017). · cites it 2× “Any vicious dog removed from the secure enclosure must be restrained by a chain sufficient to control the vicious dog.”
Boots ex rel. Boots v. Winters, 179 P.3d 352 (Idaho Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “Persons guilty of a violation of this subsection, and in addition to any liability as provided in section 25-2806, Idaho Code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.”
Stephen Boswell v. Amber Dawn Steele, 348 P.3d 497 (Idaho Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “Persons guilty of a violation of this subsection, and in addition to any liability as provided in section 25-2806, Idaho Code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.”
Propes v. Griffith, 25 S.W.3d 544 (Mo. Ct. App. 2000). “a dog that chases, injures, or kills livestock, poultry, other domestic animal, or other animal, that is the property of another person, except a cat or another dog, can be killed at the time of that chasing, approaching, attempt, killing, or injury” This change indicates that…”
Melene James v. City of Boise, 351 P.3d 1171 (Idaho 2015). · cites it 4× “Persons guilty of a violation of this subsection, and in addition to any liability as provided in section 25-2806, Idaho Code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.”
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