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Idaho Code § 31-1001 (2026)

Erection of buildings — Furnishing of offices — Contracts — Lease of premises for courthouse or jail — Books and stationery. 

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Erection of buildings — Furnishing of offices — Contracts — Lease of premises for courthouse or jail — Books and stationery. 

(1) The board of county commissioners must cause to be erected or furnished a courthouse and jail as may be necessary and must, when necessary, provide offices with necessary furniture for the sheriff, clerk of the district court, ex officio auditor and recorder, county treasurer, prosecuting attorney, county assessor, and county surveyor and must draw warrants in payment of the same.

(2)  The contract for the erection of any such buildings described in subsection (1) of this section must be awarded, after thirty (30) days’ notice for proposals, to the lowest bidder who will give security for the completion of the contract.
(3)  A board of county commissioners may enter into a lease for courthouse premises, rooms, and jail for any period up to five (5) years. The board of county commissioners may enter into such a lease for a period not to exceed thirty (30) years if the question has been approved by a simple majority of the electors voting at an election held pursuant to section 34-106, Idaho Code. The county commissioners may contract with responsible parties for the leasing of a courthouse or jail or a combination of courthouse and jail, to be constructed upon premises owned by the county or otherwise. Said contract shall be awarded subject to the provisions of chapter 28, title 67, Idaho Code. Such a contract also may provide that, at the expiration of the term of the lease and upon full performance of such lease by the county, the said courthouse premises, rooms, and jail, or so much thereof as is leased, may become the property of the county.
(4)  The board must also provide all necessary books of record for the county auditor and recorder, county treasurer, county assessor, tax collector, clerk of the district court, and county surveyor; the books and stationery for the use of the board; and so much as is necessary for the use of said county officers in the transaction of official business.
(5)  Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or otherwise affecting a lease or other transaction between the Idaho health facilities authority and the board of county commissioners as provided in section 31-836, Idaho Code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1954–2009 · leading case: Swensen v. Bldgs., Inc., 463 P.2d 932 (Idaho 1970).
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Swensen v. Bldgs., Inc., 463 P.2d 932 (Idaho 1970). · cites it 6× “In his brief submitted as a “friend of the Court,” amicus curiae contends that the lower court erred in concluding that the Agreement for Lease of Building, Plaintiff’s Exhibit 1, complies with I.C. § 31-1001 giving the respondent authority to lease fairground buildings and…”
City of Boise v. Ada Cnty., 215 P.3d 514 (Idaho 2009). · cites it 2× “I.C. § 31-1001. The fact that a courthouse may contain more judicial space than necessary to accommodate the present county caseload has no bearing on the responsibilities a city may have to provide for handling of city-generated cases.”
McKay Constr. Co. v. Ada Cnty. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 580 P.2d 412 (Idaho 1978). · cites it 8× “" Ada County's sanitary landfill is a solid waste disposal system and is therefore a public building within the meaning of I.C. § 31-1001. [5] That statute provides that "the contract for the erection of any such [public] buildings must be let .”
Reynolds Constr. Co. v. Cnty. of Twin Falls, 437 P.2d 14 (Idaho 1968). · cites it 8× “Several of the same statutory provisions are cited by both parties, including I.C. § 31-1001, which provides in pertinent part: “The board must cause to be erected or furnished, a courthouse, jail and such other public buildings as may be necessary, and must, when necessary,…”
H. J. McNeel, Inc. v. Canyon Cnty., 277 P.2d 554 (Idaho 1954). · cites it 2× “The express statutory authority to build the jail, § 31-1001, I.C., carries with it the power to pay all necessary costs.”
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