Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 31-2008 (2026)
Use of official name includes deputies.
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Use of official name includes deputies.
Whenever the official name of any principal officer is used in any law conferring power, or imposing duties or liabilities, it includes his deputies.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1953–2016 · leading case: State v. Jaramillo, 749 P.2d 1 (Idaho Ct. App. 1988).
State v. Jaramillo, 749 P.2d 1 (Idaho Ct. App. 1988). “Jaramillo attempts to characterize the information as defective, depriving the district court of jurisdiction.”
Gasper v. Dist. Court of Seventh Jud. Dist., 264 P.2d 679 (Idaho 1953). “As such deputy he was clothed with the powers and duties of the office of prosecuting attorney, § 31-2008, I.C., including the right to appear 'before the grand jury under the same conditions and for the same purpose as his principal.”
State v. Jason McClure, 367 P.3d 153 (Idaho 2016). “” Per Idaho Code section 31-2008, "[w]henever the official name of any principal officer is used in any law conferring power, or imposing duties or liabilities, it includes his deputies.”
Stanley G. Fisher v. State (Idaho Ct. App. 2013). “Idaho Code Section 31-2008 provides that whenever the official name of any principal officer is used in any law conferring power, or imposing duties or liabilities, it includes his or her deputies.”
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