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Idaho Code § 48-611 (2026)

Investigative demand by attorney general — Report required. 

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Investigative demand by attorney general — Report required. 

(1) When the attorney general has reason to believe that a person has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in any act or practice declared to be unlawful by this act, he may execute in writing and cause to be served upon any person who is believed to have information, documentary material or physical evidence relevant to the alleged or suspected violation, an investigative demand requiring such person to furnish a report in writing setting forth the relevant facts and circumstances of which he has knowledge, or to appear and testify or to produce relevant documentary material or physical evidence for examination, at such reasonable time and place as may be stated in the investigative demand, concerning the advertisement, sale or offering for sale of any goods or services or the conduct of any trade or commerce that is the subject matter of the investigation. The return date in said investigative demand shall be not less than twenty (20) days after serving of the demand.

(2)  At any time before the return date specified in an investigative demand, or within twenty (20) days after the demand has been served, whichever period is shorter, a petition to extend the return date, or to modify or set aside the demand, stating good cause, may be filed in the district court of the county where the person served with the demand resides or has his principal place of business or in the district court in Ada County.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1990–2025 · leading case: In Re W. Acceptance Corp., Inc., 788 P.2d 214 (Idaho 1990).
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In Re W. Acceptance Corp., Inc., 788 P.2d 214 (Idaho 1990). · cites it 24× “We also hold that the attorney general is not required personally to sign an investigative demand issued by his office pursuant to I.C. § 48-611, but that it may be signed by a deputy attorney general.”
State ex rel. Lance v. Hobby Horse Ranch Tractor & Equip. Co., 929 P.2d 741 (Idaho 1996). · cites it 12× “Pursuant to I.C. § 48-611, on July 13, 1995, the State issued an Investigative Demand on Hobby Horse in care of its counsel.”
Holli Telfore v. Smith Cnty., 314 P.3d 179 (Idaho 2013). · cites it 2× “§ 48-606(3); (b) “an investigative demand” for information from a person whom the Attorney General believes has violated the act, I.C. § 48-611(1); and (c) subpoenas issued by the Attorney General to persons in aid of an investigation or inquiry under the act, I.”
State v. Hobby Horse Ranch Trac. & Equip., 929 P.2d 741 (Idaho 1996). · cites it 12× “Pursuant to I.C. § 48-611, on July 13, 1995, the State issued an Investigative Demand on Hobby Horse in care of its counsel.”
Child.'s Home Soc'y v. Labrador (Idaho 2025). · cites it 57× “I.C. § 48-611 (emphasis added). Despite the broad language empowering the Attorney General to conduct investigations, the Attorney General’s authority is limited to situations where he has “reason to believe” that someone has engaged, is engaging, or will engage in any “act or…”
— Idaho Code § 48-611(1) — 3 cases
In Re W. Acceptance Corp., Inc., 788 P.2d 214 (Idaho 1990). “We also hold that the attorney general is not required personally to sign an investigative demand issued by his office pursuant to I.C. § 48-611, but that it may be signed by a deputy attorney general.”
Holli Telfore v. Smith Cnty., 314 P.3d 179 (Idaho 2013). “§ 48-606(3); (b) “an investigative demand” for information from a person whom the Attorney General believes has violated the act, I.C. § 48-611(1); and (c) subpoenas issued by the Attorney General to persons in aid of an investigation or inquiry under the act, I.”
Child.'s Home Soc'y v. Labrador (Idaho 2025). “I.C. § 48-611 (emphasis added). Despite the broad language empowering the Attorney General to conduct investigations, the Attorney General’s authority is limited to situations where he has “reason to believe” that someone has engaged, is engaging, or will engage in any “act or…”
— Idaho Code § 48-611(2) — 4 cases
In Re W. Acceptance Corp., Inc., 788 P.2d 214 (Idaho 1990). “We also hold that the attorney general is not required personally to sign an investigative demand issued by his office pursuant to I.C. § 48-611, but that it may be signed by a deputy attorney general.”
State ex rel. Lance v. Hobby Horse Ranch Tractor & Equip. Co., 929 P.2d 741 (Idaho 1996). “Pursuant to I.C. § 48-611, on July 13, 1995, the State issued an Investigative Demand on Hobby Horse in care of its counsel.”
State v. Hobby Horse Ranch Trac. & Equip., 929 P.2d 741 (Idaho 1996). “Pursuant to I.C. § 48-611, on July 13, 1995, the State issued an Investigative Demand on Hobby Horse in care of its counsel.”
Child.'s Home Soc'y v. Labrador (Idaho 2025). “I.C. § 48-611 (emphasis added). Despite the broad language empowering the Attorney General to conduct investigations, the Attorney General’s authority is limited to situations where he has “reason to believe” that someone has engaged, is engaging, or will engage in any “act or…”
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