Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 49-113 (2026)
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(1) "Laned highway" means a highway which is divided into two (2) or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic.
(2) "Lane of travel." (See "Traffic lane", section 49-121, Idaho Code)
(3) "Legal owner" means any person notated as "lienholder" of a vehicle, the notation appearing on the title records of the department and on the respective certificate of title.
(4) "License" or "license to operate a motor vehicle" means any driver’s license or any other license or permit to operate a motor vehicle issued under, or granted by, the laws of this state, including:
(a) Any temporary license or instruction permit;
(b) Any nonresident’s operating privilege;
(c) Any special permit issued by the department.
(5) "Licensing authority" as used in chapter 20 of this title with reference to Idaho, means the department.
(6) "Lien" or "encumbrance" means every security interest in any vehicle other than security interests in vehicles held in inventory for sale.
(7) "Lienholder" means a person holding a security interest in a vehicle.
(8) "Light weight" or "unladen weight" means the scale weight of a vehicle equipped for operation, but without any cargo on it.
(9) "Limit line" or "stop line" means a solid white line extending across a highway indicating the point behind which vehicles are required to stop, which must conform to the manual and specifications adopted by the board pursuant to section 49-201, Idaho Code.
(10) "Local authorities" means every county, highway district, municipal and other local board or body having authority to enact regulations, resolution and/or ordinances relating to traffic on the highways, public rights-of-way and streets under their jurisdiction under the constitution and laws of this state.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1975–2024 · leading case: Rife v. Long, 908 P.2d 143 (Idaho 1995).
Rife v. Long, 908 P.2d 143 (Idaho 1995). “Although this section of the Idaho Code did not contain a definition of “local authority” at the time of the accident, the legislature amended the Act effective in January 1989 to include such a definition.”
Bingham v. Idaho Dep't of Transp., 786 P.2d 538 (Idaho 1989). “All of the statutes mentioned deal with local authorities, and the statutory definition of that term only includes those local bodies with the “authority to enact laws relating to traffic under the constitution and laws of this state.”
Idaho Prop. Mgmt. Servs., Inc. v. MacDonald, 342 P.3d 671 (Idaho Ct. App. 2014). “For purposes of these titling statutes, Idaho Code § 49-113 (3) defines “legal owner” as “any person notated as ‘lienholder’ of a vehicle” on the certificate of title.”
State v. Cohen, 554 P.3d 620 (Idaho Ct. App. 2024). “The district court found the inner solid white line was “a ‘lane marker,’ ‘lane barrier,’ or ‘lane boundary,’” and that the line’s “purpose was to delineate the separation of traffic lanes that had the same direction of travel, although one traffic lane was for motor vehicles…”
State v. Cohen, No. 49865 (Idaho Ct. App. Aug. 1, 2024). “The district court determined Cohen was driving on a “laned highway,” as defined by I.C. § 49-113. The district court found the inner solid white line was “a ‘lane marker,’ ‘lane barrier,’ 5 or ‘lane boundary,’” and that the line’s “purpose was to delineate the separation of…”
State v. Barchas, 533 P.2d 744 (Idaho 1975). “The principal issue which this court must consider on this appeal is whether the state’s construction of I.C. § 49-113, 2 providing for the issuance of pressure sensitive registration stickers to designate the year or period of registration on vehicle license plates, was *624…”
State v. Nathan David Neal, No. 41534 (Idaho Ct. App. Oct. 15, 2014). “” I.C. § 49-113. And a “traffic lane” is defined as “that portion of the roadway for movement of a single line of vehicles.”
Idaho Code § 49-113(1): 2 cases
State v. Cohen, 554 P.3d 620 (Idaho Ct. App. 2024). “The district court found the inner solid white line was “a ‘lane marker,’ ‘lane barrier,’ or ‘lane boundary,’” and that the line’s “purpose was to delineate the separation of traffic lanes that had the same direction of travel, although one traffic lane was for motor vehicles…”
State v. Cohen, No. 49865 (Idaho Ct. App. Aug. 1, 2024). “The district court determined Cohen was driving on a “laned highway,” as defined by I.C. § 49-113. The district court found the inner solid white line was “a ‘lane marker,’ ‘lane barrier,’ 5 or ‘lane boundary,’” and that the line’s “purpose was to delineate the separation of…”
Idaho Code § 49-113(3): 1 case
Idaho Prop. Mgmt. Servs., Inc. v. MacDonald, 342 P.3d 671 (Idaho Ct. App. 2014). “For purposes of these titling statutes, Idaho Code § 49-113 (3) defines “legal owner” as “any person notated as ‘lienholder’ of a vehicle” on the certificate of title.”
Idaho Code § 49-113(7): 1 case
Idaho Prop. Mgmt. Servs., Inc. v. MacDonald, 342 P.3d 671 (Idaho Ct. App. 2014). “For purposes of these titling statutes, Idaho Code § 49-113 (3) defines “legal owner” as “any person notated as ‘lienholder’ of a vehicle” on the certificate of title.”
Idaho Code § 49-113(9): 2 cases
Rife v. Long, 908 P.2d 143 (Idaho 1995). “Although this section of the Idaho Code did not contain a definition of “local authority” at the time of the accident, the legislature amended the Act effective in January 1989 to include such a definition.”
Bingham v. Idaho Dep't of Transp., 786 P.2d 538 (Idaho 1989). “All of the statutes mentioned deal with local authorities, and the statutory definition of that term only includes those local bodies with the “authority to enact laws relating to traffic under the constitution and laws of this state.”
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