Idaho Code

Idaho Code § 49-209 (2026)

Local traffic-control devices.

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Local traffic-control devices.

Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions shall place and maintain traffic-control devices upon highways under their jurisdiction as they may deem necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this title, or local traffic ordinances, or to regulate, warn or guide traffic. All traffic-control devices erected shall conform to the state manual and specifications referred to in section 49-201, Idaho Code; provided, however, that any offense created hereunder shall constitute an infraction as the same is defined in section 49-3401(3), Idaho Code.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1992–2011 · leading case: Rife v. Long, 908 P.2d 143 (Idaho 1995).

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Rife v. Long, 908 P.2d 143 (Idaho 1995). · cites it 4× “§ 49-586 [I.C. § 49-209] imposed a duty upon “local authorities” requiring all traffic control devices to be erected in conformance with the state manual adopted pursuant to I.”

Albertson v. Fremont Cnty., 834 F. Supp. 2d 1117 (D. Idaho 2011). · cites it 4× “Idaho Code § 49-209 . Similarly, the federal regulations make the MUTCD applicable to all federal lands, including the national forests.”

State v. Schmidt, 825 P.2d 104 (Idaho Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “He argues that I.C. § 49-209 requires only that a driver stop and yield at a solid red light.”

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