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Idaho Code § 49-228 (2026)

Receiving or transferring stolen vehicles. 

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Receiving or transferring stolen vehicles. 

Any person who, with intent to procure or pass title to a vehicle which he knows or has reason to believe has been stolen, shall receive or transfer possession of the vehicle from or to another, or who shall have in his possession any vehicle which he knows or has reason to believe has been stolen, and who is not an officer of the law engaged at the time in the performance of his duty as an officer of the law, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 18-112, Idaho Code.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases, 2012–2020 · leading case: State v. Jeffrey Alan Denny, 335 P.3d 62 (Idaho Ct. App. 2014).
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State v. Jeffrey Alan Denny, 335 P.3d 62 (Idaho Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “§ 37 — 2732(c)(1), and receiving or transferring a stolen vehicle, I.C. § 49-228. Pursuant to a plea agreement, Denny entered an Alford, 1 plea to possession of a controlled substance and the state dismissed the remaining charge.”
Deang, 27 I. & N. Dec. 57 (2017). “10 See Idaho Code Ann. § 49-228 ; Ind. Code Ann.”
State v. Ricardo Angel Rodriguez (Idaho Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to a plea agreement, Rodriguez pleaded guilty to one felony count of receiving a stolen vehicle, in violation of I.C. § 49-228, and the State dismissed the persistent violator enhancement and a misdemeanor charge.”
State v. Rodriguez (Idaho Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “________________________________________________ Before GRATTON, Chief Judge; GUTIERREZ, Judge; and HUSKEY, Judge ________________________________________________ PER CURIAM Ricardo Angel Rodriguez pleaded guilty to felony receiving a stolen vehicle in violation of Idaho Code §…”
State v. Flowerdew (Idaho Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “________________________________________________ Before GUTIERREZ, Judge; HUSKEY, Judge; and LORELLO, Judge ________________________________________________ PER CURIAM In cases consolidated on appeal, Tanner Dean Flowerdew pled guilty to possession of a stolen vehicle, Idaho…”
State v. Rodriguez (Idaho Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “I.C. § 49-228. In exchange for his guilty plea, an additional charge that he is a persistent violator was dismissed.”
State v. Rideaux (Idaho Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND The State charged Rideaux with possession of a stolen vehicle, I.C. § 49-228, after he was stopped in a vehicle his mother had reported stolen.”
State v. Timothy Robert Duane Wilkins (Idaho Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “Wilkins was charged with possession of methamphetamine, Idaho Code § 37-2732 (c)(1); possession of drug paraphernalia, Idaho Code § 37 -2734A; possession of a stolen vehicle, Idaho Code § 49-228 ; driving without privileges, Idaho Code § 18-8001 ; failure to provide proof of…”
State v. Donald James Belden (Idaho Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “39820; one count of possession of a stolen vehicle (I.C. § 49-228) in Docket No. 39821. 1 The district court sentenced Belden to concurrent unified sentences of seven years with two years determinate for possession of a controlled substance; a unified sentence of ten years with…”
State v. Zachary Zane Hansen (Idaho Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “§ 18-1401; and possession of a stolen vehicle, I.C. § 49-228. The district court revoked the withheld judgment in the injury to property case and imposed concurrent unified sentences of five years with two years determinate for malicious injury to property, six years with three…”
State v. Jason Scott Spitzer (Idaho Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “________________________________________________ Before GUTIERREZ, Judge; GRATTON, Judge; and HUSKEY, Judge ________________________________________________ PER CURIAM Jason Scott Spitzer pled guilty to possession of a stolen vehicle, Idaho Code § 49-228 . In exchange for his…”
State v. Nathaniel Erwan Bird (Idaho Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “§ 37- 2732(c)(1), and possession of a stolen vehicle, I.C. § 49-228. In exchange for his guilty plea, additional charges were dismissed.”
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