Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 49-456 (2026)
Violations of registration provisions.
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Violations of registration provisions.
It shall be unlawful for any person:
(1) To operate or for the owner to permit the operation upon a highway of any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer that is not registered and that does not have attached and displayed the license plates assigned to it for the current registration year, subject to the exemptions allowed in sections 49-426, 49-431 and 49-432, Idaho Code.
(2) To operate or for the owner to permit the operation on state and federal lands or upon highways, or sections of highways, as permitted under section 49-426(3) and (4), Idaho Code, any all-terrain vehicle, utility type vehicle or motorbike that does not have a valid and properly displayed restricted license plate issued pursuant to this chapter and attached validation sticker issued pursuant to section 67-7122 or 67-7124, Idaho Code, subject to the exemptions allowed in section 49-426(2), Idaho Code.
(3) To display or cause or permit to be displayed, or to have in possession, any registration card or license plate knowing the same to be fictitious or to have been canceled, revoked, suspended or altered.
(4) To lend or knowingly permit the use by one not entitled to any registration card or license plate issued to the person so lending or permitting that use.
(5) To fail or refuse to surrender to the department, upon demand, any registration card or license plate that has been suspended, canceled or revoked.
(6) To use a false or fictitious name or address in any application for the registration of any vehicle, or for any renewal or duplicate, or knowingly to make a false statement or conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in any application.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1989–2025 · leading case: State v. Brumfield, 42 P.3d 706 (Idaho Ct. App. 2001).
State v. Brumfield, 42 P.3d 706 (Idaho Ct. App. 2001). “§ 49-456 does not provide that driving with an invalid registration is a misdemeanor; therefore under I.”
State v. Horton, 434 P.3d 824 (Idaho Ct. App. 2018). “In addition, an "unregistered vehicle" is one which is without "current registration on file with the department or with the appropriate agency of another state.”
State v. Salois, 160 P.3d 1279 (Idaho Ct. App. 2007). “Idaho Code § 49-456 (1). One of those exceptions is the issuance of a temporary registration, variously referred to in the statute as a “permit” or “temporary permit,” which is to be displayed on a vehicle in a “prominent place, where it may be readily legible.”
State v. Garitone, 539 P.3d 1007 (Idaho Ct. App. 2023). “On appeal, this Court affirmed the district court’s order granting Salois’s motion to suppress, holding that the presence of a properly displayed temporary permit dispels any reasonable suspicion of a violation of I.C. § 49-456. Salois, 144 Idaho at 348 , 160 P.”
State v. McKie, 417 P.3d 1001 (Idaho Ct. App. 2018). “The State charged McKie with driving under the influence of alcohol, Idaho Code § 18-8004 , with an excessive blood alcohol content; fictitious display of plate or registration card, I.C. § 49-456(3) ; and failure to provide proof of insurance, I.”
State v. Phillips, 784 P.2d 353 (Idaho Ct. App. 1989). “§ 49-125 (redesignated in 1988 as I.C. § 49-456) provided: It shall be unlawful for any person .”
State v. Sherwood (Idaho 2025). “Law enforcement officers stopped Sherwood for a suspected violation of Idaho Code section 49-456 because the Rhode Island license plate attached to the car he was driving was actually registered to a different car.”
State v. Scott Andrew Kinch, 356 P.3d 389 (Idaho Ct. App. 2015). “We rejected the state’s argument that the mere presence of a temporary permit provided reasonable suspicion to perform a traffic stop and held the following: [T]he presence of a properly displayed temporary permit, subject to the discussion below, dispels any reasonable…”
State v. Simmons, 771 P.2d 541 (Idaho Ct. App. 1989). “§ 49-125 (redesigna-ted as § 49-456). Further, upon request by a police officer, a driver must manually surrender his driver’s license, I.”
State v. Crisman, 846 P.2d 928 (Idaho Ct. App. 1992). “§ 49-301, and of operating an unregistered vehicle, I.C. § 49-456(1). Crisman appeals from the judgments of conviction contending that the trial court lacked jurisdiction, that he was denied due process and that his rights to freely exercise his religion were infringed.”
State v. Keith L. Case, 363 P.3d 868 (Idaho Ct. App. 2015). “To hold otherwise would allow law enforcement officers of this state unfettered discretion to stop each and every vehicle being operated with a temporary registration to “investigate” its validity. To the contrary, an officer must have a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity…”
State v. Krahn (Idaho Ct. App. 2021). “The district court denied the motion, finding that Idaho Code § 49-456 (3) prohibits the display of any “license plate knowing the same to be fictitious or to have been canceled, revoked, suspended or altered” regardless of whether a temporary tag is displayed.”
— Idaho Code § 49-456(1) — 8 cases
State v. Brumfield, 42 P.3d 706 (Idaho Ct. App. 2001). “§ 49-456 does not provide that driving with an invalid registration is a misdemeanor; therefore under I.”
State v. Garitone, 539 P.3d 1007 (Idaho Ct. App. 2023). “On appeal, this Court affirmed the district court’s order granting Salois’s motion to suppress, holding that the presence of a properly displayed temporary permit dispels any reasonable suspicion of a violation of I.C. § 49-456. Salois, 144 Idaho at 348 , 160 P.”
State v. Salois, 160 P.3d 1279 (Idaho Ct. App. 2007). “Idaho Code § 49-456 (1). One of those exceptions is the issuance of a temporary registration, variously referred to in the statute as a “permit” or “temporary permit,” which is to be displayed on a vehicle in a “prominent place, where it may be readily legible.”
State v. Scott Andrew Kinch, 356 P.3d 389 (Idaho Ct. App. 2015). “We rejected the state’s argument that the mere presence of a temporary permit provided reasonable suspicion to perform a traffic stop and held the following: [T]he presence of a properly displayed temporary permit, subject to the discussion below, dispels any reasonable…”
State v. Crisman, 846 P.2d 928 (Idaho Ct. App. 1992). “§ 49-301, and of operating an unregistered vehicle, I.C. § 49-456(1). Crisman appeals from the judgments of conviction contending that the trial court lacked jurisdiction, that he was denied due process and that his rights to freely exercise his religion were infringed.”
— Idaho Code § 49-456(3) — 4 cases
State v. McKie, 417 P.3d 1001 (Idaho Ct. App. 2018). “The State charged McKie with driving under the influence of alcohol, Idaho Code § 18-8004 , with an excessive blood alcohol content; fictitious display of plate or registration card, I.C. § 49-456(3) ; and failure to provide proof of insurance, I.”
State v. Sherwood (Idaho 2025). “Law enforcement officers stopped Sherwood for a suspected violation of Idaho Code section 49-456 because the Rhode Island license plate attached to the car he was driving was actually registered to a different car.”
State v. Krahn (Idaho Ct. App. 2021). “The district court denied the motion, finding that Idaho Code § 49-456 (3) prohibits the display of any “license plate knowing the same to be fictitious or to have been canceled, revoked, suspended or altered” regardless of whether a temporary tag is displayed.”
State v. Alan A. Creel (Idaho Ct. App. 2012).
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