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Idaho Code

Idaho Code § 49-659 (2026)

Stopping, standing or parking outside business or residential districts. 

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Stopping, standing or parking outside business or residential districts. 

(1) Outside a business or residential district no person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the roadway when it is practicable to stop, park or so leave the vehicle off the roadway, but in every event in an unobstructed width of the highway opposite a standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles and a clear view of the stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of two hundred (200) feet in each direction upon the highway.

(2)  This section and sections 49-660 and 49-661, Idaho Code, shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled in such a manner and to an extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the vehicle in that position.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1999–2025 · leading case: State v. Phillip James Morgan, 294 P.3d 1121 (Idaho 2013).
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State v. Phillip James Morgan, 294 P.3d 1121 (Idaho 2013). · cites it 4× “Idaho Code § 49-659 (1) provides as follows: Outside a business or residential district no person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the roadway when it is practicable to stop, park or so leave the vehicle off the roadway, but in…”
State v. Mireles, 991 P.2d 878 (Idaho Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 6× “NOTES [1] The state argues that because Mireles stopped his vehicle with half of it extending into the traffic lane, a traffic stop was reasonable because the officer had witnessed a violation of I.C. § 49-659, which is an infraction pursuant to I.”
Ricketts v. E. Idaho Equip., Co., 51 P.3d 392 (Idaho 2002). · cites it 4× “The same statute includes the provision, applicable as well to Idaho Code § 49-660 (stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places) and Idaho Code § 49-661 (additional parking regulations), that these limitations do “not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is…”
State v. Smith, 569 P.3d 137 (Idaho 2025). · cites it 6× “First, Smith’s vehicle did not violate Idaho Code section 49-659, which prohibits vehicles from stopping, standing, or parking on the roadway outside businesses or residential districts when it was practicable to do so off the roadway.”
State v. Smith, No. 49909 (Idaho Jan. 30, 2025). · cites it 6× “First, Smith’s vehicle did not violate Idaho Code section 49-659, which prohibits vehicles from stopping, standing, or parking on the roadway outside businesses or residential districts when it was practicable to do so off the roadway.”
State v. Smith, No. 49909 (Idaho Jan. 30, 2025). · cites it 6× “First, Smith’s vehicle did not violate Idaho Code section 49-659, which prohibits vehicles from stopping, standing, or parking on the roadway outside businesses or residential districts when it was practicable to do so off the roadway.”
Idaho Code § 49-659(1): 1 case
State v. Phillip James Morgan, 294 P.3d 1121 (Idaho 2013). “Idaho Code § 49-659 (1) provides as follows: Outside a business or residential district no person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the roadway when it is practicable to stop, park or so leave the vehicle off the roadway, but in…”
Idaho Code § 49-659(2): 1 case
Ricketts v. E. Idaho Equip., Co., 51 P.3d 392 (Idaho 2002). “The same statute includes the provision, applicable as well to Idaho Code § 49-660 (stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places) and Idaho Code § 49-661 (additional parking regulations), that these limitations do “not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is…”
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