Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 5-205 (2026)
Effect of entry.
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Effect of entry.
No entry upon real estate is deemed sufficient or valid as a claim unless an action be commenced thereupon within one (1) year after making such entry, and within five (5) years of the time when the right to make it descended or accrued.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1955–2013 · leading case: Smith v. Long, 281 P.2d 483 (Idaho 1955).
Smith v. Long, 281 P.2d 483 (Idaho 1955). “Assuming this section applicable, plaintiffs’ action was commenced a month after they acquired their title, and less than five years after the entry made by defendants.”
Alan G. Ross v. Tommy A. Dorsey, 303 P.3d 195 (Idaho 2013). “Respondents could not be co-owners or co-tenants of the same parcel”; 2) Respondents failed to meet the statute of limitations “requirements of Idaho Code § 5-203 or § 5-205 because they were never seized or possessed of the real estate within 5 or 20 years as required by law,…”
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