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Idaho Code § 54-5203 (2026)

Definitions. 

✓ current as of May 2026
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Definitions. 

As used in this chapter:

(1)  "Board" means the Idaho contractors board as created in section 54-5206, Idaho Code.
(2)  "Construction" means the performance of building, altering, repairing, adding to, subtracting from, improving, reconstructing, moving, excavating, wrecking or demolishing any building, highway, road, bridge, or other structure, project, development or improvement to real property, or to do any part thereof, including the erection of scaffolding or other structures or works in connection therewith.
(3)  "Contractor" means:
(a)  Any person who in any capacity undertakes, offers to undertake, purports to have the capacity to undertake, or submits a bid to, or does himself or by or through others, perform construction; or
(b)  A construction manager who performs construction management services.
(4)  "Department" means the department of self-governing agencies of the state of Idaho.
(5)  "Division administrator" means the chief administrative officer of the division of occupational and professional licenses.
(6)  "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, corporation, trust, association or other entity or organization capable of conducting business, or any combination thereof acting as a unit.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 2012–2025 · leading case: Stonebrook Constraction, LLC v. Chase Home Fin., LLC, 277 P.3d 374 (Idaho 2012).
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Stonebrook Constraction, LLC v. Chase Home Fin., LLC, 277 P.3d 374 (Idaho 2012). · cites it 6× “” I.C. § 54-5203(4)(a). A “person” is “any individual, .”
AED, Inc. v. KDC Investments, LLC, 307 P.3d 176 (Idaho 2013). · cites it 2× “Under the ICRA, a contractor includes “[a]ny person who in any capacity undertakes, offers to undertake, purports to have the capacity to undertake, or submits a bid to, or does himself or by or through others, perform construction____” I.C. § 54-5203(4)(a) (emphasis added).…”
Genho v. Riverdale Hot Springs, LLC, 560 P.3d 1041 (Idaho 2024). · cites it 2× “3d at 184 (citing I.C. § 54-5203(4)(a) (amended 2022)). Thus, the contract in AED was illegal from execution and could not be validated by later compliance with ICRA.”
Best View Constr. & Dev., LLC (Bankr. D. Idaho 2022). · cites it 6× “(quoting Idaho Code § 54-5203 (4)(a)). The court further noted that the ICRA defines “person” as “any individual, .”
Ward v. Bishop Constr. (Idaho 2025). · cites it 4× “I.C. § 54-5203(3). While a broad reading of this definition could support Bishop’s argument below and on appeal that Ward was a contractor, subject to ICRA’s requirements, Bishop put on no proof about that subject at trial.”
Perron v. Martinez (Idaho Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “Under I.C. § 54-5203(3)(b), a contractor includes a construction manager who performs construction management services.”
North Haven Bus. Park, Inc. v. Balance Regenerative Med., PLLC (Idaho Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “The question this Court must address is whether North Haven was acting as a construction manager at the time the lease was executed such that it was subject to the requirements of the ICRA.”
Genho v. Riverdale Hot Springs, LLC (Idaho 2024). · cites it 2× “3d at 184 (citing I.C. § 54-5203(4)(a) (amended 2022)). Thus, the contract in AED was illegal from execution and could not be validated by later compliance with ICRA.”
Idaho Code § 54-5203(3): 1 case
Ward v. Bishop Constr. (Idaho 2025). “I.C. § 54-5203(3). While a broad reading of this definition could support Bishop’s argument below and on appeal that Ward was a contractor, subject to ICRA’s requirements, Bishop put on no proof about that subject at trial.”
Idaho Code § 54-5203(3)(a): 1 case
Ward v. Bishop Constr. (Idaho 2025). “I.C. § 54-5203(3). While a broad reading of this definition could support Bishop’s argument below and on appeal that Ward was a contractor, subject to ICRA’s requirements, Bishop put on no proof about that subject at trial.”
Idaho Code § 54-5203(3)(b): 2 cases
Perron v. Martinez (Idaho Ct. App. 2025). “Under I.C. § 54-5203(3)(b), a contractor includes a construction manager who performs construction management services.”
North Haven Bus. Park, Inc. v. Balance Regenerative Med., PLLC (Idaho Ct. App. 2025). “The question this Court must address is whether North Haven was acting as a construction manager at the time the lease was executed such that it was subject to the requirements of the ICRA.”
Idaho Code § 54-5203(4)(a): 4 cases
AED, Inc. v. KDC Investments, LLC, 307 P.3d 176 (Idaho 2013). “Under the ICRA, a contractor includes “[a]ny person who in any capacity undertakes, offers to undertake, purports to have the capacity to undertake, or submits a bid to, or does himself or by or through others, perform construction____” I.C. § 54-5203(4)(a) (emphasis added).…”
Stonebrook Constraction, LLC v. Chase Home Fin., LLC, 277 P.3d 374 (Idaho 2012). “” I.C. § 54-5203(4)(a). A “person” is “any individual, .”
Genho v. Riverdale Hot Springs, LLC, 560 P.3d 1041 (Idaho 2024). “3d at 184 (citing I.C. § 54-5203(4)(a) (amended 2022)). Thus, the contract in AED was illegal from execution and could not be validated by later compliance with ICRA.”
Genho v. Riverdale Hot Springs, LLC (Idaho 2024). “3d at 184 (citing I.C. § 54-5203(4)(a) (amended 2022)). Thus, the contract in AED was illegal from execution and could not be validated by later compliance with ICRA.”
Idaho Code § 54-5203(6): 1 case
Stonebrook Constraction, LLC v. Chase Home Fin., LLC, 277 P.3d 374 (Idaho 2012). “” I.C. § 54-5203(4)(a). A “person” is “any individual, .”
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