Idaho Code

Idaho Code § 67-2337 (2026)

Extraterritorial authority of peace officers.

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Extraterritorial authority of peace officers.

(1) As used in this section, "peace officer" shall mean a certified full-time paid employee of a police or law enforcement agency whose duties include and primarily consist of the prevention, investigation and detection of crime, and the enforcement of penal, traffic, or highway laws of this state or any political subdivision.

(2) All authority that applies to peace officers when performing their assigned functions and duties within the territorial limits of the respective city or political subdivisions, where they are employed, shall apply to them outside such territorial limits to the same degree and extent only when any one (1) of the following conditions exist:

(a) A request for law enforcement assistance is made by a law enforcement agency of said jurisdiction.

(b) The peace officer possesses probable cause to believe a crime is occurring involving a felony or an immediate threat of serious bodily injury or death to any person.

(3) Subsection (2) of this section shall not imply that peace officers may routinely perform their law enforcement duties outside their jurisdiction in the course and scope of their employment.

(4) Cities or political subdivisions may enter into mutual assistance compacts with other cities or political subdivisions of this state or of states immediately adjacent. In the case of a mutual assistance compact between cities or political subdivisions, the original, employing agency shall be responsible for any liability arising from the acts of its employees participating in such compact. Any mutual assistance compact between a city or political subdivision of this state with a city or political subdivision of any other state shall include a written statement of assumption of liability consistent with the requirements of this section.

(5) Circumstances surrounding any actual exercise of peace officer authority outside the territorial limits of the city, county, or political subdivision of their employment shall be reported, as soon as safety conditions allow, to the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction where the authority granted herein is exercised and the officer shall relinquish authority and control over any event to the authority having jurisdiction.

(6) The state of Idaho and its agencies or departments shall not be liable for the acts of police officers, other than its own employees, commissioned by the director of the Idaho state police, for acts done under a mutual assistance compact created under this section.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 10 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1987–2025 · leading case: Matter of Griffiths, 744 P.2d 92 (Idaho 1987).

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Matter of Griffiths, 744 P.2d 92 (Idaho 1987). · cites it 12× “This rule is codified in section 67-2337 of the Idaho Code, which provides that peace officers may perform their functions and duties extraterritorially if they are so engaged "in response to a request for law enforcement assistance from the chief law enforcement officer of…”

State v. Phelps, 953 P.2d 999 (Idaho Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 6× “Idaho Code § 67-2337 provides in pertinent part: (2) All authority that applies to peace officers when performing their assigned functions and duties within the territorial limits of the respective city or political subdivisions, where they are employed, shall apply to them…”

State v. Stevens, 620 A.2d 789 (Conn. 1993). “Idaho Code § 67-2337 (b) (“[c]ities or political subdivisions may enter into mutual assistance compacts with other cities or political subdivisions .”

Laughlin v. State, 85 P.3d 1125 (Idaho Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 8× “Idaho Code § 67-2337 governs the authority of a police officer when he is outside his jurisdiction.”

State v. Dietrich, 26 P.3d 53 (Idaho Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “See I.C. § 67-2337. Although evidence of the geographic limitations of the Lewiston Police Department was not presented at trial, reasonable jurors could have determined from their common knowledge and experience that city police officers would not be conducting police…”

State v. Goerig, 822 P.2d 1005 (Idaho Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “C. § 31-2003; I.C. § 31-3107. In this case, the state presented undisputed evidence that the Kootenai County sheriff appointed Officer Carrington as a special deputy sheriff.”

State v. Smith (Idaho Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 16× “Idaho Code § 67-2337 (2)(a) provides: (2) All authority that applies to peace officers when performing their assigned functions and duties within the territorial limits of the respective city or political subdivisions, where they are employed, shall apply to them outside such…”

State v. Satterfield (Idaho Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 6× “Satterfield filed a motion to suppress and a brief in support, arguing that his extraterritorial arrest was unlawful pursuant to I.C. § 67-2337, and because it was unlawful, it was unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I,…”

Gregory Lamonte Hansen v. Dept of Transp. (Idaho Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 4× “Hansen has thus not met his burden of proving his allegation that the police officer first witnessed Hansen commit the infractions outside of the city limits and that the stop was not the proper use of extraterritorial authority under I.C. § 67-2337(2). III. CONCLUSION The…”

State v. Scott, 244 P.3d 622 (Idaho Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 4× “Idaho Code § 67-2337 (2) provides: All authority that applies to peace officers when performing their assigned functions and duties within the territorial limits of the respective city or political subdivisions, where they are employed, shall apply to them outside such…”

— Idaho Code § 67-2337(2) — 4 cases

State v. Smith (Idaho Ct. App. 2022). “Idaho Code § 67-2337 (2)(a) provides: (2) All authority that applies to peace officers when performing their assigned functions and duties within the territorial limits of the respective city or political subdivisions, where they are employed, shall apply to them outside such…”

State v. Satterfield (Idaho Ct. App. 2025). “Satterfield filed a motion to suppress and a brief in support, arguing that his extraterritorial arrest was unlawful pursuant to I.C. § 67-2337, and because it was unlawful, it was unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I,…”

Gregory Lamonte Hansen v. Dept of Transp. (Idaho Ct. App. 2012). “Hansen has thus not met his burden of proving his allegation that the police officer first witnessed Hansen commit the infractions outside of the city limits and that the stop was not the proper use of extraterritorial authority under I.C. § 67-2337(2). III. CONCLUSION The…”

State v. Scott, 244 P.3d 622 (Idaho Ct. App. 2010). “Idaho Code § 67-2337 (2) provides: All authority that applies to peace officers when performing their assigned functions and duties within the territorial limits of the respective city or political subdivisions, where they are employed, shall apply to them outside such…”

— Idaho Code § 67-2337(2)(a) — 1 case

— Idaho Code § 67-2337(2)(b) — 1 case

Laughlin v. State, 85 P.3d 1125 (Idaho Ct. App. 2003). “Idaho Code § 67-2337 governs the authority of a police officer when he is outside his jurisdiction.”

— Idaho Code § 67-2337(2)(c) — 1 case

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