Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 7-702 (2026)
Estates subject to taking.
✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases:
SyfertCases citing this section
IClegislature.idaho.gov
Justiaon Justia
CornellLII Search
CasesGoogle Scholar
Estates subject to taking.
The following is a classification of the estates and rights in lands subject to be taken for public use:
1. A fee simple, when taken for public buildings or grounds, or for permanent buildings, for reservoirs and dams and permanent flooding occasioned thereby, or for an outlet for a flow, or a place for the deposit of debris or tailings of a mine.
2. An easement, when taken for any other use.
3. The right of entry upon, and occupation of, lands, and the right to take therefrom such earth, gravel, stones, trees and timber as may be necessary for some public use.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1964–2000 · leading case: Van Valkenburgh v. Citizens for Term Limits, 15 P.3d 1129 (Idaho 2000).
Van Valkenburgh v. Citizens for Term Limits, 15 P.3d 1129 (Idaho 2000). “Under Idaho Code section 7-702, a writ of prohibition "may be issued by the supreme court .”
Canyon View Irrigation Co. v. Twin Falls Canal Co., 619 P.2d 122 (Idaho 1980). “I.C. § 7-702(2). [1] See Hughes v. State, 80 Idaho 286 , 328 P.”
Petersen v. State, 393 P.2d 585 (Idaho 1964). “” I.C. § 7-702. “Estates subject to taking.”
Bradford v. Am. Media Operations, Inc., 882 F. Supp. 1508 (E.D. Pa. 1995). “5 (Peering 1984)), Idaho ( Idaho Code §§ 7-702 to 7-705 (1979)), Illinois (Ill.”
— Idaho Code § 7-702(2) — 1 case
Canyon View Irrigation Co. v. Twin Falls Canal Co., 619 P.2d 122 (Idaho 1980). “I.C. § 7-702(2). [1] See Hughes v. State, 80 Idaho 286 , 328 P.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.