# Idaho Code § 16-1607: 16-1607 REPORTING IN BAD FAITH — CIVIL DAMAGES

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1607

## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 16-1607
- **Heading:** 16-1607 REPORTING IN BAD FAITH — CIVIL DAMAGES
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 16 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-1607

## Text

16-1607. Reporting in bad faith — Civil damages. Any person who makes a report or allegation of child abuse, abandonment or neglect knowing the same to be false or who reports or alleges the same in bad faith or with malice shall be liable to the party or parties against whom the report was made for the amount of actual damages sustained or statutory damages of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), whichever is greater, plus attorney's fees and costs of suit. If the court finds that the defendant acted with malice or oppression, the court may award treble actual damages or treble statutory damages, whichever is greater.

History:

[(16-1607) 16-1620A, added 1995, ch. 276, sec. 1, p. 924; am. and redesig. 2005, ch. 391, sec. 9, p. 1274; am. 2007, ch. 128, sec. 1, p. 385.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 16-1601 16-1601 POLICY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1601.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1602 16-1602 DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1602.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1603 16-1603 JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1603.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1604 16-1604 RETENTION OF JURISDICTION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1604.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1605 16-1605 REPORTING OF ABUSE, ABANDONMENT OR NEGLECT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1605.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1606 16-1606 IMMUNITY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1606.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1607 16-1607 REPORTING IN BAD FAITH — CIVIL DAMAGES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1607.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1608 16-1608 EMERGENCY REMOVAL.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1608.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1609 16-1609 EMERGENCY REMOVAL — NOTICE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1609.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1610 16-1610 PETITION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1610.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1611 16-1611 SUMMONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1611.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1612 16-1612 SERVICE OF SUMMONS — TRAVEL EXPENSES — NECESSARY WITNESSES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1612.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1613 16-1613 HEARINGS UNDER THE CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1613.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1614 16-1614 APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM, COUNSEL FOR GUARDIAN AD LITEM, COUNSEL FOR CHILD.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1614.md)

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