# Idaho Code § 16-1609: 16-1609 EMERGENCY REMOVAL — NOTICE

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1609

## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 16-1609
- **Heading:** 16-1609 EMERGENCY REMOVAL — NOTICE
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 16 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-1609

## Text

16-1609. Emergency removal — Notice. (1) A peace officer who takes a child into shelter care under section 16-1608, Idaho Code, shall immediately:

(a) Take the child to a place of shelter; and

(b) Notify the court of the action taken and the place to which the child was taken; and

(c) With the exception of a child abandoned pursuant to the provisions of chapter 82, title 39, Idaho Code, notify each of the parents, guardian or other legal custodian that the child has been taken into shelter care, the type and nature of shelter care, and that the child may be held for a maximum of forty-eight (48) hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, within which time there must be a shelter care hearing.

(2) A peace officer who takes a child into shelter care under section 16-1608, Idaho Code, shall not be held liable either criminally or civilly unless the action of taking the child was exercised in bad faith and/or the requirements of subsection (1) of this section are not complied with.

History:

[(16-1609) 16-1613, as added by 1976, ch. 204, sec. 2, p. 740; am. 1982, ch. 186, sec. 13, p. 499; am. 1996, ch. 272, sec. 10, p. 893; am. 2001, ch. 107, sec. 14, p. 365; am. 2001, ch. 357, sec. 4, p. 1259; am. 2005, ch. 25, sec. 77, p. 113; am. and redesig. 2005, ch. 391, sec. 11, p. 1274.]

## 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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