# Idaho Code § 18-2409: 18-2409 PLEADING AND PROOF

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C24_S18-2409

## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 18-2409
- **Heading:** 18-2409 PLEADING AND PROOF
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 18 / Chapter 24 / Section 18-2409

## Text

18-2409. Pleading and proof. (1) Where it is an element of the crime charged that property was taken from the person or obtained by extortion, an indictment, complaint or information for theft must so specify. In all other cases, an indictment, information or complaint for theft is sufficient if it alleges that the defendant stole property of the nature or value required for the commission of the crime charged without designating the particular way or manner in which such property was stolen or the particular theory of theft involved.

(2) Proof that the defendant engaged in any conduct constituting theft as defined in section 18-2403, Idaho Code, is sufficient to support any indictment, information or complaint for theft other than one charging theft by extortion. An indictment, complaint or information charging theft by extortion must be supported by proof establishing theft by extortion.

History:

[18-2409, added 1981, ch. 183, sec. 2, p. 325; am. 1982, ch. 272, sec. 2, p. 704.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 18-2401 18-2401 CONSOLIDATION OF THEFT OFFENSES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C24_S18-2401.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-2402 18-2402 DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C24_S18-2402.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-2403 18-2403 THEFT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C24_S18-2403.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-2404 18-2404 PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE — THEFT BY LESSEE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C24_S18-2404.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-2405 18-2405 PROOF OF FRAUDULENT INTENT IN PROCURING FOOD, LODGING OR OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C24_S18-2405.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-2406 18-2406 DEFENSES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C24_S18-2406.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-2407 18-2407 GRADING OF THEFT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C24_S18-2407.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-2408 18-2408 PUNISHMENT FOR THEFT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C24_S18-2408.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-2409 18-2409 PLEADING AND PROOF.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C24_S18-2409.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-2410 18-2410 PROHIBITING DEFACING, ALTERING OR OBLITERATING NUMBERS — SALES PROHIBITED — PENALTY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C24_S18-2410.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-2411 18-2411 UNLAWFUL USE OF THEFT DETECTION SHIELDING DEVICES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C24_S18-2411.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-2415 18-2415 SCANNING — REENCODING.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C24_S18-2415.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-2416 18-2416 SHORT TITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C24_S18-2416.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-2417 18-2417 DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C24_S18-2417.md)

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