# Idaho Code § 19-202: 19-202 RESISTANCE BY THREATENED PARTY > Idaho · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C2_S19-202 ## Section - **Citation:** Idaho Code § 19-202 - **Heading:** 19-202 RESISTANCE BY THREATENED PARTY - **Jurisdiction:** Idaho - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 19-202 ## Text 19-202. Resistance by threatened party. (1) Resistance sufficient to prevent the offense may be made by the person about to be injured: (a) To prevent an offense against his person, or his family, or some member thereof; or (b) To prevent an illegal attempt by force to take or injure property in his lawful possession. (2) The defensive display or declaration of a firearm by a person is justified when and to the extent a reasonable person would believe that physical force is necessary to protect the person or another person against the use or attempted use of unlawful physical force, including deadly force. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to someone who intentionally provokes another person to use or attempt to use unlawful physical force or deadly physical force. For purposes of this section, "defensive display or declaration of a firearm" shall include: (a) Verbally informing another person that the person possesses or has available a firearm; and (b) Exposing, displaying, or placing a person's hand on a firearm while the firearm is contained in a holster, pocket, purse, or other means of containment or transport in a manner that a reasonable person would understand was meant to protect the person or another against an unlawful use or attempted use of physical force or deadly physical force. (3) The provisions of this section do not require a defensive display or declaration of a firearm before the use of physical force or deadly physical force, or threat of physical force or deadly physical force, by a person who is otherwise justified in the use or threatened use of physical force or deadly physical force. (4) A person acting pursuant to this section may use such degree and extent of force as would appear to be reasonably necessary to prevent the threatened injury. Reasonableness is to be judged from the viewpoint of a reasonable person placed in the same position and seeing and knowing what the person then saw and knew without the benefit of hindsight. History: [19-202, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 3, p. 983; am. 2018, ch. 222, sec. 4, p. 501; am. 2023, ch. 295, sec. 1, p. 896.] ## Nearby sections - [Idaho Code § 19-201 19-201 LAWFUL RESISTANCE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C2_S19-201.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-201A 19-201A LEGISLATIVE INTENT — CASTLE DOCTRINE AND STAND YOUR GROUND.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C2_S19-201A.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-202 19-202 RESISTANCE BY THREATENED PARTY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C2_S19-202.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-202A 19-202A DEFENSE OF SELF, OTHERS AND CERTAIN PLACES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C2_S19-202A.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-203 19-203 RESISTANCE BY OTHER PARTIES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C2_S19-203.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-204 19-204 PREVENTION OF OFFENSES BY OFFICERS OF JUSTICE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C2_S19-204.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-205 19-205 PREVENTION BY PERSONS ASSISTING OFFICERS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C2_S19-205.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-206 19-206 SECURITY TO KEEP PEACE — INFORMATION OF THREATENED OFFENSE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C2_S19-206.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-207 19-207 EXAMINATION OF COMPLAINANT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C2_S19-207.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-208 19-208 WARRANT OF ARREST.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C2_S19-208.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-209 19-209 HEARING OF CONTROVERTED CHARGE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C2_S19-209.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-210 19-210 DISCHARGE OF ACCUSED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C2_S19-210.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-211 19-211 SECURITY TO KEEP THE PEACE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C2_S19-211.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-212 19-212 EFFECT OF GIVING OR REFUSING SECURITY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C2_S19-212.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C2_S19-202. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.