# Idaho Code § 19-6009: 19-6009 RIGHT TO COUNSEL OF INDIGENT PERSON — REPRESENTATION AT ALL STAGES OF CRIMINAL AND COMMITMENT PROCEEDINGS — PAYMENT > Idaho · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C60_S19-6009 ## Section - **Citation:** Idaho Code § 19-6009 - **Heading:** 19-6009 RIGHT TO COUNSEL OF INDIGENT PERSON — REPRESENTATION AT ALL STAGES OF CRIMINAL AND COMMITMENT PROCEEDINGS — PAYMENT - **Jurisdiction:** Idaho - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 19 / Chapter 60 / Section 19-6009 ## Text 19-6009. Right to counsel of indigent person — Representation at all stages of criminal and commitment proceedings — Payment. [effective until January 1, 2027] (1) An indigent person who is being detained by a law enforcement officer, who is confined or is the subject of hospitalization proceedings pursuant to section 18-212, 66-322, 66-326, 66-329, 66-404 or 66-406, Idaho Code, or who is under formal charge of having committed, or is being detained under a conviction of, a serious crime is entitled: (a) To be represented by an attorney to the same extent as a person having his own counsel is so entitled; and (b) To be provided with the necessary services and facilities of representation, including investigation and other preparation. The attorney, services and facilities, and the court costs shall be provided at public expense to the extent that the person is, at the time the court determines indigency pursuant to section 19-6011, Idaho Code, unable to provide for their payment. (2) An indigent person who is entitled to be represented by an attorney under subsection (1) of this section is entitled: (a) To be counseled and defended at all stages of the matter beginning with the earliest time when a person providing his own counsel would be entitled to be represented by an attorney and including revocation of probation; (b) To be represented in any appeal; and (c) To be represented in any other post-conviction or post-commitment proceeding that the attorney or the indigent person considers appropriate, unless the court in which the proceeding is brought determines that it is not a proceeding that a reasonable person with adequate means would be willing to bring at his own expense and is therefore a frivolous proceeding. (3) Upon a finding of indigency, representation by an attorney under subsection (1) of this section shall include the following cases, excluding those cases where the state appellate public defender has jurisdiction pursuant to section 19-5905, Idaho Code, and excluding those cases of guardian ad litem representation pursuant to section 16-1614(4), Idaho Code: (a) Felony and misdemeanor cases; (b) Actions arising under the Idaho juvenile corrections act, chapter 5, title 20, Idaho Code; (c) Proceedings under the uniform post-conviction procedure act, chapter 49, title 19, Idaho Code; (d) Civil contempt proceedings where incarceration is sought; (e) Actions arising under the child protective act, chapter 16, title 16, Idaho Code, but excluding actions brought exclusively under chapter 20, title 16, Idaho Code; and (f) Appeals from adjudicatory decrees or orders under section 16-1625, Idaho Code. (4) The office of the state public defender shall be required to provide indigent defense services only in cases listed in subsection (3) of this section, provided that such limitations shall not obligate a county to finance or oversee indigent defense service for any action not provided for in this chapter. (5) An indigent person's right to a benefit under subsection (1) or (2) of this section is unaffected by his having provided a similar benefit at his own expense, or by his having waived it, at an earlier stage. 19-6009. Right to counsel of indigent person — Representation at all stages of criminal and commitment proceedings — Payment. [effective January 1, 2027] (1) An indigent person who is being detained by a law enforcement officer, who is confined or is the subject of hospitalization proceedings pursuant to section 18-212, 66-322, 66-326, 66-329, or 66-406, Idaho Code, or who is under formal charge of having committed, or is being detained under a conviction of, a serious crime is entitled: (a) To be represented by an attorney to the same extent as a person having his own counsel is so entitled; and law enforcement officer, who is confined or is the subject of hospitalization proceedings pursuant to section 18-212, 66-322, 66-326, 66-329, or 66-406, Idaho Code, or who is under formal charge of having committed, or is being detained under a conviction of, a serious crime is entitled: (a) To be represented by an attorney to the same extent as a person having his own counsel is so entitled; and (b) To be provided with the necessary services and facilities of representation, including investigation and other preparation. The attorney, services and facilities, and the court costs shall be provided at public expense to the extent that the person is, at the time the court determines indigency pursuant to section 19-6011, Idaho Code, unable to provide for their payment. (2) An indigent person who is entitled to be represented by an attorney under subsection (1) of this section is entitled: (a) To be counseled and defended at all stages of the matter beginning with the earliest time when a person providing his own counsel would be entitled to be represented by an attorney and including revocation of probation; (b) To be represented in any appeal; and (c) To be represented in any other post-conviction or post-commitment proceeding that the attorney or the indigent person considers appropriate, unless the court in which the proceeding is brought determines that it is not a proceeding that a reasonable person with adequate means would be willing to bring at his own expense and is therefore a frivolous proceeding. (3) Upon a finding of indigency, representation by an attorney under subsection (1) of this section shall include the following cases, excluding those cases where the state appellate public defender has jurisdiction pursuant to section 19-5905, Idaho Code, and excluding those cases of guardian ad litem representation pursuant to section 16-1614(4), Idaho Code: (a) Felony and misdemeanor cases; (b) Actions arising under the Idaho juvenile corrections act, chapter 5, title 20, Idaho Code; (c) Proceedings under the uniform post-conviction procedure act, chapter 49, title 19, Idaho Code; (d) Civil contempt proceedings where incarceration is sought; (e) Actions arising under the child protective act, chapter 16, title 16, Idaho Code, but excluding actions brought exclusively under chapter 20, title 16, Idaho Code; and (f) Appeals from adjudicatory decrees or orders under section 16-1625, Idaho Code. (4) The office of the state public defender shall be required to provide indigent defense services only in cases listed in subsection (3) of this section, provided that such limitations shall not obligate a county to finance or oversee indigent defense service for any action not provided for in this chapter. (5) An indigent person's right to a benefit under subsection (1) or (2) of this section is unaffected by his having provided a similar benefit at his own expense, or by his having waived it, at an earlier stage. History: [(19-6009) 19-852, added 1967, ch. 181, sec. 2, p. 599; am. 1969 (2nd E.S.), ch. 10, sec. 2, p. 20; am. 1981, ch. 114, sec. 3, p. 171; am. 1982, ch. 59, sec. 3, p. 92; am. 2013, ch. 220, sec. 2, p. 516; am. and redesig. 2023, ch. 220, sec. 5, p. 670; am. 2024, ch. 270, sec. 4, p. 939; am. 2025, ch. 211, sec. 13, p. 979; am. 2025, ch. 329, sec. 7, p. 1360; am. 2026, ch. 79, sec. 22, p. 414.] ## Nearby sections - [Idaho Code § 19-6001 19-6001 SHORT TITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C60_S19-6001.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-6002 19-6002 DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C60_S19-6002.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-6003 19-6003 OFFICE OF THE STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER CREATED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C60_S19-6003.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-6004 19-6004 STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER — APPOINTMENT — TERM — PROHIBITED CONDUCT — REMOVAL — VACANCIES — REAPPOINTMENT — COMPENSATION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C60_S19-6004.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-6005 19-6005 POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C60_S19-6005.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-6006 19-6006 DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C60_S19-6006.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-6007 19-6007 HIRING THE DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C60_S19-6007.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-6008 19-6008 INDIGENT PUBLIC DEFENSE — ROLE OF COUNTIES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C60_S19-6008.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-6009 19-6009 RIGHT TO COUNSEL OF INDIGENT PERSON — REPRESENTATION AT ALL STAGES OF CRIMINAL AND COMMITMENT PROCEEDINGS — PAYMENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C60_S19-6009.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-6010 19-6010 DUTY TO NOTIFY ACCUSED OR DETAINED OF RIGHT TO COUNSEL.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C60_S19-6010.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-6011 19-6011 DETERMINATION OF INDIGENCY — FACTORS CONSIDERED — PARTIAL PAYMENT BY ACCUSED — REIMBURSEMENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C60_S19-6011.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-6012 19-6012 QUALIFICATIONS OF COUNSEL.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C60_S19-6012.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-6013 19-6013 WAIVER OF COUNSEL — CONSIDERATION BY COURT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C60_S19-6013.md) - [Idaho Code § 19-6014 19-6014 FACILITIES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C60_S19-6014.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T19_C60_S19-6009. 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