# Idaho Code § 50-410: 50-410 TIME AND MANNER OF FILING DECLARATIONS

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T50_C4_S50-410

## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 50-410
- **Heading:** 50-410 TIME AND MANNER OF FILING DECLARATIONS
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 50 / Chapter 4 / Section 50-410

## Text

50-410. Time and manner of filing declarations. (1) All declarations of candidacy for elective city offices shall be filed with the clerk of the respective city wherein the elections are to be held during the time period provided in section 34-1404, Idaho Code. Before a candidate files a petition of candidacy with the city clerk, the petition signatures shall be verified by the county clerk in the manner described in section 34-1807, Idaho Code, except that the city clerk shall stand in place of the secretary of state. Before any declaration of candidacy and filing fee or petition of candidacy mentioned in section 50-407, Idaho Code, can be filed, the city clerk shall ascertain that it conforms to the provisions of chapter 4, title 50, Idaho Code. Write-in candidates shall be governed by section 34-1407, Idaho Code.

(2) A person shall not be permitted to file a declaration of candidacy for more than one (1) office in any city election.

History:

[(50-410) 50-432, added 1978, ch. 329, sec. 2, p. 836; am. 1989, ch. 64, sec. 6, p. 103; am. 1996, ch. 337, sec. 1, p. 1137; am. 1998, ch. 240, sec. 3, p. 798; am. 2002, ch. 75, sec. 10, p. 169; am. 2006, ch. 105, sec. 4, p. 290; am. and redesig. 2009, ch. 341, sec. 110, p. 1053; am. 2014, ch. 162, sec. 5, p. 457; am. 2025, ch. 113, sec. 25, p. 612.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 50-401 50-401 SHORT TITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T50_C4_S50-401.md)
- [Idaho Code § 50-402 50-402 DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T50_C4_S50-402.md)
- [Idaho Code § 50-403 50-403 SUPERVISION OF ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTION LAWS BY COUNTY CLERK.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T50_C4_S50-403.md)
- [Idaho Code § 50-404 50-404 REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T50_C4_S50-404.md)
- [Idaho Code § 50-405 50-405 GENERAL AND SPECIAL CITY ELECTIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T50_C4_S50-405.md)
- [Idaho Code § 50-406 50-406 METHOD OF NOMINATION — CLERK TO FURNISH PRINTED FORMS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T50_C4_S50-406.md)
- [Idaho Code § 50-407 50-407 FORM OF DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T50_C4_S50-407.md)
- [Idaho Code § 50-410 50-410 TIME AND MANNER OF FILING DECLARATIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T50_C4_S50-410.md)
- [Idaho Code § 50-411 50-411 NOTICE OF CANDIDATE FILING DEADLINE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T50_C4_S50-411.md)
- [Idaho Code § 50-412 50-412 CANVASSING VOTES — DETERMINING RESULTS OF ELECTION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T50_C4_S50-412.md)
- [Idaho Code § 50-413 50-413 TIE VOTES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T50_C4_S50-413.md)
- [Idaho Code § 50-414 50-414 FAILURE TO QUALIFY CREATES VACANCY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T50_C4_S50-414.md)
- [Idaho Code § 50-415 50-415 CERTIFICATES OF ELECTIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T50_C4_S50-415.md)
- [Idaho Code § 50-416 50-416 APPLICATION FOR RECOUNT OF BALLOTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T50_C4_S50-416.md)

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