# Idaho Code § 58-902: 58-902 CLAIM — WHAT TO CONTAIN

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T58_C9_S58-902

## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 58-902
- **Heading:** 58-902 CLAIM — WHAT TO CONTAIN
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 58 / Chapter 9 / Section 58-902

## Text

58-902. Claim — What to contain. Every claim, to enable the holder to maintain any action as aforesaid, must contain not more than 160 acres of land, to be in compact form, and so distinctly marked that the boundaries thereof may be easily traced: provided, that when the United States government has set aside any tract of land subject to homestead entry of not more than 320 acres in such homestead, each claim under the provisions of this chapter may contain 320 acres.

History:

[(58-902) 1874, p. 751, sec. 2; R.S. & R.C., sec. 4553; am. 1913, ch. 102, sec. 1, p. 422; reen. C.L., sec. 4553; C.S., sec. 6972; I.C.A., sec. 56-802.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 58-901 58-901 ACTIONS TO PROTECT POSSESSORY RIGHTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T58_C9_S58-901.md)
- [Idaho Code § 58-902 58-902 CLAIM — WHAT TO CONTAIN.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T58_C9_S58-902.md)
- [Idaho Code § 58-903 58-903 CLAIM — NOTICE — AFFIDAVIT — RECORDING.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T58_C9_S58-903.md)
- [Idaho Code § 58-904 58-904 IMPROVEMENT, CULTIVATION AND RESIDENCE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T58_C9_S58-904.md)
- [Idaho Code § 58-905 58-905 ACTIONS — PROOF OF IMPROVEMENTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T58_C9_S58-905.md)

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