# Idaho Code § 5-203: 5-203 ACTION TO RECOVER REALTY

> Idaho · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T5_C2_S5-203

## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 5-203
- **Heading:** 5-203 ACTION TO RECOVER REALTY
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 5-203

## Text

5-203. Action to recover realty. No action for the recovery of real property, or for the recovery of the possession thereof, can be maintained, unless it appears that the plaintiff, his ancestor, predecessor or grantor, was seized or possessed of the property in question within twenty (20) years before the commencement of the action; and this section includes possessory rights to lands and mining claims.

History:

[(5-203) C.C.P. 1881, sec. 143; R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 4036; C.S., sec. 6596; I.C.A., sec. 5-203; am. 2006, ch. 158, sec. 1, p. 474.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 5-201 5-201 LIMITATIONS IN GENERAL.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T5_C2_S5-201.md)
- [Idaho Code § 5-202 5-202 ACTIONS BY STATE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T5_C2_S5-202.md)
- [Idaho Code § 5-203 5-203 ACTION TO RECOVER REALTY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T5_C2_S5-203.md)
- [Idaho Code § 5-204 5-204 ACTION ARISING OUT OF CLAIM TO TITLE OR RENTS OR PROFITS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T5_C2_S5-204.md)
- [Idaho Code § 5-205 5-205 EFFECT OF ENTRY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T5_C2_S5-205.md)
- [Idaho Code § 5-206 5-206 CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T5_C2_S5-206.md)
- [Idaho Code § 5-207 5-207 POSSESSION UNDER WRITTEN CLAIM OF TITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T5_C2_S5-207.md)
- [Idaho Code § 5-208 5-208 CLAIM UNDER WRITTEN INSTRUMENT — POSSESSION DEFINED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T5_C2_S5-208.md)
- [Idaho Code § 5-209 5-209 POSSESSION UNDER ORAL CLAIM OF TITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T5_C2_S5-209.md)
- [Idaho Code § 5-210 5-210 ORAL CLAIM — POSSESSION DEFINED — PAYMENT OF TAXES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T5_C2_S5-210.md)
- [Idaho Code § 5-211 5-211 POSSESSION OF TENANT — PRESUMPTIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T5_C2_S5-211.md)
- [Idaho Code § 5-212 5-212 DESCENT CAST DOES NOT AFFECT RIGHT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T5_C2_S5-212.md)
- [Idaho Code § 5-213 5-213 PERSONS UNDER DISABILITIES — RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T5_C2_S5-213.md)
- [Idaho Code § 5-214 5-214 ACTIONS OTHER THAN FOR RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T5_C2_S5-214.md)

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