# Idaho Code § 6-302: 6-302 FORCIBLE DETAINER DEFINED

> Idaho · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T6_C3_S6-302

## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 6-302
- **Heading:** 6-302 FORCIBLE DETAINER DEFINED
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 6 / Chapter 3 / Section 6-302

## Text

6-302. Forcible detainer defined. Every person is guilty of a forcible detainer who either:

1. By force, or by menaces and threats of violence, unlawfully holds and keeps possession of any real property, whether the same was acquired peacefully or otherwise; or

2. Who during the absence of the occupant or property owner of any lands, unlawfully enters upon real property, and who, after demand made for the surrender thereof, refuses to surrender the same to such former occupant or property owner. The occupant of real property, within the meaning of this subdivision, is one who, within five (5) days preceding such unlawful entry, was in the peaceable and undisturbed possession of such lands, regardless of whether the property was inhabited by the occupant of real property.

History:

[(6-302) C.C.P. 1881, sec. 796; R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 5092; C.S., sec. 7321; I.C.A., sec. 9-302; am. 2017, ch. 276, sec. 1, p. 724.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 6-301 6-301 FORCIBLE ENTRY DEFINED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T6_C3_S6-301.md)
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- [Idaho Code § 6-303 6-303 UNLAWFUL DETAINER DEFINED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T6_C3_S6-303.md)
- [Idaho Code § 6-303A 6-303A RECORDS SHIELDED FROM DISCLOSURE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T6_C3_S6-303A.md)
- [Idaho Code § 6-304 6-304 SERVICE OF NOTICE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T6_C3_S6-304.md)
- [Idaho Code § 6-305 6-305 JURISDICTION OF DISTRICT COURT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T6_C3_S6-305.md)
- [Idaho Code § 6-308 6-308 PARTIES DEFENDANT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T6_C3_S6-308.md)
- [Idaho Code § 6-309 6-309 PARTIES GENERALLY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T6_C3_S6-309.md)
- [Idaho Code § 6-310 6-310 ACTION FOR POSSESSION — COMPLAINT — SUMMONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T6_C3_S6-310.md)
- [Idaho Code § 6-310A 6-310A LIMITED ALTERNATIVE REMEDY TO REMOVE UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS FROM RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T6_C3_S6-310A.md)
- [Idaho Code § 6-311 6-311 CONTINUANCE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T6_C3_S6-311.md)
- [Idaho Code § 6-311A 6-311A JUDGMENT ON TRIAL BY COURT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T6_C3_S6-311A.md)
- [Idaho Code § 6-311C 6-311C FORM OF EXECUTION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T6_C3_S6-311C.md)
- [Idaho Code § 6-311D 6-311D ADDITIONAL UNDERTAKING ON APPEAL.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T6_C3_S6-311D.md)

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