# Idaho Code § 7-704: 7-704 FACTS PREREQUISITE TO TAKING

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T7_C7_S7-704

## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 7-704
- **Heading:** 7-704 FACTS PREREQUISITE TO TAKING
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-704

## Text

7-704. Facts prerequisite to taking. Before property can be taken it must appear:

1. That the use to which it is to be applied is a use authorized by law.

2. That the taking is necessary to such use.

3. If already appropriated to some public use, that the public use to which it is to be applied is a more necessary public use.

4. In addition, for an electrical transmission line with a capacity in excess of two hundred thirty (230) KV (kilovolts), to be constructed over private real property actively devoted to agriculture, that a public meeting shall have been held following ten (10) days' notice, as provided by section 60-109, Idaho Code, being published in a newspaper of general circulation in each county or counties in which the transmission line is proposed to be located with the last publication of the legal notice having occurred prior to the public meeting at which testimony from interested persons regarding the transmission line location is received.

History:

[(7-704) C.C.P. 1881, sec. 854; R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 5213; C.S., sec. 7407; I.C.A., sec. 13-704; am. 1983, ch. 115, sec. 1, p. 247.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 7-701 7-701 USES FOR WHICH AUTHORIZED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T7_C7_S7-701.md)
- [Idaho Code § 7-701A 7-701A LIMITATION ON EMINENT DOMAIN FOR PRIVATE PARTIES, URBAN RENEWAL OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T7_C7_S7-701A.md)
- [Idaho Code § 7-702 7-702 ESTATES SUBJECT TO TAKING.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T7_C7_S7-702.md)
- [Idaho Code § 7-703 7-703 PRIVATE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAKING.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T7_C7_S7-703.md)
- [Idaho Code § 7-704 7-704 FACTS PREREQUISITE TO TAKING.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T7_C7_S7-704.md)
- [Idaho Code § 7-704A 7-704A ACQUISITION OF OMITTED LANDS — ESCROW OF FUNDS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T7_C7_S7-704A.md)
- [Idaho Code § 7-705 7-705 SURVEY AND LOCATION OF LAND.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T7_C7_S7-705.md)
- [Idaho Code § 7-706 7-706 JURISDICTION IN DISTRICT COURT — COMMENCEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T7_C7_S7-706.md)
- [Idaho Code § 7-707 7-707 COMPLAINT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T7_C7_S7-707.md)
- [Idaho Code § 7-708 7-708 SUMMONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T7_C7_S7-708.md)
- [Idaho Code § 7-709 7-709 PERSONS ENTITLED TO DEFEND.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T7_C7_S7-709.md)
- [Idaho Code § 7-710 7-710 POWERS OF COURT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T7_C7_S7-710.md)
- [Idaho Code § 7-711 7-711 ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T7_C7_S7-711.md)
- [Idaho Code § 7-711A 7-711A ADVICE OF RIGHTS FORM — RIGHTS WHEN CONDEMNING AUTHORITY ACQUIRES PROPERTY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T7_C7_S7-711A.md)

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