18-703. ILLEGAL ARRESTS AND SEIZURES. Every public officer, or person pretending to be a public officer, who, under the pretense or color of any process or other legal authority, arrests any person or detains him against his will, or seizes or levies upon any property, or dispossesses any one of any lands or tenements, without a regular process or other lawful authority therefor, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
[18-703, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 862.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Chapter 7 - ARRESTS AND SEIZURES OF PERSONS OR PROPERTY — SPECIAL OFFICERS
Section 18-701 - REFUSAL OF OFFICER TO MAKE ARREST.
Section 18-703 - ILLEGAL ARRESTS AND SEIZURES.
Section 18-704 - INHUMAN TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.
Section 18-705 - RESISTING AND OBSTRUCTING OFFICERS.
Section 18-706 - UNNECESSARY ASSAULTS BY OFFICERS.
Section 18-708 - RECAPTURE OF GOODS FROM LEGAL CUSTODY.
Section 18-709 - MALICIOUSLY PROCURING WARRANT.
Section 18-712 - CIVIL LIABILITY FOR IMPORTING POLICE OFFICERS OR ARMED MEN.