20-525. RECORDS — PRIVILEGED INFORMATION. (1) The court shall maintain records of all cases brought before it. In proceedings under this act the following juvenile courtroom proceedings and records shall be open to the public: all proceedings against a juvenile offender of the age of fourteen (14) years or older and who is petitioned or charged with an offense which would be a felony if committed by an adult including the court docket, petitions, complaints, information, arraignments, trials, sentencings, probation violation hearings and dispositions, motions and other papers filed in any case in any district; transcripts of testimony taken by the court; and findings, verdicts, judgments, orders, decrees and other papers filed in proceedings before the court of any district.
(2) Juvenile courtroom proceedings and records shall remain confidential when the court and the prosecutor agree extraordinary circumstances exist that justify records of a juvenile offender of the age of fourteen (14) years or older and who is petitioned or charged with an offense which would be a felony if committed by an adult should remain confidential because it is in the best interest of the juvenile offender.
(3) In proceedings under this act the following records and court proceedings of juvenile offenders of the age of thirteen (13) years or younger shall not be withheld from public inspection, except on court order, which order must be made in writing in each case: the court docket, petitions, complaints, information, arraignments, trials, sentencings, probation violation hearings and dispositions, motions and other papers filed in any case in any district; transcripts of testimony taken by the court; and findings, verdicts, judgments, orders, decrees and other papers filed in proceedings before the court of any district.
(4) These records shall be open to inspection according to chapter 1, title 74, Idaho Code. All information obtained and social records prepared in the discharge of official duty by an employee of the court shall be subject to disclosure according to chapter 1, title 74, Idaho Code.
(5) The victim of misconduct shall always be entitled to the name of the juvenile offender involved, the name of the juvenile offender’s parents or guardian, and their addresses and telephone numbers, if available in the records of the court.
(6) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this act and notwithstanding any order entered pursuant hereto, nothing in this act shall prohibit the exchange of records created pursuant to this act between prosecuting attorneys or courts in this state.
History:
[(20-525) 1963, ch. 319, sec. 16, p. 876; am. 1977, ch. 156, sec. 4, p. 404; am. 1990, ch. 213, sec. 12, p. 498; am. 1990, ch. 245, sec. 2, p. 698; am. 1994, ch. 326, sec. 2, p. 1052; am. and redesig. 1995, ch. 44, sec. 26, p. 91; am. 1997, ch. 258, sec. 1, p. 732; am. 2012, ch. 19, sec. 21, p. 58; am. 2015, ch. 141, sec. 26, p. 406.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 20 - STATE PRISON AND COUNTY JAILS
Chapter 5 - JUVENILE CORRECTIONS ACT
Section 20-501 - LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Section 20-504 - DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONS.
Section 20-505 - JURISDICTION.
Section 20-506 - TRANSFER FROM OTHER COURTS.
Section 20-507 - RETENTION OF JURISDICTION.
Section 20-508 - WAIVER OF JURISDICTION AND TRANSFER TO OTHER COURTS.
Section 20-509 - VIOLENT OFFENSES, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES VIOLATIONS NEAR SCHOOLS — OFFENDERS.
Section 20-510 - INFORMATION — INVESTIGATION — PETITION.
Section 20-511A - MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS AND PLANS OF TREATMENT.
Section 20-512 - SUMMONS — NOTICE — CUSTODY OF JUVENILE.
Section 20-513 - SERVICE OF SUMMONS — TRAVEL EXPENSES.
Section 20-515 - FAILURE TO OBEY SUMMONS, A CONTEMPT — WARRANT.
Section 20-516 - APPREHENSION AND RELEASE OF JUVENILES — DETENTION.
Section 20-516A - JUVENILE PRETRIAL SUPERVISION — FEES.
Section 20-517 - DETENTION ACCOMMODATIONS.
Section 20-518 - STANDARDS FOR DETENTION.
Section 20-519 - EVIDENTIARY HEARING.
Section 20-519C - RESTORATION REPORTS — HEARINGS.
Section 20-519D - ADMISSIBILITY OF STATEMENTS BY EXAMINED OR TREATED JUVENILE.
Section 20-522 - JURISDICTION OVER PARENTS.
Section 20-523 - SCREENING TEAMS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO COURT.
Section 20-524 - SUPPORT OF JUVENILE OR JUVENILE OFFENDER — REIMBURSEMENT FOR COSTS INCURRED.
Section 20-524A - DEPARTMENT’S PAYMENT OF DETENTION COSTS.
Section 20-525 - RECORDS — PRIVILEGED INFORMATION.
Section 20-526 - ENCOURAGING VIOLATIONS.
Section 20-527 - SCHOOL TRUSTEES TO REPORT TRUANTS.
Section 20-529 - APPOINTMENT OF COUNTY PROBATION OFFICERS.
Section 20-530 - REASSESSMENT OF COMMITTED JUVENILE OFFENDERS — RECORDS — FAILURE TO REASSESS.
Section 20-531 - SECURE FACILITIES.
Section 20-532 - TERM OF COMMITMENT — REVIEW AFTER COMMITMENT.
Section 20-532A - ORDER FOR APPREHENSION AND DETENTION OF ESCAPEES FROM CUSTODY.
Section 20-533 - RELEASE FROM CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT.
Section 20-534 - MAGISTRATE COURT PROBATION SECTIONS TO FURNISH INFORMATION TO DEPARTMENT.
Section 20-535 - REVIEW OF PROGRAMS FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS — CERTIFICATION.
Section 20-537 - PROGRAM RECORDS AS PROPERTY OF DEPARTMENT — CONTROL OF RECORDS.
Section 20-538 - RESTITUTION TO VICTIMS OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS — DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT.
Section 20-539 - CREATION OF FUND.
Section 20-540 - REPORTS BY DEPARTMENT.
Section 20-541 - SPECIAL COMMISSIONER — DUTIES.
Section 20-542 - JUVENILE CORRECTIONS FUND — CREATION.
Section 20-547 - CONSTRUCTION OF ACT — CITATION OF ACT — OTHER CODE REFERENCES CONSTRUED.
Section 20-549 - CURFEW VIOLATIONS — CITATION — NOTIFICATION.