38-128. DUTIES OF PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS AND ATTORNEY GENERAL. At the discretion of the director of the department of lands, it shall be the duty of the attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of the county within which such action lies, to prepare, upon information furnished by the director of the department of lands or the fire warden of any forest protective district, and foreclose all liens, other than those provided for in sections 38-111, 38-112 and 38-113, Idaho Code, and to prosecute in the name of the state of Idaho all actions for the recovery of penalties and costs and expenses incurred by the director of the department of lands, his deputy or fire warden of the district in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. For the purposes of this section, venue shall be determined subject to the terms of applicable Idaho law at the time of the incident. Civil actions against nonresidents of the state shall be prosecuted by the attorney general.
Whenever any arrest shall have been made for the violation of any provisions of this chapter, or whenever any evidence, which shows with reasonable certainty any such violation, shall have been lodged with him, the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the criminal act was committed must prosecute the offender with all diligence and energy.
History:
[38-128, added 1972, ch. 401, sec. 2, p. 1164; am. 2003, ch. 27, sec. 1, p. 100.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 38 - FORESTRY, FOREST PRODUCTS AND STUMPAGE DISTRICTS
Chapter 1 - IDAHO FORESTRY ACT
Section 38-102 - DUTIES OF DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF LANDS.
Section 38-104 - COOPERATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES — RESTRICTIONS.
Section 38-104A - NONPROFIT TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATIONS — RESTRICTIONS ON LIABILITY.
Section 38-104B - NONPROFIT RANGELAND FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATIONS.
Section 38-105 - STATE FOREST AND RANGE LANDS — APPLICATION OF CHAPTERS.
Section 38-106 - HEARING OF AGGRIEVED LANDOWNER.
Section 38-107 - UNCONTROLLED FIRES A NUISANCE — ABATEMENT — CIVIL LIABILITY.
Section 38-108 - PROTECTION BY WOODWORKING AND WOOD PRODUCT PLANTS.
Section 38-109 - PENALTY FOR VIOLATION — INJUNCTION — SUSPENSION OF RESTRICTIONS.
Section 38-110 - FOREST PROTECTIVE DISTRICTS — FIRE WARDENS.
Section 38-111 - PROTECTION BY OWNER — ASSESSMENTS — BUDGET OF PROTECTIVE DISTRICTS.
Section 38-112 - CHARGES A LIEN — METHOD OF COLLECTION.
Section 38-113 - PURCHASER OF FOREST PRODUCTS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTION — LIENS.
Section 38-114 - STATE TO PAY PRO RATA FOR FIRE PROTECTION — DEFICIENCY WARRANTS.
Section 38-116 - CAMPFIRES — ACTS PROHIBITED — PENALTY.
Section 38-117 - THROWING AWAY LIGHTED MATERIAL — PENALTY.
Section 38-118 - DUTY OF RAILROADS — PENALTIES.
Section 38-119 - NOTIFICATION OF FIRES BY RAILROAD EMPLOYEES — PENALTY.
Section 38-120 - INSTRUCTION TO EMPLOYEES OF RAILROADS.
Section 38-121 - OPERATION OF ENGINES WITHOUT ADEQUATE PROTECTION — PENALTY — INJUNCTION.
Section 38-124 - PRECAUTIONS IN DISPOSAL OF SLASH — SEPARATE OFFENSES — PENALTY.
Section 38-126 - INTERFERENCE WITH PROTECTIVE AGENCIES — PENALTY.
Section 38-127 - DESTRUCTION OF SIGNS AND WARNINGS — PENALTIES.
Section 38-128 - DUTIES OF PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS AND ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Section 38-129 - FOREST PROTECTION FUND — CUSTODY, SOURCES AND APPROPRIATION — DISBURSEMENT.
Section 38-130 - DISPOSITION OF FINES.
Section 38-131 - DEFICIENCY WARRANTS FOR EXCESS COSTS OF FIRE SUPPRESSION.
Section 38-131A - DEFICIENCY WARRANTS FOR COSTS OF FIRE SUPPRESSION ON STATE-OWNED RANGE LANDS.
Section 38-132 - REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD — PENALTY FOR VIOLATION.
Section 38-133 - OFFICERS CHARGED WITH ENFORCEMENT.
Section 38-134 - FOREST PRACTICES ACT ADMINISTRATION — FUNDING.