38-133. OFFICERS CHARGED WITH ENFORCEMENT. The director of the department of lands and his assistants, fire wardens, conservation officers and their deputies and all other peace officers of the state are hereby charged with the enforcement of the criminal provisions of this chapter and shall have full power and it shall be their duty to arrest with or without warrant any person found violating any of the provisions of this chapter or rules and regulations of the state board of land commissioners after notice made pursuant hereto and take him before a magistrate and make complaint, and when any such officer shall have information that such violation has been committed he shall make similar complaint.
The authority of the fire wardens respecting the control or suppression of forest fires, summoning help or making arrests for violation of this chapter or rules and regulations of the board may extend to any adjacent district or to any part of the state in times of great fire danger, providing that in case of conflict of authority resulting therefrom, the fire warden in whose district the fire is located shall have ultimate control. In emergencies fire wardens may commandeer tools, supplies and equipment and may employ able-bodied persons or compel assistance of able-bodied persons and neither the state board of land commissioners, the director, or his delegates, fire wardens or deputy fire wardens, shall be liable to civil action for trespass committed in the discharge of their duties; provided, that in performing their duties they exercise reasonable care to avoid doing unnecessary damage.
History:
[38-133, added 1972, ch. 401, sec. 2, p. 1164; am. 1974, ch. 17, sec. 8, p. 308.]
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.