6-317. TREBLE DAMAGES. If a landlord or a tenant recovers damages for a forcible or unlawful entry in or upon, or detention of, any building or other tract of land, or for an action brought pursuant to section 6-320, Idaho Code, or for an action brought against a tenant or in bad faith pursuant to section 6-310(3), Idaho Code, judgment may be entered for three (3) times the amount at which the actual damages are assessed.
History:
[(6-317) C.C.P. 1881, sec. 475; R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 4533; C.S., sec. 6960; I.C.A., sec. 9-317; am. 1977, ch. 45, sec. 2, p. 81; am. 2017, ch. 276, sec. 4, p. 726.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 6 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES
Chapter 3 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND UNLAWFUL DETAINER
Section 6-301 - FORCIBLE ENTRY DEFINED.
Section 6-302 - FORCIBLE DETAINER DEFINED.
Section 6-303 - UNLAWFUL DETAINER DEFINED.
Section 6-304 - SERVICE OF NOTICE.
Section 6-305 - JURISDICTION OF DISTRICT COURT.
Section 6-308 - PARTIES DEFENDANT.
Section 6-309 - PARTIES GENERALLY.
Section 6-310 - ACTION FOR POSSESSION — COMPLAINT — SUMMONS.
Section 6-311A - JUDGMENT ON TRIAL BY COURT.
Section 6-311C - FORM OF EXECUTION.
Section 6-311D - ADDITIONAL UNDERTAKING ON APPEAL.
Section 6-311E - ACTION FOR DAMAGES — COMPLAINT — SUMMONS.
Section 6-312 - JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT.
Section 6-313 - TRIAL BY JURY.
Section 6-314 - SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE — DEFENSES.
Section 6-315 - AMENDMENT OF COMPLAINT.
Section 6-316 - JUDGMENT — RESTITUTION.
Section 6-317 - TREBLE DAMAGES.
Section 6-318 - PLEADINGS MUST BE VERIFIED.
Section 6-319 - APPEAL AS STAY.
Section 6-320 - ACTION FOR DAMAGES AND SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE BY TENANT.
Section 6-321 - SECURITY DEPOSITS.
Section 6-322 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN GENERAL.