Idaho Code
Chapter 1 - PUBLIC RECORDS ACT
Section 74-117 - ADDITIONAL PENALTY.

74-117. ADDITIONAL PENALTY. If the court finds that a public official has deliberately and in bad faith improperly refused a legitimate request for inspection or copying, a civil penalty shall be assessed against the public official in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), which shall be paid into the general fund.

History:
[74-117, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 364; am. 2022, ch. 111, sec. 34, p. 395.]

Structure Idaho Code

Idaho Code

Title 74 - TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT

Chapter 1 - PUBLIC RECORDS ACT

Section 74-101 - DEFINITIONS.

Section 74-102 - PUBLIC RECORDS — RIGHT TO EXAMINE.

Section 74-103 - REQUEST AND RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION OF PUBLIC RECORDS.

Section 74-104 - RECORDS EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE — EXEMPTIONS IN FEDERAL OR STATE LAW — COURT FILES OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS.

Section 74-105 - RECORDS EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE — LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDS, INVESTIGATORY RECORDS OF AGENCIES, EVACUATION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS, WORKER’S COMPENSATION.

Section 74-106 - RECORDS EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE — PERSONNEL RECORDS, PERSONAL INFORMATION, HEALTH RECORDS, PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE.

Section 74-107 - RECORDS EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE — TRADE SECRETS, PRODUCTION RECORDS, APPRAISALS, BIDS, PROPRIETARY INFORMATION, TAX COMMISSION, UNCLAIMED PROPERTY, PETROLEUM CLEAN WATER TRUST FUND.

Section 74-108 - EXEMPTIONS FROM DISCLOSURE — ARCHAEOLOGICAL, ENDANGERED SPECIES, LIBRARIES, LICENSING EXAMS.

Section 74-109 - RECORDS EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE — DRAFT LEGISLATION, RESEARCH, PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, WORK PAPERS, AND DRAFT REDISTRICTING PLANS.

Section 74-110 - EXEMPTION FROM DISCLOSURE — RECORDS OF COURT PROCEEDINGS REGARDING JUDICIAL AUTHORIZATION OF ABORTION PROCEDURES FOR MINORS.

Section 74-111 - EXEMPTION FROM DISCLOSURE — RECORDS RELATED TO THE UNIFORM SECURITIES ACT.

Section 74-112 - EXEMPT AND NONEXEMPT PUBLIC RECORDS TO BE SEPARATED.

Section 74-113 - ACCESS TO RECORDS ABOUT A PERSON BY A PERSON.

Section 74-114 - ACCESS TO AIR QUALITY, WATER QUALITY AND HAZARDOUS WASTE RECORDS — PROTECTION OF TRADE SECRETS.

Section 74-115 - PROCEEDINGS TO ENFORCE RIGHT TO EXAMINE OR TO RECEIVE A COPY OF RECORDS — RETENTION OF DISPUTED RECORDS.

Section 74-116 - ORDER OF THE COURT — COURT COSTS AND ATTORNEY FEES.

Section 74-117 - ADDITIONAL PENALTY.

Section 74-118 - IMMUNITY.

Section 74-119 - AGENCY GUIDELINES.

Section 74-120 - PROHIBITION ON DISTRIBUTION OR SALE OF MAILING OR TELEPHONE NUMBER LISTS — PENALTY.

Section 74-121 - REPLEVIN — PUBLIC RECORDS — IMPROPER OR UNLAWFUL TRANSFER OR REMOVAL.

Section 74-122 - CONFIDENTIALITY LANGUAGE REQUIRED IN THIS CHAPTER.

Section 74-123 - IDAHO CODE IS PROPERTY OF THE STATE OF IDAHO.

Section 74-124 - EXEMPTIONS FROM DISCLOSURE — CONFIDENTIALITY.

Section 74-125 - EVIDENCE FROM PRELIMINARY HEARING — ADMISSION — REQUIREMENTS.

Section 74-126 - PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS — LEGISLATURE.

Section 74-127 - SEVERABILITY.