Idaho Code § 38-116
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38-116 CAMPFIRES — ACTS PROHIBITED — PENALTY.
Official statutory text
38-116. Campfires — Acts prohibited — Penalty. (1) No person shall during the closed season:
a. Set or cause to be set a campfire upon forest or range lands without clearing the ground immediately around such fire free from material which will carry fire.
b. Set or cause to be set a campfire against a stump, log, living or dead trees, or snag or dangerously near to any material which will carry fire.
c. Set or cause to be set a campfire when the wind is blowing to such an extent as to cause danger of the campfire spreading.
d. Set or cause to be set a campfire at a camping place incompatible with public safety and not in compliance with all the provisions of this chapter.
e. Leave a campfire burning or unattended.
f. Permit a campfire to spread.
(2) Violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed a petty misdemeanor.
History:
[38-116, added 1972, ch. 401, sec. 2, p. 1164.]
a. Set or cause to be set a campfire upon forest or range lands without clearing the ground immediately around such fire free from material which will carry fire.
b. Set or cause to be set a campfire against a stump, log, living or dead trees, or snag or dangerously near to any material which will carry fire.
c. Set or cause to be set a campfire when the wind is blowing to such an extent as to cause danger of the campfire spreading.
d. Set or cause to be set a campfire at a camping place incompatible with public safety and not in compliance with all the provisions of this chapter.
e. Leave a campfire burning or unattended.
f. Permit a campfire to spread.
(2) Violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed a petty misdemeanor.
History:
[38-116, added 1972, ch. 401, sec. 2, p. 1164.]
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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