Idaho Code § 49-229

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49-229 INJURING VEHICLE.

Official statutory text

49-229. Injuring vehicle. Except as authorized by section 49-1806, Idaho Code, any person who shall individually, or in association with one (1) or more others, willfully break, injure, tamper with or remove any part or parts of any vehicle for the purpose of injuring, defacing or destroying the vehicle, or temporarily or permanently preventing its useful operation, or for any purpose against the will or without the consent of the owner of the vehicle, or who shall in any other manner willfully or maliciously interfere with or prevent the running or operation of the vehicle shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History:

[49-229, added 1988, ch. 265, sec. 23, p. 584; am. 2018, ch. 324, sec. 3, p. 755.]

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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