Idaho Code § 5-220
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5-220 ACTIONS FOR WRONGFUL SEIZURE BY OFFICERS.
Official statutory text
5-220. Actions for wrongful seizure by officers. Within one (1) year: An action against an officer or officer de facto:
To recover any goods, wares, merchandise or other property seized by any such officer in his official capacity as tax collector, or to recover the price or value of any goods, wares, merchandise, or other personal property so seized, or for damages for the seizure, detention, sale of or injury to, any goods, wares, merchandise, or other personal property seized, or for damages done to any person or property in making any such seizure.
History:
[(5-220) C.C.P. 1881, sec. 160; R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 4056; C.S., sec. 6613; am. 1921, ch. 108, sec. 1, p. 250; I.C.A., sec. 5-220.]
To recover any goods, wares, merchandise or other property seized by any such officer in his official capacity as tax collector, or to recover the price or value of any goods, wares, merchandise, or other personal property so seized, or for damages for the seizure, detention, sale of or injury to, any goods, wares, merchandise, or other personal property seized, or for damages done to any person or property in making any such seizure.
History:
[(5-220) C.C.P. 1881, sec. 160; R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 4056; C.S., sec. 6613; am. 1921, ch. 108, sec. 1, p. 250; I.C.A., sec. 5-220.]
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