Idaho Code § 5-348
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5-348 IMMUNITY OF VOLUNTEER SECURITY PERSONNEL — RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.
Official statutory text
5-348. IMMUNITY of VOLUNTEER SECURITY PERSONNEL — Religious organizations. (1) For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Person" means an individual.
(b) "Religious organization" means a body or community of persons united as individuals or as an entity, under one (1) form of government, by profession of the same faith and the observance of the same rituals or ceremonies as members or attendees of a bona fide church, synagogue, or house of worship.
(c) "Security personnel" means persons who provide safety, security, or protection for a religious organization as authorized by the religious organization to benefit persons in attendance at a meeting or other gathering held at, or sponsored by, the religious organization.
(d) "Volunteer" means a person who provides services without any express or implied promise of remuneration.
(2) No action shall lie or be maintained for civil damages in any court of this state against any volunteer security personnel of a religious organization for providing safety, security, or protection services for the religious organization or against the religious organization for which such volunteer security personnel provided safety, security, or protection services.
(a) The immunity provided by this section shall apply to and include safety, security, or protection provided by use of nonlethal or lethal force.
(b) The immunity provided by this section shall not apply to or include acts or omissions that arise out of unreasonable, reckless, grossly negligent, or wanton actions or conduct.
History:
[(5-348) 5-347, added 2024, ch. 256, sec. 1, p. 895; am. and redesig. 2025, ch. 211, sec. 1, p. 970.]
(a) "Person" means an individual.
(b) "Religious organization" means a body or community of persons united as individuals or as an entity, under one (1) form of government, by profession of the same faith and the observance of the same rituals or ceremonies as members or attendees of a bona fide church, synagogue, or house of worship.
(c) "Security personnel" means persons who provide safety, security, or protection for a religious organization as authorized by the religious organization to benefit persons in attendance at a meeting or other gathering held at, or sponsored by, the religious organization.
(d) "Volunteer" means a person who provides services without any express or implied promise of remuneration.
(2) No action shall lie or be maintained for civil damages in any court of this state against any volunteer security personnel of a religious organization for providing safety, security, or protection services for the religious organization or against the religious organization for which such volunteer security personnel provided safety, security, or protection services.
(a) The immunity provided by this section shall apply to and include safety, security, or protection provided by use of nonlethal or lethal force.
(b) The immunity provided by this section shall not apply to or include acts or omissions that arise out of unreasonable, reckless, grossly negligent, or wanton actions or conduct.
History:
[(5-348) 5-347, added 2024, ch. 256, sec. 1, p. 895; am. and redesig. 2025, ch. 211, sec. 1, p. 970.]
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