Idaho Code § 5-404
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5-404 OTHER ACTIONS — VENUE — EXCEPTIONS.
Official statutory text
5-404. Other actions — Venue — Exceptions. (1) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter or other provisions of law, a plaintiff shall bring an action in the county in which:
(a) The cause of action arises; or
(b) Any defendant resides at the commencement of the action.
(2) If none of the defendants reside in the state of Idaho at the time of the cause of the action, or prior to the filing of the complaint, the action may be brought in any county, which the plaintiff may designate in the complaint.
(3) Actions against life or fire insurance companies may be filed in the county where the death occurred or the loss was sustained.
(4) Actions against any corporation organized under the laws of the state of Idaho shall be filed in any county where the defendant has its principal place of business or in the county in which the cause of action arose.
(5) Nothing in this chapter shall limit the power of the court to change the place of trial, as otherwise provided by law.
History:
[5-404, added 2026, ch. 163, sec. 2, p. 723.]
(a) The cause of action arises; or
(b) Any defendant resides at the commencement of the action.
(2) If none of the defendants reside in the state of Idaho at the time of the cause of the action, or prior to the filing of the complaint, the action may be brought in any county, which the plaintiff may designate in the complaint.
(3) Actions against life or fire insurance companies may be filed in the county where the death occurred or the loss was sustained.
(4) Actions against any corporation organized under the laws of the state of Idaho shall be filed in any county where the defendant has its principal place of business or in the county in which the cause of action arose.
(5) Nothing in this chapter shall limit the power of the court to change the place of trial, as otherwise provided by law.
History:
[5-404, added 2026, ch. 163, sec. 2, p. 723.]
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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