Idaho Eviction notice (nonpayment)

Related Idaho rules

Eviction court process & timeline

In nonpayment cases the court schedules trial within 12 days of filing, and the tenant must be served at least 5 days before trial (72-hour trial setting in some cases, e.g. forcible detainer).

Verified Source: Idaho Code § 6-310(2), (4) · last checked 2026-10-16 · Full Idaho eviction court process & timeline page

Eviction filing fees

Idaho sets one filing fee for a civil case of any type, including an eviction: $175 in district court, or $120 if the case is assigned to the magistrate division. Small claims fees are set separately. Statute text: "A fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175) for filing a civil case of any type in the district court, except for those cases to be assigned to the magistrate division of the district court for which the fee shall be one hundred twenty dollars ($120)" (Idaho Code § 31-3201A(1)).

Verified Source: Idaho Code § 31-3201A(1) · last checked 2026-10-17 · Full Idaho eviction filing fees page

Lockouts and utility shutoffs

Idaho's landlord-tenant statutes do not provide for self-help eviction. Removing a tenant in possession by force, threats or menacing conduct is a forcible entry (Idaho Code § 6-301), and the tenant's remedy is a forcible entry or detainer action, where damages may be trebled (§§ 6-302, 6-317). Ch. 6-3 has no express lockout or utility shutoff provision.

Verified Source: Idaho Code §§ 6-301, 6-302, 6-317 · last checked 2026-10-16 · Full Idaho lockouts and utility shutoffs page

Retaliation protections

Idaho's landlord-tenant statutes (Idaho Code title 6 ch. 3, §§ 6-301 to 6-324) do not prohibit retaliatory eviction of residential tenants. The Idaho Attorney General's landlord-tenant manual (guidance, not statute) states: "Landlords may not evict a tenant because the tenant requests that repairs be made or because the tenant joins a tenants' association."

Verified Source: Idaho Code title 6 ch. 3 (6-301 to 6-324); Idaho AG manual (guidance) · last checked 2026-10-15 · Full Idaho retaliation protections page

Holdover tenants

A tenant who stays on, personally or through a subtenant, after the lease term ends without the landlord's permission commits unlawful detainer.

Verified Source: Idaho Code § 6-303(1) · last checked 2026-10-16 · Full Idaho holdover tenants page

Rent withholding / escrow

No state statute letting tenants withhold rent or pay it into escrow was found in Idaho Code title 6 ch. 3 and 55-301 to 55-307.

Verified Source: Idaho Code title 6 ch. 3 and 55-301 to 55-307 · last checked 2026-10-23 · Full Idaho rent withholding / escrow page