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ID Code § 31-144 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW|Chapter 1 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES AND COUNTY SEATS|Section 31-144 - TWIN FALLS COUNTY.

31-144. TWIN FALLS COUNTY. Twin Falls county is described as follows: beginning with the intersection of the middle of the channel of the Snake river with the north and south center line of section twenty-eight (28), township ten (10) south, range twenty-one (21) east; Eastern boundary. Thence south on said center line of section twenty-eight (28), to the point of intersection of the north line of the right of way of the Minidoka & Southwestern Railroad Company, which point is one hundred (100) feet distant, at right angles, from the center of the main track of the line of road of said railroad company as the same is now located; thence in a southwesterly direction along the north line of said railroad right of way, to a point where said line intersects the south line of the canal right of way of the Twin Falls Land & Water Company, which point of intersection is one hundred (100) feet distant, at right angles, from the center line of the main canal of said Twin Falls Land & Water company; thence south to the south line of section thirty-six (36), township ten (10) south, range twenty (20) east; thence west to the southwest corner of section thirty-six (36); thence south on the section line to the south line of township eleven (11); thence west to the southeast corner of township eleven (11) south, range eighteen (18) east; thence south on the range line to the south line of the state of Idaho; Southern boundary. Thence west along the south line of the state of Idaho to the thirty-eighth (38th) meridian of longitude west from Washington; Western boundary. Thence north along said meridian to the intersection of the center of the main channel of Snake river; Northern boundary. Thence up the center of the main channel of Snake river to the point of beginning. County seat–Twin Falls.  History: [(31-144) Compiled and reen. C.L. 3:41; C.S., sec. 48; I.C.A., sec. 30-144.]
ID Code § 31-145 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW|Chapter 1 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES AND COUNTY SEATS|Section 31-145 - VALLEY COUNTY.

31-145. VALLEY COUNTY. Valley county is described as follows: beginning at the southwest corner of section thirty-four (34), township ten (10) north, range two (2) east, on the second (2d) standard parallel north; Southern boundary. Thence east along the said second (2d) standard parallel, five (5) miles to the center of the North Fork of Payette river; thence northerly along the river to the intersection with the line between townships ten (10) and eleven (11) north; thence east to the ridge dividing the waters of the Salmon and Payette rivers; thence northeasterly along the said ridge and along the ridge dividing Bear Valley creek and Cape Horn creek, to the head of the Middle Fork of the Salmon river; Eastern boundary. Thence northerly along the said river to the intersection of the fifth (5th) standard parallel north; Northern boundary. Thence west to the divide separating the waters of the Salmon and Payette rivers; Western boundary. Thence westerly and southerly along the said divide and the divide between Payette and Weiser rivers, to the line between townships thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) north; thence east to the southwest corner of township fourteen (14) north, range three (3) east; thence south twelve (12) miles to the southwest corner of township twelve (12) north, range three (3) east; thence west three (3) miles to the northwest corner of section three (3), township eleven (11) north, range two (2) east; thence south twelve (12) miles, to the place of beginning. County seat–Cascade.  History: [(31-145) Compiled and reen. C.L. 3:42; C.S., sec. 49; I.C.A., sec. 30-145.]
ID Code § 31-146 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW|Chapter 1 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES AND COUNTY SEATS|Section 31-146 - WASHINGTON COUNTY.

31-146. WASHINGTON COUNTY. Washington county is described as follows: beginning at a point on the boundary line between the states of Idaho and Oregon, the same being the middle of the center channel of Snake river, three thousand nine hundred sixty (3,960) feet in a southwesterly direction from the mouth of Wildhorse river; Northern boundary. Thence in an easterly direction fifteen and one-half (15 1/2) miles, to a point one-half (1/2) mile east of the west quarter (W1/4) corner of section six (6), township seventeen (17) north, range two (2) west; thence south about twelve (12) miles, to the intersection of said line with Cow creek; thence southeast down the center line of Cow creek to its confluence with the Weiser river; thence south across the Weiser river to a point five hundred (500) feet east of the north quarter (N1/4) corner of section twenty-nine (29), township fifteen (15) north, range two (2) west; thence east about three and three-quarters (3 3/4) miles, to a point one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet east of the northwest corner of section twenty-five (25), said township and range; thence south eight and one-half (8 1/2) miles, to a point one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet east of the west quarter (W1/4) corner of section one (1), township thirteen (13) north, range two (2) west; thence in a southeasterly direction six and one-half (6 1/2) miles, to a point one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet south and one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet east of the west quarter (W1/4) corner of section twenty-four (24), township thirteen (13) north, range one (1) west; thence east (1911, ch. 31, section 2, p. 67) to the summit of the dividing range between the waters of Crane creek on the west and Squaw creek on the east; Eastern boundary. Thence southerly along the summit of said dividing range to the intersection of said dividing ridge with the second (2d) standard parallel north (R.C., section 23f); Southern boundary. Thence west along said second (2d) standard parallel to its intersection with the Snake river; Western boundary. Thence down the main channel of Snake river, to the place of beginning (R.C., section 23w). County seat–Weiser.  History: [(31-146) Compiled and reen. C.L. 3:43; C.S., sec. 50; I.C.A., sec. 30-146.]
ID Code § 31-201 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW|Chapter 2 - REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS AND CHANGE OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES|Section 31-201 - TIME FOR HOLDING COUNTY SEAT ELECTION.

31-201. TIME FOR HOLDING COUNTY SEAT ELECTION. All elections for the removal of county seats shall be held at the same time and place at which general elections are held.  History: [(31-201) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 118; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 105; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 466; C.S., sec. 650; I.C.A., sec. 30-201.]
ID Code § 31-202 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW|Chapter 2 - REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS AND CHANGE OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES|Section 31-202 - PETITION FOR REMOVAL.

31-202. PETITION FOR REMOVAL. Public notice shall be given of the intention to circulate a petition praying for the removal of the county seat of any county from its then present location to some other point within said county, and in said petition designated, at least ten (10) days before the same is circulated, by publication in some newspaper printed in the county (if there be one), and by posting three (3) printed notices in three (3) public places at the county seat, and a like number at the place to which the county seat is proposed to be removed, in which notices the intent of said petition shall be set forth; and all signers to such petition or petitions shall be void and stricken from such petition if procured six (6) months before the first day of the term of court at which the application is to be made; and whenever such petition or petitions, addressed to the district court of such county, and stating the time when such election shall be held, shall be signed by a number of legal voters of said county, equal in number to a majority of all votes cast at the last general election therein, and shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of said county, not less than twenty (20) nor more than forty (40) days before the first day of the term of said court next preceding the next general election, unless said term commences after the first day of October, then, in such case, the next preceding term. Such petition shall be deemed a proposal to remove the county seat of such county, and the point designated in said petition shall be deemed and taken as fixed by said petition, in pursuance of law, whenever the court shall order an election to such point as hereinafter provided, as the point to which it is proposed to remove the county seat of such county.  History: [(31-202) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 119; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 106; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 467; C.S., sec. 651; I.C.A., sec. 30-202.]
ID Code § 31-203 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW|Chapter 2 - REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS AND CHANGE OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES|Section 31-203 - PETITION FOR REMOVAL — HOW SIGNED.

31-203. PETITION FOR REMOVAL — HOW SIGNED. Each petitioner signing such petition shall write, or cause to be written, opposite to his name on said petition, the name of the city and ward in which he then resides, if he resides in a city; or, if he does not reside in a city, then the name of the precinct in which he resides at the time of signing such petition; and no person shall sign such petition unless he shall be, at the time, a legal voter at general elections.  History: [(31-203) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 120; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 107; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 468; C.S., sec. 652; I.C.A., sec. 30-203.]
ID Code § 31-204 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW|Chapter 2 - REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS AND CHANGE OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES|Section 31-204 - PETITION OPEN TO INSPECTION.

31-204. PETITION OPEN TO INSPECTION. Said petition or petitions shall, after they are filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county be open to the inspection of any and all citizens of the county, but shall not be removed therefrom.  History: [(31-204) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 121; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 108; am. R.C. & C.L., sec. 469; C.S., sec. 653; I.C.A., sec. 30-204.]
ID Code § 31-205 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW|Chapter 2 - REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS AND CHANGE OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES|Section 31-205 - CONTESTING RIGHT TO SIGN PETITION.

31-205. CONTESTING RIGHT TO SIGN PETITION. Any citizen and legal voter at general elections in said county may contest the right of any person whose name is subscribed to said petition, to sign such petition under this chapter, and shall have the right to contest said petition as to any names subscribed thereto that he shall have good reason to believe are fictitious: provided, he shall, ten (10) days before the first day of the term of said court, file in the office of the clerk of the district court of such county a list of the names of the persons whose right to sign said petition he is desirous of contesting, together with his affidavit indorsed thereon, that he has good reason to believe, and does verily believe, that such persons named in said list are not legal voters of such county and had no right in law to sign such petition; and shall also file in the office of said clerk, ten (10) days before said term of said court, a list of such names as he has reason to believe are fictitious, together with his affidavit, that he has good reason to believe, and does verily believe, that such names are fictitious; and such persons shall have the right to contest such petitions only as to the names included in said lists.  History: [(31-205) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 122; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 109; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 470; C.S., sec. 654; I.C.A., sec. 30-205.]
ID Code § 31-206 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW|Chapter 2 - REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS AND CHANGE OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES|Section 31-206 - PROCEDURE IN CASE OF CONTEST.

31-206. PROCEDURE IN CASE OF CONTEST. It shall be the duty of said court, on the first day of and during said term of court, to hear all evidence for and against said petition or petitions as to the lists of names filed in said court under this chapter, and to strike from such petition or petitions all names proved by competent evidence to be fictitious, and the names of persons having no legal right to sign the same under this chapter. In case there shall be no contest, or if the court finds, after striking from said petition or petitions all names proved to be fictitious, and all names not legally signed thereto, that it still contains the number of names of legal voters required by this chapter, the court shall order said election according to the prayer of said petition and subject to the provisions of section 34-106, Idaho Code. In case of a contest to said petition or petitions, it shall be the duty of the clerk of said court, on request of the persons contesting any petition under the provisions of this chapter, to issue subpoenas for such witnesses as said persons shall name; and it shall be the duty of said clerk, on request of any legal voter of the county for the purpose of sustaining any petition, in like manner to issue subpoenas for such witnesses as he shall name. Said subpoenas to be made returnable to the term of court at which such contest will be made.  History: [(31-206) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 123; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 110; am. R.C. & C.L., sec. 471; C.S., sec. 655; I.C.A., sec. 30-206; am. 1995, ch. 118, sec. 20, p. 449.]
ID Code § 31-207 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW|Chapter 2 - REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS AND CHANGE OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES|Section 31-207 - CONTESTS HAVE PRECEDENCE — DECISION OF DISTRICT COURT FINAL.

31-207. CONTESTS HAVE PRECEDENCE — DECISION OF DISTRICT COURT FINAL. All cases of contest arising upon said petitions or affidavits shall have precedence over all other cases at said term of said court, and shall be heard and determined at said term, and the decision of the court shall be final.  History: [(31-207) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 124; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 111; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 472; C.S., sec. 656; I.C.A., sec. 30-207.]
ID Code § 31-208 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW|Chapter 2 - REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS AND CHANGE OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES|Section 31-208 - VOTING FOR REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEAT.

31-208. VOTING FOR REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEAT. The voting for the removal of any county seat shall be by ballot, and each ballot shall have printed or written thereon the words stated in section 31-214. Such ballot shall be smaller than the general election ballots, and shall be officially stamped, and there shall be printed or written thereon the words "county seat ballot," and any elector who is registered as in title 34 provided, and who, in addition to being qualified to vote for county officers, has resided in the county six (6) months and in the precinct ninety (90) days, shall be permitted to vote for or against the removal of the county seat, by handing to one (1) of the judges of election a county seat ballot, at the same time announcing that he is entitled to vote on the question of the removal of the county seat. If the judges of election are of the opinion that the said elector is entitled to vote on the question of the removal of the county seat, his ballot shall then be deposited in the ballot box, and the clerks of election shall write opposite his name in brackets the words "county seat" or "county division," as the case may be.  History: [(31-208) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 125; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 112; am. R.C. & C.L., sec. 473; C.S., sec. 657; I.C.A., sec. 30-208.]
ID Code § 31-209 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW|Chapter 2 - REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS AND CHANGE OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES|Section 31-209 - CHALLENGING VOTERS.

31-209. CHALLENGING VOTERS. Any person who offers to vote on the question of the removal of the county seat may be challenged by any person and for any of the reasons allowed for other challenges, and the rules provided for other challenges shall apply to such challenges.  History: [(31-209) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 126; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 113; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 474; C.S., sec. 658; I.C.A., sec. 30-209.]
ID Code § 31-210 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW|Chapter 2 - REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS AND CHANGE OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES|Section 31-210 - CANVASS OF RETURNS.

31-210. CANVASS OF RETURNS. The returns for county seat elections shall be canvassed by the same officers and in the same manner as the returns for county and precinct officers are canvassed, and the result of the vote for the removal of the county seat shall be officially declared by the county board of canvassers in the following manner: They shall record the total votes cast in each ward or precinct both for and against the proposed removal, upon the book provided for recording the results of the general election. This record shall be made upon a separate page, or pages, of said book, and after the record is complete and the total result known, they shall make a complete copy of such record, certified to by each member of the board. They shall deposit this certificate with the county auditor, who shall, without delay, file the same with the clerk of the district court which authorized the election, and the auditor shall also cause a copy of the certificate to be published in some newspaper of general circulation in the county.  History: [(31-210) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 127; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 114; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 475; C.S., sec. 659; I.C.A., sec. 30-210.]
ID Code § 31-211 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW|Chapter 2 - REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS AND CHANGE OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES|Section 31-211 - RESULT OF VOTE.

31-211. RESULT OF VOTE. When the attempt has been made to remove the county seat of any county, as in this chapter provided, and the county board of canvassers have found and declared that two-thirds (2/3) of the voters of the county who have voted for or against such removal have voted in favor of such removal, then said county seat of said county is thereby removed to the point named in the petition.  History: [(31-211) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 128; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 115; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 476; C.S., sec. 660; I.C.A., sec. 30-211.]
ID Code § 31-212 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW|Chapter 2 - REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS AND CHANGE OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES|Section 31-212 - CHANGING COUNTY BOUNDARIES.

31-212. CHANGING COUNTY BOUNDARIES. Whenever the boards of county commissioners of affected counties have by joint ordinance provided that a part of an affected county be stricken off from said county and annexed to an adjoining affected county, the provisions of the constitution being complied with, the qualified electors who have resided ninety (90) days next preceding the first general election after the passage of this chapter within the boundary lines of the territory stricken off and annexed, shall be permitted to vote at said general election, for or against said annexation. If a majority of said electors voting at said election vote in favor of annexation, said territory is then stricken off and annexed, as provided in this chapter: provided, that all the requirements of the constitution have been complied with. If such annexation and change of county boundaries occur, the legislature, at its next regular session, shall redefine the boundaries of the affected counties as set forth in the Idaho Code to conform therewith. The county recorder of the county from which the territory is to be detached may have clearly reproduced by photographing or filming in accordance with the provisions of sections 9-328, 9-329 and 9-330, into permanent records, all instruments, papers and other matters and things relating to or affecting real property in the territory being detached and annexed. When the costs have been determined for the transcribing and indexing of all instruments, documents, records, maps, papers, and all other matters relating to or affecting the property in the territory to be annexed which must be transferred to the annexing county, and the copying and preparing for transfer of all pleadings, court records, and other papers in all court actions and court proceedings to be transferred to annexing county, the board of county commissioners of the county annexing the detached territory shall cause county warrants to be drawn to pay all such costs; said warrants so drawn shall be paid by a tax to be assessed upon all property within the territory being annexed.  History: [(31-212) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 129; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 116; am. R.C. & C.L., sec. 477; C.S., sec. 661; I.C.A., sec. 30-212; am. 1949, ch. 56, sec. 1, p. 100; am. 1955, ch. 106, sec. 1, p. 230.]
ID Code § 31-213 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW|Chapter 2 - REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS AND CHANGE OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES|Section 31-213 - CONDUCT OF ELECTION.

31-213. CONDUCT OF ELECTION. The rules and regulations for voting at county seat elections, as provided in this chapter, so far as they apply to ballots, voting, challenging, canvassing the returns and declaring the result, shall apply to elections for the striking off of any part of any county and annexing the same to any adjoining county.  History: [(31-213) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 130; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 117; am. R.C. & C.L., sec. 478; C.S., sec. 662; I.C.A., sec. 30-213.]
ID Code § 31-214 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW|Chapter 2 - REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS AND CHANGE OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES|Section 31-214 - FORM OF BALLOT.

31-214. FORM OF BALLOT. It shall be the duty of the auditor of the county wherein it is proposed to hold an election for the removal of the county seat, or changing county lines, to cause to be printed separate ballots at the same time and in the same manner as ballots for the general election are printed. Such separate ballots shall be three (3) inches square, or as near this size as practicable, and on one side there shall be printed the following words: For removal of the county ) No.  seat to …. ) Yes. For changing county lines ) No.  ) Yes. (As the case may be.) And the auditor shall send an equal number of these special ballots, with the ballots furnished for the general election, to each voting precinct of the county and at the same time.  History: [(31-214) 1890-1891, p. 57, sec. 131; reen. 1899, p. 33, sec. 118; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 479; C.S., sec. 663; I.C.A., sec. 30-214.]
ID Code § 31-301 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW|Chapter 3 - COUNTY DIVISION — TRANSFER OF RECORDS|Section 31-301 - AUDITOR AND RECORDER’S RECORDS.

31-301. AUDITOR AND RECORDER’S RECORDS. The ex officio auditor and recorder of any county in this state which has heretofore been, or may hereafter be, divided by the legislature shall, upon demand in writing by the ex officio auditor and recorder of any county which has been created, in whole or in part, from the territory of such divided county, deliver to the ex officio auditor and recorder of the county so created, in whole or in part, from such territory, all record books in his custody and control relating solely to persons and property situated in such newly-created county, together with all maps and plats relating to town sites, precincts, school districts, road districts and other municipalities situated wholly within the boundaries of such newly-created county, and the originals of all chattel mortgages relating to personal property within said newly-created county, and also all tax sale certificates and other papers relating wholly to, and covering property located entirely within such newly-created county. At the time of such delivery by the said ex officio auditor and recorder of the divided county, he shall take an itemized receipt from the ex officio auditor and recorder of the newly-created county, and file and keep the same in his office as a part of the records of said divided county.  History: [(31-301) 1913, ch. 19, sec. 1, p. 89; reen. C.L. 145:1; C.S., sec. 3756; I.C.A., sec. 30-301.]