Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

(1) A peace officer who takes a
child into shelter care under section 16-1608, Idaho Code, shall immediately:
(a) Take the child to a place of shelter; and
(b) Notify the court of the action taken and the place to which the child
was taken; and
(c) With the exception of a child abandoned pursuant to the provisions of
chapter 82, title 39, Idaho Code, notify each of the parents, guardian or
other legal custodian that the child has been taken into shelter care, the
type and nature of shelter care, and that the child may be held for a
maximum of forty-eight (48) hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and
holidays, within which time there must be a shelter care hearing.
(2) A peace officer who takes a child into shelter care under section
16-1608, Idaho Code, shall not be held liable either criminally or civilly
unless the action of taking the child was exercised in bad faith and/or the
requirements of subsection (1) of this section are not complied with.

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