Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

(a) Any merchant may request a
person on his premises to place or keep in full view any merchandise such
person may have removed, or which the merchant has reason to believe he may
have removed, from its place of display or elsewhere, whether for examination,
purchase or for any other purpose. No merchant shall be criminally or civilly
liable on account of having made such a request.
(b) Any merchant who has reason to believe that merchandise has been
taken by a person in violation of this act and that he can recover such
merchandise by taking such a person into custody and detaining him may, for
the purpose of attempting to effect such recovery or for the purpose of
informing a peace officer of the circumstances of such detention, take the
person into custody and detain him, in a reasonable manner and for a
reasonable length of time.

Click here to visit the Official Idaho State Statutes