Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

(1) The city attorney shall be the
legal advisor of the municipal corporation, may represent the city in all
suits or proceedings in which the city is interested, and shall perform such
other duties as may be prescribed by ordinances and resolutions duly passed.
Nothing herein, however, shall preclude any city from employing alternative
additional counsel when deemed advisable.
(2) The city attorney, his deputies, or contract counsel shall prosecute
those violations of county or city ordinances, state traffic infractions, and
state misdemeanors committed within the municipal limits. In so doing, the
city attorney, his deputies, or contract counsel shall exercise the same
powers as the county prosecutor including, but not limited to, granting
immunity to witnesses.

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