Introduction

This new edition of Idaho Library Laws incorporates changes resulting from the first
regular session of the 66th Idaho Legislature. The compilation contains Idaho Code sections which legally affect city libraries, school-community libraries, district libraries, or the Idaho Commission for Libraries. These sections include the basic library laws in Idaho Code, Title 33, chapters 25, 26, and 27, additional sections of the law referred to in the basic chapters, and other select code sections of general applicability to Idaho libraries. The text of the laws in this compilation is presented in numerical order by code section unless subject matter determines grouping is best for understanding. The complete Idaho Code is available online at https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/.

Official copies of the Idaho Code are published for the Idaho Code Commission by LEXIS
Publishing.

This edition of Idaho Library Laws is intended to be both an orientation tool for public
library trustees and directors and as a starting point for investigating legal questions that arise in the management of the library. The Idaho Commission for Libraries does not provide legal advice.

Legal interpretation of the law should be left to each library’s attorney.

Appendix A is a membership list of the Idaho Board of Library Commissioners and contact information for Idaho Commission for Libraries Management Team.

The statutes reprinted or quoted verbatim in the following pages are taken from the Idaho
Code, © 2021 State of Idaho and the taxpayers of Idaho. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.

The online version of this manual is updated after each annual legislative session.