Renting in Idaho During COVID-19 Pandemic
Founding Partner of Johnson May, Wyatt Johnson explains how the new stimulus bills and COVID-19 restrictions will affect landlords and tenants.
Founding Partner of Johnson May, Wyatt Johnson explains how the new stimulus bills and COVID-19 restrictions will affect landlords and tenants.
If you’re a landlord and your tenant refuses to pay rent, you can take advantage of Idaho’s speedy eviction process. This expedited proceeding allows a landlord to get a judicial decree from a court without going through the long, drawn-out procedure of most court cases.
If a landlord wishes to evict a tenant for nonpayment of rent, a speedy eviction can be accomplished through the expedited proceedings described in Idaho Code §§ 6-310 through 6-311D.
Keep in mind that a speedy eviction does not provide a judgment against the tenant for unpaid rent or damages. All the landlord can ask of the court is a judgment for eviction and the costs associated with the eviction.
Security deposits protect landlords from lost revenue and damage to the rental property. But when must a landlord refund a security deposit and when is it legal for a landlord to keep the entire deposit?
Under Idaho Code section 6-320 and 6-321, any money that is deposited with a landlord that is not rent is considered a “security deposit.”
Once the tenant returns the premises back to the landlord, the landlord must do one of the following:
Boise has ten neighborhoods which have been classified as “Historic Districts.” These districts can be found in the interactive map here.
Do you live in a historic district in the city of Boise? Here's what you need to know if you're going to build or remodel.