Idaho § 21-702 - Stealing from, interfering with, or destruction of aircraft or air navigation facilities
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 21-702 — Stealing from, interfering with, or destruction of aircraft or air navigation facilities, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21-702. Stealing from, interfering with, or destruction of aircraft or air navigation facilities
Any person who intentionally or with reckless disregard for the safety of human life:
(a) damages, destroys, disables, sets fire to, tampers with, or wrecks any aircraft, aircraft navigation facility, or aircraft engine, propeller, radio, antenna or spare part, or cuts any wire or removes, damages, or tampers with any functional part of any aircraft or air navigation facility, or,
(b) places or causes to be placed any destructive substance in, upon, or in proximity to, any such aircraft or any aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, spare part, fuel, lubricant, hydraulic fluid or other material used or intended to be used in connection with the operation of any such aircraft or any cargo carried or intended to be carried on any such aircraft or otherwise makes or causes to be made any such aircraft, engine, propeller, appliance, spare part, fuel, lubricant, hydraulic fluid or other material unworkable or unusable or hazardous to work or use, or
(c) removes, steals, takes or carries away any part of an aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, radio, air navigation facility or appliance used in connection with an aircraft, or
(d) throws an object at, or drops an object upon, a moving aircraft, such object having the apparent capability to do harm, or
(e) discharges an arrow, gun, airgun or firearm at or toward an aircraft,
shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
[21-702, added 1963, ch. 359, sec. 2, p. 1028; am. 1983, ch. 82, sec. 1, p. 168.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Idaho Statutes § 21-702 cover?
Section 21-702 ("Stealing from, interfering with, or destruction of aircraft or air navigation facilities") is part of the Idaho Statutes, the codified statutory law of Idaho. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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