Idaho § 26-2117 - Penalties for official misconduct

Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 26-2117 — Penalties for official misconduct, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 26-2117. Penalties for official misconduct

Any officer, director, or committee member or loan officer of a credit union who knowingly permits a loan to be made or participates in a loan to a nonmember is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be primarily liable to the credit union for the amount thus illegally loaned and the illegality of such a loan shall be no defense in any action of the credit union to recover on the loan.

Any officer, director, committee member, agent or employee who knowingly makes or subscribes to false entries or exhibits a false or fictitious paper, instrument, or security to a person authorized to examine the credit union books and records shall be guilty of a felony.

Any officer, director, committee member, agent or employee who receives payments on shares knowing the credit union is insolvent shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

[26-2117, added 1977, ch. 213, sec. 2, p. 592.]

Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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