Idaho § 18-8504 - Recruiting criminal gang members
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 18-8504 — Recruiting criminal gang members, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 18-8504. Recruiting criminal gang members
(1) A person commits the offense of recruiting criminal gang members by:
(a) Knowingly soliciting, inviting, encouraging or otherwise causing a person to actively participate in a criminal gang; or
(b) Knowingly using force, threats, violence or intimidation directed at any person, or by the infliction of bodily injury upon any person, to actively participate in a criminal gang.
(2) A person convicted of a violation of this section shall be imprisoned for a term not to exceed ten (10) years.
(3) This section shall not be construed to limit prosecution under any other provision of law.
[18-8504, added 2006, ch. 184, sec. 1, p. 584.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 18-8504 ("Recruiting criminal gang members") 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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