Idaho § 42-5260 - Petition to annex state land
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 42-5260 — Petition to annex state land, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 42-5260. Petition to annex state land
The state board of land commissioners may, by resolution duly passed at any meeting of such state board and recorded in its minutes, after due consideration in each specific case, authorize the governor of the state of Idaho, as chairman of the board of land commissioners, to sign a petition for the annexation of adjacent Idaho state lands to a district, or sign a petition to exclude such state lands from a district. The governor shall be deemed the owner of such state lands for the purpose of signing any petition herein authorized, with like effect as the owner of private lands.
[42-5260, added 1995, ch. 290, sec. 1, p. 1008.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Idaho Statutes § 42-5260 cover?
Section 42-5260 ("Petition to annex state land") 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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