Idaho § 55-2602 - Sport shooting range - Nuisance action - Limitations

Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 55-2602 — Sport shooting range - Nuisance action - Limitations, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 55-2602. Sport shooting range - Nuisance action - Limitations

(1) Except as provided in this section, a person may not maintain a nuisance action for noise against a shooting range located in the vicinity of that person’s property if the shooting range was established as of the date the person acquired the property. If there is a substantial change in use of the range after the person acquires the property, the person may maintain a nuisance action if the action is brought within three (3) years from the beginning of the substantial change.

(2) A person who owns property in the vicinity of a shooting range that was established after the person acquired the property may maintain a nuisance action for noise against that shooting range only if the action is brought within five (5) years after establishment of the range or three (3) years after a substantial change in use of the range.

(3) If there has been no shooting activity at a range for a period of three (3) years, resumption of shooting is considered establishment of a new shooting range for purposes of this section.

[55-2602, added 1996, ch. 339, sec. 1, p. 1140.]

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