TITLE 20

STATE PRISON AND COUNTY JAILS

CHAPTER 10

IDAHO COMMISSION OF PARDONS AND PAROLE

20-1012.  Final discharge of parolee — Minimum term. (1) When any paroled prisoner has performed the obligations of his parole for such time as shall satisfy the commission that his final release is not incompatible with his welfare and that of society, the commission may make the final order of discharge and issue to the paroled prisoner a certificate of discharge; but no such order of discharge shall be made in any case within a period of less than one (1) year after the date of release on parole, except that when the period of the maximum sentence provided by law shall expire at an earlier date, then a final order of discharge must be made and a certificate of discharge issued to the paroled prisoner not later than the date of expiration of said maximum sentence.

(2)  The board may submit a request to the commission for an order of final discharge from the remaining period of parole for any parolee under the board’s supervision at any time during the period of parole. A request for final discharge shall be supported by a statement attested to under oath or signed under penalty of perjury pursuant to section 9-1406, Idaho Code, setting forth the facts upon which the request is based. The commission shall notify the victim of a request for final discharge from parole. Any response to a request for final discharge shall be filed within thirty (30) days of the date of submittal of the request. The commission may, without a hearing, rule upon a request for final discharge based on a review of the case, the request, the statement and any responses to the request or may schedule a hearing on the request. The commission shall rule on the request for final discharge within ninety (90) days of the date of submittal of the request.

History:

[(20-1012) 20-233, added 1947, ch. 53, sec. 33, p. 59; am. 1980, ch. 297, sec. 17, p. 774; am. 2014, ch. 150, sec. 18, p. 430; am. and redesig. 2021, ch. 196, sec. 14, p. 534.]