TITLE 20

STATE PRISON AND COUNTY JAILS

CHAPTER 6

COUNTY JAILS

20-629.  COSTS FOR RECAPTURE. Whenever any Idaho county sheriff’s office is required to expend money from its budget in order to travel to another state to collect a prisoner, probationer, or parolee who has absconded from the supervision of the Idaho department of correction, the sheriff, upon completion of the collection of the prisoner, probationer, or parolee and the placement of such person in the county jail, may seek reimbursement for the cost of returning the person to Idaho from the agency from which the person absconded as indicated in court records. Such reimbursement shall be sought by submitting an invoice detailing the cost of such recapture, including any mileage or travel costs, costs for personnel, overtime costs associated with coverage for traveling personnel, or any other reasonable costs associated with returning the absconding person to custody in Idaho. The Idaho department of correction shall budget moneys annually for expenses as provided in this section and shall, upon receiving the invoice from a county sheriff’s office, ensure reimbursement occurs within thirty (30) days of receiving such invoice.

History:

[20-629, added 2026, ch. 224, sec. 1, p. 1000.]