Law / United States / Idaho
Computer crime (unauthorized access, use, or alteration)
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In force.
A computer misuse rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not knowingly access, attempt to access, or use an Idaho-connected computer, computer system, or network, or its software, program, documentation, or data, without authorization; subsection (3) reaches this as a misdemeanor even without any further intent to defraud, damage, or disrupt.
- Do not knowingly access or use a computer, system, or network with intent to defraud, to obtain money, property, or services by false pretenses, or to commit theft, and do not knowingly and without authorization alter, damage, or destroy a computer, system, network, or the software, program, documentation, or data it contains; either is a felony under subsections (1) and (2).
- Neither this section nor its companion definitions section states what counts as authorization or exempts ordinary, non-disruptive automated access to a publicly available page, and no Idaho case has applied either to a scraping or bulk-collection fact pattern.
If you get it wrong
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Criminal exposure note
A felony under subsections (1) and (2) for access with intent to defraud, to obtain money, property, or services by false pretenses, or to commit theft, or for knowingly and without authorization altering, damaging, or destroying a computer, system, network, or its software, program, documentation, or data; a misdemeanor under subsection (3) for knowingly and without authorization using, accessing, or attempting to access a computer, system, or network, or the software, program, documentation, or data it contains, with no additional intent element.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Access restriction
What this law does
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Subsections (1) and (2) make it computer crime, a felony, to knowingly access, attempt to access, or use a computer, computer system, or network with intent to defraud, to obtain money, property, or services by false pretenses, or to commit theft, or to knowingly and without authorization alter, damage, or destroy a computer, system, network, or the software, program, documentation, or data it contains.
Subsection (3) separately makes it a misdemeanor for any person to knowingly and without authorization use, access, or attempt to access a computer, computer system, or network, or the software, program, documentation, or data contained in it, with no further intent element beyond knowledge and lack of authorization.
Neither this section nor its companion definitions section, Idaho Code section 18-2201, which defines only technical terms such as access, computer, and computer network, states what counts as authorization or exempts ordinary access to a publicly available page.
Idaho Code section 18-2202 was added by 1984 Idaho Session Laws chapter 68; the codified section's own history note carries only the enacting chapter and session-law page, not a specific commencement day, so the commencement date is left unset rather than assumed.
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Read the law
official Idaho Statutes text, Idaho State Legislature website