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Idaho Statute Search Instructions

Search by Statute Text

You may search through the text of the statutes by entering search terms in the entry form and clicking the 'Search' button. Search terms maybe entered without regard to case - capitalization is ignored. Additional search capabilities are available as described below. Please note that the Statute database contains over 20,000 documents.Complex searches may take several minutes to complete.
Search Term Finds Pages That Contain*
crab OR lobster OR shrimpAny of the words crab, lobster, or shrimp
bank AND loan AND businessAll of the words bank, loan, and business
bank, loan, businessAny of the words bank, loan, and business. The more instances of these words in a page, the higher it appears in the results list.
bank NOT riverThe word bank but not the word river
HTML publishingThe word HTML close to the word publishing
HTML publishingThe word HTML in the same sentence as the word publishing
HTML publishingThe word HTML in the same paragraph as the word publishing

CASE Modifier

If you enter your search term in completely in lower case or completely in upper case, Verity search engine looks for all mixed case variations.

Tip

If you are looking for pages about someone named Rose, enter the name with an initial capital letter. To make the search more precise, enclose the word in double quotation marks.

When you are searching for abbreviations or acronyms, case is important.

Note

Most Verity Query Language operators and modifiers must be enclosed within angle brackets (<>) to distinguish them from the actual query term. The words AND , OR , and NOT are always treated as Verity Query Language operators unless they are enclosed within double quotation marks.

Punctuation Marks in Queries

Any character without special meaning in the Verity Query Language can be entered anywhere in a query.

The following characters have special meaning in the Verity Query Language.

CharacterDescription
, ( ) [ These characters end a text token.
= > < ! These characters end a text token because they signify the start of a field operator (! is special: != ends a token).
* @ ` < { [ ! These characters signify the start of a delimited token, which are terminated by the end character associated with the start character.

To search for a string that contains one of these characters, precede the character with a backslash.

Tip

To search for a string that contains a backslash character, enter two backslash characters.

Retrieve by Section Number You may search for a particular statute by entering the statute section identifier. Be sure to include all hyphens and letters in your entry. Click the 'Retrieve' button to view the selected statute.

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