What can a landlord do with a tenant’s belongings left behind in Idaho?

In Idaho, after a judgment for possession a residential tenant has seventy-two hours to remove belongings, and once that time and three days after the court’s finding have passed and the sheriff restores possession, the landlord may remove and dispose of all remaining property without further compensation to the tenant, subject to any security interests. A commercial tenant, or a tenant with a tract of five acres or more, has seven days to remove belongings, and a court may give a commercial tenant longer for good cause. The remaining property the landlord may remove and dispose of includes a motor vehicle that may be removed under the motor vehicle code. On a finding of good cause, the court may award the landlord reasonable costs of removing the property and restoring the premises. This is Idaho Code § 6-316.

WhatIdaho
Belongings left behindDispose once the 72-hour removal window ends
What the statute requires firstNo waiting period before disposal

What the statute says

“… and the landlord or his agents may, subject to any security interests under chapter 9, title 28, Idaho Code, remove and dispose of all remaining property of the tenant …”

Quoted word for word from the section’s text.

Source

Idaho Code § 6-316

Read the statute in the Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature): legislature.idaho.gov.

Checked against the statute on November 15, 2026.

This is a summary of a published statute, not legal advice. Rules change, local ordinances can add to them, and the terms of a specific lease may differ. Check the citation and speak to a lawyer before acting.

How Seayora uses this rule

Seayora keeps a lease’s end date and every notice sent through it, with the date it went out, in the lease record — so the dates a rule like this one counts from are on file rather than remembered.

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