Felony Theft Amount and Penalties in Idaho

Theft is grand theft (a felony) when the value of the property taken exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000). Grand theft by value is punishable by a fine not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one (1) year nor more than fourteen (14) years, or both. Other grand theft categories include certain livestock or animals exceeding $150 in value and property with an aggregate value over $50.00 stolen in three or more incidents within a criminal episode. Theft that is not grand theft is petit theft, a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000, up to one year in county jail, or both.

Idaho does not sort felonies into lettered classes; each statute sets its own penalty. A felony is a crime punishable with death or by imprisonment in the state prison. Except where a different punishment is prescribed, every felony is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding five (5) years, or by a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or both.

Idaho has a single misdemeanor category: every crime that is not a felony is a misdemeanor. Unless a different punishment is prescribed, a misdemeanor is punishable by up to six (6) months in county jail, a fine of up to $1,000, or both. An infraction is a civil public offense, not a crime, punishable only by a penalty not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300), with no incarceration; if no specific penalty is set, the infraction penalty is $15.50.