Idaho Landlord Compliance Kit: Deposit, Notice and Eviction Checklists with an Excel Tracker

Who it is for

Landlords and property managers with rentals in Idaho, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case.

Not the right fit if

Your rental is outside Idaho: get that state's kit. Not legal advice, not a lawyer's review of a lease, notice or court case, and not a set of legal notice forms; city and county rules aren't covered.

Why it is different

• Built only from our Idaho data files, checked November 2026 against 7 official pages, among them Idaho Courts self-help: Idaho's Security Deposit Law (H-3, revised 1/13); Idaho Attorney General: Landlord and Tenant Manual (July 2026); Idaho Legislature: Idaho Code Title 6, Chapter 3 (Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer); Idaho Court Assistance Office: CAO UD Instruction 1, Expedited Eviction; Idaho Court Assistance Office: Advice for Idaho Renters (H-6); Idaho Courts: Small Claims Court Plaintiff Guide (CAO SC Instr 1-1a, rev. 07/01/2026), plus National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (a vetted secondary source, marked in the kit) where no official page could be read.
• 6 items the official pages didn't state are left out of the rules and put on a short look-up list with the page to check, never guessed.
• The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and works out Idaho notice and deposit dates for you.

What is inside

• Start here. How to use the kit, the 17 confirmed Idaho rules at a glance and a short look-up list of 6 points to check: interest on the deposit, filing fee, time to answer or appear, judgment to writ, paying to stop the case, diversion or mediation (statewide), each with the official page.
• Idaho landlord rules checklist. Deposits, notice periods, the eviction case and the small claims limit, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date. What it confirms: deposit limit: No maximum: the Attorney General's 2026 manual says Idaho does not restrict the amount of rent or deposits landlords can charge; return deadline: Within 21 days after the lease ends or, if the lease says so, within 30 days after the tenant leaves; itemized list of deductions: A written statement of the amounts deducted, why, and how the deductions were spent; where the deposit is held: No separate account rule for ordinary residential deposits in the Attorney General's 2026 manual; it says the lease should name the financial institution where the landlord will hold the deposit; penalty the law states: If the tenant sues in small claims and wins, the judge may award three times the security deposit, plus court costs and attorney fees (Attorney General's manual, 2026); ending month-to-month (landlord): At least a month's advance written notice by either side, unless the landlord agrees otherwise; ending month-to-month (tenant): At least a month's advance written notice by either side, unless the landlord agrees otherwise; rent increase notice: Written notice at least 30 days before the increase takes effect; unpaid rent notice: A notice giving three days to pay the rent due, stating the amount owed; entry notice: If the lease is silent, the landlord should first say why entry is needed, and the two agree on a reasonable time and manner; late fee limits: Fees, including late fees, must be reasonable and no more than the lease states; court: Filed in the district court for the county (the court's forms carry the district court caption); hearing after filing: In a nonpayment case the court sets trial within 12 days of filing, and the tenant must be served at least 5 days before trial; writ to lockout: A residential tenant has 72 hours to remove belongings; the sheriff acts after that and at least three days after the court's finding; who carries out the lockout: The sheriff restores possession by removing the tenant; right to counsel (statewide): No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here.
• Move-in and move-out deposit checklist. A room-by-room condition checklist for both visits and the steps after move-out, with Idaho's return deadline (within 21 days).
• Notice calendar. When each notice must go out: the lead time for every notice the state's text confirms, with a 2027 month-by-month serve-by table worked out with our notice date calculator's rules.
• Eviction timeline sheet. The Idaho case in order from notice to lockout, with each confirmed stage, an example dated from a sample filing day where the rules give periods, and blanks for your own case dates.
• Idaho landlord workbook (Excel). A tenant notice log that dates each notice from the Idaho rules, a deposit tracker that works out the return date for each move-out, and a rent ledger with a running balance.