{"data":{"id":"us-id/idaho-code-18-901","jurisdiction":"us-id","citation":"Idaho Code § 18-901","heading":"Assault defined.","body":"An assault is:\n(a) An unlawful attempt, coupled with apparent ability, to commit a violent injury on the person of another; or\n(b) An intentional, unlawful threat by word or act to do violence to the person of another, coupled with an apparent ability to do so, and doing some act which creates a well-founded fear in such other person that such violence is imminent.","path":["TITLE 18 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS","CHAPTER 9 ASSAULT AND BATTERY"],"source_url":"https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch9/sect18-901/","current_through":"2026 Legislative Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T11:16:52Z","sha256":"fb8909474eb1fbb747f8db6d25d8b58ea5f0dfcbb1e4774d10d13d9da61ada20","source_id":"us-id","stale":false,"prev":"us-id/idaho-code-18-805","next":"us-id/idaho-code-18-902"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}