{"data":{"id":"us-id/idaho-code-6-713","jurisdiction":"us-id","citation":"Idaho Code § 6-713","heading":"Privileged publication in newspaper defined.","body":"A privileged publication in a newspaper which shall not be considered as libelous is one made:\n(1) In the proper discharge of an official duty.\n(2) In any publication of or any statement made in any legislative or judicial proceeding.\n(3) In a communication, without malice, to a person interested therein, by one who is also interested, or by one who stands in such relation to the person interested as to afford a reasonable ground for supposing the motive for the communication innocent, or who is requested by the person interested to give the information.\n(4) By a fair and true report, without malice, of a judicial, legislative or other public official proceeding, or of anything said in the course thereof, or of a charge or complaint made by any person to a public official, upon which a warrant shall have been issued or an arrest made.","path":["TITLE 6 ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES","CHAPTER 7 LIBEL AND SLANDER"],"source_url":"https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title6/t6ch7/sect6-713/","current_through":"2026 Legislative Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T11:16:21Z","sha256":"b7423841c2f65b764fc81346874236b4c63f05067a8bae2b0029fe70809c5422","source_id":"us-id","stale":false,"prev":"us-id/idaho-code-6-712","next":"us-id/idaho-code-6-714"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}