Title 1 — COURTS AND COURT OFFICIALS

1-2201. Magistrate division of district court — Established. Pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of article V of the Idaho Constitution there is hereby established in each county of the state of Idaho a magistrate division of the district court.

1-2202. "Magistrate" defined. As used in this act "magistrate" means a magistrate of the district court appointed under authority of this act.

1-2203. District magistrates commission — creation — Members — appointment — qualifications. (1) There is hereby established in each judicial district of the state of Idaho a district magistrates commission to be known as the "district magistrates commission of the …. judicial di…

1-2203A. district magistrates commission — terms. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the mayors shall serve terms on the commission of five (5) years and may succeed themselves, provided that their terms will end when they cease to hold the office that entitles …

1-2203B. DISTRICT MAGISTRATES COMMISSION — VACANCIES — TEMPORARY VACANCIES — TEMPORARY MEMBERS. (1) A vacancy on the commission shall be caused by a voting member dying, resigning, moving his residence outside the district, moving his residence to another county, and, in the case…

1-2204. District magistrates commission — Meetings — Quorum — Officers — Rules. The district magistrates commission of each judicial district shall meet initially to organize and transact any necessary business on the second Monday of September, 1977, unless earlier convened, and…

1-2205. District magistrates commission — Powers and duties. (1) The district magistrates commission shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To determine the number and location of magistrate judges to be appointed within the judicial district, subject to appropriations b…

1-2206. Magistrates — Qualifications — Institute — Exceptions — Office appointive. (1) A magistrate shall be an elector of the state of Idaho and shall reside in the county for which the appointment is made throughout the term of service as magistrate. (2) To be appointed to the …

1-2207. Magistrates — Term — Removal — Vacancies. (1) The term of office of a magistrate shall be four (4) years. The term of office of a magistrate shall begin on the second Monday of January of the odd-numbered year next succeeding his election. (2) Vacancies in the office of m…

1-2208. Assignment of cases to magistrates. Subject to rules promulgated by the supreme court, the administrative judge in each judicial district or any district judge in the district designated by him may assign to magistrates, severally, or by designation of office, or by class…

1-2209. Magistrates — Administrative assignments. Magistrates may be assigned internal administrative functions of the court.

1-2210. Assignments restricted to magistrates who are attorneys. (1) The supreme court by rule may specify additional categories of matters assignable to magistrates, except that the following matters may not be assigned to magistrates who are not attorneys: (a) Civil actions in …

1-2211. Jury trials — Six-man juries. When required, trial juries shall be selected and summoned as provided in title 2, Idaho Code. In the case of matters enumerated in section 1-2208 tried before a jury whether in district court or in the magistrate’s division of district court…

1-2212. Record of proceedings — Request for stenographic reporting — Costs. A verbatim record of the proceedings and evidence at trials before a magistrate shall be maintained either by electrical devices or by stenographic means, as the magistrate may direct, but if any party to…

1-2213. Appeals — Powers of district judge. (1) Appeals from final judgments of the magistrate’s division shall be taken and heard in the manner prescribed by law or rule. (2) Unless otherwise provided by law or rule, a district court judge shall review the case on the record on …

1-2214. Objections to assignment — Waiver. All objections to the propriety of an assignment to a magistrate are waived unless made before the trial or hearing begins. No order or judgment is void or subject to collaterial attack merely because rendered pursuant to improper assign…

1-2215. Allocation of appropriation. The appropriation for the magistrates’ divisions of the district courts shall be by separate appropriation to the Supreme Court for such magistrates’ divisions, and shall be allocated by the Supreme Court among the judicial districts and for t…

1-2216. Magistrates practicing law. Attorneys who are magistrates may practice law under such conditions as the district judges sitting en banc in the judicial district may provide, subject to Supreme Court rule.

1-2217. Facilities and equipment provided by county. Each county in the state shall provide suitable and adequate quarters for the magistrate’s division of the district court, including the facilities and equipment necessary to make the space provided functional for its intended …

1-2219. Magistrates — Salaries and travel expenses. The state shall provide for the salaries and travel expenses of the magistrates of the district court.

1-2220. Retention or nonretention of magistrate by vote. Any magistrate appointed pursuant to the provisions of section 1-2205, Idaho Code, and section 1-2207(2), Idaho Code, shall stand for office in the first general election next succeeding the expiration of the eighteen (18) …

1-2221. Senior judge — Assignment — Duties and powers — Compensation and expenses — Qualifications and oath. (1) A magistrate judge who leaves office or retires from the magistrates division of a district court, except a magistrate judge retired under the provisions of section 59…

1-2223. Magistrate judges handling juvenile delinquency cases. (1) Each magistrate judge in a judicial district who is assigned juvenile delinquency matters shall receive instruction in a course designed for training of judges of juvenile courts. (2) Each magistrate judge to whom…

1-2224. Senior magistrate judges fund. (1) There is hereby created in the office of the state treasurer, separate and apart from other funds of the state, a dedicated fund to be known as the senior magistrate judges fund. Moneys deposited into the fund pursuant to section 31-3201…