Idaho Code

Idaho Code § 1-2201 (2026)

Magistrate division of district court — Established. 

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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.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1976–2023 · leading case: O'Holleran v. O'Holleran, 525 P.3d 709 (Idaho 2023).
O'Holleran v. O'Holleran, 525 P.3d 709 (Idaho 2023). · cites it 4× “See also Idaho Code §§ 1-2201 , 1-2208, 1-2210. Article V, section 2 of Idaho’s Constitution provides for “such other courts inferior to the Supreme Court as established by the legislature[,]” and that “[t]he jurisdiction of such inferior courts shall be as prescribed by the…”
State v. Leotis B. Branigh, III, 313 P.3d 732 (Idaho Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “I.C. § 1-2201. Both district and magistrate courts are courts of general jurisdiction in this state.”
Parsons v. State, 745 P.2d 300 (Idaho Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 4× “I.C. §§ 1-2201. Due process is not violated by the valid exercise of such jurisdiction.”
City of Boise v. Ada Cnty., 215 P.3d 514 (Idaho 2009). · cites it 2× “See I.C. § 1-2201. In doing so, the legislation eliminated various lower courts that existed prior to the law, including probate courts, police courts, and justice of the peace courts, and combined their functions into a single magistrate’s division.”
Ada Cnty. v. City of Garden City Ex Rel. Garden City Council, 318 P.3d 904 (Idaho 2014). · cites it 2× “§ 1-103; and I.C. § 1-2201). The reform required each county to provide “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 use, and [to] provide for the staff…”
State v. Stephen D. L'Abbe, 324 P.3d 1016 (Idaho Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “Subject to the rules promulgated by the Idaho Supreme Court, the legislature also assigned to the magistrate division those proceedings arising under the Idaho Traffic Infractions Act.”
John Doe v. Jane Doe, 431 P.3d 1 (Idaho 2018). · cites it 2× “See also I.C. § 1-2201 ("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.”
Gibbs v. Shaud, 557 P.2d 631 (Idaho 1976). · cites it 2× “104, I.C. § 1-2201. . Without attempting to list other than a few of such punishments see: R.”
State v. Fanning, 791 P.2d 36 (Idaho Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “The magistrate courts are divisions of the district court, see I.C. § 1-2201, and therefore have jurisdiction also.”
McGill v. Lester, 672 P.2d 570 (Idaho Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “” Pursuant to this constitutional grant of authority, the Legislature has enacted I.C. §§ 1-2201 to -2222, creating the magistrate division of the district court.”
State v. Stephen D. L'Abbe (Idaho Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “Under this authority, the legislature enacted I.C. § 1-2201, which provides that, pursuant to the provisions of Article V, Section 2 of the Idaho Constitution, “there is hereby established in 2 each county of the state of Idaho a magistrate division of the district court.”
State v. Reuben D. Lehmann (Idaho Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “Under this authority, the legislature enacted I.C. § 1-2201, which provides that, pursuant to the provisions of Article V, Section 2 of the Idaho Constitution, “there is hereby established in each county of the state of Idaho a magistrate division of the district court.”
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