Idaho Code

Idaho Code § 1-2214 (2026)

Objections to assignment — Waiver. 

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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 assignment to a magistrate.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1983–2005 · leading case: State v. Smith, 792 P.2d 916 (Idaho 1990).
State v. Smith, 792 P.2d 916 (Idaho 1990). · cites it 4× “I.C. § 1-2214. Cf. Parsons v. State, 113 Idaho 421, 424-25 , 745 P.”
Matter of Hanson, 826 P.2d 468 (Idaho 1992). · cites it 4× “I.C. § 1-2214 provides that, “All objections to the propriety of an assignment to a magistrate are waived unless made before the trial or hearing begins.”
Carr v. Magistrate Court of First Jud. Dist., 700 P.2d 949 (Idaho 1985). · cites it 6× “The Rudd Court also noted that an objection to the assignment of a case to a magistrate is waived under I.C. § 1-2214, “unless made before trial or hearing begins.”
Parsons v. State, 745 P.2d 300 (Idaho Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 4× “82(c)(3); I.C. § 1-2214. Finding no timely objection, we hold that the magistrate's decision in this case is neither void nor subject to collateral attack.”
Rudd v. Rudd, 666 P.2d 639 (Idaho 1983). · cites it 2× “We would also note that I.C. § 1-2214 indicates that an objection to the assignment of a case to a magistrate is waived unless made before trial or hearing begins.”
Deonier v. State, Pub. Emp. Ret. Bd., 760 P.2d 1137 (Idaho 1988). · cites it 4× “2d 270 (1975), this Court and the parties missed a controlling statute, I.C. § 1-2214. Shortly thereafter, this Court recognized the error and promulgated I.”
State v. Jones, 115 P.3d 743 (Idaho 2005). · cites it 2× “Further, I.C. § 1-2214 provides that all objections to the propriety of an assignment to a magistrate judge are waived unless made before the trial or hearing begins.”
State v. Crisman, 846 P.2d 928 (Idaho Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “No waiver of his challenge to jurisdiction resulted from either I.C. § 1-2214 or I.C.R. 2.2(d). After a hearing on the merits, the magistrate issued a written order denying Crisman’s motion to dismiss.”
McGill v. Lester, 672 P.2d 570 (Idaho Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “Idaho Code § 1-2214 specifically provides that “[a]ll objections to the propriety of an assignment to a magistrate are waived unless made before the trial or hearing begins.”
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