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Idaho Code § 9-312 (2026)

Authentication of judicial record. 

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Authentication of judicial record. 

A judicial record of this state, or of the United States, may be proved by the production of the original, or by a copy thereof, certified by the clerk or other person having the legal custody thereof. That of another state or territory may be proved by the attestation of the clerk and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a clerk and seal, together with a certificate of the chief judge or presiding magistrate, that the attestation is in due form.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1948–2011 · leading case: State v. Howard, 248 P.3d 722 (Idaho 2011).
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State v. Howard, 248 P.3d 722 (Idaho 2011). · cites it 200× “The district court explained: "If admissibility under the Idaho Rules of Evidence were the end of the inquiry, Howard would be guilty of [the felony DUI enhancement], due to the admission of [the two judgments of conviction].”
State v. TOYNE, 264 P.3d 418 (Idaho Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 22× “902(4), It Need Not Also Comply with the Provisions of Idaho Code § 9-312 to be Admissible Toyne was charged with DUI for conduct on June 21, 2007, elevated to a felony because he had previously been convicted of felony DUI within the past fifteen years.”
State v. Martinez, 643 P.2d 555 (Idaho Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 8× “Exhibit 68 complied with Idaho’s requirement for proper authentication of a judicial record, I.C. § 9-312, and it was admitted without objection.”
Smith v. Smith, 511 P.2d 294 (Idaho 1973). · cites it 6× “Both Exhibit 47 and any other testimony from other trials should have been authenticated according to I.C. § 9-312. 13 Copies of testimony taken by other courts come within the scope of I.”
State v. Johnson, 383 P.2d 326 (Idaho 1963). · cites it 3× “That of another state or territory may be proved by the attestation of the clerk and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a clerk and seal, together with a certificate of the chief judge or presiding magistrate, that the attestation is in due form.” Upon retrial of this…”
Olson v. Bedke, 555 P.2d 156 (Idaho 1976). · cites it 2× “I.C. § 9-312; Fairchild v. Wiggins, 85 Idaho 402 , 380 P.”
Stafford v. Field, 218 P.2d 338 (Idaho 1950). · cites it 2× “The official minutes of that proceeding, both appellant and respondents being represented by counsel, and the order properly certified (Section 9-312, I.C.) April 16, 1949, by H.”
Cuoio v. Koseris, 200 P.2d 359 (Idaho 1948). “Judgment is, therefore, reversed and the cause remanded with instructions to reinstate the default and upon proper proof, Sections 9-312, 9-316, 9-317, I.C.A., Gustin v.”
State v. Jim Howard, III (Idaho Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 6× “3 Idaho Code § 9-312 , entitled “Authentication of judicial record,” provides that: A judicial record of this state, or of the United States, may be proved by the production of the original, or by a copy thereof, certified by the clerk or other person having the legal custody…”
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