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Idaho Civil and Divorce Court Records
Judgments, lawsuits, dissolution of marriage, civil court cases.

Civil, family law cases and divorces, personal injury cases, lawsuits, estate planning and probate matters.

• Idaho Supreme Court Self Help Center
  Information, referral and standard forms for persons who are representing themselves in court. Forms and instructions include family law, small claims, judicial consent abortion and more.
  
  
• Tribal Courts Information
  Direct weblinks listed by tribe including Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, Nez Perce Tribe, Shoshone Bannock Tribes and Shoshone Paiute Tribes.
  
  
• Idaho Supreme Court Data Repository
  Provide information on the status of trial court cases in the state of Idaho. Search by name or case number. Link to court calendars.
  
  
• Idaho Drug Court and Mental Health Courts
  Information about the drug and mental health courts of Idaho’s seven judicial districts, resources to assist those who manage and staff Idaho drug and mental health courts, and links to additional web based information.
  
  
• Family Court Services
  Family Court services coordinators listed by district. Statewide domestic violence resource coordinator and children and families in the courts coordinator.
  
  
• Idaho Supreme Court
  Mandatory jurisdiction in civil, administrative agency, juvenile, disciplinary, original proceeding cases. Discretionary jurisdiction in civil administrative agency, juvenile, original proceeding and interlocutory decision cases. Search forms, opinions and rules.
  
  
• Idaho Court of Appeals
  Mandatory jurisdiction in civil juvenile, original proceeding cases assigned by the supreme court. Find amended terms of court and accompanying press releases.
  
  
• Idaho Supreme Court and Appellate Filings
  Clerk of the court filings of 2006 to 2008 for civil, juvenile and original proceeding cases assigned by the supreme court.
  
  
• Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions Search
  Access opinions and court rules by a simple word or phrase search for civil, juvenile and original proceeding cases.
  

• Idaho Bankruptcy Courts
  Statewide Idaho bankruptcy courts. Court calendars, self help resources, local rules and public access to information online.
  
  
• Idaho Judgments and Liens
  Idaho judgments and liens public information. Court look up sources, electronic forms and self help tools.
  

Most criminal cases are started when a prosecutor, either a district attorney (who represents a county) or the attorney general (who represents the state), files a complaint with the court.

• Idaho Drug Court and Mental Health Courts
  Drug Courts operate under the statutory authority of the Idaho Drug Court Act as part of a coordinated criminal justice strategy to address the drug and crime connection.
  
  
• Idaho Youth Courts
  Direct weblinks to State of Idaho department of Juvenile Corrections and the Youth Court planning committee evaluations measures.
  
  
• Idaho Supreme Court
  Mandatory jurisdiction in capital criminal and criminal cases. Discretionary jurisdiction in noncapital criminal cases. Direct weblinks to court rules, forms and judicial rosters.
  
  
• Idaho Court of Appeals
  Mandatory jurisdiction in noncapital criminal cases. Amended terms of court and accompanying press releases. Members of the Idaho Court of Appeals.
  
  
• Idaho Supreme Court and Appellate Filings
  Clerk of the court filings of 2006 to 2008 for noncapital criminal cases assigned by the supreme court.
  
  
• Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions Search
  Access opinions and court rules by a simple word or phrase search for noncapital criminal cases assigned by the supreme court.

The state of Idaho is divided into seven judicial districts, each with an Administrative District Judge who is chosen by the other district judges in the district and a Trial Court Administrator (TCA) who is selected jointly by the Administrative District Judge and the Administrative Director of the State Courts.

First Judicial District
Benewah
Bonner
Boundary
Kootenai
Shoshone

Second Judicial District
Clearwater
Latah
Lewis
Idaho
Nez Perce

Third Judicial District
Adams
Canyon
Gem
Owyhee
Payette
Washington

Fourth Judicial District
Ada
Boise
Elmore
Valley

Fifth Judicial District
Blaine
Camas
Cassia
Gooding
Jerome
Lincoln
Minidoka
Twin Falls

Sixth Judicial District
Bannock
Bear Lake
Caribou
Franklin
Oneida
Power

Seventh Judicial District
Bingham
Butte
Custer
Jefferson
Madison Bonneville
Clark
Fremont
Lemhi
Teton