Idaho § 1-2210 ASSIGNMENTS RESTRICTED TO MAGISTRATES WHO ARE ATTORNEYS

Idaho Statutes

§ 1-2210 — ASSIGNMENTS RESTRICTED TO MAGISTRATES WHO ARE ATTORNEYS

Idaho § 1-2210

Title 1COURTS AND COURT OFFICIALS

Ch. 22MAGISTRATE DIVISION OF THE DISTRICT COURT

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Bluebook

Idaho Code § 1-2210 (2026).

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(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 which the amount of money or damages or the value of property claimed exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000), except as otherwise authorized by this act;

(b)Criminal proceedings in which the maximum authorized punishment exceeds the punishment authorized for misdemeanors;

(c)All proceedings involving the custody of minors and all habeas corpus proceedings;

(d)Proceedings for divorce, separate maintenance or annulment; and

(e)Proceedings in quo warranto, or for injunction, prohibition, mandamus, ne exeat, or appointment of a receiver.

(2)The supreme court may assign an attor

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(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 which the amount of money or damages or the value of property claimed exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000), except as otherwise authorized by this act;
(b) Criminal proceedings in which the maximum authorized punishment exceeds the punishment authorized for misdemeanors;
(c) All proceedings involving the custody of minors and all habeas corpus proceedings;
(d) Proceedings for divorce, separate maintenance or annulment; and
(e) Proceedings in quo warranto, or for injunction, prohibition, mandamus, ne exeat, or appointment of a receiver.
(2) The supreme court may assign an attorney magistrate to temporary service on the supreme court, except an attorney magistrate may not be assigned to hear cases in which the attorney magistrate participated, nor may an attorney magistrate be assigned to hear cases which originated in his or her judicial district.

Legislative History

[1-2210, added 1969, ch. 104, sec. 10, p. 353; am. 1972, ch. 36, sec. 2, p. 55; am. 1972, ch. 313, sec. 1, p. 775; am. 1981, ch. 180, sec. 2, p. 316; am. 1992, ch. 74, sec. 2, p. 211; am. 2000, ch. 250, sec. 2, p. 704; am. 2002, ch. 95, sec. 1, p. 263; am. 2006, ch. 263, sec. 2, p. 816.]