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Bannock County is within the Idaho 6th Judicial District.

The people of Bannock County are served by a District Court. Each District Court contains a Magistrate Division that "hears probate matters, divorce proceedings, juvenile proceedings, initial felony proceedings through the preliminary hearing, criminal misdemeanors, infractions, civil cases when the amount in dispute does not exceed $10,000 and cases in Small Claims Court that is established for disputes of $5,000 or less".^[1]

The United States District Court for the District of Idaho has jurisdiction in Bannock County. Appeals from the District of Idaho go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

Judges[edit]

Bannock County, Idaho

District Court[edit]

Idaho 6th Judicial District

Judges[edit]

• Mitchell W. Brown
• Stephen S. Dunn
• Robert C. Naftz

Magistrate Division[edit]

Idaho 6th Judicial District

• Scott Axline
• Rick Carnaroli
• Thomas W. Clark
• Steven A. Thomsen

See also[edit]

• Idaho counties
• Courts in Idaho

Footnotes[edit]

Elections[edit]

See also: Idaho judicial elections

Idaho is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Idaho, click here.

• Idaho local trial court judicial elections, 2024
• Idaho local trial court judicial elections, 2023
• Idaho local trial court judicial elections, 2022
• Idaho local trial court judicial elections, 2021
• Idaho local trial court judicial elections, 2020
• Idaho local trial court judicial elections, 2019
• Idaho local trial court judicial elections, 2018
• Idaho local trial court judicial elections, 2017
• Idaho local trial court judicial elections, 2016
• Idaho judicial elections, 2014
• Idaho judicial elections, 2012
• Idaho judicial elections, 2010

Election rules[edit]

Primary election[edit]

District court races are decided during the state's primary election. However, if no candidate in a judicial race receives over 50 percent of the votes in the primary, the two candidates who received the greatest number of votes advance to the general election, which functions as a sort of judicial runoff election.^[1]

If a race advances to the general election, but one of the candidates leaves the race before that time, the candidate who received the next highest number of votes in the primary takes their spot on the general election ballot. In such a situation, if there is a tie for third place in the primary, the candidate to advance to the general election is chosen by lot by the secretary of state.^[2]

Retention election[edit]

Magistrates stand for retention in the general election, which is held in November. Judges file for retention in August. Specifically, they must file their declaration of candidacy no less than 90 days prior to the election.

The ballot includes the following language for such elections: "Shall Magistrate __ of __ County of the __ Judicial District be retained in office?" The voter may then choose to answer either "Yes" or "No". The magistrate must receive a majority of "yes" votes to be retained to a new term.^[3]