Benewah County Courthouse

Idaho 1st Judicial District

Benewah County Courthouse

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There are five counties that make up Idaho's First Judicial District. They are Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, and Kootenai, and Shoshone Counties.

Clerks

Deputy court clerks process all citations, community service enrollment, applications for a public defender, protection orders and filings for all criminal and civil cases.

Judges

There are twenty-two judges in Idaho's First Judicial District. For more information about jurisdiction and election of the judges, as well as contact information, see the Clerk/Judge Directory.

State of Idaho

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.

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Lisa Chesebro

Trial Court Administrator