STATE OF IDAHO JUDICIAL BRANCH
Supreme Court

Idaho Infraction Rules (I.I.R.)

> Rule on Electronic Filing and Service - REVISED AS OF JUNE 4, 2018, WITH NEW SECTION ON APPEALS THAT IS PERMISSIVE BEGINNING JUNE 4, 2018, and MANDATORY BEGINNING JULY 2, 2018.
*Applicable in: Counties and District Courts that have approval from the Supreme Court to accept filings electronically.

Rule: 

1. Application and designation of rules.

2. Definitions.

2.1 Social Security Numbers.

3. Citable offenses - Methods of initiating - Trial - Consolidation.

4. Assignment of jurisdiction.

5. Uniform citation - Issuance - Service - Form - Number - Distribution.

6. Appearance of defendant - Admission by payment by mail - Answer of a defendant - Trial date notice or continuance notice.

7. Trial procedures - Venue - Arrest or bail prohibited - Court trials - Findings and judgment.

7.1. Stipulations not binding on court - Continuance of trial or hearing.

8. Failure to appear - Default judgment - Notice of judgment.

8.1. Relief from default judgments.

9. Judgment - Fixed penalty for infractions - Withheld judgment and suspended penalties prohibited - Deferred payment agreements.

9.1. Entry of judgment by clerk of court.

10. Failure to pay - Late payment - Other sanctions.

10.1. Forms and procedures for fish and game infractions.

10.2. Forms and procedures for other non-traffic infractions.

11. Reserved

12. Appointment of persons to receive answers to citations or complaints, accept payment of penalties and execute deferred payment agreements.

13. Method of payment of penalty and costs.

14. Reporting of proceedings.

15. Appeal to the district court.

16. Effective date.