Bonneville County Jail

Search the name on the Bonneville County Inmate Search. The sheriff says its own list is refreshed several times a day, and that list can also show people on work release or an ankle monitor, not only people behind bars.

The county also points families to VINE, a free, private notice service for custody changes. For anything the screen leaves out, call the jail at 208-529-1315 and ask for a detention deputy.

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The sheriff's bonding page names two routes. For a cash bond, you pay the entire amount. For a surety bond, a bail bondsman posts it for a fee. You choose which, unless the court order says otherwise.

On top of the bond itself, the sheriff adds a $10 bond fee per bond, and it "must be paid with exact change." Bring small bills.

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Cashier's checks and money orders are accepted for a cash bond, according to the sheriff's page. A personal check is not on that list.

For bonding hours and the window location, phone 208-529-1315 and confirm the time and entrance before you leave home.

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No. The sheriff states plainly that cash bond is a promise the person will come to court on the date given, not a penalty. Missing court can mean the money is forfeited and a new arrest warrant.

If the case ends normally, the court can use the cash for fines and costs under Idaho Code 19-2908 and return the rest to the person who posted.

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Yes. The sheriff's page says a bail bondsman may post the surety bond, charging a fee the agent sets, so ask for it in writing. Agents must be licensed through the Idaho Department of Insurance.

Ask the agent for the fee, the collateral, and the cost if the person misses court. Put every promise in writing.

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The statewide misdemeanor schedule (January 2023 version) sets a first DUI at $500 for an Idaho resident and $2,000 for a nonresident. A second DUI is $1,000 and $3,000. Resisting an officer costs $300, and any misdemeanor not on the list costs $300. Disturbing the peace is shown as "book and release," while stalking waits for a judge with no bond.

Judges may change these. See the amount currently attached to the booking on the Bonneville County Inmate Search.

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For felonies, a judge normally needs to review the case before a number is set. Domestic assault or battery and breaking a no-contact order carry no bond before a judge sees the case, per the statewide schedule.

Idaho Criminal Rule 5 says that first appearance must be held without unreasonable delay and within 24 hours of arrest, weekdays only, holidays excluded.

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The Bonneville County Courthouse sits at 605 North Capital Avenue, Idaho Falls, and the main number is 208-529-1350 (the Idaho courts list extension 1379). The sheriff's administrative offices are in the attached Law Enforcement Building.

Sheriff office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, at 208-529-1375. Dispatch handles after-hours non-emergency calls at 208-529-1200.

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Possibly. Idaho Code 19-2909 allows a property bond on land or a home inside Idaho, with enough equity to cover the Bonneville County bail plus what collection would cost, after existing liens. The court can say no, and the owner pays the fees.

A magistrate must approve it under the statewide rule. Ask the court at 208-529-1350 about the paperwork.

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A bench warrant is issued and the bond is forfeited, as Idaho Code 19-2915 sets out. Notice goes to whoever posted it. A judge can set the forfeiture aside if a motion is filed within 180 days.

Phone the defense lawyer on the same day.

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A state-run Bonneville County Public Defender Office is at 510 D Street, Idaho Falls, 208-701-7300. A judge decides who qualifies.

Bring proof of income and ask the attorney to seek a lower bond.

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Bonneville County's youth go to the 3-B Juvenile Detention Center, 605 North Capital Avenue, Idaho Falls, 208-542-2947.

Juvenile probation is at 883 Shoup Avenue, 208-528-5600. Juvenile records are private, so the adult search will not list them.

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Idaho's constitution allows it only for capital offenses where the proof is evident or the presumption great. After a plea or verdict, during an appeal, or on a Bonneville County probation violation, the judge decides.

A hold from a different county or a parole agency can also keep a person in. Ask the jail about every hold.

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The sheriff's website carries warnings titled as jail bonding and bail or ankle monitor scams. Treat any call demanding instant payment by gift card, wire, or app as one of them.

Hang up and dial the jail yourself at 208-529-1315.

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No. The Idaho Falls Community Reentry Center, 3955 Bombardier Avenue, 208-525-7143, belongs to the Idaho Department of Correction. It houses adult men classified minimum custody who are close to release. Bail does not apply to a person serving a state sentence there.

If your person may be there, use the Idaho Department of Correction resident search instead of the county search. It looks up people by last name or IDOC number.

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A federal court takes the Bonneville County case. A federal warrant served in Bonneville County falls outside the schedule Idaho Falls uses for Idaho bail, so the Idaho Falls jail desk takes no money for it. Bonneville County federal cases go to the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, Eastern Division, 801 E. Sherman St., Pocatello; and from Idaho Falls the clerk's line is 208-478-4123.

• The federal magistrate handles the first court date for the Idaho Falls case after agents bring the person from Bonneville County, normally within a day or two.
• No money chart applies to Bonneville federal cases. Using 18 U.S.C. 3142, the judge can release the Bonneville defendant on conditions or order detention.
• Any Bonneville County detention hearing the government seeks for the Bonneville County defendant follows quickly, unless a Bonneville party asks to delay it.
• Before trial the U.S. Marshals Service keeps custody, and a jail near Idaho Falls may hold them under contract; ring 208-529-1315 and ask the Bonneville County desk if the person is there.
• When the Idaho Falls federal case ends in prison time, the Federal Bureau of Prisons takes over; search the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

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Bail can still be posted in Bonneville County, but Idaho Falls release may be slowed at Bonneville County Jail. The steps as a rule run like this for a Idaho Falls arrest:

1. During Bonneville booking, Idaho Code 18-9008 requires the jail to decide if the Bonneville County arrestee is a noncitizen and, in Bonneville County, notify the Department of Homeland Security within 48 hours.
2. ICE may send a Form I-247A detainer asking Bonneville County to keep your loved one.
3. A reasonable detainer must be honored in Bonneville County under Idaho Code 18-9005(4) after the Bonneville case no longer holds them, and Bonneville staff must tell the defendant about it.
4. After a Bonneville release order, ICE gets a Bonneville County window of up to 48 hours, and Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays count.
5. Officers from the ICE Idaho Falls office, 2075 N Boulevard, Idaho Falls, ID 83402, 208-535-5100, collect the person from the Bonneville County jail; Bonneville detainees may be held at the Elmore County Detention Center in Mountain Home or, from Bonneville County, to facilities in other states.
6. Check the ICE Online Detainee Locator System with the Bonneville detainee's A-number, or the Bonneville County person's name and birth country.

Get legal advice before posting in Idaho Falls, because Bonneville bail does not cover the immigration case.

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• Bonneville County custody: use Bonneville County Inmate Search or call 208-529-1315.
• Status alerts: VINELink gives custody status and release alerts for Bonneville and other Idaho jails.
• State prison: use the Idaho Department of Correction Resident/Client Search, or see our Idaho state prisons guide.
• Federal sentence: open the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.
• ICE detainee: the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.
• Bonneville County cases: Idaho iCourt case search, or court staff in Idaho Falls at 208-529-1350.

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In Bonneville County, misdemeanor cases are heard by magistrate judges at the Capital Avenue courthouse in Idaho Falls. Two different prosecuting offices share the work. Offenses committed inside Idaho Falls city limits are generally prosecuted by Idaho Falls City Prosecution, a division of the City Attorney's Office. Misdemeanors from the unincorporated county, from smaller cities such as Ammon, Iona and Ucon, and from Idaho State Police stops are typically handled by deputy prosecutors in the Bonneville County Prosecuting Attorney's magistrate court branch. Your paperwork will show which office filed the charge.

After an arrest

A large share of Bonneville misdemeanors begin with a citation and a court date rather than a trip to jail. People who are booked go to the Bonneville County Jail. Idaho law requires a probable cause finding within 48 hours of any warrantless arrest, and the arrested person must see a magistrate without unnecessary delay. During that initial appearance, the Idaho Falls magistrate explains the charge and the person's rights and decides on bail or release conditions.

Your right to a lawyer

Bonneville County is one of the counties where the Office of the State Public Defender, which took over public defense across Idaho on October 1, 2024, runs its own staffed office. Anyone facing possible jail time who is unable to pay for a defense lawyer can apply at the courthouse; the magistrate decides whether to appoint the Bonneville SPD office on D Street, reachable at (208) 701-7300. If that office has a conflict, the appointment goes to the SPD's Alternate Counsel Division.

How Bonneville misdemeanors end

Most cases are settled by negotiation before trial. Idaho Falls magistrates frequently grant a withheld judgment under Idaho Code 19-2601; if the defendant completes probation, the Bonneville County guilty plea may be set aside and the Bonneville County case dismissed. Bonneville County has one of the most extensive sets of treatment courts in the state, including a misdemeanor/DUI drug court, a mental health court, a domestic violence court and a veterans treatment court that serves the Seventh District. A Bonneville County defendant who pleads not guilty is owed trial within six months, and a misdemeanor jury in Bonneville County seats six detainees who must reach a unanimous verdict.

Sentencing ranges

• Typical Idaho Falls misdemeanor: no more than 6 months in the Bonneville County Jail and a fine of no more than $1,000; certain offenses carry up to a year.
• First DUI in Bonneville County: up to 6 months in jail and a fine up to $1,000; a 30-day absolute driver's license suspension plus another 60 to 150 days, with restricted privileges sometimes allowed; a required alcohol assessment; and an ignition interlock device for a year after the Bonneville suspension ends unless an exception applies.
• Probation: commonly paired with fines, counseling or community service in place of jail time.

Many Bonneville misdemeanors are wrapped up within one to a few months; those set for trial or placed in a treatment court run longer.

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All felonies in Bonneville County, including those that start with an Idaho Falls Police arrest, are prosecuted by the Bonneville County Prosecuting Attorney, whose criminal division appears in juvenile, magistrate and District Court. A felony case begins before a magistrate, then moves to one of the Seventh District judges assigned to the Idaho Falls courthouse once the charge is bound over. Defendants unable to post bail are held at the Bonneville County Jail throughout.

The Idaho Falls path to District Court

The prosecutor most often starts a felony by filing a complaint. A preliminary hearing must be held within 14 days if the defendant is in custody and 21 days if released, though the court can extend those deadlines. The magistrate decides if probable cause supports the charge. In some cases the prosecutor goes to a Bonneville County grand jury instead, and an indictment takes the place of the hearing. Once a case is bound over, the prosecutor files an "information," and the defendant is arraigned before a district judge.

Defense counsel

The Bonneville County office of the State Public Defender represents most felony defendants who qualify for appointed counsel. A person applies at the courthouse, and a judge alone can make the appointment. Conflict cases, such as co-defendants who cannot share a lawyer, go to the SPD's Alternate Counsel Division.

Trial, plea and sentencing

After the District Court arraignment, Idaho's speedy-trial statute calls for trial within six months. Most Bonneville felonies resolve by plea; those tried go to a 12-member jury that must be unanimous. Idaho sentences are unified: a fixed minimum term plus an indeterminate term, with parole decided by the Commission of Pardons and Parole. Judges may retain jurisdiction for up to 365 days, a "rider" during which the defendant completes IDOC programming before the court considers probation. Idaho Falls district judges may still withhold judgment in certain felony cases. Bonneville's felony drug court, young adult court and mental health court give qualifying defendants supervised treatment as an alternative to prison. A third felony conviction exposes a defendant to the persistent violator enhancement of 5 years to life. Bonneville County felony cases generally take 6 to 18 months.

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Homicides, sexual assaults and armed robberies in Bonneville County follow the standard Idaho felony route, but the stakes, the evidence and the length of the case grow considerably. The Bonneville County Prosecuting Attorney handles these prosecutions, often with experienced trial deputies assigned from the start, and the cases are heard by Seventh District judges in Idaho Falls.

Bail and pretrial detention

Under the Idaho Constitution, all defendants are bailable except in capital cases where the proof is evident or the presumption great. For other violent charges, bail is allowed but is usually set high, and release conditions can include no-contact orders and electronic monitoring. Defendants who cannot meet those terms remain at the Bonneville County Jail in Idaho Falls until trial or plea.

Representation in serious cases

Qualifying defendants are represented by the State Public Defender's Bonneville County office at (208) 701-7300, or by the Alternate Counsel Division if there is a conflict. When the State gives notice that it will seek death, the court must appoint attorneys qualified to try capital cases.

Idaho penalties for violent felonies

• Murder in the first degree: life in prison with no less than 10 years fixed, or death if the prosecution filed notice and the jury finds an aggravating circumstance.
• Murder in the second degree: no less than 10 years, up to life imprisonment.
• Rape: a term of 1 year to life.
• Robbery: a term of 5 years to life.
• Firearm or deadly weapon: Idaho Code 19-2520 permits up to 15 additional years for using one in certain felonies.

The persistent violator law can raise the sentence for a defendant with two earlier felonies. Crime victims in Bonneville County have constitutional rights under Article I, Section 22, including notice of hearings, the right to be present and heard at sentencing, and restitution for their losses.

Expected duration

Forensic testing, expert witnesses and heavy pretrial litigation mean a violent felony in Bonneville County commonly lasts one to three years or more. A capital prosecution can take substantially longer.

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The Bonneville County Courthouse sits at 605 North Capital Avenue, Idaho Falls, ID 83402; the clerk answers at 208-529-1350. Find a Idaho Falls hearing date on the Idaho iCourt case search.

Bonneville County warrant questions go to 208-529-1375 or the clerk at 208-529-1350.

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• Jail search for Bonneville: Bonneville County Inmate Search, phone 208-529-1315.
• VINELink covers Bonneville and other Idaho jails, with Bonneville custody status and release notices.
• Sentenced to prison in Bonneville County: the Idaho Department of Correction Resident/Client Search, plus our Idaho state prisons guide.
• A Bonneville federal prisoner: Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.
• Held by ICE after a Bonneville arrest: ICE Online Detainee Locator System.

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A federal case from Bonneville County leaves the Bonneville courthouse. They are heard in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, Eastern Division, 801 E. Sherman St., Pocatello (208-478-4123). The federal magistrate for the Bonneville case chooses release terms or detention under 18 U.S.C. 3142, and a detention hearing for the Bonneville defendant may follow within five days. The U.S. Marshals Service holds the Bonneville defendant before trial, sometimes in a contract county jail; phone 208-529-1315 to check the Idaho Falls jail first. Once a Bonneville County federal sentence starts, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

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1. Booking staff in Idaho Falls check citizenship status under Idaho Code 18-9008 and report a possible Bonneville noncitizen to Homeland Security within 48 hours.
2. ICE can send the Bonneville jail a Form I-247A detainer.
3. When the Bonneville County case is over, Idaho Code 18-9005(4) requires the Bonneville jail to honor a reasonable detainer.
4. Beyond the Bonneville County release point, ICE has at most 48 hours, and Saturdays, Sundays and holidays count.
5. The ICE Idaho Falls office (2075 N Boulevard, Idaho Falls, ID 83402, 208-535-5100) collects the Bonneville County detainee, often for the Elmore County Detention Center in Mountain Home.
6. Track the Bonneville detainee on the ICE Online Detainee Locator System with an A-number, or with the Bonneville detainee's name and birth country.

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1. To appeal a Bonneville magistrate judgment, the defense has 42 days to file its notice with the Bonneville County district court (Idaho Criminal Rule 54).
2. Felony appeals from Bonneville County need a notice within 42 days of judgment (Idaho Appellate Rule 14), and the Supreme Court may hand the Bonneville appeal to the Court of Appeals.
3. When the Idaho Falls judge appoints it, the State Appellate Public Defender takes on Bonneville felony appeals for people who cannot pay.
4. A motion to reduce a Bonneville sentence is due within 120 days after judgment (Idaho Criminal Rule 35).
5. A post-conviction petition in Bonneville County is due one year after the Bonneville appeal ends or the appeal deadline passes (Idaho Code 19-4902).
6. A sentenced state prisoner, whether in the Bonneville jail or prison, must meet each Bonneville County deadline; the Idaho Falls clerk at 208-529-1350 can confirm filing dates.

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