Boundary County Jail Inmate Bail & Bonds

Type the last name into the Boundary County Inmate Search. A fresh booking can take time to appear. If an hour passes with no result, call 208-267-3151, ask for extension 207, and give the full name and birth date.

Ask the desk whether a hold or a transfer to another county's jail applies. The Boundary County Jail answers at this same number.

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The county's own web pages do not describe a bonding window, so confirm the place before you carry money anywhere. Ask the jail desk, 208-267-3151 extension 207, whether bond is taken at the jail or through the court.

The district court is at 6452 Kootenai Street and is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, 208-267-5504. Its posted fine options are checks or money orders payable to Boundary County Clerk, cards by phone with a 3.5 percent fee, and an online portal. Fines are not bail, so ask the clerk whether bond uses the same rules.

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The statewide rule lists cash, a cashier's check, a money order, a personal check under the district judge's procedures, a surety bond, and a property bond. A local office may take fewer than the rule allows.

Plan for cash or a cashier's check, and ask about the rest.

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Idaho's misdemeanor bond schedule, in its January 2023 version, puts a first DUI at $500 for an Idaho resident and $2,000 for someone from out of state. A second DUI is $1,000 and $3,000. Obstructing an officer and any unlisted misdemeanor are both $300. Disturbing the peace is labeled "book and release," and a stalking charge has no bond until the person sees a judge.

Judges can raise or lower these. The figure tied to the booking shows on the Boundary County Inmate Search.

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On the statewide schedule, no bond is set in Bonners Ferry for domestic assault or battery or a no-contact order violation until the person goes before a judge. The jail has no power to set a lower number.

At that hearing the judge may release the person with conditions, such as no contact.

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Idaho Criminal Rule 5 says a person arrested must be taken before a magistrate in Bonners Ferry without undue delay, and no later than 24 hours after a Boundary County arrest, counting only business days. A Friday evening arrest can run to Monday.

The magistrate sets bail at that appearance, and for a warrant arrest the warrant's number stands unless a Boundary County judge finds good cause otherwise.

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You are not forced to use one. Idaho law says a Boundary County defendant cannot be required to post a Boundary County cash deposit, and a surety bond from a licensed bail agent is one allowed substitute. Agents are licensed by the Idaho Department of Insurance.

Compare fees in writing and ask whether the agent can post in Bonners Ferry without delay.

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It can, under Idaho Code 19-2909, if the real estate is in Idaho and has equity to cover the Boundary County bail plus collection costs after liens. The judge may decline it, and the owner pays the costs.

The statewide rules add a magistrate's approval. Call the clerk at 208-267-5504 before you gather deeds.

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The judge issues a bench warrant in Bonners Ferry and forfeits the bond, as Idaho Code 19-2915 provides, and the clerk mails you notice. A forfeiture can be set aside if a request is made within 180 days.

Hire or call a lawyer immediately.

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If the case ends with the person appearing every time, the clerk first applies cash to fines, fees, costs, and restitution and returns what remains to the person who posted it (Idaho Code 19-2908).

Keep the receipt in your name. A bondsman's fee stays with the bondsman.

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The state public defender list shows no Boundary County office. The State Public Defender uses contract lawyers in Bonners Ferry instead. Call the state office in Boise, 208-605-4575, or toll free 888-592-6680, and ask who covers Boundary County.

The judge decides who qualifies, normally at the first hearing.

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Call Boundary County Community Justice, 6566 Main Street, Bonners Ferry, 208-267-7983, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. It handles juvenile probation and diversion.

The county's pages do not name a juvenile detention center. North Idaho has centers in Sandpoint, 208-263-1602, and Coeur d'Alene, 208-446-1900. Ask Community Justice which one is holding the young person. Juvenile files are private.

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Under Idaho's constitution, bail may be refused only for capital offenses where the proof is evident or the presumption great. After a Boundary County plea or verdict, on appeal, or on a probation violation, the judge decides.

Holds from other counties or agencies can keep someone in custody even after bond is paid.

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Sometimes. Boundary County Community Justice runs an adult pretrial release program that lets eligible people stay in the community under supervision while the case goes on. A judge decides who is placed in it.

Ask the defense lawyer about it, or call 208-267-7983.

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Hang up on any caller who demands an app transfer, gift cards, or a wire for bail. Dial the sheriff's office yourself at 208-267-3151.

Money placed on a jail account for phone calls or snacks never releases anyone.

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A federal court takes the Boundary County case. A Boundary County federal charge is not part of the Boundary bond schedule, and Boundary deputies cannot set an amount for it. Boundary County federal cases go to the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, Northern Division, 6450 N. Mineral Dr., Coeur d'Alene; and from Bonners Ferry the clerk's line is 208-665-6850.

• The federal magistrate sees the Boundary defendant first on a case from Bonners Ferry, normally very soon.
• Federal judges in the Northern Division use no bail schedule. Under 18 U.S.C. 3142, the judge weighs flight risk and danger to the Boundary County community.
• A requested detention hearing for the Boundary County defendant follows fast, unless a Boundary party asks to delay it.
• The U.S. Marshals Service has custody before trial, which can place the person in a county jail by contract; call 208-267-3151 to ask if Boundary County holds them.
• If federal prison time follows the Boundary County case, the Federal Bureau of Prisons sets the place, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator tracks it.

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You may post the Boundary County bail, but Bonners Ferry release may be slowed at Boundary County Jail. This is how it plays out in Boundary County:

1. When the person is booked in Boundary County, Idaho Code 18-9008 requires the jail to decide if a Bonners Ferry prisoner holds foreign citizenship and, if the Boundary County check says so, alert the Department of Homeland Security within 48 hours.
2. ICE may file a Form I-247A detainer at the Bonners Ferry jail.
3. A reasonable detainer must be honored in Boundary County under Idaho Code 18-9005(4) when the Bonners Ferry case's own hold has ended, and Boundary County must inform the person of the hold.
4. After a Boundary release order, the Boundary hold can last up to 48 hours, and Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays count.
5. Staff based at the ICE Spokane office, 411 W Cataldo Ave, Spokane, WA 99201, 509-329-5846, collect the person from the Boundary County jail; the next stop after Bonners Ferry can be the Elmore County Detention Center at 2255 East 8th North, Mountain Home and then a Boundary detainee may go out of state.
6. Look up the ICE Online Detainee Locator System by Boundary A-number, or by the Bonners Ferry detainee's name and native country.

Get legal advice before posting in Bonners Ferry, because Boundary bail does not cover the immigration case.

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• In the county jail: try Boundary County Inmate Search ; you can also call 208-267-3151.
• Status alerts: VINELink gives custody status and release alerts for Boundary and other Idaho jails.
• State prison: use the Idaho Department of Correction Resident/Client Search, and read our Idaho state prisons guide.
• Federal custody: the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.
• ICE detainee: the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.
• Case lookups: Idaho iCourt case search, or the Boundary County courthouse at 208-267-5504.

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