Idaho County Jail

Look the name up on Idaho County Inmate Search. It lists who is in custody and the booking details. A person arrested only minutes ago may not appear yet, so check again later. If the name still is not there, call the jail at 208-983-1123 and ask if the person was sent somewhere else.

The jail is small. The jail is small, so crowding can move people to other jails.

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Write down the full legal name, birth date, and what you know about the arrest. Run the name through Idaho County Inmate Search. Then decide who will handle money, because a bail payment is a separate trip from a jail visit.

Do not send money to the jail for release. Release comes from posting bail with the court. The sheriff's main office can answer general questions at 208-983-1100.

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The Sheriff's Office says bonds are paid during business hours at the District Court office, either in person or by phone, with a credit card.

The District Court clerk is in Room 23 of the courthouse at 320 West Main Street. Call 208-983-2776 to ask about other payment forms before you go.

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The county lists the clerk of the District Court as open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Pacific time. The courthouse hours are the same.

A person booked on a weeknight evening or on a weekend may have to wait for the office to open. Ask the jail desk at 208-983-1123 what can be done sooner.

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Idaho has one statewide misdemeanor bail bond schedule, adopted under Idaho Misdemeanor Criminal Rule 13 and effective January 4, 2023. A first DUI costs $500 for an Idaho resident and $2,000 for a nonresident, and an enhanced-penalty DUI costs $1,000 and $3,000 in the same order. Resisting or obstructing an officer carries a $300 bond.

Driving without privileges and disturbing the peace are listed as "Book & Release," which means the person is booked and then let go. A domestic assault or battery that is a first or second offense, or breaking a no-contact order, has no bond until an Idaho County judge hears it. A magistrate can change any listed amount.

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The misdemeanor rule does not cover felonies. A magistrate sets bail for a felony at the first court appearance, and the judge looks at the charge, the person's record, and safety. The amount can be very different from one case to the next.

Call the District Court clerk at 208-983-2776 with the case number and ask what the judge set.

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Idaho Criminal Rule 5 says an arrested person must be taken before a magistrate promptly. The delay may not be more than 24 hours after the arrest, leaving weekends and holidays out. At that appearance, the magistrate sets bail.

If the arrest was on a warrant, the amount written on the warrant normally stays unless an Idaho County judge finds good cause otherwise.

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No. Idaho Code 19-2907 says bail can be posted with a cash deposit, an Idaho County bail bond, or real property, and a defendant cannot be forced to pay cash. Under Rule 13, a cashier's check or a money order in the name of the clerk can also work, and a personal check needs the judge's approval.

The Idaho Bail Act has no ten percent deposit option. If someone offers one, ask the clerk at 208-983-2776 whether the court allows it.

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An Idaho County bail agent posts a surety bond for a fee. The Idaho Bail Act does not set a fee cap, so the price comes from the contract. Ask for the fee, any extra collateral, and the missed-court terms in writing before you sign.

The agent must be licensed by the Idaho Department of Insurance. The jail and the court cannot recommend one company over another.

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Yes, if the judge accepts it. Idaho Code 19-2909 says real property must be Idaho property, and its Idaho County equity, after liens, must at least equal the bail plus expected collection costs. The poster pays all recording fees, and the bond becomes a lien on the property.

Rule 13 lets only a magistrate approve and accept a property bond. Call the clerk at 208-983-2776 to ask how to start.

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The Idaho Bail Act, section 19-2903, gives a right to bail before trial except for a capital offense where the proof is clear or the presumption is great. A first or second domestic assault or battery has no bond until a court appearance under the statewide schedule.

A hold from another county, a probation violation, or a warrant from another place can also keep a person in. For the reason in a case, ask the clerk at 208-983-2776.

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Idaho County does not run a public defender office. The State Public Defender lists the county as served by contracted public defenders. Ask the judge for a court-appointed defense lawyer at the first appearance.

To learn which lawyer holds the contract, call the District Court clerk at 208-983-2776. A lawyer can ask the judge to lower bail.

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Call Juvenile Probation at 208-983-0339. The office is in Room 28 of the courthouse and the chief juvenile probation officer is Nadine McDonald. A juvenile record is private, so Idaho County Inmate Search will not show a child.

The state lists the Nez Perce Juvenile Detention Center in Lewiston, at 140 10th Street, 208-799-3153, as the closest detention center. Ask probation whether a young person from Idaho County would be held there.

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Parts of Idaho County are on the Nez Perce Reservation. A tribal agency may be the one that made the arrest, and then the case may belong to a different court. Ask the arresting officer which agency it was.

If the arrest was by the Sheriff's Office, the case starts in Idaho County court. The jail desk at 208-983-1123 can tell you which agency booked the person.

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Idaho Code 19-2915 says the court must order the bail forfeited, with a Grangeville bench warrant to follow. The clerk mails notice to the Idaho County person who posted. If the warrant is quashed within 180 days, the forfeiture is set aside.

Call a lawyer and the clerk at 208-983-2776 the same day. Do not wait until the warrant is served.

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A cash deposit left at the end of the case is first applied to fines, fees, costs, and restitution in the defendant's criminal cases, under Idaho Code 19-2908. Any surplus goes back to the Idaho County poster it.

A bail agent's fee stays with the agent. Keep every receipt with the case number.

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No court takes gift cards, crypto, or a wire to a private person. Call the numbers on this page yourself: the jail at 208-983-1123 and the clerk at 208-983-2776.

A caller who rushes you or asks you to keep it secret from the family is not the court.

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The North Idaho Correctional Institution, 236 Radar Road in Cottonwood, 208-962-3276, is a state prison run by the Idaho Department of Correction, not the county jail. Its residents serve sentences or retained jurisdiction, so bail does not apply. Look the person up on the Idaho Department of Correction resident search.

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Federal rules replace Grangeville bail. A federal warrant served in Idaho County falls outside the schedule Grangeville uses for Idaho bail, and Idaho deputies cannot set an amount for it. Idaho County federal cases go to the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, Central Division, 220 E. 5th St., Moscow; so for a Idaho case call the clerk at 208-882-7612.

• A U.S. magistrate judge calls the Idaho County case first after agents bring your loved one from Idaho County, usually within a day or two.
• No money chart applies to Idaho federal cases. Using 18 U.S.C. 3142, the judge can release the Idaho defendant on conditions or order detention.
• When detention is requested in a Grangeville case, the hearing for the Idaho County defendant follows quickly, unless a Idaho party asks to delay it.
• Pretrial custody belongs to the U.S. Marshals Service, so a Idaho prisoner may be housed in a county jail that rents beds; phone 208-983-1123 and ask the Idaho County desk if your family member is there.
• When the Grangeville federal case ends in prison time, the Federal Bureau of Prisons assigns a prison, shown on the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

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Posting bail in Grangeville is allowed, yet Grangeville release may be slowed at Idaho County Jail. This is how it plays out in Idaho County:

1. At intake in Grangeville, Idaho Code 18-9008 tells the jail to determine if the Idaho County arrestee is a noncitizen and, if the Idaho County check says so, alert the Department of Homeland Security within 48 hours.
2. ICE may send a Form I-247A detainer naming the Idaho prisoner.
3. The Grangeville jail must follow a reasonable detainer under Idaho Code 18-9005(4) after the Idaho case no longer holds them, and the Grangeville jail must say why the arrested person is held.
4. Once bail on the Idaho County charge is paid, ICE gets a Idaho County window of up to 48 hours, including weekends and holidays.
5. Officers from the ICE Boise office, 1185 S. Vinnell Way, Boise, ID 83709, 208-685-6635, take custody at the Idaho jail; ICE frequently moves Idaho detainees to the Elmore County Detention Center in Mountain Home and then a Idaho detainee may go out of state.
6. Look up the ICE Online Detainee Locator System by Idaho A-number, or by the Grangeville detainee's name and native country.

Get legal advice before posting in Grangeville, because the bond only covers the Idaho County charge.

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• Grangeville jail: open Idaho County Inmate Search or call 208-983-1123.
• Status alerts: VINELink lists Idaho custody status and sends release notices.
• State prison: use the Idaho Department of Correction Resident/Client Search, along with our Idaho state prisons guide.
• Federal sentence: the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.
• ICE custody: the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.
• Court cases and dates: Idaho iCourt case search, or the Idaho County courthouse at 208-983-2776.

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One Grangeville magistrate handles an Idaho County misdemeanor from its first hearing to its last. Since the county stretches so far, a person ticketed near Riggins or Elk City may face a long drive to court, yet the case still sits on the Grangeville calendar. The elected Idaho County Prosecuting Attorney prosecutes state misdemeanors regardless of whether a deputy, a town officer or a state trooper made the stop.

After an arrest

With only 11 jail beds, Idaho County officers lean heavily on citations that let people go home with a court date. For someone who is jailed without a warrant, Idaho law calls for a judge to review whether probable cause supports the arrest inside of 48 hours, and a court appearance must follow promptly. The Grangeville magistrate uses that hearing to read the charge, outline the defendant's right to counsel, and decide on bail or release conditions. Grangeville magistrates must offer bail on everything short of a capital crime where proof is evident.

Court-appointed lawyers in Grangeville

Defendants who face a jail sentence and cannot pay for a lawyer may request one from the Idaho County magistrate. The Idaho Office of the State Public Defender has run trial-court defense for people who cannot pay since October 1, 2024. Grangeville has no staffed branch of that agency; local cases go to private lawyers under contract with the agency. Hand the application to the Grangeville clerk, and the judge rules on it. When a conflict prevents the first lawyer from serving, the Alternate Counsel Division steps in.

Moving toward resolution

An Idaho County misdemeanor defendant who enters a not-guilty plea can generally insist on trial inside six months. The jury would be six Idaho County residents, and conviction requires every juror's vote. Most defendants never go to trial, settling instead with the prosecutor. A popular resolution is a withheld judgment (Idaho Code 19-2601): probation is completed, the guilty plea is wiped away, and the charge is dismissed.

Sentencing exposure

• Standard Idaho County misdemeanor: jail of six months or less in Grangeville plus a maximum fine of $1,000, unless the statute for that offense allows a year.
• First DUI charged in Grangeville: six months or less in jail, a $1,000 maximum fine, a mandatory 30 days of absolute suspension, followed by an additional 60 to 150 suspended days, possibly with restricted privileges.
• Additional DUI requirements: an alcohol evaluation, plus twelve months with an ignition interlock after driving privileges return, unless an exception covers the case.

An Idaho County misdemeanor ordinarily wraps up in somewhere from one month to a few months.

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The Idaho County Prosecuting Attorney files felony charges in Grangeville, where they begin before a magistrate and later pass to a district judge who serves the Second Judicial District. Defendants unable to make bail are held at the Idaho County Jail on West Main Street. Because the jail is so small, the sheriff sometimes has to place people elsewhere, so relatives should check where someone is being held by calling (208) 983-1123.

Testing the evidence in Grangeville

In Idaho County a felony normally starts with a complaint. Idaho gives the court two weeks to hold the preliminary hearing for a jailed defendant and three weeks for one on release, though those deadlines may be lengthened. A Grangeville magistrate hears testimony and decides whether there is enough to send the case to District Court. The prosecutor may also go straight to a grand jury, whose indictment does away with the preliminary hearing.

District Court arraignment and trial

Following a bind-over, the State files a formal "information," and the defendant is brought before the district judge to answer it. A trial should generally begin inside six months of that plea before the district judge, absent good cause. Twelve jurors sit on an Idaho County felony trial, and only a unanimous decision counts.

Getting a defense lawyer

A felony defendant who qualifies receives contract counsel from the statewide public defender agency after applying through the Grangeville clerk; the judge makes the call. Questions can go to the agency's statewide number, (208) 605-4575.

Sentences and alternatives

Each Idaho felony sentence pairs a fixed term, which the person must complete before parole is even considered, with an indeterminate term under the authority of the Commission of Pardons and Parole. An Idaho County district judge has another option: retaining jurisdiction during a "rider" in the state Department of Correction lasting as long as a year (365 days), then deciding whether probation is appropriate. Withheld judgments are also possible in some felonies. Idaho County defendants with a third felony conviction can be sentenced as persistent violators to five years to life. From charge to sentencing, Idaho County felonies usually take six to eighteen months.

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Idaho County homicide, rape and robbery prosecutions follow the same Grangeville felony track, with the county's elected prosecutor in charge and a Second Judicial District judge presiding. Crime scenes in this county can be hours from the courthouse, so investigations often depend on the Idaho State Police and the state forensic laboratory, and that adds time before a trial can start.

Bail and detention

Only in a capital case with clear proof may an Idaho County defendant be denied bail entirely. For every other violent charge the Grangeville magistrate names a bail figure, frequently a steep one. Defendants who cannot meet it are held by the Idaho County sheriff, starting at the jail on West Main Street.

Representation

Grangeville judges appoint State Public Defender contract counsel for defendants unable to pay. In a case where prosecutors pursue capital punishment, the judge appoints defense counsel who hold Idaho's death-penalty qualifications.

Penalties under Idaho statutes

• Murder in the first degree: a Grangeville life sentence that fixes ten years or more; alternatively the death penalty in a noticed case where the jury finds an aggravator proven.
• Murder in the second degree: between ten years and life.
• Rape: one year to life.
• Robbery: five years at minimum, up to a life term.
• Firearm or deadly weapon: under Idaho Code 19-2520, a Grangeville judge can add a term of up to 15 years when one is displayed or used during specified felonies.

Rights of victims in Grangeville proceedings

Victims of Idaho County crimes have constitutional protections in Article I, Section 22: advance notice, attendance at court, an opportunity to be heard when the Grangeville judge sentences, and restitution from the offender. The prosecutor's office works with victims through each of these steps.

Timeline

Count on one to three years for most Idaho County violent felony cases, with capital prosecutions running longer.

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The Idaho County Courthouse is at 320 West Main Street, Grangeville, ID 83530; reach the clerk at 208-983-2776. Find a Grangeville hearing date on the Idaho iCourt case search.

To ask about a Idaho County warrant, call 208-983-1100 or the Grangeville clerk at 208-983-2776.

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• Grangeville custody check: Idaho County Inmate Search, or call 208-983-1123.
• VINELink covers Idaho and other Idaho jails, with Idaho custody status and release notices.
• Sentenced to prison in Idaho County: the Idaho Department of Correction Resident/Client Search, and JE's Idaho state prisons guide.
• Federal custody from Idaho County: Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.
• Held by ICE after a Idaho arrest: ICE Online Detainee Locator System.

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Federal crimes charged in Idaho County skip the Grangeville courthouse. They are heard in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, Central Division, 220 E. 5th St., Moscow (208-882-7612). The federal magistrate for the Idaho case chooses release terms or detention under 18 U.S.C. 3142, and a detention hearing for the Idaho defendant may follow within five days. The U.S. Marshals Service holds the Idaho defendant before trial, sometimes in a contract county jail; call 208-983-1123 to check the Grangeville jail first. Once a Idaho County federal sentence starts, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

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1. Booking staff in Grangeville check citizenship status under Idaho Code 18-9008 and report a possible Idaho noncitizen to Homeland Security within 48 hours.
2. A Form I-247A detainer from ICE asks Idaho County to hold your loved one.
3. When the Idaho County case is over, Idaho Code 18-9005(4) requires the Idaho jail to honor a reasonable detainer.
4. Beyond the Idaho County release point, ICE has at most 48 hours, and Saturdays, Sundays and holidays count.
5. Idaho pickups come from the ICE Boise office, 1185 S. Vinnell Way, Boise, ID 83709, 208-685-6635; Idaho detainees often go to the Elmore County Detention Center in Mountain Home, and some Idaho County detainees later leave Idaho.
6. Track the Idaho detainee on the ICE Online Detainee Locator System with an A-number, or with the Idaho detainee's name and birth country.

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1. To appeal a Idaho magistrate judgment, the defense has 42 days to file its notice with the Idaho County district court (Idaho Criminal Rule 54).
2. Felony appeals from Idaho County need a notice within 42 days of judgment (Idaho Appellate Rule 14), and the Supreme Court may hand the Idaho appeal to the Court of Appeals.
3. When the Grangeville judge appoints it, the State Appellate Public Defender takes on Idaho felony appeals for detainees who cannot pay.
4. A motion to reduce a Idaho sentence is due within 120 days after judgment (Idaho Criminal Rule 35).
5. A post-conviction petition in Idaho County is due one year after the Idaho appeal ends or the appeal deadline passes (Idaho Code 19-4902).
6. A sentenced state prisoner, if in the Idaho jail or prison, must meet each Idaho County deadline; the Grangeville clerk at 208-983-2776 can confirm filing dates.

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