Chad Gulstrom at a glance
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Chad Gulstrom
Magistrate Judge · Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 3
Biography
Professional career
- 2001–2020: Managing Partner, Gulstrom & Govia PC, specializing in family and criminal law
- Deputy prosecutor, Canyon County, 1998-2001
Education
- University of Idaho College of Law — J.D. (1997)
- B.S. in criminal justice, University of Idaho — 1993
Additional information
- Chad W. Gulstrom is a magistrate judge for the Canyon County Magistrate Court in Idaho, appointed in 2020, with a background in family and criminal law and currently running for retention in 2026
- Appointed magistrate, Canyon County, September 25, 2020, succeeding James A. Schiller
- Joined the bench on September 25, 2020 by the 3rd Judicial District Magistrates Commission to replace the retired Hon.
- Gulstrom’s legal work included criminal defense (sex crimes, drug offenses, DUI/DWI, violent crimes) and family law (divorce, guardianships, adoptions)
- Chad W. Gulstrom serves as a magistrate for the 3rd Judicial District of Idaho, presiding over cases in Canyon County, Idaho.
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Exhibits
Statewide
Idaho's statewide electronic-filing rule generally requires text-searchable PDF or PDF/A submissions and a 50 MB per-document limit; scanned-image attachments and exhibits may use standard PDF and are not rejected for the usual text-searchability format requirement.
A document ... submitted electronically to the court must be in the form of a text-searchable Portable Document Format (PDF) or a text-searchable Portable Document Format/A (PDF/A) file ... and not exceed 50 megabytes. A document that is an attachment or exhibit ... may be in standard PDF format and need not be text searchable.Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6 ↗
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6
Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 3
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Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-07-27Sources
Identity source checked July 27, 2026.
Biography sources checked July 27, 2026.
Idaho Supreme Court official judicial roster
Identity source · HTML · Source checked July 27, 2026
View Idaho Supreme Court official judicial roster ↗Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6
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