Jeff P. Payne at a glance
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Jeff P. Payne
Magistrate Judge · Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 2
Biography
Professional career
- Listed on the official Idaho County District Court site as the magistrate judge for the county
- Magistrate judge for the Idaho County Magistrate Court, covering the 2nd Judicial District, which includes Clearwater, Latah, Lewis, and Nez Perce counties
- The Magistrate Judge for Idaho County, serving in the 2nd Judicial District of Idaho, with a background in law from the University of Montana and extensive experience in probate, collections, and guardianship matters
Education
- University of Montana Alexander Blewett III School of Law — J.D. (1988)
- Jeff Paul Payne obtained a BS from University of Idaho in 1985
- Bachelor's degree, University of Idaho
Additional information
- Payne has been retained in his magistrate role since 2014, with his term expiring January 6, 2019.
- He was admitted in Montana in 1988 and Idaho in 1989.
- Recognized for work in probate, creditor/debtor collections, guardianship/conservatorship, and other civil matters
- His profile identifies him as a magistrate in Grangeville.
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 2
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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
Statewide source · HTML · Source checked July 27, 2026
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Current Membership source · HTML · Source checked October 4, 2026
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