R. Todd Garbett at a glance
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R. Todd Garbett
Magistrate Judge · Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 6
Biography
Professional career
- He clerked for William H. Woodland for one year, practiced in Preston, and held the role of Franklin County prosecuting attorney from 2004 until his 2012 appointment
- Magistrate judge, Bear Lake County, sworn Nov
- Prior work included Law clerk to Hon
- Magistrate judge in Idaho’s 6th Judicial District, which includes Bannock, Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida, and Power Counties
Education
- University of Montana School of Law, with honors — J.D. (1996)
Additional information
- R. Todd Garbett is a magistrate judge for the Franklin County Magistrate Court in Idaho, appointed in 2012, and is currently serving in Bear Lake County with a 2026 retention election on the ballot
- He helped found treatment courts in Franklin and Bear Lake counties, chaired the Child Support Guidelines Committee, and joined the Idaho Judicial Council in July 2023.
- Sworn in as Bear Lake County magistrate on November 2, 2012.
- He graduated from Weber State University in 1995 and the University of Montana School of Law with honors in 1996.
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 6
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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
View Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6 ↗current_membership
Current Membership source · HTML · Source checked October 4, 2026
View current_membership ↗judicialcouncil.idaho.gov
Biography source · PDF · Source checked October 5, 2026
View judicialcouncil.idaho.gov ↗