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# R. Todd Garbett

Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 6 · Magistrate Judge

## Profile

- Court: Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 6
- State: Idaho
- Role: Magistrate Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## 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.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### electronic exhibit format

Scope: 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.

Evidence excerpt: 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](https://isc.idaho.gov/rules-procedure/irefs)
Source checked: 2026-07-27


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory)
- [Official roster](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory)
- [Idaho Supreme Court official judicial roster](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory)
- [Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6](https://isc.idaho.gov/rules-procedure/irefs)
- [biography](https://judicialcouncil.idaho.gov/pdf/reports/2025_Annual_Report.pdf)
- [current_membership](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory)
- [judicialcouncil.idaho.gov](https://judicialcouncil.idaho.gov/pdf/council/Garbett-2023.pdf)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

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