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# Theodore Tollefson

Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 4 · Magistrate Judge

## Profile

- Court: Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 4
- 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

- Magistrate Judge for Ada County, Idaho, appointed in 2019 and currently serving a term through January 11, 2027
- Magistrate judge, Ada County, appointed 2019; traffic and misdemeanor calendar

### Education

- psychology, University of Idaho — B.S.
- University of Oregon — J.D.

### Additional information

- Tollefson was retained in a nonpartisan retention election on November 8, 2022, winning with 77.3% of the vote.
- Appointed by the District Magistrate Commission of the 4th Judicial District in 2019.
- In 2015, he received the Denise O’Donnell Day Pro Bono Award from the Idaho State Bar
- Before joining the bench, Tollefson worked in the appellate section of the criminal law division at the Idaho Attorney General’s Office.
- handling traffic, misdemeanor, family law, and other cases in the 4th Judicial District
- His prior private practice included family law, bankruptcy, commercial litigation, and criminal law, including work at Holland & Hart, LLP in Boise
- He presides over a traffic and misdemeanor criminal court calendar and also handles family law matters such as divorces, child support, and custody cases.
- magistrate judges in his division have authority over infractions, misdemeanors, felony preliminary hearings, probates, guardianships, conservatorships, divorces, adoptions, termination of parental rights, habeas corpus, juvenile cases, and certain civil cases under $10,000

## 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://adacounty.id.gov/judicial-court/judicial-directory/judge-theodore-tollefson/)
- [current_membership](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-0c38e11cda2478da65cd7ff5) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://isc.idaho.gov/rules-procedure/irefs). Collected 2026-07-27.