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# Trent Belnap

Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 7 · Magistrate Judge

## Profile

- Court: Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 7
- 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

- Selected by the Seventh Judicial District Magistrate Commission in March 2026 to serve as Magistrate Judge for Jefferson County
- Attorney at Trent J. Belnap, PLLC (2020–2026)
- He assumes the role following District Judge Clark’s appointment to the Seventh District on December 23, 2025
- Trent J. Belnap was selected by the Seventh Judicial District Magistrate Commission as Jefferson County magistrate judge, replacing Daniel R. Clark, who became a district judge in December 2025
- Professional background: from 2014, general counsel and vice president, Doug Andrus Distributing LLC; also maintained his own practice and held a position as associate attorney at Nelson Hall Perry Tucker PCLLC
- Law Clerk & Staff Attorney for former Judge Joel E. Tingey (2008–2009)
- Former Bonneville County deputy prosecutor
- His legal practice has included business law, administrative law, probate, criminal law, and personal injury cases
- Trent J. Belnap is the newly appointed Magistrate Judge for Jefferson County, Idaho, serving in the Seventh Judicial District and filling the seat vacated by District Judge Daniel R. Clark

### Education

- University of Idaho College of Law graduate (2008); bachelor’s degree in Political Science from University of Idaho.

### Additional information

- His extensive experience in both public prosecution and private legal practice brings a broad perspective to the role
- Overview says Belnap assumed the role after selection and will serve an 18-month probationary period before retention election.
- Judicial work: civil, criminal and administrative matters in Jefferson County; overview describes Idaho magistrates generally as handling preliminary hearings, small claims and local legal proceedings.

## 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)
- [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.