Access Lincoln County Clerk Records

Lincoln County Clerk Records Office

The local office title is Clerk of the District Court, Ex-Officio Auditor/Recorder, Notary Public. County and Fifth Judicial District sources list Jennifer Hohnhorst as the Clerk of the District Court for Lincoln County. The office sits in the courthouse in Shoshone and connects several record functions that other states split across more than one office. That means a resident may deal with the same clerk's office for court case file questions, marriage licenses, recording, public records requests, passport-related services, and notary availability.

The county's official Clerk's Office page says the office has added passport photos, priority mail service for passport applications, an on-staff notary at all times, and extended operating hours. For court case records, Lincoln County's District Court page gives the separate court clerk request route. That split matters. Court case documents go to the court clerks, while county public records and recording questions go through the clerk's public records and recording pages.

Lincoln County Clerk Duties

The Lincoln County Clerk of the District Court handles court clerk work within Idaho's unified trial court system, while the broader clerk office also serves county functions. Keo Kelley is listed as Chief Deputy Court Clerk, Kayla Schroeder as Jury Commissioner and Deputy Court Clerk, and Ashley Smith as Deputy Court Clerk. The clerk page also lists auditor and recorder staff, which is why land recording, county records, and court records should not be blended into one search path.

Lincoln County's recording page is the local source for recorder contact, while the court page is the local source for case payments and court records. The public records request page covers county agency records and links the request form. Use the office named on the record. Court filings, docket copies, and certified court documents are different from recorded county documents or sheriff incident records.

• Maintain Lincoln County District Court and Magistrate Division case files.
• Receive local court records requests through court clerks at lincolncountyid.gov.
• Issue marriage licenses through the Clerk's Office.
• Handle county public records requests and route sheriff records when needed.
• Provide recording, notary, passport-photo, and related clerk services listed by the county.
• Support jury service through the jury commissioner and court clerk staff.

Note: Sheriff records use the sheriff submission route on the county form, not the court clerk email.

Request Lincoln County Certified Copies

A certified copy is a court or clerk copy that carries official certification. It is used when a plain printout is not enough, such as for a legal filing, agency proof, title issue, estate matter, or official case outcome. Lincoln County research did not locate a local court copy fee schedule, so the amount should be confirmed with the clerk before ordering. The page should not guess at plain-copy or certification fees.

The practical first step is to identify whether the copy is from a court case, a recorded county record, a marriage license record, or another county department. Court case documents are located by case number, party name, filing date, and document title. County public records requests use the public records request form. Marriage license records begin with the Clerk's Office and certified marriage or divorce certificates may also be handled by Idaho Health and Welfare for eligible requesters.

1. Identify the record type before contacting Lincoln County Clerk staff. Court files, recorded documents, marriage records, and sheriff records use different routes.
2. For a court case, search iCourt for general case information or call the District Court at (208) 886-2173.
3. Send court records requests to courtclerks at lincolncountyid.gov with the case number, party names, filing date, and document title if known.
4. For county public records, use the Lincoln County request form and choose email, mail, storage media, or pick-up as the delivery method.
5. Ask the clerk for the current copy and certification cost before mailing payment or appearing at the counter.

Lincoln County Request Form Fields

The Lincoln County public records form is built around Idaho Code section 74-102 and asks the requester to describe the records sought. It is broader than court case records. The form includes fields useful for sheriff records, such as incident date and case number, and it has department-use release boxes. For court case copies, the District Court request route should still be used because Idaho court case access is governed by judicial-branch rules and clerk request practice.

Lincoln County Clerk Fees

Only use fee amounts that are published in the research. Lincoln County's research confirms a $28.00 marriage license fee, a $75.00 sheriff civil paper service fee, and several Idaho Transportation Department driver record fees that are not court-copy fees. Lincoln County's court copy and certification fees were not located in official local sources. That is an important limit because certified court copies should not be priced from another county or from a private source.

Lincoln County Clerk Forms

The most important local form is the county public records request form linked from the public records page. It can be used for county records and routed to the sheriff where appropriate. Court forms for case filings, divorce, guardianship, conservatorship, and other self-help topics are maintained by the Idaho Court Assistance Office rather than by a separate Lincoln County forms library.

The Idaho Court Assistance Office forms index is the state source for many self-help court forms. The divorce forms page and Idaho Guide and File can help with some family filings. Local clerk staff can explain filing logistics, but they cannot give legal advice about which form to choose or how to complete a case strategy.

• Lincoln County Public Records Requests - county request page and form link.
• Public records request form - requester, record, subject, and delivery fields.
• Marriage license requirements - ID, Social Security card, fee, and processing hours.
• Recording contact page - clerk recording contact information.

Lincoln County Clerk Access Channels

Lincoln County court payments may be made by mail to Lincoln County Court, 111 W. B Street, Suite C, Shoshone, ID 83352. Credit and debit card payments by phone use (208) 886-2173, and a convenience fee applies. The official iCourt guide also supports online payments through the statewide portal for eligible cases, but there are limits for collection cases, sealed cases, and mandatory-appearance cases before appearance.

For records, online iCourt access gives general case information. The Idaho Judicial Branch records page says full court records may require a county courthouse kiosk or a request to the clerk where the case was filed. County administrative records use the county public records request form under Idaho public records law. Law-enforcement records are sent to sheriffe-file at lincolncountyid.gov, faxed to 208-886-2851, or mailed to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office at 115 W A St., Shoshone, ID 83352.

The Lincoln County Clerk's Office source page is shown in the site image set for this record page.

That office page is the source for the local clerk title, staff list, extended hours, passport-photo service, priority mail service, and notary availability.

The county's public records request source is also assigned to the Clerk of the District Court page.

That source is useful when the request is for county records rather than a court case document.

Idaho's public records law, including Idaho Code section 74-102, supports the county request process.

The statute source explains the broad public right to inspect and copy public records unless another law restricts release.

The county's recording source page is separate from the court case request route.

Use that distinction when a request concerns recorded county documents rather than a filed court pleading.

Idaho Code section 74-103 is the state response-time source for public records requests.

That timing rule applies to public agency records, while court case access also follows judicial-branch records rules.