Locate Caribou County Clerk Records

Caribou County Clerk Records Office

Caribou County uses a unified county clerk structure. The local office identifies Jill Stoor as Caribou County Clerk and describes the office as the Clerk of the District Court, Ex-Officio Auditor & Recorder. The office is in Room 202 of the Caribou County Courthouse in Soda Springs. The clerk handles district court clerk functions, recording, marriage licenses, passports, elections, jury commissioner duties, and county document services.

This unified structure does not mean every record is requested the same way. General court case information starts with Idaho iCourt or a courthouse kiosk. Records from a case are requested from the clerk where the case was filed. Recorded documents can be requested through the recorder email. Passport processing has separate hours. Jury service has its own commissioner and recorded trial line.

The office location also matters. Room 202 is inside the Caribou County Courthouse at 159 South Main Street, the same building used for magistrate and district court operations, court payment counters, jury service, and county departments. A person asking for a court file should be ready to distinguish the case record from a recorded land document or county administrative document. The clerk can point a requester to the right channel, but the more exact the request is, the less likely it is to be delayed.

Caribou County Clerk Staff

The county clerk page publishes named staff and extensions. Use the main clerk extension when unsure which staff member handles a request. For court documents, include the case number, party names, document title, filing date if known, and return contact information. For recorded documents, include the document name, parties, recording date or book/page data if known, and delivery method.

The county's official Caribou County history gives background for the county seat and courthouse setting.

The clerk's records role is tied to Soda Springs as the county seat and to the courthouse built as county government formed.

Staff roles also show why the office is broader than a court counter. The elected clerk role, chief deputy role, deputy clerk roles, elections director role, and jury commissioner role all appear in the same office listing. Court records, recorded documents, election administration, marriage licenses, and jury service are not interchangeable, but Caribou County houses these clerk functions under the unified office named in the State Court Structure Map.

Request Caribou County Clerk Records

For general state-court case information, use iCourt. For records from a court case, Idaho Judicial Branch guidance points users to a courthouse computer kiosk or to the clerk's office where the case was filed. For Caribou County recorded documents, the clerk page gives recording@caribouid.gov as the email request channel. The public-records timing rule in the research says the custodian generally has three working days to provide records, deny a request, or refer the matter to a custodian judge, with notice within ten working days if more time is needed.

1. Identify whether the record is a court case document, recorded document, marriage record, passport matter, election record, or jury issue.
2. Search iCourt first for general case information if the request involves a court case.
3. Send recorded-document requests to recording@caribouid.gov or visit Room 202.
4. For certified court copies, give the clerk the case number, parties, document title, and number of copies needed.
5. Include payment and a self-addressed stamped envelope when mailing documents that need to be returned.

The county page did not provide a dedicated court-record request PDF. That means the practical request path is direct contact with the clerk, use of the courthouse kiosk when needed, and the Idaho Judicial Branch records guidance for case documents. For older court records that are not fully digitized, a phone call or counter request may be more useful than repeated online searches. For recorded instruments, the recorder email is the more specific path.

Caribou County Clerk Document Center

The clerk page includes a county Document Center, but the research identifies it as a public-document library rather than a court case database. Its visible controls are a file-name search, category links, and a RESET button. Documents are sorted within categories, and the visible example category is Budgets. A person searching for a court order, judgment, divorce decree, probate filing, or criminal case document should not rely on the Document Center as the main court-record search.

For court case records, use iCourt for general case information and the clerk or kiosk for documents from a case. For county administrative documents, the Document Center may be useful if the file name or category is known.

Caribou County Clerk Fees

The clerk page publishes recorder fees and a recorded-document request copy charge. Do not treat these as a full court filing fee schedule. Court filing and certification fees may differ and should be confirmed with the clerk before ordering or filing.

Caribou County Clerk Services

The clerk handles several public-facing services beyond court documents. Marriage licenses are issued in Room 202. Passport applications are processed Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., but the county notes passports are not processed on election days. The clerk also supports the Document Center, which allows a file-name search and category browsing for county public documents such as budgets. That Document Center is not a court case search.

Marriage-license service is tied to the same clerk office. The county marriage page requires both parties to appear, complete the affidavit, provide proof of identity and Social Security numbers, read and sign the premarital AIDS educational pamphlet acknowledgment, and pay the supported license fee. Passport service has a shorter daily processing window than the office's general public hours, so applicants should not assume passports are processed until closing time.

• District court clerk functions and court-record support.
• Recorder document requests and recording fees.
• Marriage licenses and related certified copies.
• Passport application processing during posted passport hours.
• Jury commissioner duties and jury service communication.

The courthouse is listed by the National Park Service among Idaho National Register properties. The National Park Service Idaho listing supports the courthouse's historic context.

The historic courthouse is also the active place for clerk counter service, court payments, jury operations, and recorder requests.

Caribou County Clerk Jury Records

The clerk's office also connects to jury service. The research identifies Teri Moore as Deputy Clerk and Jury Commissioner. Jurors call a recorded trial line between 5:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on the date instructed to learn whether the trial will proceed or has settled. Jury selection usually lasts two to three hours. Most jury trials are held at the courthouse in Soda Springs, with the large courtroom upstairs in Room 302 and the small courtroom on the second floor in Room 206.

Jury compensation is supported in the research: $5 for a half day and $10 for a full day, plus the federally approved mileage rate for round trip from the juror's residence to the courthouse. Jurors should expect compensation within three weeks after service. Employment verification is available from the jury commissioner only for time actually spent at the courthouse.

Jurors report to courthouse courtrooms rather than to a separate jury center. The large courtroom is upstairs in Room 302, and the small courtroom is on the second floor in Room 206, which also serves as the commissioners' meeting room. The county says most jury trials are open to the public when prospective jurors are excused. Jurors are told the courthouse has heat and air conditioning, offices are kept around 70 degrees year-round, and a sweater may be useful.

Note: Jury service records and court case records use the same courthouse, but they are different clerk functions.