Bingham County Clerk Profile
Bingham County uses a unified clerk structure for court and county records. Pamela W. Eckhardt is listed as County Clerk on the official Clerk's Office page. The same local office is also central to court records because, in the clerk's capacity as Clerk of the District Court, deputy court clerks manage civil and criminal cases presided over by Magistrate and District Court judges. That makes the office both a county-government records hub and a key court-record access point.
The official Clerk's Office page describes the office as the hub of county government serving both the public and other county departments. Public-facing duties include recording and maintaining property-related documents, issuing marriage licenses, processing passport applications, voter registration, and county elections. Internal county duties include accounting for funds, payroll through the auditor's office, preparing the proposed county budget, calculating the property tax levy, maintaining Board of County Commissioners minutes, keeping contracts, resolutions and ordinances, maintaining commissioner agendas, and handling indigent-services applications and recommendations.
Bingham County Clerk's Office
Clerk: Pamela W. Eckhardt
501 N Maple St
Blackfoot, ID 83221
208-782-3160
Fax: 208-785-4131
PEckhardt@binghamid.gov
Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Bingham County Clerk Roles
The same elected office touches several different record streams. Court records are not handled the same way as recorded land documents, marriage licenses, election records, budgets, or commissioner minutes. The right channel depends on whether the request is judicial, recorder-based, or county administrative.
- Clerk of the District Court: supports District Court and Magistrate Division case administration through deputy court clerks.
- County Clerk: maintains county board minutes, contracts, resolutions, ordinances, agendas, and public-facing county records.
- Recorder: records and indexes documents relating to property and issues recorded document copies.
- Auditor: handles county funds, payroll, proposed budget work, and property tax levy calculations.
- Elections: manages voter registration and county election functions.
- Marriage license office: issues Bingham County marriage licenses through the Recorder's Office in Room #107.
Source: Bingham County recorder duties and fee schedule
The recorder page is especially important for Bingham County Clerk records because it sets recording hours, copy prices, and the local document cutoff rule.
Bingham County Court Record Requests
Court file requests use the Bingham County Courts record request channel rather than the county administrative public-record form. The court request contact is Bingham County Courts, 501 N Maple, Blackfoot, ID 83221, phone (208) 782-3130, fax (208) 782-3167, email lgardner@bingham.idcourts.gov. The District Court staff directory names Lori Gardner as Court Records with that same phone and email. The form says some case files and records maintained by the court are confidential and exempt from disclosure under Idaho Court Administrative Rule 32.
The form asks for requestor identity and contact information, whether the requester is a party to the case, the Bingham County case number if known, date of birth where relevant, a description of the records requested, and a signature. It directs requesters to describe first and last names of parties, document types, approximate date opened, and whether certification is needed. The Clerk's Office will notify the requester within three working days of action being taken and will attempt to locate the file within 10 working days.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Requestor name | Unspecified | First name, last name, and middle initial appear on the court form. |
| Address | Unspecified | Street, city, state, and ZIP are requested. |
| Phone and email | Unspecified | Used by staff for response and copy coordination. |
| Party to the case | Unspecified | Yes or No option appears on the form. |
| Bingham County case number | Optional if unknown | Helpful for faster search and correct file identification. |
| Request description | Yes in practice | Include party names, document types, approximate open date, and certification need. |
| Signature | Yes | Requester signs and dates the request. |
Request Bingham County Certified Copies
Certified copies are usually needed when a court order, judgment, decree, letters, or recorded instrument must be accepted by another court, agency, bank, title company, or government office. A plain copy may show the text of the document, but certification shows it is a clerk-certified copy of the record. For court files, the certification request goes through the court records process. For recorded documents, the Recorder's Office handles recorded document copies and certification.
- Identify whether the record is a court file, recorded document, marriage license record, or county administrative record.
- For court files, search iCourt if needed and write down the Bingham County case number, party names, case type, and document name.
- Submit the Bingham County Court Record Request form to the court records clerk when the item is a judicial record.
- State clearly that certification is needed and identify each document to certify.
- Pay the copy fee and the certification fee when staff grants the request and calculates the cost.
- For recorded instruments, contact the Recorder's Office and ask for the recorded document copy or certified copy.
Note: Court staff may deny, redact, or route records for judicial approval when ICAR 32 or a court order restricts access.
Bingham County Clerk Fee Table
Bingham County Clerk fees vary by record stream. Court record copies and certifications use the court record request form. County public records use the public-records request form, which cites Idaho Code 74-102(10) for copy fees. Recorder fees come from the Recorder page and Idaho Code 31-3205. Recording hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, and documents received after 4:30 PM are recorded the following day.
| Item | Fee or rule |
|---|---|
| Court record copies | $1.00 per page |
| Court certification | $1.00 per document |
| Public records copied pages | Under 100 copies free, then $.10 per page |
| Recorded documents on public request form | $1.00 per recorded document |
| Recording every instrument, first page | $10 |
| Each additional recording page | $3 |
| Deeds, grants, conveyances 30 pages or less | $15 |
| Trust deeds or mortgages 30 pages or less | $45 |
| Reconveyances or releases 30 pages or less | $15 |
| Power of attorney | $25 |
| Marriage license | $30 |
| Recorded document copy | $1 per page |
| Certified copy | $1 per document |
| Military discharge recording or copy | No fee |
Source: Idaho recorder fee statute
The Idaho recorder fee statute supports the Bingham County recorder schedule used for recorded instruments and recorded-document copies.
Bingham County Public Records Form
The county public-records request form is the fallback for non-judicial county records. It asks for the requester's name, address, phone, optional or unspecified email, a description of the requested information, number of copies requested, and signature. Staff-use areas cover notification by mail or phone and fee calculation. The form says a Bingham County representative will contact the requester within three working days after receipt under Idaho Code 74-103(1).
Return information from the form is Bingham County Idaho, 501 N. Maple #205, Blackfoot, ID 83221-1700, fax (208) 785-4131, email peckhardt@binghamid.gov. Questions go to 782-3160. This form should not be treated as a substitute for the court record request form when the target record is a District Court, Magistrate Court, probate, divorce, criminal, traffic, or civil case file.
Bingham County Marriage Counter
Marriage licenses are issued through the Recorder's Office in Courthouse Room #107. The Deputy Recorder contact in the research is Julie Pulley, phone (208) 782-3163, email JPulley@binghamid.gov. Both parties must appear together, provide identity and age proof, bring Social Security number information or the required no-number documentation, complete the Marriage License Affidavit, and pay the local fee. No appointment is needed. For more detail, the Bingham County marriage and divorce records page covers the license, officiant, one-year affidavit, and state certificate rules.
Bingham County Court Staff Contacts
The District Court staff directory helps route court-record tasks inside the courthouse. Lori Gardner is listed for Court Records, phone (208) 782-3130, email LGardner@bingham.idcourts.gov. Brandee Cammack is listed as Civil Clerk for Judge Simpson, appeals, and File and Serve. Tori Lambert is Treatment Court Clerk & Warrants, phone (208) 782-3118. Emilie Loveland handles civil and criminal clerk work for Judge Thompson and File and Serve, phone (208) 782-3074. Marielle Pratt handles felony criminal clerk work for Judge Simpson, phone (208) 782-3147. Wyoma Tendoy is listed for civil protection orders, and Sheri Landon is court supervisor, phone (208) 782-3121.
Federal clerk records are separate from Bingham County Clerk records. The U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for Idaho maintain federal case files, and the nearest federal office listed in the research is in Pocatello. Federal court records use PACER and CM/ECF, not Bingham County iCourt or the county clerk's public-records form.
Source: U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for Idaho
The federal court site helps distinguish county clerk records from federal district and bankruptcy records that are outside Bingham County's clerk system.
Source: Federal Pocatello clerk office
The Pocatello office is relevant only for federal matters; Bingham County court, recorder, and county clerk requests stay with the local or Idaho state court channels.