About the Fremont County Clerk's Office
Fremont County lists Meredith Mattingly as the current Clerk. The Clerk's Office is in Suite 12 of the Fremont County Courthouse in St. Anthony, the same building used by the Magistrate and District Courts. The county describes the office as handling administrative duties such as record keeping, service counters, staffing, and screening solicitors. For people looking for court records, that placement matters because the courthouse, clerk counter, recorder function, court staff, and public-record request channel all point back to the same county government center.
The Idaho court structure map for this project treats Fremont County as a unified clerk county. There is no separate district clerk page or secondary county clerk page for court-record purposes. The local clerk also performs recorder functions, so users may need the same office for court copies, marriage licenses, recorded marriage certificates, judgments affecting real property, liens, and wills admitted to probate.
Fremont County Clerk's Office
Clerk: Meredith Mattingly
151 W 1st North, Suite 12
St. Anthony, ID 83445
208-624-7200
Monday-Friday, 8 am-5 pm
Magistrate and District Courts
151 W 1st North
St. Anthony, ID 83445
208-624-7200
Fax: 208-624-4607
Jury information: 208-624-1545
What the Clerk Does in Fremont County
The clerk role in Fremont County touches both court and recorder work. Court-record users should separate three related but different duties: the court clerk function for case records, the recorder function for recorded instruments, and the county public-records channel for noncourt county agency records. Idaho Judicial Branch materials direct the public to iCourt for general case status, to courthouse kiosks or the clerk where the case was filed for case records, and to the county public-record request process for county agency records that are not court case files.
- Maintains local court-service counters and record-keeping functions for the courthouse.
- Routes court-record copy requests through the courthouse, clerk request process, or public-record request link when appropriate.
- Performs recorder duties for documents such as marriage certificates, real-property instruments, powers of attorney, judgment transcripts, liens, UCC filings involving certain collateral, and wills admitted to probate.
- Issues marriage licenses, handles passport applications, and maintains recorder fee and copy-fee information.
The official Fremont County public-record request page is documented in the image source from Fremont County Public Records Request.
Clerk Record Access Channels
Every channel has a different purpose. The statewide Idaho iCourt Portal is the starting point for public case status, Smart Search, Search Hearings, and some payment workflows. The Idaho Judicial Branch records page says actual records from a court case may require a courthouse kiosk or a request to the clerk in the county where the case was filed. Fremont County links its public-record request process through JustFOIA, which is useful for county agency records and may also be the local route users encounter from the county court pages.
For in-person service, use the Clerk's Office or the Magistrate and District Courts at 151 W 1st North in St. Anthony. By phone, the county lists 208-624-7200 for the clerk and courthouse. The Idaho courthouse directory also lists court entries at 208-624-7332 and 208-624-7401. By mail, use the courthouse address unless a specific form or agency instruction gives a different mailing address. Idaho court materials also identify Idaho Guide and File as a guided filing interview tool for self-represented litigants, with workflow labels for starting a filing, completing an interview, reviewing a summary, and submitting documents.
How to Request a Certified Copy
A certified copy is normally used when a document must show it came from the official custodian, such as a judgment, divorce decree, probate order, marriage record, or recorded instrument. Fremont County research separates court case documents from state vital-record certificates. A divorce certificate from Idaho Department of Health and Welfare proves that a divorce occurred, but a divorce decree is a court order and must be requested from the county where the divorce was granted.
- Identify whether the document is a court case record, a recorder document, a marriage license or certificate, or another county agency record.
- Search iCourt first for the case number, party name, filing location, and case status when the record is part of a court case.
- Use the courthouse kiosk, clerk counter, phone number, mail address, or official request channel to ask for the exact document and number of copies.
- Include names, case number if known, document type, date range, delivery preference, and contact information so staff can locate the correct record.
- Pay the applicable copy, certification, filing, or request fee and confirm whether pickup, mail, or electronic delivery is available for that record type.
Records Request Form Fields
Fremont County's JustFOIA launch form is JavaScript-gated, so the research did not capture every on-screen field. Idaho public-record guidance says an agency may require a written request that reasonably describes the subject matter, the records sought, a date range, and requester contact details. For court records, add the court case number and case location whenever possible. The JustFOIA channel itself is documented in the image source from Fremont County JustFOIA.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number or record number | Helpful | Use the iCourt number when requesting court case documents. |
| Party names | Yes | Give full names and spelling variants if a case number is unknown. |
| Document type | Yes | Examples include judgment, order, decree, marriage certificate, recorded lien, or will admitted to probate. |
| Date range | Helpful | Useful for county public records, older recorder documents, and broad searches. |
| Requester contact | Yes | Include mailing address, email, and phone so staff can clarify fees or scope. |
| Delivery preference | Helpful | Ask whether pickup, mail, emailed copy, or certified paper copy is available. |
Fremont County Clerk Fees
Fee amounts depend on whether the request is for recorder copies, a marriage license, a court filing, or a civil case. Fremont County's recorder fee page lists copy and certification charges. Idaho's civil filing fee schedule supplies statewide court filing fees, including magistrate and district civil filing categories. Do not assume a single clerk fee covers all records, because court filings, recorder copies, certified copies, and e-filing vendor charges are separate items.
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Marriage license | $26 total | $11 license plus $15 domestic violence fund. |
| Recorder paper copies | $1 per page | County recorder fee page. |
| Emailed copies | $0.05 per emailed copy | County recorder fee page. |
| Certified copies | $2 | County recorder fee page. |
| Passport county processing fee | $35 | Separate from other passport charges. |
| District civil case not otherwise listed | $221 | Idaho civil filing fee schedule effective July 12, 2024. |
| Magistrate civil case not otherwise listed | $166 | Idaho civil filing fee schedule. |
| Divorce filing | $207 | State court fee materials. |
| Small claims | $69 | Idaho civil filing fee schedule. |
| Guardianship or conservatorship initial petition | $216 | State court fee materials. |
| Civil e-filing vendor envelope fee | $5 | Not charged in criminal cases or to fee-exempt filers. |
Common Clerk and Court Forms
Fremont County links local court pages for civil, infraction, misdemeanor, marriage, recorder, and public-record tasks. Statewide Idaho resources fill in the form gap for self-represented litigants. Idaho Guide and File offers guided interviews for selected filings, while Idaho Court Assistance Office materials provide family, divorce, probate, and civil-help resources. The county civil page also points users to the Idaho Court Assistance Office and Seventh Judicial District civil-help references.
- Fremont County Public Records Request - county public-record request channel and JustFOIA link.
- Idaho court records request guidance - explains iCourt, courthouse kiosk access, and clerk requests.
- Idaho Guide and File - guided filing interviews for self-represented users.
- Fremont County Civil - civil categories and court assistance references.
- Fremont County Marriage Licenses - local marriage license requirements and fee information.
Mail, Online Filing, and Recorder Services
Online case status is not the same as an official document copy. Use iCourt Smart Search for status and case identifiers, but use the clerk, kiosk, mail, or county request channel for documents. Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service govern e-filing requirements, exceptions, payment, and fee waiver rules. Civil e-filing can include a vendor envelope fee, while criminal cases and fee-exempt filers are treated differently under the fee guidance captured in the research.
The Recorder's Office page is a separate but related clerk resource. It identifies recording duties for real-property documents, marriage certificates, judgment transcripts that become liens on real estate, UCC filings for certain collateral, mechanics' liens, notices affecting real property, official bonds, certificates of sale, indexes, and wills admitted to probate. That is why a Fremont County probate, marriage, lien, or judgment search may require both the court record path and the recorder path. The local civil page source is shown in the image from Fremont County Civil.
