Ada County District Court, Idaho Sealing & Redaction Procedures

The Public Defender’s Office must keep service and payment requests confidential, except as needed for payment, county budgeting, or compliance with public records laws.

The Office of the Public Defender shall maintain confidentiality as to the requests for services and payment except as required as a condition to obtain payment for allowed costs or compliance with county budgeting requirements and applicable public records laws.

A document requested to be sealed is lodged and treated as sealed pending the court’s decision; the rules specify what happens to it if the request is granted or denied, including how to file it unsealed.

Whenever a party files a motion or proposed order requesting to have a document (or other materials) filed under seal, the clerk must file the motion but the document will be lodged. The lodged document will be treated as sealed, until the court rules upon the motion. If the court grants the motion, the document will be filed and sealed. If the court denies the motion, the lodged document will not be filed but it will be retained (and treated as sealed) for purposes of appeal, unless the movant requests its deletion from the electronic record. If, after the order of denial, the movant wishes to have the document filed as an unsealed document, the party must file it as such. If the party files the document as an unsealed document, the lodged document will be deleted from the electronic record.