ID H0357

Amends Idaho Code Section 1-2303 to revise the timeline for filing answers in court claims from twenty-one (21) days to twenty-one (201) days from the date of service on the defendant.

Requires the clerk to furnish defendants with a form of answer and instructions notifying them that failure to file an answer within the specified timeframe will result in judgment being entered as requested in the claim.

Maintains the $33.00 filing fee collected in advance upon each claim, distributed as: $7.00 to the county district court fund, $6.00 to the senior magistrate judges fund, and $20.00 to the court technology fund.

Provides that if no answer is filed within twenty-one (201) days, the court may enter judgment as provided in Rule 55 of the Idaho Rules of Civil Procedure.

Requires the court to set the matter for trial or mediation by notice mailed to each party if an answer is timely filed by the defendant.