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Payette County
Established
February 28, 1917 with its county seat at Payette. Named for the Payette
River which was named for Francois Payette, a Canadian fur trapper and explorer
with the North West Company, who came to this county in 1818.
He was the first white man in the area and brought the first cattle. Boomerang,
which was named for the log boom on the
County Seat
/ Courthouse:
Payette
Location: 1130 Third Avenue North,
Room 104 Map to Courthouse
and How to get to Payette
Mailing
Address:
Clerks Office
Hours:
Monday – Friday,
Closed Holidays 2006 Holidays 2007 Holidays
Fine Payments accepted by: cash,
check, or money order
Telephone
Numbers:
Magistrate
Judges / Calendar Clerk
Hon. William B. Dillon /
Hon. A. Lynne Krogh / Sharon, Tel: 642-6019
Clerk of
the District Court
Betty J. Dressen, Tel: 642-6000, Fax: 642-6011
County
Prosecuting Attorney
Brian D. Lee, Tel:
452-2800
Payette,
Fruitland, New Plymouth Prosecuting Attorney
Bert Osborn, Tel:
642-4458
Public
Defender
Misdemeanors: Kelly Whiting, Tel: 452-7726
Felonies: Phillip Heersink, Tel: 452-5869
Sheriff
Fruitland
Chief of Police
Rick Skelly, Tel: 452-3110
Payette
Chief of Police
Mark Clark, Tel:
642-9388
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