08/02/2018
Ada county is now going to send you reminders of your courtdates via text!!!
It's FREE and all you have to do is sign up EACH case in the system(provided below). You will need your case #. If you dont have it please contact us and we will look up your case # for you....
Sign up at: https://adacounty.id.gov/MyCourtDate
They will get a text notification a week before their hearing is scheduled and a second text the day before.
If someone has more than one court case happening, they MUST submit a different form for each case to get all the notifications. Also, the new system is only set up for criminal cases, so you can’t get text notifications for civil court appearances.
This is a totally “opt-in” voluntary system – people aren’t required to sign up. But they should. Those FTAs can really pile up and make it harder for people to get out of the churn of jail and court all the time.
One thing we have to make crystal clear is that failure to get the reminder does not excuse anyone from missing a court date. This is an extra tool to help them remember to show up. Getting to court, on time, is totally the responsibility of whoever is charged.
What we do want to do is make it as easy as possible for people to sign up. So we’ll give sign-up forms to everyone who posts bond and leaves the jail. We have the online sign-up option available. It’s free. And it should help a lot of people avoid FTA charges piling
