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Kootenai County commissioners approve increase in sheriff fingerprint fee to $10
Summary
The board approved Resolution 2026-50 after a public hearing to raise the county sheriff office fingerprint-card fee from $5 to $10; Sheriff Maxwell said the fee aligns with neighboring agencies and secondary cards will be charged the same amount.
The Kootenai County Board of Commissioners voted May 5 to approve Resolution 2026-50, raising the sheriff's office fingerprint-card fee from $5 to $10.
Sheriff Maxwell explained the proposal during a public hearing, saying the county had reviewed fees at comparable agencies and proposed doubling the fee to $10. He told the board that a secondary fingerprint card takes the same amount of staff time and should be charged the same amount. "We could increase it to $10 instead of $5," Maxwell said during the hearing.
The board asked for public testimony; no one registered in favor or against the fee increase. After closing testimony, a commissioner moved to adopt Resolution 2026-50 and the chair announced the motion carried.
Why it matters: the fee increase raises a discrete county revenue line and changes the out-of-pocket cost for residents who obtain fingerprint cards from the sheriff’s office. The transcript does not specify an effective date for the new fee or whether the change requires subsequent administrative updates.
The board approved the resolution and the item will be reflected in county fee schedules and administrative processes.
