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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-231 — NE Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21-231
View Statute 21-231
Status: reserved

(MBCA 4.02) (a) A person may reserve the exclusive use of a corporate name, including a fictitious name for a foreign corporation whose corporate name is not available, by delivering an application to the Secretary of State for filing. The application must set forth the name and address of the applicant and the name proposed to be reserved. If the Secretary of State finds that the corporate name applied for is available, the Secretary of State shall reserve the name for the applicant's exclusive use for a nonrenewable one-hundred-twenty-day period.

(b) The owner of a reserved corporate name may transfer the reservation to another person by delivering to the Secretary of State a signed notice of the transfer that states the name and address of the transferee.

Laws 2014, LB749, § 31.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-344 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-344
View Statute 28-344
Status: in_force

Violation of section 28-343 is a Class II misdemeanor.

Laws 1977, LB 38, § 59.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-1802 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-1802
View Statute 44-1802
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Unauthorized Insurers False Advertising Process Act:

(1) Director shall mean the Director of Insurance; and

(2) Residents shall mean and include persons, partnerships, limited liability companies, or corporations, domestic, alien, or foreign.

Laws 1965, c. 247, § 2, p. 698;

Laws 1989, LB 6, § 9;

Laws 1993, LB 121, § 237.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-4806 — NE Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-4806
View Statute 29-4806
Status: in_force

(1) Law enforcement, court, and correctional personnel shall verify the veteran status of any individual being processed through the criminal justice system in order to identify individuals who may be eligible for participation in a veteran justice program or for sentencing mitigation as provided in section 29-4805 .

(2) Law enforcement, court, and correctional personnel shall receive training designed to increase their understanding of cases involving veterans, including veterans' exposure to violence and trauma. Such training shall include attention on issues that disproportionately impact female veterans, such as military sexual trauma.

Laws 2024, LB253, § 6.

Note: Sections 29-4801 to 29-4807 apply on and after July 1, 2027.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-226.02 — NE Code / Chapter 9 / Section 9-226.02
View Statute 9-226.02
Status: in_force

(1) All money collected by the department as an administrative fine shall be remitted on a monthly basis to the State Treasurer for credit to the permanent school fund.

(2) Any administrative fine levied under section 9-226 and unpaid shall constitute a debt to the State of Nebraska which may be collected by lien foreclosure or sued for and recovered in any proper form of action, in the name of the State of Nebraska, in the district court of the county in which the violator resides or owns property.

Laws 1991, LB 427, § 11;

Laws 1994, LB 694, § 28.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 53-123.01 — NE Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-123.01
View Statute 53-123.01
Status: in_force

(1) A manufacturer's license shall allow the manufacture, storage, and sale of alcoholic liquor to wholesale licensees in this state and to such persons outside the state as may be permitted by law, except that nothing in the Nebraska Liquor Control Act shall prohibit a manufacturer of beer from distributing tax-paid samples of beer at the premises of a licensed manufacturer for consumption on the premises. A manufacturer's license issued pursuant to this section shall be the only license required by the Nebraska Liquor Control Act for the manufacture and retail sale of beer manufactured on the licensed premises for consumption on the licensed premises.

(2)(a) A licensee who or which first obtains a craft brewery license pursuant to section 53-123.14 , holds such license for not less than three years, and operates a brewpub or microbrewery on the licensed premises of such craft brewery license shall obtain a manufacturer's license when the manufacture of beer on the licensed premises exceeds twenty thousand barrels per year. The manufacturer's license shall authorize the continued retail sale of beer for consumption on or off the premises but only to the extent the premises were previously licensed as a craft brewery. The sale of any beer other than beer manufactured by the licensee, wine, or alcoholic liquor for consumption on the licensed premises shall require the appropriate retail license. The holder of such manufacturer's license may continue to operate up to eight retail locations which are in operation at the time such manufacturer's license is issued and shall divest itself from retail locations in excess of eight locations. The licensee shall not begin operation at any new retail location even if the licensee's production is reduced below twenty thousand barrels per year.

(b) The holder of such manufacturer's license may obtain an annual catering license pursuant to section 53-124.12 , a special designated license pursuant to section 53-124.11 , or an entertainment district license pursuant to section 53-123.17 .

(3) A holder of a manufacturer's license to manufacture spirits may operate a rickhouse that meets the requirements for a distilled spirit plant pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 5178, as such section existed on January 1, 2024, if such manufacturer receives authorization from the commission and notifies the commission of the location of such rickhouse in a manner prescribed by the commission.

Laws 1935, c. 116, § 25, p. 390;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 53-325;

R.S.1943, § 53-123;

Laws 1947, c. 187, § 1(1), p. 617;

Laws 1947, c. 188, § 1(1), p. 621;

Laws 1982, LB 431, § 1;

Laws 1991, LB 344, § 17;

Laws 1996, LB 750, § 4;

Laws 2016, LB1105, § 11;

Laws 2024, LB1204, § 22;

Laws 2025, LB113, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-470.03 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-470.03
View Statute 60-470.03
Status: in_force

Mobile operator's or driver's license means an operator's or driver's license electronically stored on or accessed via an electronic device.

Laws 2022, LB750, § 48.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-236 — NE Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49-236
View Statute 49-236
Status: in_force

When any act before the Legislature proposes an amendment to the Constitution and proposes calling a special election for submission of such proposal, and such act on final reading receives a favorable vote of less than four-fifths of the members elected to the Legislature, the act shall then be amended to provide for submission of such proposition at the next election of members of the Legislature, and again be placed on final reading. If such act receives a favorable vote of three-fifths of the members elected to the Legislature, the proposition shall be submitted to the electors as provided therein.

Laws 1969, c. 260, § 2, p. 1002.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-644 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-644
View Statute 71-644
Status: in_force

A certificate or report that is amended under sections 71-635 to 71-644 shall indicate that it has been amended as provided by rules and regulations of the department. A record shall be maintained which identifies the evidence upon which the amendment was based, the date of the amendment, and the identity of the person making the amendment.

Laws 1971, LB 245, § 11;

Laws 1985, LB 42, § 24;

Laws 1992, LB 1019, § 59;

Laws 1994, LB 886, § 13;

Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 545;

Laws 2007, LB296, § 443.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-1619 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-1619
View Statute 46-1619
Status: in_force

High hazard potential means a hazard potential classification such that failure or misoperation of the dam resulting in loss of human life is probable.

Laws 2005, LB 335, § 19.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-2916 — NE Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21-2916
View Statute 21-2916
Status: in_force

(1) An agent for service of process appointed by a limited cooperative association or a foreign limited cooperative association is an agent of the limited cooperative association or foreign limited cooperative association for service of any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon the limited cooperative association or foreign limited cooperative association.

(2)(a) If a limited cooperative association or a foreign limited cooperative association has no agent for service of process or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served the limited cooperative association may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the limited cooperative association at its principal office. Service shall be perfected under this subsection at the earliest of:

(i) The date the limited cooperative association receives the mail;

(ii) The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the limited cooperative association; or

(iii) Five days after its deposit in the United States mail as evidenced by the postmark, if mailed postage prepaid and correctly addressed.

(b) This subsection shall not limit or affect the right to serve any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon a limited cooperative association in any other manner now or hereafter permitted by law.

Laws 2007, LB368, § 16.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-111 — NE Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21-111
View Statute 21-111
Status: in_force

(RULLCA 111) (a) A limited liability company is bound by and may enforce the operating agreement, whether or not the company has itself manifested assent to the operating agreement.

(b) A person that becomes a member of a limited liability company is deemed to assent to the operating agreement.

(c) Two or more persons intending to become the initial members of a limited liability company may make an agreement providing that upon the formation of the company the agreement will become the operating agreement. One person intending to become the initial member of a limited liability company may assent to terms providing that upon the formation of the company the terms will become the operating agreement.

Laws 2010, LB888, § 11.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-1107 — NE Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-1107
View Statute 48-1107
Status: in_force

It shall be an unlawful employment practice for any employer, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining, including on-the-job training programs, to discriminate against any individual because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, marital status, national origin, or military or veteran status, in admission to, or employment in, any program established to provide apprenticeship or other training.

Laws 1965, c. 276, § 7, p. 786;

Laws 1973, LB 266, § 6;

Laws 1977, LB 161, § 5;

Laws 2025, LB150, § 82.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-1606.03 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-1606.03
View Statute 44-1606.03
Status: in_force

(1) Group life insurance offered to a resident of this state under a group life insurance policy issued to a group other than one described in sections 21-1740 , 44-1602 to 44-1606.02 , and 44-1615 shall be subject to the following requirements:

(a) A group life insurance policy shall not be delivered in this state unless the Director of Insurance finds that:

(i) The issuance of the group policy is not contrary to the best interests of the public;

(ii) The issuance of the group policy would result in economies of acquisition or administration; and

(iii) The benefits are reasonable in relation to the premiums charged;

(b) A group life insurance policy shall not be offered in this state by an insurer under a policy issued in another state unless this state or another state having requirements substantially similar to those contained in subdivision (1)(a) of this section has made a determination that the requirements have been met;

(c) The premium for the policy shall be paid either from the policyholder's funds or from funds contributed by the covered persons, or from both; and

(d) An insurer may exclude or limit the coverage on any person as to whom evidence of individual insurability is not satisfactory to the insurer.

(2)(a) In the case of a program of insurance which, if issued on a group basis, would not qualify under sections 21-1740 , 44-1602 to 44-1606.02 , and 44-1615 , the insurer shall cause to be distributed to prospective insureds a written notice that compensation shall or may be paid, if compensation of any kind shall or may be paid, to:

(i) A policyholder or sponsoring or endorsing entity in the case of a group policy; or

(ii) A sponsoring or endorsing entity in the case of an individual, blanket, or franchise policy marketed by means of direct response solicitation.

(b) The notice shall be distributed:

(i) Whether compensation is direct or indirect; and

(ii) Whether the compensation is paid to or retained by the policyholder or sponsoring or endorsing entity, or paid to or retained by a third party at the direction of the policyholder or sponsoring or endorsing entity, or an entity affiliated therewith by way of ownership, contract, or employment.

(c) The notice required by this section shall be placed on or accompany an application or enrollment form provided to prospective insureds.

(d) For purposes of this section:

(i) Direct response solicitation means a solicitation by a sponsoring or endorsing entity through the mail, telephone, or other mass communications media; and

(ii) Sponsoring or endorsing entity means an organization that has arranged for the offering of a program of insurance in a manner that communicates that eligibility for participation in the program is dependent upon affiliation with the organization or that it encourages participation in the program.

Laws 2008, LB855, § 15.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-1614 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-1614
View Statute 44-1614
Status: in_force

Insurance under any group life insurance policy issued pursuant to section 44-1602 , 44-1604 , 44-1605 , 44-1606 , 44-1606.01 , 44-1606.02 , or 44-1606.03 may be extended to insure the employees or members against loss due to the death of their spouses and dependent children, or any class or classes thereof. Premiums for the insurance shall be paid either from funds contributed by the employer, the labor union or similar employee organization, or other person to whom the policy has been issued or from funds contributed by the covered persons, or from both. A policy on which no part of the premium for the spouse's and dependent child's coverage is to be derived from funds contributed by the covered persons shall insure all eligible employees or members with respect to their spouses and dependent children, or any class or classes of employees or members or all except any as to whom evidence of individual insurability is not satisfactory to the insurer. The amount of insurance for any covered spouse or dependent child under the policy may not exceed fifty percent of the amount of insurance for which the employee or member is insured.

Laws 1957, c. 192, § 9, p. 681;

Laws 1961, c. 224, § 1, p. 666;

Laws 1972, LB 1189, § 2;

Laws 1989, LB 92, § 179;

Laws 2008, LB855, § 19.

Where policy issued was not life policy but accident policy, insurer could deny certain coverage to wife of member. Simmons v. Continental Cas. Co., 410 F.2d 881 (8th Cir. 1969).

Where policy issued was not life policy but accident policy, insurer could deny certain coverage to wife of member. Simmons v. Continental Cas. Co., 410 F.2d 881 (8th Cir. 1969).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-1608 — NE Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-1608
View Statute 43-1608
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that matters relating to the establishment, modification, and enforcement of child, spousal, or medical support should be handled by the district courts, separate juvenile courts, and county courts in an expeditious manner so that parties may obtain needed orders and other action as quickly as possible.

Laws 1989, LB 265, § 1;

Laws 1991, LB 715, § 20;

Laws 2008, LB1014, § 48.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-951 — NE Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32-951
View Statute 32-951
Status: in_force

No person shall:

(1) Impersonate or make a false representation in order to obtain a ballot for early voting for his or her own use or for use by another;

(2) Knowingly connive to help a person to vote such a ballot illegally;

(3) Destroy, steal, mark, or mutilate any such ballot after the same has been voted or aid or abet another to do so;

(4) Delay in delivering such a ballot to the election commissioner or county clerk to prevent the ballot from arriving in time to be counted;

(5) In any manner aid or attempt to aid any person to vote such a ballot unlawfully;

(6) Hinder or attempt to hinder a registered voter from voting any such ballot; or

(7) Hinder or attempt to hinder any official from delivering or counting any such ballot.

Laws 1994, LB 76, § 294;

Laws 2005, LB 98, § 23;

Laws 2005, LB 566, § 52.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-823 — NE Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39-823
View Statute 39-823
Status: in_force

The county board shall also file duplicate copies of all plans and specifications adopted by them under the provisions of sections 39-810 to 39-826 , in the office of the county clerk, who shall keep the same with the records of his office, to be turned over to his successor in office.

Laws 1905, c. 126, § 16, p. 544;

Laws 1913, c. 88, § 1, p. 232;

R.S.1913, § 2970;

C.S.1922, § 2728;

C.S.1929, § 39-815;

R.S.1943, § 39-823.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-328.01 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-328.01
View Statute 60-328.01
Status: in_force

Former military vehicle means a motor vehicle that was manufactured for use in any country's military forces and is maintained to accurately represent its military design and markings, regardless of the vehicle's size or weight, but is no longer used, or never was used, by a military force.

Laws 2019, LB156, § 8.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-243 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-243
View Statute 44-243
Status: in_force

Except as provided in section 44-202.01 , an all-lines insurer shall maintain a minimum surplus to policyholders, as defined in section 44-222 , of at least two million dollars in the form of capital, if a stock insurance company, or in the form of surplus, if a mutual insurance company, in accordance with sections 44-214 and 44-219 , respectively. Such an insurer shall not be subject to section 44-245 so long as its surplus to policyholders exceeds such minimum. Whenever the surplus to policyholders of such an insurer falls below such minimum, it shall be deemed to be an impaired insurer and shall automatically be subject to section 44-245 .

Laws 1979, LB 332, § 2;

Laws 1989, LB 92, § 88.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-311.01 — NE Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32-311.01
View Statute 32-311.01
Status: in_force

(1) The Secretary of State shall prescribe and distribute a registration application which may be used statewide to register to vote and update voter registration records. An applicant may use the application to register to vote or to update his or her voter registration record with changes in his or her personal information or other information related to his or her eligibility to vote. An applicant may submit the application in person, through a personal messenger or personal agent, or by mail. Every election commissioner or county clerk shall accept such an application for registration. If an applicant who is eligible to register to vote submits the application in person at the office of the election commissioner or county clerk, the information from the application shall be entered into the voter registration register in the presence of the applicant if possible.

(2) The application shall contain substantially all the information provided in section 32-312 and the following informational statements:

(a) An applicant who is unable to sign his or her name may affix his or her mark next to his or her name written on the signature line by some other person;

(b) If the application is submitted by mail and the applicant is registering in the state for the first time and has not previously voted within the state, the applicant must submit with the application a copy of a photo identification which is current and valid or a copy of a utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document that is current and that shows the name and address of the applicant as they appear on the application in order to avoid additional identification requirements when voting for the first time;

(c) An applicant may deliver the application to the office of the election commissioner or county clerk in person, through a personal messenger or personal agent, or by mail;

(d) To vote at the polling place on election day, the completed application must be:

(i) Delivered by the applicant in person to the office of the election commissioner or county clerk on or before the deadline prescribed in section 32-302 ;

(ii) Delivered by the applicant's personal messenger or personal agent to the office of the election commissioner or county clerk on or before the third Friday before the election; or

(iii) Postmarked on or before the third Friday before the election if the application is submitted by mail; and

(e) The election commissioner or county clerk will, upon receipt of the application for registration, send an acknowledgment of registration to the applicant indicating whether the application is proper or not.

Laws 1994, LB 76, § 81;

Laws 1997, LB 764, § 38;

Laws 2003, LB 359, § 3;

R.S.1943, (2004), § 32-319;

Laws 2005, LB 566, § 10;

Laws 2008, LB750, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-2708 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-2708
View Statute 60-2708
Status: in_force

Nothing in sections 60-2701 to 60-2709 shall in any way limit the rights or remedies which are otherwise available to a consumer under any other law.

Laws 1983, LB 155, § 8.

Under this section, a theory of recovery under sections 60-2701 to 60-2709 may be brought together with other theories of recovery. Genetti v. Caterpillar, Inc., 261 Neb. 98, 621 N.W.2d 529 (2001).

Under this section, a theory of recovery under sections 60-2701 to 60-2709 may be brought together with other theories of recovery. Genetti v. Caterpillar, Inc., 261 Neb. 98, 621 N.W.2d 529 (2001).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-366.01 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-366.01
View Statute 28-366.01
Status: in_force

Senior adult means any person sixty-five years of age or older.

Laws 2016, LB934, § 6.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-358 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-358
View Statute 28-358
Status: in_force

Exploitation means the wrongful or unauthorized taking, withholding, appropriation, conversion, control, or use of money, funds, securities, assets, or any other property of a vulnerable adult or senior adult by any person by means of undue influence, breach of a fiduciary relationship, deception, extortion, intimidation, force or threat of force, isolation, or any unlawful means or by the breach of a fiduciary duty by the guardian, conservator, agent under a power of attorney, trustee, or any other fiduciary of a vulnerable adult or senior adult.

Laws 1988, LB 463, § 11;

Laws 2012, LB1051, § 6;

Laws 2016, LB934, § 4.

The statutory definition of exploitation does not require proof of a financial crime. State v. Vanderford, 312 Neb. 580, 980 N.W.2d 397 (2022).

The statutory definition of exploitation does not require proof of a financial crime. State v. Vanderford, 312 Neb. 580, 980 N.W.2d 397 (2022).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-831 — NE Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-831
View Statute 29-831
Status: in_force

As used in sections 29-830 to 29-835 , unless the context otherwise requires:

All state, county, city and village officers and their agents and employees, charged by statute or municipal ordinance with powers or duties involving inspection of real or personal property, building premises and contents, including but not limited by enumeration to housing, electrical, plumbing, heating, gas, fire, health, food, zoning, pollution, water, and weights and measures inspections, shall be peace officers for the purpose of applying for, obtaining and executing inspection warrants.

Laws 1969, c. 231, § 2, p. 859.