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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-703 — NE Code / Chapter 19 / Section 19-703
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Status: in_force

Any court of condemnation appointed pursuant to section 19-702 shall have full power to summon and swear witnesses, take evidence, order the taking of depositions, and require the production of any and all books and papers deemed necessary for a full investigation and ascertainment of the value of any works, plant, or system to be acquired pursuant to section 19-701 . When any part of the public utilities appropriated under sections 19-701 to 19-707 extends beyond the territory within which the city or village exercising the right of eminent domain has a right to operate such utilities, the court of condemnation, in determining the damages caused by the appropriation thereof, shall take into consideration the fact that such portion of the utility beyond such territory is being detached and not appropriated by the city or village, and the court of condemnation shall award damages by reason of such detachment and the destruction in value and usefulness of the detached and unappropriated property as it will remain and be left after the detachment and appropriation. Such court of condemnation may appoint a reporter of its proceedings who shall report and preserve all evidence introduced before it. Such court of condemnation shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of commissioners in the condemnation and ascertainment of the value and in making of an award of all property of any such works, plant, or system. The clerk of the district court, in the county where such city or village is located, shall attend upon such court of condemnation and perform such duties, as the clerk thereof, as such court of condemnation may direct. The sheriff of any such county or any of his or her deputies shall attend upon such court of condemnation and shall have power to serve summons, subpoenas, and all other orders or papers ordered to be served by such court of condemnation. In case of vacancy in such court of condemnation, such vacancy shall be filled by the Supreme Court if the vacancy occurs while the court is in session, and if it occurs while the court is not in session, then by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Laws 1919, c. 188, § 3, p. 424;

C.S.1922, § 4602;

C.S.1929, § 19-703;

Laws 1941, c. 26, § 3, p. 124;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 19-710;

R.S.1943, § 19-703;

Laws 2019, LB193, § 59.

Condemnation court's authority is limited to fixing the value of the property. Village of Walthill v. Iowa Electric L. & P. Co., 228 F.2d 647 (8th Cir. 1956).

Condemnation court's authority is limited to fixing the value of the property. Village of Walthill v. Iowa Electric L. & P. Co., 228 F.2d 647 (8th Cir. 1956).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-253 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-253
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Status: in_force

A county agricultural society shall hold an annual meeting open to all registered voters of the county for the purpose of electing a board of directors and conducting any other business of the county agricultural society. Only registered voters of the county are eligible to participate and vote at the annual meeting of the county agricultural society. The board of directors of the county agricultural society shall give notice of the annual meeting in a newspaper of general circulation within the county once at least five days before the scheduled annual meeting. The notice shall state the time and place of the annual meeting and that all registered voters of the county are eligible to participate and vote at the annual meeting. The vote for any election held in connection with the county agricultural society shall be cast personally and not by proxy vote. At the annual meeting of the county agricultural society, all questions upon motions made at the annual meeting shall be determined by a majority of the registered voters voting and the presiding officer shall ascertain and declare the result of the votes upon each question. If the result of a vote is questioned, the presiding officer shall make the vote certain by recount. If any person offering to vote at the annual meeting is challenged as an unqualified voter, the presiding officer shall explain to the person challenged the qualifications of a registered voter. If such person states that he or she is qualified and the challenge is not withdrawn, the person shall take an oath, reduced to writing, in substance as follows: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the United States, that I am of the constitutionally prescribed age of an elector or upwards, that I am domiciled in this county, and that I am registered to vote in this county, so help me God." Every person taking such oath and signing his or her name to it shall be permitted to vote on all questions proposed at the meeting.

Laws 1997, LB 469, § 4;

Laws 1999, LB 437, § 22.

False swearing, see section 32-1508 .

Illegal voting, see section 32-1531 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-4506 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-4506
View Statute 44-4506
Status: in_force

Certificate shall mean any certificate issued under a group policy, which policy has been delivered or issued for delivery in this state.

Laws 1987, LB 416, § 6.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-1601.02 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-1601.02
View Statute 23-1601.02
Status: in_force

The county treasurer may appoint a deputy for whose acts he or she will be responsible. The treasurer may not appoint the county clerk, sheriff, register of deeds, or surveyor as deputy.

The appointment shall be in writing and revocable in writing by the treasurer. Both the appointment and revocation shall be filed and kept in the office of the county clerk.

The deputy shall take the same oath as the treasurer which shall be endorsed upon and filed with the certificate of appointment. The treasurer may require a bond of the deputy.

In the absence or disability of the treasurer, the deputy shall perform the duties of the treasurer pertaining to the office, but when the treasurer is required to act in conjunction with or in place of another officer, the deputy cannot act in the treasurer's place.

Laws 1990, LB 821, § 6.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-713 — NE Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42-713
View Statute 42-713
Status: in_force

A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country.

Laws 1993, LB 500, § 13;

Laws 2003, LB 148, § 52;

Laws 2015, LB415, § 12.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 45-732 — NE Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45-732
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Status: in_force

(1) All initial mortgage loan originator licenses shall remain in full force and effect until the next succeeding December 31. Mortgage loan originator licenses may be renewed annually by submitting to the director a request for renewal and any supplemental material as required by the director. The mortgage loan originator licensee shall certify that the information contained in the license application, as subsequently amended, that is on file with the department, and the information contained in any supplemental material previously provided to the department, remains true and correct.

(2) The minimum standards for license renewal for mortgage loan originators shall include the following:

(a) The mortgage loan originator continues to meet the minimum standards for license issuance under subdivisions (1)(a) through (f) of section 45-729 ;

(b) The mortgage loan originator has satisfied the annual continuing education requirements described in section 45-733 ; and

(c) The mortgage loan originator has paid all required fees for renewal of the license.

(3) For the annual renewal of a mortgage loan originator license, the fee shall be one hundred twenty-five dollars, plus the cost of the criminal history background check required by the director and any processing fee allowed under subsection (2) of section 45-748 .

(4) Except as provided in subsection (4) of section 45-734 and subsection (4) of section 45-742 , should the director conclude that a mortgage loan originator does not meet the minimum standards for license renewal, the director shall deny the renewal application. A decision of the director denying a renewal of a mortgage loan originator license pursuant to the Residential Mortgage Licensing Act may be appealed. The appeal shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act and the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the department under the act.

Laws 2009, LB328, § 17.

Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-941 — NE Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32-941
View Statute 32-941
Status: in_force

(1) Any registered voter permitted to vote early pursuant to section 32-938 may, not more than one hundred twenty days before any election and not later than the close of business on the second Friday preceding the election, request a ballot for the election to be mailed to a specific address. A registered voter shall request a ballot in writing to the election commissioner or county clerk in the county where the registered voter has established his or her home, shall indicate his or her residence address, the address to which the ballot is to be mailed if different, and his or her telephone number if available, and shall include:

(a) The identification number of the voter's driver's license or state identification card issued by the State of Nebraska;

(b) A photocopy of any other valid photographic identification issued to or related to the voter; or

(c) The voter's reasonable impediment certification.

(2) If the identification number of the voter's driver's license or state identification card issued by the State of Nebraska is provided, the election commissioner or county clerk shall verify the driver's license or state identification card data with the information provided by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to section 32-308 .

(3) If such identification or certification is not provided or cannot be verified, the election commissioner or county clerk shall contact the voter and inform the voter that the ballot will not be issued until the voter provides the identification or certification required under this section.

(4) The registered voter may use the form published by the election commissioner or county clerk pursuant to section 32-808 . The registered voter shall sign the request. A registered voter may use a facsimile machine or electronic mail for the submission of a request for a ballot.

(5) The election commissioner or county clerk shall include a registration application with the ballots if the person is not registered. Registration applications shall not be mailed after the third Friday preceding the election. If the person is not registered to vote, the registration application shall be returned not later than the closing of the polls on the day of the election. No ballot issued under this section shall be counted unless such registration application is properly completed and processed.

(6) Subdivisions (1)(a) through (c) of this section do not apply to any voter who casts a ballot pursuant to section 32-939.02 or 32-939.03 .

Laws 1994, LB 76, § 284;

Laws 1997, LB 764, § 93;

Laws 2002, LB 935, § 9;

Laws 2005, LB 98, § 13;

Laws 2005, LB 566, § 43;

Laws 2011, LB499, § 5;

Laws 2015, LB575, § 20;

Laws 2016, LB874, § 3;

Laws 2023, LB514, § 13;

Laws 2024, LB287, § 44.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-1213.01 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-1213.01
View Statute 23-1213.01
Status: in_force

The council shall, with respect to ensuring quality and uniform death investigation processes throughout the state, develop guidelines to promote uniform and quality death investigations for county coroners. Such guidelines may include guidance to the county coroner in:

(1) Determining the need for autopsies involving:

(a) Deaths of individuals nineteen years of age or older;

(b) Deaths of individuals under nineteen years of age;

(c) Sudden, unexplained infant deaths;

(d) Deaths while in custody;

(e) Deaths caused by motor vehicle collisions;

(f) Deaths by burning; and

(g) Suspicious deaths;

(2) The utilization of investigative tools and equipment;

(3) Entering the death scene;

(4) Documenting and evaluating the death scene;

(5) Documenting and evaluating the body;

(6) Establishing and recording decedent profile information; and

(7) Completing the death scene investigation.

Persons investigating infant deaths and young child deaths may also refer to the recommendations adopted by the Attorney General with respect to such investigations.

Laws 2009, LB671, § 3.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1207 — NE Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50-1207
View Statute 50-1207
Status: in_force

The committee may develop criteria to be used to screen requests for performance audits. The committee shall consult with the Legislative Auditor in the application of the screening criteria.

Laws 1992, LB 988, § 7;

Laws 2003, LB 607, § 10;

Laws 2006, LB 956, § 7.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 31-109 — NE Code / Chapter 31 / Section 31-109
View Statute 31-109
Status: in_force

The county board shall also by its order direct the surveyor or engineer to make and return a schedule of all lots, lands, public or corporate roads, or railroads that will be benefited by the proposed improvement, whether the same are abutting upon the line of the proposed improvement or not, an apportionment of a number of lineal feet and cubic yards to each lot, tract of land, road or railroad, according to the benefits which will result to each from the improvement, an estimate of the cost of location and construction to each, and a specification of the manner in which the improvement shall be made and completed.

Laws 1881, c. 51, § 8, p. 238;

Laws 1911, c. 140, § 8, p. 455;

R.S.1913, § 1726;

C.S.1922, § 1673;

C.S.1929, § 31-109;

R.S.1943, § 31-109.

If land is benefited by the improvement it need not abut upon the line of a drainage district to be subject to special assessments. Loup River Public Power Dist. v. Platte County, 141 Neb. 29, 2 N.W.2d 609 (1942).

If land is benefited by the improvement it need not abut upon the line of a drainage district to be subject to special assessments. Loup River Public Power Dist. v. Platte County, 141 Neb. 29, 2 N.W.2d 609 (1942).

County board through surveyor or engineer shall schedule property benefited and property taken or damaged as well. Costello v. Colfax County, 112 Neb. 40, 198 N.W. 357 (1924).

County board through surveyor or engineer shall schedule property benefited and property taken or damaged as well. Costello v. Colfax County, 112 Neb. 40, 198 N.W. 357 (1924).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-2102 — NE Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21-2102
View Statute 21-2102
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Nebraska Business Development Corporation Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Development corporation or corporation shall mean any corporation organized pursuant to the act for the purpose of developing business, industry, and enterprise in the State of Nebraska by the lending of money thereto and otherwise organizing for the purposes set forth in section 21-2104 ;

(2) Financial institution shall mean any banking institution, insurance company or related corporation, savings and loan association, partnership, limited liability company, credit union, foundation, trust, licensee under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, 15 U.S.C. 661 et seq., as the act existed on September 1, 2001, or other entity engaged in lending or investing funds and authorized to do business in the State of Nebraska, including the United States Small Business Administration;

(3) Member shall mean any financial institution which undertakes to lend money to a development corporation upon its call and in accordance with section 21-2109 ;

(4) Board of directors shall mean members of the board of directors of a development corporation in office from time to time; and

(5) Loan limit shall mean, for any member, the maximum account permitted to be outstanding at any one time on loans made by any such member to a development corporation, as determined under the Nebraska Business Development Corporation Act.

Laws 1967, c. 100, § 2, p. 302;

Laws 1990, LB 1241, § 4;

Laws 1993, LB 121, § 156;

Laws 2001, LB 300, § 5.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-107 — NE Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32-107
View Statute 32-107
Status: in_force

District shall mean a subdivision of the state or of a county, city, village, or other political subdivision in which all registered voters residing within the district are entitled to participate in the election of any one or more candidates or in the determination by election of any question or proposition.

Laws 1994, LB 76, § 7;

Laws 1997, LB 764, § 10.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-124 — NE Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21-124
View Statute 21-124
Status: in_force

(RULLCA 208) (a) The Secretary of State, upon request and payment of the requisite fee, shall furnish to any person a certificate of existence for a limited liability company if the records filed in the office of the Secretary of State show that the company has been formed under section 21-117 and the Secretary of State has not filed a statement of termination pertaining to the company. A certificate of existence must state:

(1) the company's name;

(2) that the company was duly formed under the laws of this state and the date of formation;

(3) whether all fees, taxes, and penalties due under the Nebraska Uniform Limited Liability Company Act or other law to the Secretary of State have been paid;

(4) whether the company's most recent biennial report required by section 21-125 has been filed by the Secretary of State;

(5) whether the Secretary of State has administratively dissolved the company;

(6) whether the company has delivered to the Secretary of State for filing a statement of dissolution;

(7) that a statement of termination has not been filed by the Secretary of State; and

(8) other facts of record in the office of the Secretary of State which are specified by the person requesting the certificate.

(b) The Secretary of State, upon request and payment of the requisite fee, shall furnish to any person a certificate of authorization for a foreign limited liability company if the records filed in the office of the Secretary of State show that the Secretary of State has filed a certificate of authority, has not revoked the certificate of authority, and has not filed a notice of cancellation. A certificate of authorization must state:

(1) the company's name and any alternate name adopted under subsection (a) of section 21-159 for use in this state;

(2) that the company is authorized to transact business in this state;

(3) whether all fees, taxes, and penalties due under the act or other law to the Secretary of State have been paid;

(4) whether the company's most recent biennial report required by section 21-125 has been filed by the Secretary of State;

(5) that the Secretary of State has not revoked the company's certificate of authority and has not filed a notice of cancellation; and

(6) other facts of record in the office of the Secretary of State which are specified by the person requesting the certificate.

(c) Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate of existence or certificate of authorization issued by the Secretary of State is conclusive evidence that the limited liability company is in existence or the foreign limited liability company is authorized to transact business in this state.

Laws 2010, LB888, § 24.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-923 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-923
View Statute 28-923
Status: in_force

(1) A person commits the offense of simulating legal process if he sends, delivers, or mails or in any manner shall cause to be sent, delivered, or mailed, any paper or document simulating or intended to simulate a summons, complaint, writ, or other court process of any kind, to any person, firm, company, or corporation, for the purpose and intent of forcing payment of any alleged claim, debt, or legal obligation.

(2) Simulating legal process is a Class III misdemeanor.

Laws 1977, LB 38, § 208.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1020 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-1020
View Statute 28-1020
Status: in_force

(1) Any animal health care professional, while acting in his or her professional capacity or within the scope of his or her employment, who observes or is involved in an incident which leads the animal health care professional to reasonably suspect that an animal has been abandoned, cruelly neglected, or cruelly mistreated, shall report such treatment to an entity that investigates such reports in the appropriate jurisdiction.

(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose a duty to investigate observed or reasonably suspected abandonment, cruel neglect, or cruel mistreatment of an animal. Any person making a report under this section is immune from liability except for false statements of fact made with malicious intent.

(3) For purposes of this section, an animal health care professional means a licensed veterinarian as defined in section 38-3310 or a licensed veterinary technician as defined in section 38-3311 .

Laws 2009, LB494, § 7.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2187 — NE Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-2187
View Statute 25-2187
Status: in_force

If deemed advisable, the court may appoint a referee to inquire into the nature and amount of encumbrances, and report accordingly. From that report an appeal lies to the court.

R.S.1867, Code § 820, p. 539;

R.S.1913, § 8303;

C.S.1922, § 9255;

C.S.1929, § 20-2187;

R.S.1943, § 25-2187.

Referee may inquire into and report as to the nature and the amount of encumbrances. Hartman v. Drake, 166 Neb. 87, 87 N.W.2d 895 (1958).

Referee may inquire into and report as to the nature and the amount of encumbrances. Hartman v. Drake, 166 Neb. 87, 87 N.W.2d 895 (1958).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 52-1202 — NE Code / Chapter 52 / Section 52-1202
View Statute 52-1202
Status: in_force

(1) A lien created under section 52-1201 shall be perfected as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code. Such lien shall be perfected within one hundred twenty days after the last date on which (a) the seed was furnished or (b) the meter was read with respect to the electrical power or energy furnished.

(2) Any financing statement filed to perfect a lien created under section 52-1201 shall contain or have attached thereto (a) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number of the person claiming the lien, (b) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number, if known, of the person to whom the seed or electrical power or energy was furnished, (c) the contract price or reasonable value of the seed or electrical power or energy, and (d)(i) the type and amount of the seed and the date of delivery of the seed or (ii) the type and amount of the electrical power or energy and the period during which such power or energy was furnished. The failure to include the social security number or federal tax identification number shall not render any filing unperfected. At the time the lien is filed, the lienholder shall send a copy to the person to whom the seed or electrical power or energy was furnished. The fee for filing, amending, or releasing the lien shall be as provided in section 9-525 , Uniform Commercial Code.

Laws 1985, LB 503, § 2;

Laws 1988, LB 943, § 11;

Laws 1998, LB 1321, § 89;

Laws 1999, LB 550, § 29;

Laws 2001, LB 54, § 19;

Laws 2021, LB177, § 2.