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NE Code § 53-197 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-197 - Violations; peace officer; duties; neglect of duty; penalty.

53-197.  Violations; peace officer; duties; neglect of duty; penalty.(1) Every sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, marshal, or deputy marshal who knows or who is credibly informed that any offense has been committed against any law of this state relating to the sale of alcoholic liquor shall make complaint against the person so offending within their respective jurisdictions to the proper court, and for every neglect or refusal so to do, every such officer shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.(2) Every sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, marshal, or deputy marshal who knows or who is credibly informed that any offense has been committed against any law of this state relating to the sale of alcoholic liquor shall report such offense in writing to the executive director of the commission (a) within thirty days after such offense is committed, (b) within thirty days after such sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, marshal, or deputy marshal is informed of such offense, (c) within thirty days after the conclusion of an ongoing police investigation, or (d) within thirty days after the verdict in a prosecution related to such an ongoing police investigation if the prosecuting attorney determines that reporting such violation prior to the verdict would jeopardize such prosecution, whichever is later.Source   Laws 1935, c. 116, § 75, p. 412;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 53-375;   R.S.1943, § 53-197;   Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 257;   Laws 1977, LB 40, § 318;   Laws 1988, LB 1030, § 44;  Laws 2011, LB641, § 2.
NE Code § 53-198 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-198 - Places operated in violation of act; declared common nuisances; violations; penalty.

53-198.  Places operated in violation of act; declared common nuisances; violations; penalty.Any room, house, building, boat, structure, or place of any kind where alcoholic liquors are sold, manufactured, bartered, or given away in violation of the Nebraska Liquor Control Act or where persons are permitted to resort for the purpose of drinking same in violation of the act, or any place where such liquors are kept for sale, barter, or gift in violation of the act, and all such liquors, and all property kept in and used in maintaining such a place, are each and all of them hereby declared to be a common nuisance. Any person who maintains or assists in maintaining such common nuisance shall be guilty of a violation of the act. If it is proved that the owner of any building or premises has knowingly suffered the same to be used or occupied for the manufacture, sale, or possession of alcoholic liquors contrary to the provisions of the act, such building or premises shall be subject to a lien for and may be sold to pay all fines and costs assessed against the occupant of such building or premises for any violation of the act. Such lien shall be immediately enforced by civil action in any court having jurisdiction by the county attorney of the county wherein such building or premises is located or by one of the assistant attorneys general assigned to the commission when directed by the commission.Source   Laws 1935, c. 116, § 76, p. 413;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 53-376;   R.S.1943, § 53-198;   Laws 1994, LB 859, § 9.  Annotations  Sale of liquor by the drink outside corporate limits of city or village was a common nuisance. State ex rel. Fitzgerald v. Kubik, 167 Neb. 219, 92 N.W.2d 533 (1958). Maintenance of place outside corporate limits of city where persons were permitted to resort for purpose of drinking alcoholic liquors violated this section. State ex rel. Johnson v. Hash, 144 Neb. 495, 13 N.W.2d 716 (1944).
NE Code § 53-199 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-199 - Nuisance; abatement; procedure; owner or lessee may give bond.

53-199.  Nuisance; abatement; procedure; owner or lessee may give bond.The Attorney General, any one of the assistant attorneys general assigned to the commission when directed by the commission, or the county attorney in the county where such nuisance exists or is kept or maintained may maintain an action by injunction, in the name of the State of Nebraska, to abate and temporarily or permanently to enjoin such nuisance. The court shall have the right to make temporary and final orders as in other injunction proceedings. The plaintiff shall not be required to give bond in such action, and upon final judgment against the defendant, such court shall also order that such room, house, building, structure, boat, or place of any kind shall be closed and padlocked for a period of not less than three months nor more than two years and until the owner, lessee, tenant, or occupant thereof gives bond with sufficient surety to be approved by the court making the order, in the penal sum of not less than one thousand dollars, payable to the State of Nebraska and conditioned that no alcoholic liquors will thereafter be manufactured, possessed, sold, bartered, given away, furnished, or otherwise disposed of thereon or therein, or kept thereon or therein with intent to sell, barter, give away, or otherwise dispose of the same, contrary to the Nebraska Liquor Control Act, and that he or she and his or her surety will pay all fines and costs assessed for any violation of the act. If any condition of such bond is violated, the whole amount may be recovered as a penalty for the use of the State of Nebraska; and in such suit on the bond, both the principal and surety shall be joined as party defendants, and satisfaction may be had from either of them. In such action a notice to nonresident defendants may be given by publication as authorized by law under the code of civil procedure, or upon their agents for service in this state, if any.Source   Laws 1935, c. 116, § 77, p. 413;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 53-377;   R.S.1943, § 53-199;   Laws 1994, LB 859, § 10.  Cross References  Service by publication, see sections 25-518.01 to 25-523.Annotations  Common nuisance arising from sale of liquor by drink outside city or village can be abated by injunction. State ex rel. Fitzgerald v. Kubik, 167 Neb. 219, 92 N.W.2d 533 (1958). Court of equity has jurisdiction to padlock building and enjoin maintenance of nuisance by injunction for violation of Liquor Control Act. State ex rel. Johnson v. Hash, 145 Neb. 405, 16 N.W.2d 734 (1944). Premises outside corporate limits of city, where intoxicating liquors were habitually brought for consumption which owner encouraged by sale of setups, was a public nuisance. State ex rel. Johnson v. Hash, 144 Neb. 495, 13 N.W.2d 716 (1944).
NE Code § 53-1,100 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-1,100 - Violations; general penalties.

53-1,100.  Violations; general penalties.(1) Any person (a) who imports alcoholic liquor for distribution as a wholesaler or distributes or sells alcoholic liquor at any place within the state without having first obtained a valid license to do so under the Nebraska Liquor Control Act, (b) who manufactures alcoholic liquor other than spirits within the state without having first obtained a valid license to do so under the act, (c) who makes any false statement or otherwise violates any of the provisions of the act in obtaining any license under the act, (d) who, having obtained a license under the act, violates any of the provisions of the act with respect to the manufacture, possession, distribution, or sale of alcoholic liquor or with respect to the maintenance of the licensed premises, or (e) who violates any other provision of the act for which a penalty is not otherwise provided, shall for a first offense be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor and for a second or subsequent offense shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.(2) Any person who manufactures spirits at any place within the state without having first obtained a valid license to do so under the act shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class IV felony for a second or subsequent offense.(3) Each day any person engages in business as a manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or bottle club in violation of the act shall constitute a separate offense.(4) In any prosecution in which a person is charged with an offense arising out of the failure to obtain a valid license as provided in subdivision (1)(a) or (b) or subsection (2) of this section, evidence of the failure of the accused to produce such license upon demand shall constitute prima facie proof that a license has not been issued by the commission to such person.Source   Laws 1935, c. 116, § 63, p. 409;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 53-363;   R.S.1943, § 53-1,100;   Laws 1945, c. 128, § 1, p. 411;   Laws 1949, c. 170, § 1, p. 450;   Laws 1977, LB 40, § 319;   Laws 1991, LB 344, § 70;  Laws 2016, LB1105, § 31;  Laws 2018, LB1120, § 28.  Annotations It is a penal offense for owner and operator of a truck, who has not been designated as a carrier of alcoholic liquor or granted a permit, to transport from another state a cargo of unstamped alcoholic liquors, consigned to a bonded warehouse in this state. State v. Hyslop, 131 Neb. 681, 269 N.W. 512 (1936).
NE Code § 53-1,101 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-1,101 - Owner of premises or agent knowing of violations; penalty.

53-1,101.  Owner of premises or agent knowing of violations; penalty.If the owner of the licensed premises or any person from whom the licensee derives the right to possession of such premises, or the agent of such owner or person, knowingly permits the licensee to use such licensed premises in violation of the terms of the Nebraska Liquor Control Act, such owner, agent, or other person shall be deemed guilty of a violation of the act to the same extent as such licensee and be subject to the same punishment.Source   Laws 1935, c. 116, § 64, p. 409;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 53-364;   R.S.1943, § 53-1,101;   Laws 1994, LB 859, § 11.
NE Code § 53-1,102 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-1,102 - Violations by agent or employee of licensee; deemed act of licensee, when.

53-1,102.  Violations by agent or employee of licensee; deemed act of licensee, when.Every act or omission of whatsoever nature constituting a violation of any of the provisions of the Nebraska Liquor Control Act by any officer, director, manager, or other agent or employee of any licensee, if such act is committed or omission is made with the authorization, knowledge, or approval of the licensee, shall be deemed and held to be the act of such employer or licensee, and such employer or licensee shall be punishable in the same manner as if such act or omission had been done or omitted by him or her personally.Source   Laws 1935, c. 116, § 65, p. 410;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 53-365;   R.S.1943, § 53-1,102;   Laws 1994, LB 859, § 12.
NE Code § 53-1,103 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-1,103 - False branding; penalty.

53-1,103.  False branding; penalty.Any person who knowingly possesses, sells, ships, transports, or in any way disposes of any alcoholic liquor under any other than the proper name or brand known to the trade as designating the kind and quality of the contents of the package or other containers of such alcoholic liquor or who causes any such act to be done shall forfeit to the state such alcoholic liquor and such packages and containers and shall be subject to the punishment and penalties provided for violation of the Nebraska Liquor Control Act.Source   Laws 1935, c. 116, § 66, p. 410;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 53-366;   R.S.1943, § 53-1,103;   Laws 1994, LB 859, § 13.
NE Code § 53-1,105 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-1,105 - Sufficiency of charge of violation; sufficiency of proof.

53-1,105.  Sufficiency of charge of violation; sufficiency of proof.In any indictment, information, affidavit, or complaint charging the violation of any of the provisions of the Nebraska Liquor Control Act, it shall be sufficient to charge that the accused unlawfully manufactured, sold, offered for sale, kept for sale, delivered, or otherwise unlawfully disposed of alcoholic liquor without any further or more specific description of such liquor, and proof of any kind of alcoholic liquor unlawfully manufactured, sold, offered for sale, kept for sale, delivered, or otherwise unlawfully disposed of shall be sufficient proof as to the character or kind of alcoholic liquor.Source   Laws 1935, c. 116, § 71, p. 411;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 53-371;   R.S.1943, § 53-1,105;   Laws 1991, LB 344, § 72.
NE Code § 53-1,106 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-1,106 - Charge of violation; sufficiency of allegations; second offense; proof; former conviction.

53-1,106.  Charge of violation; sufficiency of allegations; second offense; proof; former conviction.In any indictment, information, complaint, or affidavit charging the violation of any of the provisions of the Nebraska Liquor Control Act, it shall not be necessary to allege the quantity or kind of such alcoholic liquor further than to allege that it was alcoholic liquor. In case of sale, keeping for sale, or delivering, it shall not be necessary to set out the name of the person to whom sale or delivery has been made. In any prosecution for a second offense, it shall not be necessary to state in the indictment, complaint, or affidavit the record of the former conviction, but it shall be sufficient briefly to allege such conviction. In any prosecution for an offense, no indictment, information, complaint, or affidavit shall state or allege and no consideration shall be given to the record of a former filing of an indictment, information, complaint, or affidavit, or the record of a former conviction, which is four years old or older. Proof of sale, delivery, or unlawful disposition of alcoholic liquor to any person not authorized by the act to purchase or receive the same shall be sufficient to sustain the allegation of unlawful sale, delivery, or disposition.Source   Laws 1935, c. 116, § 72, p. 411;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 53-372;   R.S.1943, § 53-1,106;   Laws 1978, LB 386, § 12;   Laws 1991, LB 344, § 73.
NE Code § 53-1,107 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-1,107 - Complaint, indictment, or information; contents; sufficiency.

53-1,107.  Complaint, indictment, or information; contents; sufficiency.In any indictment, information, complaint, or affidavit against any one or more individuals charging the violation of the Nebraska Liquor Control Act, separate offenses under the act may be joined in the same indictment, information, complaint, or affidavit and the accused may be prosecuted and convicted upon all or any of such counts so joined the same as upon separate indictments, information, complaint, or affidavits and judgment may be rendered on each count upon which there is a conviction. In any indictment, information, complaint, or affidavit for any violation of the act, it shall not be necessary to describe the place where the offense was committed except to allege that it was committed in the county wherein the prosecution was had unless the particular place where the violation occurred constitutes one of specific ingredients of the offense and it shall not be necessary to negative any of the exceptions contained in the act or to state the day or the hour when the offense was committed unless the day or hour constitutes a special element or ingredient of the offense.Source   Laws 1935, c. 116, § 73, p. 412;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 53-373;   R.S.1943, § 53-1,107;   Laws 1994, LB 859, § 14.
NE Code § 53-1,108 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-1,108 - Search warrants issued on complaint; form.

53-1,108.  Search warrants issued on complaint; form.Whenever complaint is made in writing, verified by affidavit, to any judge of any court having cognizance of criminal offenses, that complainant has just and reasonable grounds to believe and does believe that alcoholic liquor is manufactured, possessed, kept for sale, used, or transported in violation of the Nebraska Liquor Control Act, or any mash, still, or other property designed for the manufacture of alcoholic liquor is possessed in any premises which are not licensed under the act, particularly describing and designating such property in such complaint, the judge may issue a search warrant. No search warrant shall be necessary for the inspection or search of any premises licensed under the act. The property seized on any such warrant shall not be taken from the officer seizing the same on any writ of replevin or other like process. Each complaint shall be substantially in the following form:  STATE OF NEBRASKA,)    ) ss.   COUNTY OF ........)   COMPLAINT FOR SEARCH WARRANTThe complaint and affidavit of ...................... (name of complainant), of ...................... (his or her residence), made before ................ (name of officer) one of the .............. (official title of officer), in and for .................. (county, city, or village, as the case may be), on this ............ day of ................ 20...., being first duly sworn, upon oath says: That he or she has just and reasonable grounds to believe, and does believe, that alcoholic liquor is now unlawfully (manufactured, possessed, used, disposed of, or kept for sale, or any mash, still, or other property designed for the illegal manufacture of alcoholic liquor is possessed therein, as the case may be), to wit: At and within a certain ................ (here describe the house, building, premises, boat, vehicle, receptacle, or other place to be searched, with particulars as to the location sufficiently to identify it, stating the name of the person occupying the same, if known), in the ................ (county, city, or village, as the case may be, of) .............. in the county and state aforesaid; that the following are the reasons for his or her belief, to wit: ...................... (here insert the facts upon which such belief is based).WHEREFORE he or she prays that a search warrant may issue according to law. ................................ ................................ (Signature of complainant) Subscribed and sworn to before me this ................. day of ................. 20.... . ................................ (Name of officer) ................................ (Official title of officer) Source   Laws 1935, c. 116, § 78, p. 414;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 53-378;   R.S.1943, § 53-1,108;   Laws 1994, LB 859, § 15;  Laws 2004, LB 813, § 24.  Cross References  Search warrants, in general, see sections 29-812 to 29-821.
NE Code § 53-1,109 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-1,109 - Search warrants; contents; directed to peace officer.

53-1,109.  Search warrants; contents; directed to peace officer.If the judge before whom any such complaint is made is satisfied that there is reasonable cause for such belief, he or she shall issue a warrant directed to any peace officer having jurisdiction, commanding him or her to enter the house, building, premises, boat, vehicle, receptacle, or other place described and designated with particularity and to make diligent and careful search for alcoholic liquor manufactured, possessed, or kept for sale, contrary to the Nebraska Liquor Control Act, and if any such alcoholic liquor is found, to seize the same, together with the vessels containing the same, and all property, implements, furniture, and vehicles kept or used for the purpose of violating, or with which to violate any of the provisions of the act, and to bring the same and any and all persons, if there are any, in whose possession they are found, before the judge who issued the warrant or some other judge having cognizance of the case.Source   Laws 1935, c. 116, § 79, p. 415;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 53-379;   R.S.1943, § 53-1,109;   Laws 1994, LB 859, § 16.
NE Code § 53-1,110 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-1,110 - Arrest of persons found violating act.

53-1,110.  Arrest of persons found violating act.Nothing shall be construed to prevent any officer whose duty it is to make arrests from arresting with or without a warrant any person or persons found violating the Nebraska Liquor Control Act.Source   Laws 1935, c. 116, § 80, p. 416;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 53-380;   R.S.1943, § 53-1,110;   Laws 1994, LB 859, § 17.
NE Code § 53-1,111 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-1,111 - Search warrants; search and seizure of property; sale; disposition of proceeds; arrests.

53-1,111.  Search warrants; search and seizure of property; sale; disposition of proceeds; arrests.Upon the issuance of any search warrant pursuant to section 53-1,108, it shall be the duty of the officers executing the same to enter the house, building, premises, boat, vehicle, receptacle, or other place described, either in the daytime or nighttime, by force if necessary and to remove and confiscate any alcoholic liquor manufactured, possessed, or kept for sale contrary to the terms of the Nebraska Liquor Control Act and any machinery, equipment, or material used in connection therewith and to hold such property until all prosecution arising out of such search and seizure shall have ended and determined. It shall be the duty of the officers executing such search warrant to arrest any person or persons found using or in possession or control of such alcoholic liquor, articles, or things. All alcoholic liquor unlawfully manufactured, stored, kept, sold, or otherwise disposed of, and the containers thereof, and all equipment used or fit for use in the manufacture or production of the same which are found at or about any still or outfit for the unlawful manufacture of alcoholic liquor on unlicensed premises are hereby declared contraband, and no right of property shall be or exist in any person owning, furnishing, or possessing any such property, liquor, material, or equipment, but all such property, articles, and things, including alcoholic liquor, shall be sold upon an order of the court as provided in section 53-1,113, and the proceeds thereof shall be disposed of in the manner provided for the disposition of license money under the Constitution of Nebraska.Source   Laws 1935, c. 116, § 80, p. 416;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 53-380;   R.S.1943, § 53-1,111;   Laws 1994, LB 859, § 18;  Laws 2015, LB330, § 26.  Annotations When an officer seizes alcoholic liquors under a search warrant, it is his duty to retain possession, where injunction to abate nuisance is pending, even though criminal complaint has been dismissed. Picard v. Steinacher, 135 Neb. 723, 283 N.W. 849 (1939).
NE Code § 53-1,112 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 53 - Liquors|53-1,112 - Search warrant; return; form and contents.

53-1,112.  Search warrant; return; form and contents.Any officer executing a search warrant shall forthwith make his return thereon to the court or officer issuing such search warrant of the manner and date of his execution thereof, showing what, if anything, was seized and held by such search, together with the name of the owner or owners, if known, and shall attach to such return an accurate list or inventory of the articles and things so seized.Source   Laws 1935, c. 116, § 80, p. 416;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 53-380;   R.S.1943, § 53-1,112.