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NE Code § 22-201 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-201 - New county; formation; petition; election.

22-201.  New county; formation; petition; election.Whenever it is desired to form a new county or counties out of one of the then existing counties, a petition praying for the formation of such new county or counties, stating and describing the territory proposed to be taken for such new county or counties, together with the name of such proposed new county or counties, signed by a majority of the legal voters residing in the territory to be taken from such county, shall be presented to the county board of such county to be affected by such division. If it appears that such new county or counties can be constitutionally formed, and each shall contain not less than four hundred and fifty square miles, it shall be the duty of such county board to make an order providing for the submission of the question of the erection of such new county or counties to a vote of the people of the county to be affected, at the next succeeding general election. The notice shall be given, the votes canvassed, and the returns made up as in the case of election of county officers. The form of the ballot to be used in the determination of such question shall be as follows: For new county, and Against new county.Source   Laws 1879, § 10, p. 355;   Laws 1895, c. 26, § 1, p. 127;   R.S.1913, § 912;   C.S.1922, § 818;   C.S.1929, § 25-201;   R.S.1943, § 22-201. Cross References   For canvass and return of votes, see Chapter 32, article 10.  For notice of election, see section 32-802. Annotations  Proposition to form two new counties, if conflicting in territory, may not be submitted at same election. State ex rel. Pennell v. Armstrong, 30 Neb. 493, 46 N.W. 618 (1890). Proposition to form two new counties, not conflicting in territory, may be submitted at same election. State ex rel. Anderson v. Newman, 24 Neb. 40, 38 N.W. 40 (1888).
NE Code § 22-202 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-202 - New county; formation; officers; election.

22-202.  New county; formation; officers; election.If it shall appear that a majority of all the votes cast at any such election in the county interested is in favor of the formation of such new county or counties, the county clerk of the county shall certify the same to the Secretary of State, stating in such certificate the name, territorial contents, and boundaries of such new county or counties. Whereupon the Secretary of State shall notify the Governor of the result of such election, whose duty it shall be to order an election of county officers for such new county or counties, at such time as he shall designate, and he may, when necessary, fix the place of holding election, notice of which shall be given in such manner as the Governor shall direct. At such election the qualified voters of the new county or counties shall elect all county officers for the county or counties, except as hereinafter provided, who shall be commissioned and qualified in the same manner as such officers are in other counties in this state. Such officers shall continue in office until the next general election for such officers, and until their successors are elected and qualified, and they shall have all the jurisdiction and perform all the duties which are or may be conferred upon such officers in other counties in this state.Source   Laws 1879, § 11, p. 356;   Laws 1889, c. 5, § 2, p. 74;   Laws 1897, c. 21, § 1, p. 186;   R.S.1913, § 913;   C.S.1922, § 819;   C.S.1929, § 25-202;   R.S.1943, § 22-202. Annotations  Requirement of majority is a constitutional limitation only. State ex rel. Packard v. Nelson, 34 Neb. 162, 51 N.W. 648 (1892). Jurisdiction and duties of officers over territory included in new county cease on its organization. State ex rel. Malloy v. Clevenger, 27 Neb. 422, 43 N.W. 243 (1889). Officers hold only until next election or until successors are elected and qualified. State ex rel. Nichols v. Fields, 26 Neb. 393, 41 N.W. 988 (1889).
NE Code § 22-203 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-203 - County seat; location; designation on ballot.

22-203.  County seat; location; designation on ballot.At such election, provided for by section 22-202, the voters of the county shall determine the permanent location of the county seat. For this purpose each voter may designate on his ballot the place of his choice for the county seat, and when the votes are canvassed, the place having a majority of all the votes polled shall be the county seat, and public notice of the location shall be given by the county board within thirty days, by posting up notices in three several places in each precinct in the county, and a copy of such notice shall be recorded by the county clerk in the book of miscellaneous records.Source   G.S.1873, c. 12, § 81, p. 229;   R.S.1913, § 914;   C.S.1922, § 820;   C.S.1929, § 25-203;   R.S.1943, § 22-203.
NE Code § 22-204 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-204 - County seat; location; special election.

22-204.  County seat; location; special election.If no one place has a majority of all the votes polled, as provided by section 22-203, it shall be the duty of the county board within one month after the officers elected at the first election have qualified according to law, to order a special election and give ten days' notice thereof by posting up three notices in each precinct in said county, at which election votes shall be taken by ballot between the three highest places voted for at the first election. If no choice is made at such election, notice of another election shall be given as above provided for, to decide between the two places having the highest number of votes in the last election; and the place having the highest number of votes shall be the county seat.Source   G.S.1873, c. 12, § 83, p. 229;   R.S.1913, § 915;   C.S.1922, § 821;   C.S.1929, § 25-204;   R.S.1943, § 22-204.
NE Code § 22-205 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-205 - Elections; laws governing.

22-205.  Elections; laws governing.The votes for the county officers and for the location of the county seat of said new county cast at the first election, provided for in sections 22-202 and 22-203, shall be canvassed and returns made by the county clerk or county clerks of the county or counties from which the new county was formed, as provided by law in other cases.Source   Laws 1879, § 13, p. 357;   R.S.1913, § 916;   C.S.1922, § 822;   C.S.1929, § 25-205;   R.S.1943, § 22-205. Cross References  For canvass and return of votes, see Chapter 32, article 10.
NE Code § 22-206 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-206 - Township or precinct officers; continuance in office.

22-206.  Township or precinct officers; continuance in office.All the township or precinct officers who were previously elected and qualified in the county or counties from which such new county has been formed, whose term of office shall not have expired at the time of the election, and whose residence shall be embraced within the limits of the new county, shall continue in office until their terms of office shall expire, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified.Source   Laws 1879, § 12, p. 357;   R.S.1913, § 917;   C.S.1922, § 823;   C.S.1929, § 25-206;   R.S.1943, § 22-206;   Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 110.
NE Code § 22-207 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-207 - County seat; location; void election; resubmission.

22-207.  County seat; location; void election; resubmission.In any county where an election has been held to determine the permanent location of the county seat of such county, and the election shall be declared void by any court of competent jurisdiction in an action instituted for that purpose, the county board of said county shall submit the question of locating the county seat to the qualified voters of the county at the next general election to be held sixty days after the entering of such judgment, as if no election had ever been held in such county.Source   G.S.1873, c. 12, § 82, p. 229;   Laws 1883, c. 24, § 1, p. 185;   R.S.1913, § 918;   C.S.1922, § 824;   C.S.1929, § 25-207.
NE Code § 22-208 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-208 - County seat; location upon public land; site; acquisition.

22-208.  County seat; location upon public land; site; acquisition.Whenever any county seat shall be located upon any public lands of the United States, it shall be the duty of the county board to enter or purchase a quarter section of land at the place so designated, at the expense of and for the use of the county, within three months thereafter, if the land be subject to private entry; if not, the board shall claim the same as a preemption under the laws of the United States, for the use of the county.Source   G.S.1873, c. 12, § 85, p. 230;   R.S.1913, § 919;   C.S.1922, § 825;   C.S.1929, § 25-208;   R.S.1943, § 22-208.
NE Code § 22-209 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-209 - County seat; site; surveying; platting.

22-209.  County seat; site; surveying; platting.Such lands shall be surveyed into lots, squares, streets and alleys, and platted and recorded in the county clerk's office; and lots necessary for public buildings shall be reserved by the board for that purpose.Source   G.S.1873, c. 12, § 86, p. 230;   R.S.1913, § 920;   C.S.1922, § 826;   C.S.1929, § 25-209;   R.S.1943, § 22-209.
NE Code § 22-210 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-210 - County seat; site; lots; sale.

22-210.  County seat; site; lots; sale.The remainder of the lots shall be offered at public sale by the sheriff of the county to the highest bidder at such time as the county board may designate. Notice of such sale shall be posted up in three public places of the county. The terms of sale shall be determined by the county board and they may dispose of lots at private sale upon such terms as they may deem best.Source   G.S.1873, c. 12, § 87, p. 230;   R.S.1913, § 921;   C.S.1922, § 827;   C.S.1929, § 25-210;   R.S.1943, § 22-210;   Laws 1996, LB 299, § 15.
NE Code § 22-211 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-211 - County seat; site; lots; certificate of purchase.

22-211.  County seat; site; lots; certificate of purchase.Purchasers of the aforesaid lots shall receive a certificate of purchase from the sheriff, entitling the holder to a deed for the same, when payment in full shall be made according to law. If the purchaser of any lot fails to pay for the same within the time required by the county board, not to exceed one year in any case, the right of the purchaser to such lot shall be forfeited, and the same shall be again sold by the county board as hereinbefore provided.Source   G.S.1873, c. 12, § 88, p. 230;   R.S.1913, § 922;   C.S.1922, § 828;   C.S.1929, § 25-211;   R.S.1943, § 22-211.
NE Code § 22-212 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-212 - County seat; lots; sale; fund; how used.

22-212.  County seat; lots; sale; fund; how used.The proceeds of the sale of such lots, after deducting all necessary expenses, shall be paid into the county treasury and constitute a fund for the erection of public buildings for the use of the county at the county seat, and shall be used for no other purpose whatever.Source   G.S.1873, c. 12, § 89, p. 230;   R.S.1913, § 923;   C.S.1922, § 829;   C.S.1929, § 25-212;   R.S.1943, § 22-212.
NE Code § 22-213 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-213 - Oath of office; counties, when deemed organized; judicial district, how determined.

22-213.  Oath of office; counties, when deemed organized; judicial district, how determined.The oath of office may be administered to the several county officers of such new county by any person authorized by law to administer oaths. As soon as the county officers are duly qualified, the county shall be regarded as legally organized, and for judicial purposes shall be deemed and taken as belonging to the district in which the new county, or the greater part thereof, is embraced, and terms of the district court shall be held at such place in the new county as the county board thereof shall designate, until the county seat thereof shall be permanently located.Source   Laws 1879, § 14, p. 357;   R.S.1913, § 924;   C.S.1922, § 830;   C.S.1929, § 25-213;   R.S.1943, § 22-213.
NE Code § 22-214 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-214 - Judicial proceedings; transfer; judgments and liens, effect.

22-214.  Judicial proceedings; transfer; judgments and liens, effect.The courts of any county or counties from which such new county is erected may, by proper order, transfer any suit or other legal proceeding affecting real estate in such new county to the proper court of such new county, or may transfer any suit and all papers and records pertaining thereto to such new county, when all parties thereto are residents of such new county; but all judgments and other liens in the county or counties from which such new county was erected shall have the same effect as if no new county had been erected.Source   Laws 1879, § 15, p. 357;   R.S.1913, § 925;   C.S.1922, § 831;   C.S.1929, § 25-214;   R.S.1943, § 22-214.
NE Code § 22-215 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-215 - County assets and liabilities, how divided.

22-215.  County assets and liabilities, how divided.All the property, both real and personal, and all debts and liabilities and choses in action of every kind belonging to the county or counties from which such new county was formed shall be divided by the several county boards of the counties interested between the county or counties from which such new county is formed and the new county in proportion to the taxable value of property for the last preceding year which has been taken from such original county or counties and carried to such new county. If such boards cannot agree upon such division, they may refer the matters of difference to arbitrators or the right to such property may be settled by a suit in the district court brought by either party for that purpose. In case the property cannot be divided or removed, the county receiving the same shall pay to the other a proportionate value for the same.Source   Laws 1879, § 16, p. 358;   R.S.1913, § 926;   C.S.1922, § 832;   C.S.1929, § 25-215;   R.S.1943, § 22-215;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 90;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 91.  Annotations  Balance in bridge fund divided in proportion to the relative assessed valuation of counties. Western Bridge & Construction Co. v. Cheyenne County, 91 Neb. 206, 136 N.W. 36 (1912). Balance agreed as due from one county may be sued for without presentation to board. Perkins County v. Keith County, 58 Neb. 323, 78 N.W. 630 (1899). In action to recover proper proportion of value of real property retained by old county, it is no defense to show that land was originally conveyed by a deed with conditions. Brown County v. Rock County, 51 Neb. 277, 70 N.W. 943 (1897).
NE Code § 22-216 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-216 - New county; records; how made up.

22-216.  New county; records; how made up.The county clerk of the new county shall transcribe in books prepared for that purpose, from the records of the county or counties from which the new county is formed, all deeds, mortgages, leases, and title papers of every description, with the certificate of acknowledgment thereto, and the date of filing the same for record, of lands lying in the new county, which were previously recorded in the county or counties from which the new county was formed; and the clerk shall be allowed by such new county such compensation as his services are reasonably worth. The clerk of such new county shall also prepare a numerical index of the lands and lots in such new county in the same manner as county clerks are by law directed to prepare and keep such index.Source   Laws 1879, § 17, p. 358;   R.S.1913, § 927;   C.S.1922, § 833;   C.S.1929, § 25-216;   R.S.1943, § 22-216. Cross References  For numerical index form and contents, see sections 23-1513 and 23-1514.Annotations First county clerk of newly organized county who compiles numerical index is entitled to compensation therefor. Bastedo v. Boyd County, 57 Neb. 100, 77 N.W. 387 (1898).
NE Code § 22-217 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-217 - New county; records; duty of clerk; evidentiary effect.

22-217.  New county; records; duty of clerk; evidentiary effect.The clerk shall note at the end of each paper he shall transcribe the book and page from which the same was transcribed, and shall make a correct double index of the records; and on the completion of his duties he shall return the books to the county clerk of the county or counties from which the new county was formed, with his certificate attached thereto, showing that he has complied with the law; whereupon they shall be taken and considered to all intents and purposes as books of records of deeds, mortgages, and title papers for the new county. Copies of the record, certified by the officer having the custody of the same, shall be evidence in all courts and places, in the same manner that copies of records are evidence in other cases, and with like effect.Source   Laws 1879, § 18, p. 359;   R.S.1913, § 928;   C.S.1922, § 834;   C.S.1929, § 25-217;   R.S.1943, § 22-217.
NE Code § 22-218 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-218 - Territory; transfer to another county; petition.

22-218.  Territory; transfer to another county; petition.When a majority of the legal voters, residing upon any territory, shall petition the county board of their own county, and also of the county to which they desire such territory to be transferred, for leave to have such territory transferred to such county, it shall be the duty of the several county boards so petitioned to submit the question at the next general election in the counties; Provided, no such petition shall be granted until after the expiration of three years from last submission of the question.Source   Laws 1879, § 4, p. 354;   Laws 1885, c. 36, § 1, p. 210;   Laws 1889, c. 5, § 1, p. 74;   R.S.1913, § 929;   C.S.1922, § 835;   C.S.1929, § 25-218;   R.S.1943, § 22-218. Annotations Where county has exercised undisputed jurisdiction for many years over portion of unorganized district under void act, the court, in exercise of sound public policy, will refuse to change boundary line. State ex rel. Halligan v. Clary, 100 Neb. 324, 160 N.W. 107 (1916).
NE Code § 22-219 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-219 - Territory; transfer to another county; election; notice.

22-219.  Territory; transfer to another county; election; notice.Notices of such election shall contain a description of the territory proposed to be transferred, the names of the counties from and to which such transfer is intended to be made, and shall be posted with the other notices for general elections.Source   Laws 1879, § 5, p. 354;   R.S.1913, § 930;   C.S.1922, § 836;   C.S.1929, § 25-219;   R.S.1943, § 22-219.
NE Code § 22-220 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-220 - Territory; transfer to another county; election; ballot; conditions.

22-220.  Territory; transfer to another county; election; ballot; conditions.The ballots used in the elections may be in the following form: For transferring territory, and Against transferring territory. If a majority of the voters voting upon the question in the county from which the territory is proposed to be taken, and a majority of the voters of the county to which the same is proposed to be transferred, shall be For transferring territory, then the territory shall be transferred to and become a part of the county to which it is proposed to transfer the same, on and after the first day of January succeeding such election, and shall be subject to all the laws, rules, and regulations thereof; Provided, all assessments and collections of taxes, and judicial or other proceedings commenced prior to the first day of January, shall be continued, prosecuted and completed in the same manner as if no transfer had been made; and all township or precinct officers within the transferred territory shall continue to hold their respective offices within the county to which they may be transferred, until their respective terms of office expire.Source   Laws 1879, § 6, p. 354;   R.S.1913, § 931;   C.S.1922, § 837;   C.S.1929, § 25-220;   R.S.1943, § 22-220.
NE Code § 22-221 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-221 - Territory; transfer to another county; debts; adjustment.

22-221.  Territory; transfer to another county; debts; adjustment.No transferred territory under the provisions of sections 22-218 to 22-220 shall be released from the payment of its proportion of the debts of the county from which such territory is transferred. Such proportionate indebtedness from such transferred territory shall be collected by the county to which such territory is transferred, at an equal or greater rate than is levied and collected in the county from which such territory was transferred, such rate to be ascertained by the certificate of the county clerk of the last-named county, and when so collected, to be paid over to the county entitled thereto. The territory so transferred shall not be taxed for the payment of any indebtedness of the county to which the territory is transferred, incurred previous to the transfer.Source   Laws 1879, § 8, p. 355;   R.S.1913, § 932;   C.S.1922, § 838;   C.S.1929, § 25-221;   R.S.1943, § 22-221.
NE Code § 22-301 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-301 - Petition.

22-301.  Petition.Whenever the inhabitants of any county are desirous of changing their county seat and upon the petition therefor being presented to the county board, which petition shall name some one city, town, village or place to which it is desired to remove the county seat, signed by the resident electors of the county equal in number to three-fifths of all votes cast in the county at the last general election held therein, and containing in addition to the names of the petitioners the section, township and range on which, or the town or city in which the petitioners reside, with their age and time of residence in the county, it shall be the duty of such board to forthwith call a special election in the county for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors thereof the question of the removal of the county seat to the one city, town, village or place named in the petition.Source   Laws 1875, § 1, p. 159;   R.S.1913, § 939;   Laws 1917, c. 169, § 1, p. 380;   C.S.1922, § 845;   C.S.1929, § 25-301;   R.S.1943, § 22-301.
NE Code § 22-302 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-302 - Election.

22-302.  Election.Notice of the time and place of holding the election shall be given in the same manner, and the election shall be conducted in all respects the same as is provided by the law relating to general elections for county purposes. There shall be printed on the ballots the name of the city, town, village or place which is the present county seat, and the name of the one city, town, village or place to which it is proposed to move the county seat. The electors shall vote for one of the two places named on the ballot, and if the one place to which it is proposed to move the county seat shall receive three-fifths of all the votes cast at the election, such city, town, village or place shall become and remain the county seat of the county from and after the first day of the third month next succeeding such election. The question of relocation and division of any county within the state shall not be again submitted to the electors for the period of ten years from and after the date of any such election.Source   Laws 1917, c. 169, § 2, p. 380;   C.S.1922, § 846;   C.S.1929, § 25-302;   R.S.1943, § 22-302.