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NE Code § 23-1220 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-1220 - County attorney; deputy county attorney; failure to complete continuing legal education; Attorney General; commence civil action.

23-1220.  County attorney; deputy county attorney; failure to complete continuing legal education; Attorney General; commence civil action.Upon being advised by the commission of a failure on the part of a county attorney or deputy county attorney to complete the number of hours of continuing legal education, including instruction providing a working knowledge of electronic speed measurement principles and instruction on the investigation and prosecution of crimes against children, required by section 23-1217, the Attorney General shall commence a civil action in the district court of the county in which the county attorney holds office, or in the case of a deputy county attorney in the district court of the county in which he or she is employed, seeking his or her removal from office or employment. Such action shall be brought in the name of the county. Such action shall be tried in the same manner as other civil actions under Chapter 25, except that such action shall be tried exclusively to the court without a jury.Source   Laws 1980, LB 790, § 9;   Laws 1990, LB 1246, § 6.
NE Code § 23-1221 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-1221 - County attorney; deputy county attorney; removal from office; vacancy; how filled.

23-1221.  County attorney; deputy county attorney; removal from office; vacancy; how filled.If a county attorney is removed from office as a result of the action authorized under section 23-1220, such office shall be declared vacant and the county board shall fill the vacancy by appointment with a qualified candidate. If a deputy county attorney is removed from office as a result of the action authorized under section 23-1220, the vacancy may be filled pursuant to section 23-1204.Source  Laws 1980, LB 790, § 10.
NE Code § 23-1222 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-1222 - Continuing education; tuition, fees, expenses; how paid.

23-1222.  Continuing education; tuition, fees, expenses; how paid.Tuition, fees, and other expenses incurred by a county attorney or deputy county attorney in fulfilling the requirements of section 23-1217 shall be paid by the county. Tuition, fees, and other expenses incurred by all other persons who may attend such programs of continuing legal education, including instruction providing a working knowledge of electronic speed measurement principles and instruction on the investigation and prosecution of crimes against children, shall be the responsibility of the person attending.Source   Laws 1980, LB 790, § 11;   Laws 1990, LB 1246, § 7.
NE Code § 23-1223 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-1223 - Traveling expenses; mileage.

23-1223.  Traveling expenses; mileage.(1) In all cases when the county attorney has engaged in the courts of another county in any suit, application, or motion, either civil or criminal, in which the state or county is a party interested, which has been transferred by change of venue from his or her county to another county, he or she shall be allowed his or her reasonable and necessary traveling and hotel expenses while so engaged, in addition to his or her regular salary.(2) The expenses referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be paid to him or her upon the presentation of a bill for the same, accompanied by proper vouchers, to the county board of his or her county, in like manner as provided in all other cases of claims against the county. In computing reasonable and necessary traveling expenses, the county attorney shall be allowed mileage at the rate allowed by section 81-1176, but if travel by rail or bus is economical and practical and if mileage expense may be reduced thereby, he or she shall be allowed only the actual cost of rail or bus transportation.Source   Laws 1885, c. 40, § 5, p. 217;   Laws 1899, c. 6, § 2, p. 57;   Laws 1903, c. 7, § 2, p. 58;   Laws 1909, c. 7, § 1, p. 63;   Laws 1911, c. 7, § 1, p. 74;   Laws 1913, c. 255, § 1, p. 788;   R.S.1913, § 2432;   Laws 1919, c. 65, § 1, p. 173;   C.S.1922, § 2372;   Laws 1927, c. 116, § 1, p. 325;   C.S.1929, § 33-111;   Laws 1933, c. 96, § 6, p. 385;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 33-111;   Laws 1943, c. 90, § 18, p. 305;   R.S.1943, § 33-108;   Laws 1957, c. 70, § 3, p. 295;   Laws 1981, LB 204, § 49;   R.S.1943, (1988), § 33-108;   Laws 1989, LB 4, § 5;   Laws 1996, LB 1011, § 11.  Annotations Counties are obligated to pay costs and expenses of prosecutions, including fees and expenses of attorneys appointed to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases, and there is no requirement that a property tax be levied therefor. Kovarik v. County of Banner, 192 Neb. 816, 224 N.W.2d 761 (1975).
NE Code § 23-1301 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-1301 - County clerk; office; duties; residency.

23-1301.  County clerk; office; duties; residency.The county clerk shall keep his or her office at the county seat; shall attend the sessions of the county board; shall keep the seal, records, and papers of the board; and shall sign the record of the proceedings of the board and attest the same with the county seal. After the period of time specified by the State Records Administrator pursuant to the Records Management Act, the county clerk may transfer such record of the proceedings of the board to the State Archives of the Nebraska State Historical Society for permanent preservation.A county clerk elected after November 1986 need not be a resident of the county when he or she files for election as county clerk, but a county clerk shall reside in a county for which he or she holds office.Source   Laws 1879, § 73, p. 374;   R.S.1913, § 5605;   C.S.1922, § 4924;   C.S.1929, § 26-1001;   R.S.1943, § 23-1301;   Laws 1973, LB 224, § 5;   Laws 1986, LB 812, § 3;   Laws 1996, LB 1085, § 31.  Cross References  Records Management Act, see section 84-1220.Annotations Failure by a public governing body, as defined under section 84-1409, R.R.S.1943, to take and record a roll call vote on an action, as required by section 84-1413(2), R.S.Supp.,1980, grants any citizen the right to sue for the purpose of having the action declared void. In this case such failure could not be later corrected by a nunc pro tunc order because there was no showing that a roll call vote on the disputed action was actually taken, and even if it was the record showed it was not recorded until over a year later. Sections 23-1301, R.R.S.1943, and 23-1302, R.R.S.1943, make it the duty of the county clerk to record proceedings of the board of county commissioners. State ex rel. Schuler v. Dunbar, 208 Neb. 69, 302 N.W.2d 674 (1981).
NE Code § 23-1301.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-1301.01 - County clerk; deputy; appointment; oath; duties.

23-1301.01.  County clerk; deputy; appointment; oath; duties.The county clerk may appoint a deputy for whose acts he or she will be responsible. The clerk may not appoint the county treasurer, sheriff, register of deeds, or surveyor as deputy.The appointment shall be in writing and revocable in writing by the clerk. Both the appointment and revocation shall be filed and kept in the office of the clerk.The deputy shall take the same oath as the clerk which shall be endorsed upon and filed with the certificate of appointment. The clerk may require a bond of the deputy.In the absence or disability of the clerk, the deputy shall perform the duties of the clerk pertaining to the office, but when the clerk is required to act in conjunction with or in place of another officer, the deputy cannot act in the clerk's place.Source  Laws 1990, LB 821, § 3.
NE Code § 23-1302 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-1302 - County clerk; duties.

23-1302.  County clerk; duties.It shall be the general duty of the county clerk:(1) To record in a book provided for that purpose all proceedings of the board. If the county clerk or his or her deputy is unable to be present for any proceeding of the board, the county clerk may appoint a designee to record such proceedings;(2) To make regular entries of its resolutions and decisions in all questions concerning the raising of money;(3) To countersign all warrants issued by the board and signed by its chairperson;(4) To preserve and file all accounts acted upon by the board, with its action thereon, and perform such special duties as are required by law. Such special duties do not include budget-making duties performed under section 23-906. In a county having a county comptroller, all accounts acted upon by the board shall remain on file in the office of such comptroller; and the county clerk shall certify to the county treasurer as of June 30 and December 31 of each year the total amount of unpaid claims of the county; and(5) To prepare and file with the county board the annual inventory statement of county personal property in his or her custody and possession, and to perform the duties enjoined upon him or her by sections 23-346 to 23-350.Source   Laws 1879, § 74, p. 374;   Laws 1907, c. 33, § 1, p. 166;   R.S.1913, § 5606;   C.S.1922, § 4925;   C.S.1929, § 26-1002;   Laws 1935, c. 53, § 1, p. 183;   Laws 1939, c. 28, § 7, p. 147;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 26-1002;   R.S.1943, § 23-1302;  Laws 2002, LB 1018, § 2;  Laws 2005, LB 762, § 1;  Laws 2021, LB105, § 1.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021  Cross References  Distribute political accountability and disclosure forms, see section 49-14,139.Annotations  Failure by a public governing body, as defined under section 84-1409, R.R.S.1943, to take and record a roll call vote on an action, as required by section 84-1413(2), R.S.Supp.,1980, grants any citizen the right to sue for the purpose of having the action declared void. In this case such failure could not be later corrected by a nunc pro tunc order because there was no showing that a roll call vote on the disputed action was actually taken, and even if it was the record showed it was not recorded until over a year later. Sections 23-1301, R.R.S.1943, and 23-1302, R.R.S.1943, make it the duty of the county clerk to record proceedings of the board of county commissioners. State ex rel. Schuler v. Dunbar, 208 Neb. 69, 302 N.W.2d 674 (1981). County clerk may be required by law to perform special duties, such as issuance of certificates of title in connection with motor vehicle registration, and the fees earned belong to the county. Hoctor v. State, 141 Neb. 329, 3 N.W.2d 558 (1942).
NE Code § 23-1304 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-1304 - Official bonds; record; duty to keep.

23-1304.  Official bonds; record; duty to keep.The county clerk shall keep a book in which shall be entered in alphabetical order, by name of the principal, a minute of all official bonds filed in the county clerk's office, giving the name of the office, amount and date of bond, names of sureties, and date of filing, with proper reference to the book and page where the same is recorded.Source   Laws 1879, § 76, p. 375;   R.S.1913, § 5608;   C.S.1922, § 4927;   C.S.1929, § 26-1004;   R.S.1943, § 23-1304;  Laws 2018, LB786, § 1.  Annotations Elected county officials are required to give individual official bonds. Blanket bond is not sufficient. Foote v. County of Adams, 163 Neb. 406, 80 N.W.2d 179 (1956).
NE Code § 23-1305 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-1305 - Road record; duty to keep.

23-1305.  Road record; duty to keep.It shall be the duty of the county clerk to record in a proper book, to be called the Road Record, a record of the proceedings in regard to laying out and establishing, changing or discontinuing roads in the county.Source   Laws 1879, § 77, p. 375;   R.S.1913, § 5609;   C.S.1922, § 4928;   C.S.1929, § 26-1005;   R.S.1943, § 23-1305.
NE Code § 23-1306 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-1306 - County officers; signatures and seals; duty to report to Secretary of State.

23-1306.  County officers; signatures and seals; duty to report to Secretary of State.It shall be the duty of the county clerk to report to the Secretary of State, on or before the first day of February of each year, the names of all the county officers with their official signatures and seals of their respective offices. When any change is made in the incumbent of any county office, the change shall be forthwith reported by the county clerk to the Secretary of State, who shall preserve and record such lists with changes subsequently made therein.Source   Laws 1879, § 90, p. 379;   R.S.1913, § 5610;   C.S.1922, § 4929;   C.S.1929, § 26-1006;   R.S.1943, § 23-1306;   Laws 1955, c. 76, § 1, p. 230.
NE Code § 23-1307 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-1307 - County clerks; election commissioners; deputies; oaths; acknowledgments.

23-1307.  County clerks; election commissioners; deputies; oaths; acknowledgments.All county clerks and election commissioners and their deputies shall have authority to administer oaths and affirmations in all cases where oaths and affirmations are required and to take acknowledgments of deeds, mortgages, and all other instruments in writing, attesting to such with the county seal.Source   Laws 1883, c. 19, § 1, p. 181;   R.S.1913, § 5611;   C.S.1922, § 4930;   C.S.1929, § 26-1007;   R.S.1943, § 23-1307;  Laws 2012, LB398, § 1. Annotations  Clerk must report fees for such services, though performed as notary public. State ex rel. Frontier County v. Kelly, 30 Neb. 574, 46 N.W. 714 (1890). Clerk or deputy may administer oaths and affirmations. Merriam v. Coffee, 16 Neb. 450, 20 N.W. 389 (1884).
NE Code § 23-1309 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-1309 - Veterans discharge record; duty to keep; information; confidential.

23-1309.  Veterans discharge record; duty to keep; information; confidential.It shall be the duty of the county clerk in each county to keep in a separate book or books, entitled Discharge Record, a copy of all discharges or records of separation from active duty from the armed forces of the United States. Information contained in the Discharge Record shall be confidential and made available only to the veteran, county veterans service officer, or post service officer of a recognized veterans organization.Source   Laws 1921, c. 123, § 1, p. 533;   C.S.1922, § 4935;   C.S.1929, § 26-1012;   R.S.1943, § 23-1309;   Laws 1945, c. 50, § 1, p. 234;   Laws 1953, c. 60, § 1, p. 198;   Laws 1969, c. 166, § 1, p. 742;  Laws 2005, LB 54, § 4.
NE Code § 23-1310 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-1310 - Veterans discharge or record of separation; registration upon application.

23-1310.  Veterans discharge or record of separation; registration upon application.Any person residing in Nebraska or who entered the service from Nebraska and who served in any branch of the armed forces of the United States may apply for registration of his or her discharge or record of separation in the office of the county clerk where such person resides. No fee shall be charged for recording such discharge or record of separation.Source   Laws 1921, c. 123, § 2, p. 533;   C.S.1922, § 4936;   C.S.1929, § 26-1013;   R.S.1943, § 23-1310;   Laws 1953, c. 60, § 2, p. 199;  Laws 2005, LB 54, § 5.
NE Code § 23-1311 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-1311 - Instruments; signatures; illegible; refusal to file.

23-1311.  Instruments; signatures; illegible; refusal to file.The name or names of each signer of an instrument presented for filing or recording in the office of the county clerk or register of deeds, including the name of any notary or official taking the acknowledgment, shall be typewritten or legibly printed beneath such signature. The county clerk or register of deeds may refuse to accept and file any instrument failing to meet the requirements of this section, except that if the county clerk or register of deeds determines that all signatures on the instrument are legible, the county clerk or register of deeds shall not refuse to file the instrument.Source   Laws 1959, c. 90, § 1, p. 400;  Laws 2018, LB786, § 2.
NE Code § 23-1313 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-1313 - Name of farm, ranch, or home; registration.

23-1313.  Name of farm, ranch, or home; registration.The owner of any farm, ranch, or home may, upon the payment of one dollar to the county clerk of the county in which such farm, ranch, or home is located, have the name of the farm, ranch, or home duly recorded in a register to be kept by the county clerk for that purpose and may receive a certificate, under the seal of such office, setting forth the name of the farm, ranch, or home, its description by the United States survey, and the name of the owner. When any name of a farm, ranch, or home has been so recorded, such name shall not be recorded as the name of any other farm, ranch, or home in the same county unless plain designating words are prefixed, affixed, or both prefixed and affixed to the name. Upon the recording of a certified transfer of a name by the owner of the farm, ranch, or home, the certified transfer shall be made an additional part of the records so kept.Source   Laws 1911, c. 84, § 1, p. 338;   R.S.1913, § 3093;   C.S.1922, § 2833;   C.S.1929, § 40-118;   R.S.1943, § 40-118;   R.S.1943, (1988), § 40-118;   Laws 1989, LB 12, § 1;   R.S.1943, (1996), § 61-105.
NE Code § 23-1401 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-1401 - County comptroller; qualifications; duties.

23-1401.  County comptroller; qualifications; duties.In any county in which a city of the metropolitan class is located, there is hereby created the office of county comptroller for such county, and the county clerk of such county shall be the ex officio county comptroller for the county. The county comptroller shall act as the general accountant and fiscal agent of the county and shall exercise a general supervision over all officers of the county charged in any manner with the receipt, collection, or disbursement of the county revenue. The county comptroller shall be a competent bookkeeper and accountant, and it shall be his or her duty to keep a complete set of books in which, among other things, the amount of the appropriation that has been made on the fund that has been expended on account of such appropriation fund shall be stated. It shall be the duty of the county comptroller to audit all claims filed against the county and prepare a report thereon to the county board of such county. The county comptroller shall also keep accurate and separate accounts between the county and officers of the county, and between the county and all contractors or other persons doing work or furnishing material for the county. The county comptroller shall also examine and check the reports of all officers of the county. The county comptroller shall prepare and file the required annual inventory statement of county personal property in his or her custody or possession, as provided in sections 23-346 to 23-350.Source   Laws 1915, c. 181, § 1, p. 369;   C.S.1922, § 4937;   C.S.1929, § 26-1101;   Laws 1939, c. 28, § 12, p. 152;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 26-1101;   R.S.1943, § 23-1401;   Laws 1947, c. 62, § 7, p. 201;   Laws 1991, LB 798, § 6;  Laws 2010, LB475, § 1. Annotations Special investigation of certain county records as requested by grand jury was not service required to be performed by county comptroller. Campbell v. Douglas County, 142 Neb. 773, 7 N.W.2d 764 (1943).
NE Code § 23-1402 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-1402 - Treasurer's account; how kept.

23-1402.  Treasurer's account; how kept.The county comptroller shall keep a distinct account with the county treasurer for each several term for which the county treasurer may be elected, in a book to be provided for that purpose, commencing from the day on which the county treasurer became qualified, and continuing until the same or other person is qualified as county treasurer. In this account, the county comptroller shall charge the county treasurer with the amount of taxes levied and assessed in each year, as the same appears on each tax list, delivered to the county comptroller while in office; with the amount of money and with the amount of state, county, and general fund warrants, road orders, or other evidences of indebtedness, which the county treasurer may have been authorized to receive from the predecessors in the office; with the amount of any additional assessments made after the delivery of any tax list, with the amount of any additional penalty added to the taxes, after the same became delinquent according to law; with the amount due the county for advertising lands for sale for delinquent taxes; with the amount received from the sale of any property, belonging to the county; with the amount received as fines and forfeitures; with the amount received from dram shop, tavern, grocery, and other licenses; and with the amount of money received from any other source authorized by law. Upon presentation of proper vouchers, the county comptroller shall credit the county treasurer with the amount of all county tax which has been paid over to the proper authority and receipted for; with the amount of county warrants received by the county treasurer, and returned to the county board and canceled; with the amount of delinquent taxes and any additional penalty due thereon; with the amount due on lands and lots for advertising the same for sale; with the amount of double and erroneous assessments of property; with the amount of percentage fees allowed by law to the county treasurer for collecting taxes; with the amount of money and the amount of warrants or orders or other evidences of indebtedness which the county treasurer is allowed by law to receive for taxes, which the county treasurer pays over to the successor in the office; and with the amount of taxes uncollected on the tax lists delivered over to the successor in the office.Source   Laws 1915, c. 181, § 2, p. 369;   C.S.1922, § 4938;   C.S.1929, § 26-1102;   R.S.1943, § 23-1402;  Laws 2018, LB786, § 3.
NE Code § 23-1403 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-1403 - Record of claims; assistants; appointment; absence or disability; power of deputy.

23-1403.  Record of claims; assistants; appointment; absence or disability; power of deputy.The county comptroller shall perform such other duties as may be required by law. The county comptroller shall keep a record of all claims filed against the county, and the claims themselves the county comptroller shall keep on file in the office. The county comptroller is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint the necessary help to be paid by the county, but for whose acts and doings the county comptroller shall be responsible. During the absence of or disability to act as the county comptroller, the deputy is hereby authorized to do and perform any and all acts that might by the county comptroller be done and performed if present.Source   Laws 1915, c. 181, § 3, p. 370;   C.S.1922, § 4939;   C.S.1929, § 26-1103;   R.S.1943, § 23-1403;  Laws 2018, LB786, § 4.