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2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-605 - Criminal possession of written instrument forgery devices; penalty.

28-605.
Criminal possession of written instrument forgery devices; penalty.
(1) A person commits criminal possession of written instrument forgery devices when:
(a) He or she makes or possesses with knowledge of its character any plate, die, or other device, apparatus, equipment, or article specifically designed for use in counterfeiting, unlawfully simulating, or otherwise forging written instruments; or
(b) He or she makes or possesses any device, apparatus, equipment, or article capable of or adaptable to a use specified in subdivision (1)(a) of this section, with intent to use it himself or herself, or to aid or permit another to use it, for purposes of forgery; or
(c) Illegally possesses a genuine plate, die, or other device used in the production of written instruments, with intent to deceive or harm.
(2) Criminal possession of written instrument forgery devices is a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1977, LB 38, § 127;
Laws 2016, LB1094, § 8.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-606 - Criminal simulation; penalty.

28-606.
Criminal simulation; penalty.
(1) A person commits a criminal simulation when:
(a) With intent to deceive or harm, he makes, alters, or represents an object in such fashion that it appears to have an antiquity, rarity, source or authorship, ingredient, or composition which it does not in fact have; or
(b) With knowledge of its true character and with intent to use to deceive or harm, he utters, misrepresents, or possesses any object so simulated.
(2) Criminal simulation is a Class III misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1977, LB 38, § 128.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-607 - Making, using, or uttering slugs; terms, defined; penalty.

28-607.
Making, using, or uttering slugs; terms, defined; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of unlawfully using slugs, if he makes, uses, or utters a slug or slugs with intent to deprive a supplier of property or service sold or offered by means of a coin machine or with knowledge that he is facilitating such a deprivation by another person.
(2) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) Slug shall mean an object which by size, shape, or any other quality is capable of being inserted, deposited, or otherwise used in a coin machine as an improper but effective substitute for a genuine coin, bill, or token;
(b) Coin machine shall mean a coin box, turnstile, vending machine, or other mechanical or electronic device or receptacle designed to receive a coin or bill of a specified denomination or a token made for the purpose and in return for the insertion or deposit thereof to mechanically offer, provide, assist in providing or permit the acquisition of property or a public or private service; and
(c) Value of the slug or slugs shall mean the value of the coins, bills, or tokens for which they are being substituted.
(3) The making, using, or uttering of slugs of the value of one hundred dollars or more is a Class I misdemeanor.
(4) The making, using, or uttering of slugs of the value of less than one hundred dollars is a Class II misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1977, LB 38, § 129.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-609 - Impersonating a public servant; penalty.

28-609.
Impersonating a public servant; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of impersonating a public servant if he falsely pretends to be a public servant other than a peace officer and performs any act in that pretended capacity.
(2) It is no defense to a prosecution under this section that the office the actor pretended to hold did not in fact exist.
(3) Impersonating a public servant is a Class III misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1977, LB 38, § 131.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-610 - Impersonating a peace officer; penalty.

28-610.
Impersonating a peace officer; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of impersonating a peace officer if he falsely pretends to be a peace officer and performs any act in that pretended capacity.
(2) Impersonating a peace officer is a Class I misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1977, LB 38, § 132.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-611.01 - Issuing a no-account check; penalty; aggregation allowed; when.

28-611.01.
Issuing a no-account check; penalty; aggregation allowed; when.
(1) Whoever issues or passes a check, draft, assignment of funds, or similar signed order for the payment of money, knowing that he or she has no account with the drawee at the time the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order is issued, commits the offense of issuing a no-account check. Issuing a no-account check is:
(a) A Class III felony if the amount of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order is five thousand dollars or more;
(b) A Class IV felony if the amount of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order is one thousand five hundred dollars or more, but less than five thousand dollars;
(c) A Class I misdemeanor if the amount of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order is five hundred dollars or more, but less than one thousand five hundred dollars; and
(d) A Class II misdemeanor if the amount of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order is less than five hundred dollars.
(2) The aggregate amount of any series of checks, drafts, assignments, or orders issued or passed within a sixty-day period in one county may be used in determining the classification of the offense pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, except that checks, drafts, assignments, or orders may not be aggregated into more than one offense.
(3) For any second or subsequent offense under this section, any person so offending shall be guilty of:
(a) A Class III felony if the amount of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order is one thousand five hundred dollars or more; and
(b) A Class IV felony if the amount of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order is less than one thousand five hundred dollars.
Source
Laws 2009, LB155, § 16;
Laws 2015, LB605, § 35.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-612 - False statement or book entry; destruction or secretion of records; penalty.

28-612.
False statement or book entry; destruction or secretion of records; penalty.
(1) A person commits a Class IV felony if he or she:
(a) Willfully and knowingly subscribes to, makes, or causes to be made any false statement or entry in the books of an organization; or
(b) Knowingly subscribes to or exhibits false papers with the intent to deceive any person or persons authorized to examine into the affairs of any such organization; or
(c) Makes, states, or publishes any false statement of the amount of the assets or liabilities of any such organization; or
(d) Fails to make true and correct entry in the books and records of such organization of its business and transactions in the manner and form prescribed by the Department of Banking and Finance; or
(e) Mutilates, alters, destroys, secretes, or removes any of the books or records of such organization, without the consent of the Director of Banking and Finance.
(2) As used in this section, organization means:
(a) Any trust company transacting a business under the Nebraska Trust Company Act;
(b) Any association organized for the purpose set forth in section 8-302;
(c) Any bank as defined in section 8-101.03; or
(d) Any credit union transacting business in this state under the Credit Union Act.
Source
Laws 1977, LB 38, § 134;
Laws 1983, LB 440, § 1;
Laws 1984, LB 979, § 1;
Laws 1995, LB 384, § 16;
Laws 1996, LB 948, § 122;
Laws 1998, LB 1321, § 77;
Laws 2002, LB 1094, § 13;
Laws 2003, LB 131, § 24;
Laws 2017, LB140, § 150.
Cross References
Credit Union Act, see section 21-1701.
Nebraska Trust Company Act, see section 8-201.01.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-613 - Commercial bribery and breach of duty to act disinterestedly; penalty.

28-613.
Commercial bribery and breach of duty to act disinterestedly; penalty.
(1) A person commits a Class I misdemeanor if he or she solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit as consideration for knowingly violating or agreeing to violate a duty of fidelity to which he or she is subject as:
(a) Agent or employee; or
(b) Trustee, guardian, or other fiduciary; or
(c) Lawyer, physician, accountant, appraiser, or other professional advisor; or
(d) Officer, director, partner, limited liability company member, manager, or other participant in the direction of the affairs of an incorporated or unincorporated association; or
(e) Duly elected or appointed representative or trustee of a labor organization or employee of a welfare trust fund; or
(f) Arbitrator or other purportedly disinterested adjudicator or referee.
(2) A person who holds himself or herself out to the public as being engaged in the business of making disinterested selection, appraisal, or criticism of commodities, property, or services commits a Class I misdemeanor if he or she solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit to alter, modify, or change his or her selection, appraisal, or criticism.
(3) A person commits a Class I misdemeanor if he or she confers or offers or agrees to confer any benefit the acceptance of which would be an offense under subsection (1) or (2) of this section.
Source
Laws 1977, LB 38, § 135;
Laws 1993, LB 121, § 177;
Laws 1994, LB 884, § 54.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-614 - Tampering with publicly exhibited contest; penalty; contest, participant, official, defined.

28-614.
Tampering with publicly exhibited contest; penalty; contest, participant, official, defined.
(1) A person commits the offense of tampering with a publicly exhibited contest if:
(a) He confers, or offers or agrees to confer, directly or indirectly, any benefit upon:
(i) A contest participant with intent to influence him not to give his best efforts in a publicly exhibited contest; or
(ii) A contest official with intent to influence him to perform improperly his duties in connection with a publicly exhibited contest;
(b) Being a contest participant or contest official, he intentionally solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept, directly or indirectly, any benefit from another person with intent that he will thereby be influenced:
(i) In the case of a contest participant, not to give his best efforts in a publicly exhibited contest; or
(ii) In the case of a contest official, to perform improperly his duties in connection with a publicly exhibited contest; or
(c) With intent to influence the outcome of a publicly exhibited contest he:
(i) Tampers with any contest participant, contest official, animal, equipment, or other thing involved in the conduct or operation of the contest, in a manner contrary to the rules and usages purporting to govern the contest in question; or
(ii) Substitutes a contest participant, animal, equipment, or other thing involved in the conduct or operation of the contest, for the genuine person, animal, or thing.
(2) In this section:
(a) Publicly exhibited contest shall mean any professional or amateur sport, athletic game or contest, or race or contest involving machines, persons, or animals, viewed by the public, but shall not include an exhibition which does not purport to be and which is not represented as being such a sport, game, contest, or race;
(b) Contest participant shall mean any person who participates or expects to participate in a publicly exhibited contest as a player, contestant, or member of a team, or as a coach, manager, trainer, or other person directly associated with a player, contestant, or team; and
(c) Contest official shall mean any person who acts or expects to act in a publicly exhibited contest as an umpire, referee, or judge, or otherwise to officiate at a publicly exhibited contest.
(3) Tampering with a publicly exhibited contest is a Class II misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1977, LB 38, § 136.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-615 - Identification number, obscure, and article, defined.

28-615.
Identification number, obscure, and article, defined.
As used in sections 28-615 to 28-617:
(1) Identification number shall mean a serial or motor number placed by a manufacturer upon an article as a permanent individual identifying mark;
(2) Obscure shall mean to destroy, remove, alter, conceal, or deface so as to render illegible by ordinary means of inspection; and
(3) Article shall mean any product made by a manufacturer and includes but is not limited to any appliance, radio, television, motor vehicle, tractor or other farm machinery.
Source
Laws 1977, LB 38, § 137.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-616 - Altering identification number; penalty.

28-616.
Altering identification number; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of altering an identification number if, with the intent to deceive or harm, he obscures an identification number or in the course of business he sells, offers for sale, leases or otherwise disposes of an article knowing that an identification number thereon is obscured.
(2) Altering an identification number is a Class I misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1977, LB 38, § 138.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-617 - Receiving an altered article; penalty.

28-617.
Receiving an altered article; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of receiving an altered article if, with the intent to deceive or harm another, he buys or receives any article knowing that an identification number thereon is obscured, without first ascertaining that the person so selling or delivering the same has a legal right to do so.
(2) Receiving an altered article is a Class I misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1977, LB 38, § 139.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-619 - Issuing a false financial statement for purposes of obtaining a financial transaction device; penalties.

28-619.
Issuing a false financial statement for purposes of obtaining a financial transaction device; penalties.
(1) A person commits the offense of issuing a false financial statement for purposes of obtaining a financial transaction device if, upon filing an application for a financial transaction device with an issuer, such person (a) knowingly makes or causes to be made a statement or report which is false in some material respect and reasonably relied upon relative to his or her name, occupation, financial condition, assets, or liabilities, (b) willfully and materially overvalues any assets, or (c) willfully omits or materially undervalues any indebtedness with the intent of influencing the issuer to issue a financial transaction device.
(2) Any person issuing a false financial statement for the purposes of obtaining a financial transaction device, when such device is used in violation of this section to obtain money, property, or services, shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.
(3) Any person issuing two or more false financial statements for purposes of obtaining two or more financial transaction devices, when such devices are used in violation of this section to obtain money, property, or services, shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1989, LB 372, § 3;
Laws 1996, LB 899, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-620 - Unauthorized use of a financial transaction device; penalties; prosecution of offense.

28-620.
Unauthorized use of a financial transaction device; penalties; prosecution of offense.
(1) A person commits the offense of unauthorized use of a financial transaction device if such person uses such device in an automated banking device, to imprint a sales form, or in any other manner:
(a) For the purpose of obtaining money, credit, property, or services or for making financial payment, with intent to defraud;
(b) With notice that the financial transaction device is expired, revoked, or canceled;
(c) With notice that the financial transaction device is forged, altered, or counterfeited; or
(d) When for any reason his or her use of the financial transaction device is unauthorized either by the issuer or by the account holder.
(2) For purposes of this section, notice shall mean either notice given in person or notice given in writing to the account holder, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, duly stamped and addressed to such account holder at his or her last address known to the issuer. Such notice shall be evidenced by a returned receipt signed by the account holder which shall be prima facie evidence that the notice was received.
(3) Any person committing the offense of unauthorized use of a financial transaction device shall be guilty of:
(a) A Class II misdemeanor if the total value of the money, credit, property, or services obtained or the financial payments made are less than five hundred dollars within a six-month period from the date of the first unauthorized use;
(b) A Class I misdemeanor if the total value of the money, credit, property, or services obtained or the financial payments made are five hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand five hundred dollars within a six-month period from the date of the first unauthorized use;
(c) A Class IV felony if the total value of the money, credit, property, or services obtained or the financial payments made are one thousand five hundred dollars or more but less than five thousand dollars within a six-month period from the date of the first unauthorized use; and
(d) A Class IIA felony if the total value of the money, credit, property, or services obtained or the financial payments made are five thousand dollars or more within a six-month period from the date of the first unauthorized use.
(4) Any prosecution under this section may be conducted in any county where the person committed the offense or any one of a series of offenses to be aggregated.
(5) Once aggregated and filed, no separate prosecution for an offense arising out of the same series of offenses aggregated and filed shall be allowed in any county.
Source
Laws 1989, LB 372, § 4;
Laws 1994, LB 379, § 1;
Laws 2002, LB 276, § 3;
Laws 2015, LB605, § 36.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-621 - Criminal possession of a financial transaction device; penalties.

28-621.
Criminal possession of a financial transaction device; penalties.
(1) A person commits the offense of criminal possession of a financial transaction device if, with the intent to defraud, such person has in his or her possession or under his or her control any financial transaction device issued to a different account holder or which he or she knows or reasonably should know to be lost, stolen, forged, altered, or counterfeited.
(2) Any person committing the offense of criminal possession of one financial transaction device shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.
(3) Any person committing the offense of criminal possession of two or three financial transaction devices, each issued to different account holders, shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
(4) Any person committing the offense of criminal possession of four or more financial transaction devices, each issued to different account holders, shall be guilty of a Class IIA felony.
Source
Laws 1989, LB 372, § 5;
Laws 2015, LB605, § 37.
Annotations
Under this section and section 28-622, an employee is deemed to have "stolen" credit card statements if he or she physically removes such statements from his or her employer's premises with the knowledge that such statements will be used unlawfully and without the employer's authorization or knowledge. State v. Rhea, 262 Neb. 886, 636 N.W.2d 364 (2001).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-622 - Unlawful circulation of a financial transaction device in the first degree; penalty.

28-622.
Unlawful circulation of a financial transaction device in the first degree; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful circulation of a financial transaction device in the first degree if such person sells or has in his or her possession or under his or her control with the intent to deliver, circulate, or sell two or more financial transaction devices which he or she knows or reasonably should know to be lost, stolen, forged, altered, counterfeited, or delivered under a mistake as to the identity or address of the account holder.
(2) Any person committing the offense of unlawful circulation of a financial transaction device in the first degree shall be guilty of a Class IIA felony.
Source
Laws 1989, LB 372, § 7;
Laws 2015, LB605, § 38.
Annotations
Under section 28-621 and this section, an employee is deemed to have "stolen" credit card statements if he or she physically removes such statements from his or her employer's premises with the knowledge that such statements will be used unlawfully and without the employer's authorization or knowledge. State v. Rhea, 262 Neb. 886, 636 N.W.2d 364 (2001).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-623 - Unlawful circulation of a financial transaction device in the second degree; penalty.

28-623.
Unlawful circulation of a financial transaction device in the second degree; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful circulation of a financial transaction device in the second degree if such person sells or has in his or her possession or under his or her control with the intent to deliver, circulate, or sell any financial transaction device which he or she knows or reasonably should know to be lost, stolen, forged, altered, counterfeited, or delivered under a mistake as to the identity or address of the account holder.
(2) Any person committing the offense of unlawful circulation of a financial transaction device in the second degree shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1989, LB 372, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-624 - Criminal possession of a blank financial transaction device; penalties.

28-624.
Criminal possession of a blank financial transaction device; penalties.
(1) A person commits the offense of criminal possession of a blank financial transaction device if, without the authorization of the issuer or manufacturer, such person has in his or her possession, has under his or her control, or receives from another person a blank financial transaction device, with intent to use or to cause the use of such device.
(2) Any person committing the offense of criminal possession of a blank financial transaction device shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.
(3) Any person committing the offense of criminal possession of two or more blank financial transaction devices shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1989, LB 372, § 8.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-625 - Criminal sale of a blank financial transaction device; penalties; blank financial transaction device, defined.

28-625.
Criminal sale of a blank financial transaction device; penalties; blank financial transaction device, defined.
(1) A person commits the offense of criminal sale of a blank financial transaction device if, without the authorization of the issuer or manufacturer, such person has in his or her possession, has under his or her control, or receives from another person a blank financial transaction device, with intent to deliver, circulate, or sell or to cause the delivery, circulation, or sale of such device.
(2) Any person committing the offense of criminal sale of one blank financial transaction device shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
(3) Any person committing the offense of criminal sale of two or more blank financial transaction devices shall be guilty of a Class III felony.
For purposes of section 28-624 and this section, a blank financial transaction device shall mean a device that has at least one or more characteristics of a financial transaction device but does not contain all of the characteristics of a financial transaction device including, but not limited to, a financial transaction device which has not been embossed or magnetically encoded with the name of the account holder, personal identification code, expiration date, or other proprietary institutional information.
Source
Laws 1989, LB 372, § 9.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-626 - Criminal possession of a financial transaction forgery device; penalty.

28-626.
Criminal possession of a financial transaction forgery device; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of criminal possession of a financial transaction forgery device if (a) such person possesses any tool, photographic equipment, printing equipment, or any other device or group or combination of devices adapted, designed, or commonly used for committing or facilitating the commission of an offense involving the unauthorized manufacturing, printing, embossing, or magnetic encoding of a financial transaction device or the altering or addition of any service marks or holographic images to a financial transaction device and (b) intends to use the device or devices possessed or knows that some person intends to use the device or devices possessed in the commission of such an offense.
(2) Any person committing the offense of criminal possession of a financial transaction forgery device shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1989, LB 372, § 10;
Laws 2016, LB1094, § 9.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-627 - Unlawful manufacture of a financial transaction device; penalty.

28-627.
Unlawful manufacture of a financial transaction device; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful manufacture of a financial transaction device if, with intent to defraud, such person:
(a) Falsely makes or manufactures, by printing, embossing, or magnetically encoding, a financial transaction device;
(b) Falsely alters or adds service marks, optical characters, or holographic images to a device which is, purports to be, or is circulated to become or represent if completed a financial transaction device; or
(c) Falsely completes a financial transaction device by adding to an incomplete device to make it appear to be a complete one.
(2) Any person committing the offense of unlawful manufacture of a financial transaction device shall be guilty of a Class IIA felony.
Source
Laws 1989, LB 372, § 11;
Laws 2015, LB605, § 39.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-628 - Laundering of sales forms; penalty.

28-628.
Laundering of sales forms; penalty.
A person other than a sales form processor commits the offense of laundering of sales forms if such person presents for payment to any sales form processor a sales form which was not originated as a result of a sales transaction between such person and the account holder named on such sales form.
Any person committing the offense of laundering of sales forms shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1989, LB 372, § 12.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-629 - Unlawful acquisition of sales form processing services; penalty.

28-629.
Unlawful acquisition of sales form processing services; penalty.
A person commits the offense of unlawful acquisition of sales form processing services if, upon applying for such services with a sales form processor, such person makes or causes to be made a statement or report which is false in some material respect relative to the type of goods or services provided by such person to his or her customers or the method by which such person solicits or concludes sales transactions with his or her customers.
Any person committing the offense of unlawful acquisition of sales form processing services shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1989, LB 372, § 13.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-630 - Unlawful factoring of a financial transaction device; penalty.

28-630.
Unlawful factoring of a financial transaction device; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful factoring of a financial transaction device if such person or any agent or employee of such person is authorized by any acquirer to furnish money, property, services, or anything else of value and, with intent to defraud the account holder, acquirer, or issuer, presents for payment a financial transaction device transaction record to the issuer or acquirer.
(2) Any person committing the offense of unlawful factoring of a financial transaction device shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1989, LB 372, § 14.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-632 - Payment cards; terms, defined.

28-632.
Payment cards; terms, defined.
For purposes of this section and sections 28-633 and 28-634:
(1) Encoding machine means an electronic device that is used to encode information onto a payment card;
(2) Merchant means:
(a) An owner or operator of any retail mercantile establishment or any agent, employee, lessee, consignee, officer, director, franchisee, or independent contractor of such owner or operator;
(b) An establishing financial institution as defined in section 8-157.01; or
(c) A person who receives from an authorized user of a payment card, or someone the person believes to be an authorized user, a payment card or information from a payment card, or what the person believes to be a payment card or information from a payment card, as the instrument for obtaining, purchasing, or receiving goods, services, money, or anything else of value from the person;
(3) Payment card means a credit card, charge card, debit card, or any other card that is issued to an authorized card user and that allows the user to obtain, purchase, or receive goods, services, money, or anything else of value from a merchant;
(4) Person means an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or other business entity; and
(5) Scanning device means a scanner, a reader, a wireless access device, a radio-frequency identification scanner, near-field communication technology, or any other electronic device that is used to access, read, scan, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on a payment card.
Source
Laws 2002, LB 276, § 4;
Laws 2018, LB773, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-633 - Payment cards; prohibited acts; violation; penalty.

28-633.
Payment cards; prohibited acts; violation; penalty.
(1) A person that accepts a payment card for the transaction of business shall print no more than the last five digits of the payment card account number upon any receipt provided to the payment card holder.
(2) This section applies only to receipts that are electronically printed and does not apply to any transaction in which the only means of recording the payment card number is by handwriting or by an imprint or copy of the payment card.
(3) A violation of this section is a Class III misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class I misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense.
(4)(a) This section becomes operative on January 1, 2004, with respect to any cash register or other machine or device that electronically prints receipts for payment card transactions and that is originally put into use on or after January 1, 2004.
(b) This section becomes operative on January 1, 2007, with respect to any cash register or other machine or device that electronically prints receipts for payment card transactions and that is originally put into use before January 1, 2004.
Source
Laws 2002, LB 276, § 5.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-634 - Payment cards; prohibited acts relating to scanning device or encoding machine; violation; penalty.

28-634.
Payment cards; prohibited acts relating to scanning device or encoding machine; violation; penalty.
(1) It is unlawful for a person to intentionally and knowingly:
(a) Use a scanning device to access, read, scan, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on a payment card without the permission of the authorized user of the payment card, the issuer of the authorized user's payment card, or a merchant;
(b) Possess a scanning device with the intent to obtain information encoded on a payment card without the permission of the authorized user, the issuer of the authorized user’s payment card, or a merchant or possess a scanning device with knowledge that some other person intends to use the scanning device to obtain information encoded on a payment card without the permission of the authorized user, the issuer of the authorized user’s payment card, or a merchant;
(c) Use an encoding machine to place information encoded on a payment card onto a different card without the permission of the authorized user of the card from which the information was obtained, the issuer of the authorized user's payment card, or a merchant; or
(d) Possess an encoding machine with the intent to place information encoded on a payment card onto a different payment card without the permission of the user, the issuer of the authorized user’s payment card, or a merchant.
(2) A violation of this section is a Class IV felony for the first offense and a Class IIIA felony for a second or subsequent offense.
Source
Laws 2002, LB 276, § 6;
Laws 2018, LB773, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-637 - Criminal impersonation; identity theft; identity fraud; venue; victim; contact local law enforcement agency.

28-637.
Criminal impersonation; identity theft; identity fraud; venue; victim; contact local law enforcement agency.
For purposes of sections 28-636 to 28-640:
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, venue for the prosecution and trial of violations of sections 28-636 to 28-640 may be commenced and maintained in any county in which an element of the offense occurred, including the county where a victim resides; and
(2) If a person or entity reasonably believes that he, she, or it has been the victim of a violation of sections 28-636 to 28-640, the victim may contact a local law enforcement agency which has jurisdiction over the victim's residence, place of business, or registered address. Notwithstanding that jurisdiction may lie elsewhere for investigation and prosecution of a crime of identity theft, the local law enforcement agency shall take the complaint and provide the complainant with a copy of the complaint and refer the complaint to a law enforcement agency in the appropriate jurisdiction.
Source
Laws 2009, LB155, § 9.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-639 - Identity theft; penalty; restitution.

28-639.
Identity theft; penalty; restitution.
(1) A person commits the crime of identity theft if he or she knowingly takes, purchases, manufactures, records, possesses, or uses any personal identifying information or entity identifying information of another person or entity without the consent of that other person or entity or creates personal identifying information for a fictional person or entity, with the intent to obtain or use the other person's or entity's identity for any unlawful purpose or to cause loss to a person or entity whether or not the person or entity actually suffers any economic loss as a result of the offense, or with the intent to obtain or continue employment or with the intent to gain a pecuniary benefit for himself, herself, or another.
(2) Identity theft is not:
(a) The lawful obtaining of credit information in the course of a bona fide consumer or commercial transaction;
(b) The lawful, good faith exercise of a security interest or a right of setoff by a creditor or a financial institution;
(c) The lawful, good faith compliance by any person when required by any warrant, levy, garnishment, attachment, court order, or other judicial or administrative order, decree, or directive; or
(d) The investigative activities of law enforcement.
(3)(a) Identity theft is a Class IIA felony if the credit, money, goods, services, or other thing of value that was gained or was attempted to be gained was five thousand dollars or more. Any second or subsequent conviction under this subdivision is a Class II felony.
(b) Identity theft is a Class IV felony if the credit, money, goods, services, or other thing of value that was gained or was attempted to be gained was one thousand five hundred dollars or more but less than five thousand dollars. Any second or subsequent conviction under this subdivision is a Class III felony.
(c) Identity theft is a Class I misdemeanor if the credit, money, goods, services, or other thing of value that was gained or was attempted to be gained was five hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand five hundred dollars. Any second or subsequent conviction under this subdivision is a Class IV felony.
(d) Identity theft is a Class II misdemeanor if no credit, money, goods, services, or other thing of value was gained or was attempted to be gained, or if the credit, money, goods, services, or other thing of value that was gained or was attempted to be gained was less than five hundred dollars. Any second conviction under this subdivision is a Class I misdemeanor, and any third or subsequent conviction under this subdivision is a Class IV felony.
(e) A person found guilty of violating this section may, in addition to the penalties under this subsection, be ordered to make restitution pursuant to sections 29-2280 to 29-2289.
Source
Laws 2009, LB155, § 11;
Laws 2015, LB605, § 42.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-640 - Identity fraud; penalty; restitution.

28-640.
Identity fraud; penalty; restitution.
(1) A person commits the crime of identity fraud if he or she without lawful authority:
(a) Makes, counterfeits, alters, or mutilates any personal identification document with the intent to deceive another; or
(b) Willfully and knowingly obtains, possesses, uses, sells or furnishes or attempts to obtain, possess, or furnish to another person for any purpose of deception a personal identification document.
(2)(a) Identity fraud is a Class I misdemeanor. Any second or subsequent conviction under this subdivision is a Class IV felony.
(b) A person found guilty of violating this section may, in addition to the penalties under this subsection, be ordered to make restitution pursuant to sections 29-2280 to 29-2289.
Source
Laws 2009, LB155, § 12.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-641 - Counterfeit airbags; act, how cited.

28-641.
Counterfeit airbags; act, how cited.
Sections 28-641 to 28-644 shall be known and may be cited as the Counterfeit Airbag Prevention Act.
Source
Laws 2019, LB7, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-642 - Counterfeit airbags; terms, defined.

28-642.
Counterfeit airbags; terms, defined.
For purposes of the Counterfeit Airbag Prevention Act, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Airbag means a motor vehicle inflatable occupant restraint system device that is part of a supplemental restraint system;
(2) Counterfeit supplemental restraint system component means a supplemental restraint system component that displays a mark identical or substantially similar to the genuine mark of a motor vehicle manufacturer or a supplier of parts to the manufacturer of a motor vehicle without authorization from such manufacturer or supplier;
(3) Nonfunctional airbag means an airbag that meets any of the following criteria:
(a) The airbag was previously deployed or damaged;
(b) The airbag has an electric fault that is detected by the motor vehicle's diagnostic system when the installation procedure is completed and (i) the motor vehicle is returned to the customer who requested the work to be performed or (ii) ownership is intended to be transferred;
(c) The airbag includes a part or object installed in a motor vehicle to mislead the owner or operator of the motor vehicle into believing that a functional airbag has been installed; or
(d) The airbag is subject to the prohibitions of subsection (j) of 49 U.S.C. 30120, as such section existed on January 1, 2019; and
(4) Supplemental restraint system means an inflatable restraint system as defined in 49 C.F.R. 571.208, as such regulation existed on January 1, 2019, designed for use in conjunction with an active safety system. A supplemental restraint system includes one or more airbags and all components required to ensure that an airbag works as designed by the motor vehicle manufacturer, including both of the following:
(a) The airbag operates as necessary in the event of a crash; and
(b) The airbag is designed in accordance with federal motor vehicle safety standards for the specific make, model, and year of the motor vehicle in which it is or will be installed.
Source
Laws 2019, LB7, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-643 - Counterfeit airbags; prohibited acts.

28-643.
Counterfeit airbags; prohibited acts.
A person violates the Counterfeit Airbag Prevention Act if the person does any of the following:
(1) Knowingly and intentionally manufactures, imports, installs, reinstalls, distributes, sells, or offers for sale any device intended to replace a supplemental restraint system component in any motor vehicle if the device is a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component or a nonfunctional airbag or does not meet federal safety requirements as provided in 49 C.F.R. 571.208, as such regulation existed on January 1, 2019;
(2) Knowingly and intentionally sells, installs, or reinstalls a device that causes a motor vehicle's diagnostic system to fail to warn when the motor vehicle is equipped with a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component or a nonfunctional airbag or when no airbag is installed;
(3) Knowingly and intentionally represents to another person that a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component or nonfunctional airbag installed in a motor vehicle is not a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component or a nonfunctional airbag; or
(4) Causes another person to violate this section or assists another person in violating this section.
Source
Laws 2019, LB7, § 4.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-644 - Counterfeit airbags; violations; penalties.

28-644.
Counterfeit airbags; violations; penalties.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a violation of the Counterfeit Airbag Prevention Act is a Class IV felony.
(2) A violation of the act is a Class IIIA felony if the defendant has been previously convicted of a violation of the act.
(3) A violation of the act is a Class III felony if the violation resulted in an individual suffering bodily injury.
(4) A violation of the act is a Class IIA felony if the violation resulted in an individual suffering serious bodily injury.
(5) A violation of the act is a Class II felony if the violation resulted in the death of an individual.
Source
Laws 2019, LB7, § 5.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-645 - Criminal impersonation by stolen valor; penalty; restitution.

28-645.
Criminal impersonation by stolen valor; penalty; restitution.
(1) A person commits the offense of criminal impersonation by stolen valor if such person:
(a)(i) Pretends to be an active member or veteran of the United States Navy, Army, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, or Space Force, including armed forces reserves and the National Guard, through the unauthorized manufacture, sale, possession, or use of military regalia or gear, including the wearing of military uniforms or the use of falsified military identification; and
(ii) Does an act in such fictitious capacity with the intent to:
(A) Gain a pecuniary benefit for such person or another person; and
(B) Deceive or harm another person; or
(b) With the intent to deceive or harm another, fraudulently represents such person to be a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, Air Force Cross, Silver Star, Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge, Combat Action Badge, Combat Medical Badge, Combat Action Ribbon, Air Force Combat Action Medal, or another similar award or honor and obtains money, property, or anything of value through such fraudulent representation.
(2) A violation of this section is a Class I misdemeanor.
(3) A person found guilty of violating this section may, in addition to the penalty under subsection (2) of this section, be ordered to make restitution pursuant to sections 29-2280 to 29-2289.
Source
Laws 2022, LB922, § 7.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-701 - Bigamy; penalty; exception.

28-701.
Bigamy; penalty; exception.
(1) If any married person, having a husband or wife living, shall marry any other person, he shall be deemed guilty of bigamy, unless as an affirmative defense it appears that at the time of the subsequent marriage:
(a) The accused reasonably believes that the prior spouse is dead; or
(b) The prior spouse had been continually absent for a period of five years during which the accused did not know the prior spouse to be alive; or
(c) The accused reasonably believed that he was legally eligible to remarry.
(2) Any unmarried person who knowingly marries a person who is married commits bigamy.
(3) Bigamy is a Class I misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1977, LB 38, § 140.
Annotations
A bigamy prosecution can be based on a voidable marriage. State v. Johnson, 310 Neb. 527, 967 N.W.2d 242 (2021).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-702 - Incestuous marriages; declared void.

28-702.
Incestuous marriages; declared void.
Incestuous marriages are marriages between parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren of every degree, between brothers and sisters of the half as well as the whole blood, and between uncles and nieces, aunts and nephews. Incestuous marriages are declared to be absolutely void. This section shall extend to children and relations born out of wedlock.
Source
Laws 1977, LB 38, § 141.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments › 28-703 - Incest; penalty.

28-703.
Incest; penalty.
(1) Any person who shall knowingly intermarry or engage in sexual penetration with any person who falls within the degrees of consanguinity set forth in section 28-702 or any person who engages in sexual penetration with his or her stepchild who is under nineteen years of age commits incest.
(2) Incest is a Class III felony, except that incest with a person who is under eighteen years of age is a Class IIA felony.
(3)(a) For purposes of this section, the definitions found in section 28-318 shall be used.
(b) The testimony of a victim shall be entitled to the same weight as the testimony of victims of other crimes under this code.
Source
Laws 1977, LB 38, § 142;
Laws 1978, LB 748, § 9;
Laws 1985, LB 89, § 1;
Laws 2015, LB605, § 43.
Cross References
Registration of sex offenders, see sections 29-4001 to 29-4014.
Annotations
Incest of an adult is not a registrable offense under the Sex Offender Registration Act. State v. Aguilar-Moreno, 17 Neb. App. 623, 769 N.W.2d 784 (2009).
For purposes of the incest statute, a "minor" is defined as a child under the age of 19. State v. Johnson, 12 Neb. App. 247, 670 N.W.2d 802 (2003).