Neb.Rev.St. § 28-101

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 1. Provisions Applicable to Offenses Generally

(a) General Provisions

28-101. Code, how cited


Sections 28-101 to 28-1356 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Criminal Code.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 1; Laws 1980, LB 991, § 8; Laws 1982, LB 465, § 1; Laws 1985, LB 371, § 1; Laws 1985, LB 406, § 1; Laws 1986, LB 969, § 1; Laws 1986, LB 956, § 12; Laws 1987, LB 451, § 1; Laws 1988, LB 170, § 1; Laws 1988, LB 463, § 41; Laws 1989, LB 372, § 1; Laws 1990, LB 50, § 10; Laws 1990, LB 1018, § 1; Laws 1990, LB 571, § 2; Laws 1991, LB 135, § 1; Laws 1991, LB 477, § 2; Laws 1992, LB 1098, § 5; Laws 1992, LB 1184, § 8; Laws 1994, LB 988, § 1; Laws 1994, LB 1035, § 1; Laws 1994, LB 1129, § 1; Laws 1995, LB 371, § 1; Laws 1995, LB 385, § 11; Laws 1996, LB 908, § 2; Laws 1997, LB 90, § 1; Laws 1997, LB 814, § 6; Laws 1998, LB 218, § 2; Laws 1999, LB 6, § 1; Laws 1999, LB 49, § 1; Laws 1999, LB 163, § 1; Laws 1999, LB 511, § 1; Laws 2002, LB 276, § 1; Laws 2002, LB 824, § 1; Laws 2003, LB 17, § 1; Laws 2003, LB 43, § 8; Laws 2003, LB 273, § 2; Laws 2004, LB 943, § 1; Laws 2006, LB 57, § 1; Laws 2006, LB 287, § 4; Laws 2006, LB 1086, § 6; Laws 2006, LB 1199, § 1; Laws 2007, LB 142, § 1; Laws 2008, LB 764, § 1, eff. July 18, 2008; Laws 2008, LB 1055, § 1, eff. April 22, 2008; Laws 2009, LB 63, § 2, eff. May 28, 2009; Laws 2009, LB 97, § 9, eff. May 21, 2009; Laws 2009, LB 155, § 1, eff. Aug. 30, 2009; Laws 2010, LB 252, § 1, eff. July 15, 2010; Laws 2010, LB 594, § 1, eff. July 15, 2010; Laws 2010, LB 894, § 1, eff. July 15, 2010; Laws 2010, LB 1103, § 11, eff. Oct. 15, 2010; Laws 2011, LB 20, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2012; Laws 2011, LB 226, § 1, eff. Aug. 27, 2011; Laws 2011, LB 667, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-102

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 1. Provisions Applicable to Offenses Generally

(a) General Provisions

28-102. Purposes; principles of construction


The general purposes of the provisions governing the definition of offenses are:


(1) To forbid and prevent conduct that unjustifiably and inexcusably inflicts or threatens substantial harm to individual or public interests;


(2) To subject to public control persons whose conduct indicates that they are disposed to commit crimes;


(3) To safeguard conduct that is without fault and which is essentially victimless in its effect from condemnation as criminal;


(4) To give fair warning of the nature of the conduct declared to constitute an offense; and


(5) To differentiate on reasonable grounds between serious and minor offenses.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 2.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-103

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 1. Provisions Applicable to Offenses Generally

(a) General Provisions

28-103. Restrictions on applicability


(1) The provisions of this code shall not apply to any offense committed prior to January 1, 1979. Such an offense shall be construed and punished according to the provisions of law existing at the time of the commission thereof in the same manner as if this code had not been enacted.


(2) For the purposes of this section, an offense shall be deemed to have been committed prior to January 1, 1979, if any element of the offense occurred prior thereto.


(3) This code shall not bar, suspend or otherwise affect any right or liability to damages, penalty, forfeiture or other remedy authorized by law to be recovered or enforced in a civil action.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 3.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-104

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 1. Provisions Applicable to Offenses Generally

(a) General Provisions

28-104. Offense; crime; synonymous


The terms offense and crime are synonymous as used in this code and mean a violation of, or conduct defined by, any statute for which a fine, imprisonment, or death may be imposed.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 4.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-105

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 1. Provisions Applicable to Offenses Generally

(a) General Provisions

28-105. Felonies; classification of penalties; sentences; where served; eligibility for probation


(1) For purposes of the Nebraska Criminal Code and any statute passed by the Legislature after the date of passage of the code, felonies are divided into nine classes which are distinguished from one another by the following penalties which are authorized upon conviction:


Class I felony

Death

 

 

Class IA felony

Life imprisonment

 

 

Class IB felony

Maximum--life imprisonment

 

 

 

Minimum--twenty years imprisonment

 

 

Class IC felony

Maximum--fifty years imprisonment

 

 

 

Mandatory minimum--five years imprisonment

 

 

Class ID felony

Maximum--fifty years imprisonment

 

 

 

Mandatory minimum--three years imprisonment

 

 

Class II felony

Maximum--fifty years imprisonment

 

 

 

Minimum--one year imprisonment

 

 

Class III felony

Maximum--twenty years imprisonment, or

 

 

 

twenty-five thousand dollars fine, or both

 

 

 

Minimum--one year imprisonment

 

 

Class IIIA felony

Maximum--five years imprisonment, or

 

 

 

ten thousand dollars fine, or both

 

 

 

Minimum--none

 

 

Class IV felony

Maximum--five years imprisonment, or

 

 

 

ten thousand dollars fine, or both

 

 

 

Minimum--none

(2) All sentences of imprisonment for Class IA, IB, IC, ID, II, and III felonies and sentences of one year or more for Class IIIA and IV felonies shall be served in institutions under the jurisdiction of the Department of Correctional Services. Sentences of less than one year shall be served in the county jail except as provided in this subsection. If the department certifies that it has programs and facilities available for persons sentenced to terms of less than one year, the court may order that any sentence of six months or more be served in any institution under the jurisdiction of the department. Any such certification shall be given by the department to the State Court Administrator, who shall forward copies thereof to each judge having jurisdiction to sentence in felony cases.


(3) Nothing in this section shall limit the authority granted in sections 29-2221 and 29-2222 to increase sentences for habitual criminals.


(4) A person convicted of a felony for which a mandatory minimum sentence is prescribed shall not be eligible for probation.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 5; Laws 1989, LB 592, § 1; Laws 1995, LB 371, § 2; Laws 1997, LB 364, § 1; Laws 1998, LB 900, § 1; Laws 1998, LB 1266, § 1; Laws 2002, 3rd Sp. Sess., LB 1, § 1; Laws 2011, LB 12, § 1, eff. Aug. 27, 2011.


VALIDITY


This section was held unconstitutional by the Nebraska supreme court in State v. Conover, 270 Neb. 446. 703 N.W,2d 898 (2005).


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-105.01

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 1. Provisions Applicable to Offenses Generally

(a) General Provisions

28-105.01. Death penalty imposition; restriction on person under eighteen years; restriction on person with mental retardation; sentencing procedure


(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the death penalty shall not be imposed upon any person who was under the age of eighteen years at the time of the commission of the crime.


(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the death penalty shall not be imposed upon any person with mental retardation.


(3) As used in subsection (2) of this section, mental retardation means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior. An intelligence quotient of seventy or below on a reliably administered intelligence quotient test shall be presumptive evidence of mental retardation.


(4) If (a) a jury renders a verdict finding the existence of one or more aggravating circumstances as provided in section 29-2520 or (b)(i) the information contains a notice of aggravation as provided in section 29-1603 and (ii) the defendant waives his or her right to a jury determination of the alleged aggravating circumstances, the court shall hold a hearing prior to any sentencing determination proceeding as provided in section 29-2521 upon a verified motion of the defense requesting a ruling that the penalty of death be precluded under subsection (2) of this section. If the court finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the defendant is a person with mental retardation, the death sentence shall not be imposed. A ruling by the court that the evidence of diminished intelligence introduced by the defendant does not preclude the death penalty under subsection (2) of this section shall not restrict the defendant's opportunity to introduce such evidence at the sentencing determination proceeding as provided in section 29-2521 or to argue that such evidence should be given mitigating significance.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1982, LB 787, § 23; Laws 1998, LB 1266, § 2; Laws 2002, 3rd Sp. Sess., LB 1, § 2.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-106

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 1. Provisions Applicable to Offenses Generally

(a) General Provisions

28-106. Misdemeanors; classification of penalties; sentences; where served


(1) For purposes of the Nebraska Criminal Code and any statute passed by the Legislature after the date of passage of the code, misdemeanors are divided into seven classes which are distinguished from one another by the following penalties which are authorized upon conviction:


Class I misdemeanor

Maximum--not more than one year

 

imprisonment, or one thousand dollars

 

fine, or both

 

Minimum--none

Class II misdemeanor

Maximum--six months imprisonment, or

 

one thousand dollars fine, or both

 

Minimum--none

Class III misdemeanor

Maximum--three months imprisonment,

 

or five hundred dollars fine, or both

 

Minimum--none

Class IIIA misdemeanor

Maximum--seven days imprisonment, five

 

hundred dollars fine, or both

 

Minimum--none

Class IV misdemeanor

Maximum--no imprisonment, five

 

hundred dollars fine

 

Minimum--one hundred dollars fine

Class V misdemeanor

Maximum--no imprisonment, one

 

hundred dollars fine

 

Minimum--none

Class W misdemeanor

Driving under the influence or implied

 

consent

 

First conviction

 

Maximum--sixty days imprisonment and

 

five hundred dollars fine

 

Mandatory minimum--seven days

 

imprisonment and five hundred dollars

 

fine

 

Second conviction

 

Maximum--six months imprisonment and

 

five hundred dollars fine

 

Mandatory minimum--thirty days

 

imprisonment and five hundred dollars

 

fine

 

Third conviction

 

Maximum--one year imprisonment and

 

one thousand dollars fine

 

Mandatory minimum--ninety days

 

imprisonment

 

and one thousand dollars fine

(2) Sentences of imprisonment in misdemeanor cases shall be served in the county jail, except that in the following circumstances the court may, in its discretion, order that such sentences be served in institutions under the jurisdiction of the Department of Correctional Services:


(a) If the sentence is for a term of one year upon conviction of a Class I misdemeanor;


(b) If the sentence is to be served concurrently or consecutively with a term for conviction of a felony; or


(c) If the Department of Correctional Services has certified as provided in section 28-105 as to the availability of facilities and programs for short-term prisoners and the sentence is for a term of six months or more.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 6; Laws 1982, LB 568, § 1; Laws 1986, LB 153, § 1; Laws 1992, LB 291, § 1; Laws 1998, LB 309, § 1; Laws 2002, LB 82, § 3; Laws 2005, LB 594, § 1; Laws 2011, LB 675, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-107

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 1. Provisions Applicable to Offenses Generally

(a) General Provisions

28-107. Felony or misdemeanor, defined outside of code; how treated


(1) Any felony or misdemeanor defined by state statute outside of this code without specification of its class shall be punishable as provided in the statute defining it, or as otherwise provided by law outside of this code, except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section.


(2) A felony defined by statute outside this code, without classification, the sentence for which exceeds the sentence authorized in this code for a Class III felony, shall constitute for sentencing purposes a Class III felony. A person adjudged guilty under such law is deemed to be convicted of a Class III felony and shall be sentenced for a felony of that class in accordance with this code.


(3) A misdemeanor defined by a statute outside this code, the sentence for which exceeds the sentence authorized in this code for a Class I misdemeanor, shall constitute for sentencing purposes a Class I misdemeanor. A person adjudged guilty under such law is deemed to be convicted of a Class I misdemeanor and shall be sentenced for a Class I misdemeanor in accordance with this code.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 7.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-108

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 1. Provisions Applicable to Offenses Generally

(a) General Provisions

28-108. Subsequent enactment of criminal laws


Criminal laws enacted after January 1, 1979, shall be classified for sentencing purposes in accordance with section 28-105 or 28-106.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 8.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-109

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 1. Provisions Applicable to Offenses Generally

(a) General Provisions

28-109. Terms, defined


For purposes of the Nebraska Criminal Code, unless the context otherwise requires:


(1) Act shall mean a bodily movement, and includes words and possession of property;


(2) Aid or assist shall mean knowingly to give or lend money or credit to be used for, or to make possible or available, or to further activity thus aided or assisted;


(3) Benefit shall mean any gain or advantage to the beneficiary including any gain or advantage to another person pursuant to the desire or consent of the beneficiary;


(4) Bodily injury shall mean physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition;


(5) Conduct shall mean an action or omission and its accompanying state of mind, or, where relevant, a series of acts and omissions;


(6) Deadly physical force shall mean force, the intended, natural, and probable consequence of which is to produce death, or which does, in fact, produce death;


(7) Deadly weapon shall mean any firearm, knife, bludgeon, or other device, instrument, material, or substance, whether animate or inanimate, which in the manner it is used or intended to be used is capable of producing death or serious bodily injury;


(8) Deface shall mean to alter the appearance of something by removing, distorting, adding to, or covering all or a part of the thing;


(9) Dwelling shall mean a building or other thing which is used, intended to be used, or usually used by a person for habitation;


(10) Government shall mean the United States, any state, county, municipality, or other political unit, any branch, department, agency, or subdivision of any of the foregoing, and any corporation or other entity established by law to carry out any governmental function;


(11) Governmental function shall mean any activity which a public servant is legally authorized to undertake on behalf of government;


(12) Motor vehicle shall mean every self-propelled land vehicle, not operated upon rails, except self-propelled chairs used by persons who are disabled and electric personal assistive mobility devices as defined in section 60-618.02;


(13) Omission shall mean a failure to perform an act as to which a duty of performance is imposed by law;


(14) Peace officer shall mean any officer or employee of the state or a political subdivision authorized by law to make arrests, and shall include members of the National Guard on active service by direction of the Governor during periods of emergency or civil disorder;


(15) Pecuniary benefit shall mean benefit in the form of money, property, commercial interest, or anything else, the primary significance of which is economic gain;


(16) Person shall mean any natural person and where relevant a corporation or an unincorporated association;


(17) Public place shall mean a place to which the public or a substantial number of the public has access, and includes but is not limited to highways, transportation facilities, schools, places of amusement, parks, playgrounds, and the common areas of public and private buildings and facilities;


(18) Public servant shall mean any officer or employee of government, whether elected or appointed, and any person participating as an advisor, consultant, process server, or otherwise in performing a governmental function, but the term does not include witnesses;


(19) Recklessly shall mean acting with respect to a material element of an offense when any person disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the material element exists or will result from his or her conduct. The risk must be of such a nature and degree that, considering the nature and purpose of the actor's conduct and the circumstances known to the actor, its disregard involves a gross deviation from the standard of conduct that a law-abiding person would observe in the actor's situation;


(20) Serious bodily injury shall mean bodily injury which involves a substantial risk of death, or which involves substantial risk of serious permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any part or organ of the body;


(21) Tamper shall mean to interfere with something improperly or to make unwarranted alterations in its condition;


(22) Thing of value shall mean real property, tangible and intangible personal property, contract rights, choses in action, services, and any rights of use or enjoyment connected therewith; and


(23) Voluntary act shall mean an act performed as a result of effort or determination, and includes the possession of property if the actor was aware of his or her physical possession or control thereof for a sufficient period to have been able to terminate it.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 9; Laws 1993, LB 370, § 8; Laws 2002, LB 1105, § 427.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-110

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 1. Provisions Applicable to Offenses Generally

(b) Discrimination-Based Offenses

28-110. Statement of rights


A person in the State of Nebraska has the right to live free from violence, or intimidation by threat of violence, committed against his or her person or the destruction or vandalism of, or intimidation by threat of destruction or vandalism of, his or her property regardless of his or her race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1997, LB 90, § 2.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-111

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 1. Provisions Applicable to Offenses Generally

(b) Discrimination-Based Offenses

28-111. Enhanced penalty; enumerated offenses


Any person who commits one or more of the following criminal offenses against a person or a person's property because of the person's race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability or because of the person's association with a person of a certain race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability shall be punished by the imposition of the next higher penalty classification than the penalty classification prescribed for the criminal offense, unless such criminal offense is already punishable as a Class IB felony or higher classification: Manslaughter, section 28-305; assault in the first degree, section 28-308; assault in the second degree, section 28-309; assault in the third degree, section 28-310; terroristic threats, section 28-311.01; stalking, section 28-311.03; kidnapping, section 28-313; false imprisonment in the first degree, section 28-314; false imprisonment in the second degree, section 28-315; sexual assault in the first degree, section 28-319; sexual assault in the second or third degree, section 28-320; sexual assault of a child, sections 28-319.01 and 28-320.01; arson in the first degree, section 28-502; arson in the second degree, section 28-503; arson in the third degree, section 28-504; criminal mischief, section 28-519; unauthorized application of graffiti, section 28-524; criminal trespass in the first degree, section 28-520; or criminal trespass in the second degree, section 28-521.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1997, LB 90, § 3; Laws 2006, LB 1199, § 2; Laws 2009, LB 63, § 3, eff. May 28, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-112

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 1. Provisions Applicable to Offenses Generally

(b) Discrimination-Based Offenses

28-112. Allegations set forth in indictment or information; burden of proof


The allegations stating that the underlying offense was committed because of the person's race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability or because of the person's association with a person of a certain race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability shall be set forth in the indictment or information. It is the burden of the prosecuting attorney to prove such allegations beyond a reasonable doubt to the judge or jury in the state's case in chief.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1997, LB 90, § 4; Laws 2004, LB 270, § 1.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-113

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 1. Provisions Applicable to Offenses Generally

(b) Discrimination-Based Offenses

28-113. Civil action authorized; statute of limitations; proof required


(1) A person against whom a violation of section 28-111 has been committed may bring a civil action for equitable relief, general and special damages, reasonable attorney's fees, and costs.


(2) A civil action brought pursuant to this section must be brought within four years after the date of the violation of section 28-111.


(3) In a civil action brought pursuant to this section, the plaintiff shall establish by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant committed the criminal offense against the plaintiff or the plaintiff's property because of the plaintiff's race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability or because of the plaintiff's association with a person of a certain race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1997, LB 90, § 5.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-114

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 1. Provisions Applicable to Offenses Generally

(b) Discrimination-Based Offenses

28-114. Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice; duties


The Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice shall establish and maintain a central repository for the collection and analysis of information regarding criminal offenses committed against a person because of the person's race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability or because of the person's association with a person of a certain race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Upon establishing such a repository, the commission shall develop a procedure to monitor, record, classify, and analyze information relating to criminal offenses apparently directed against individuals or groups, or their property, because of their race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability or because of their association with a person of a certain race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1997, LB 90, § 6.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-115

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 1. Provisions Applicable to Offenses Generally

(b) Discrimination-Based Offenses

28-115. Criminal offense against a pregnant woman; enhanced penalty


(1) Any person who commits any of the following criminal offenses against a pregnant woman shall be punished by the imposition of the next higher penalty classification than the penalty classification prescribed for the criminal offense, unless such criminal offense is already punishable as a Class IB felony or higher classification: Assault in the first degree, section 28-308; assault in the second degree, section 28-309; assault in the third degree, section 28-310; sexual assault in the first degree, section 28-319; sexual assault in the second or third degree, section 28-320; sexual assault of a child in the second or third degree, section 28-320.01; sexual abuse of an inmate or parolee in the first degree, section 28-322.01; sexual abuse of an inmate or parolee in the second degree, section 28-322.03; sexual abuse of a protected individual in the first or second degree, section 28-322.04; domestic assault in the first, second, or third degree, section 28-323; assault on an officer in the first degree, section 28-929; assault on an officer in the second degree, section 28-930; assault on an officer in the third degree, section 28-931; assault on an officer using a motor vehicle, section 28-931.01; assault by a confined person, section 28-932; confined person committing offenses against another person, section 28-933; proximately causing serious bodily injury while operating a motor vehicle, section 60-6,198; and sexual assault of a child in the first degree, section 28-319.01.


(2) The prosecution shall allege and prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the victim was pregnant at the time of the offense.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2006, LB 57, § 9; Laws 2010, LB 771, § 1, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-201

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 2. Inchoate Offenses

28-201. Criminal attempt; conduct; penalties


(1) A person shall be guilty of an attempt to commit a crime if he or she:


(a) Intentionally engages in conduct which would constitute the crime if the attendant circumstances were as he or she believes them to be; or


(b) Intentionally engages in conduct which, under the circumstances as he or she believes them to be, constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct intended to culminate in his or her commission of the crime.


(2) When causing a particular result is an element of the crime, a person shall be guilty of an attempt to commit the crime if, acting with the state of mind required to establish liability with respect to the attendant circumstances specified in the definition of the crime, he or she intentionally engages in conduct which is a substantial step in a course of conduct intended or known to cause such a result.


(3) Conduct shall not be considered a substantial step under this section unless it is strongly corroborative of the defendant's criminal intent.


(4) Criminal attempt is:


(a) A Class II felony when the crime attempted is a Class I, IA, IB, IC, or ID felony;


(b) A Class III felony when the crime attempted is a Class II felony;


(c) A Class IIIA felony when the crime attempted is sexual assault in the second degree under section 28-320, a violation of subdivision (2)(b) of section 28-416, incest under section 28-703, or assault by a confined person with a deadly or dangerous weapon under section 28-932;


(d) A Class IV felony when the crime attempted is a Class III felony not listed in subdivision (4)(c) of this section;


(e) A Class I misdemeanor when the crime attempted is a Class IIIA or Class IV felony;


(f) A Class II misdemeanor when the crime attempted is a Class I misdemeanor; and


(g) A Class III misdemeanor when the crime attempted is a Class II misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 10; Laws 1997, LB 364, § 2; Laws 1998, LB 1266, § 3; Laws 2010, LB 712, § 7, eff. July 15, 2010; Laws 2010, LB 771, § 2, eff. July 15, 2010; Laws 2012, LB 799, § 1, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-202

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 2. Inchoate Offenses

28-202. Conspiracy, defined; penalty


(1) A person shall be guilty of criminal conspiracy if, with intent to promote or facilitate the commission of a felony:


(a) He agrees with one or more persons that they or one or more of them shall engage in or solicit the conduct or shall cause or solicit the result specified by the definition of the offense; and


(b) He or another person with whom he conspired commits an overt act in pursuance of the conspiracy.


(2) If a person knows that one with whom he conspires to commit a crime has conspired with another person or persons to commit the same crime, he is guilty of conspiring to commit such crime with such other person or persons whether or not he knows their identity.


(3) If a person conspires to commit a number of crimes, he is guilty of only one conspiracy so long as such multiple crimes are the object of the same agreement or continuous conspiratorial relationship.


(4) Conspiracy is a crime of the same class as the most serious offense which is an object of the conspiracy, except that conspiracy to commit a Class I felony is a Class II felony.


A person prosecuted for a criminal conspiracy shall be acquitted if such person proves by a preponderance of the evidence that his or her conduct occurred in response to an entrapment.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 11.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-203

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 2. Inchoate Offenses

28-203. Conspiracy; renunciation of criminal intent


In a prosecution for criminal conspiracy, it shall be an affirmative defense that the defendant, under circumstances manifesting a voluntary and complete renunciation of his criminal intent, gave timely warning to law enforcement authorities or otherwise made a reasonable effort to prevent the conduct or result which is the object of the conspiracy.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 12.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-204

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 2. Inchoate Offenses

28-204. Accessory to felony, defined; penalties


(1) A person is guilty of being an accessory to felony if with intent to interfere with, hinder, delay, or prevent the discovery, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of another for an offense, he or she:


(a) Harbors or conceals the other;


(b) Provides or aids in providing a weapon, transportation, disguise, or other means of effecting escape or avoiding discovery or apprehension;


(c) Conceals or destroys evidence of the crime or tampers with a witness, informant, document, or other source of information, regardless of its admissibility in evidence;


(d) Warns the other of impending discovery or apprehension other than in connection with an effort to bring another into compliance with the law;


(e) Volunteers false information to a peace officer; or


(f) By force, intimidation, or deception, obstructs anyone in the performance of any act which might aid in the discovery, detection, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of such person.


(2)(a) Accessory to felony is a Class III felony if the actor violates subdivision (1)(a), (1)(b), or (1)(c) of this section, the actor knows of the conduct of the other, and the conduct of the other constitutes a Class I, IA, IB, IC, or ID felony.


(b) Accessory to felony is a Class IIIA felony if the actor violates subdivision (1)(a), (1)(b), or (1)(c) of this section, the actor knows of the conduct of the other, and the conduct of the other constitutes a Class II felony.


(c) Accessory to felony is a Class IV felony if the actor violates subdivision (1)(a), (1)(b), or (1)(c) of this section, the actor knows of the conduct of the other, and the conduct of the other constitutes a Class III or Class IIIA felony.


(d) Accessory to felony is a Class I misdemeanor if the actor violates subdivision (1)(a), (1)(b), or (1)(c) of this section, the actor knows of the conduct of the other, and the conduct of the other constitutes a Class IV felony.


(e) Accessory to felony is a Class IV felony if the actor violates subdivision (1)(d), (1)(e), or (1)(f) of this section, the actor knows of the conduct of the other, and the conduct of the other constitutes a felony of any class other than a Class IV felony.


(f) Accessory to felony is a Class I misdemeanor if the actor violates subdivision (1)(d), (1)(e), or (1)(f) of this section, the actor knows of the conduct of the other, and the conduct of the other constitutes a Class IV felony.


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Laws 1977, LB 38, § 13; Laws 1999, LB 40, § 1.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-205

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 2. Inchoate Offenses

28-205. Aiding consummation of felony; penalty


(1) A person is guilty of aiding consummation of felony if he intentionally aids another to secrete, disguise, or convert the proceeds of a felony or otherwise profit from a felony.


(2) If the crime involved is a felony of any class, aiding consummation of crime is a Class IV felony.


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Laws 1977, LB 38, § 14.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-206

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 2. Inchoate Offenses

28-206. Prosecuting for aiding and abetting


A person who aids, abets, procures, or causes another to commit any offense may be prosecuted and punished as if he were the principal offender.


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Laws 1977, LB 38, § 15.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-301

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-301. Compounding a felony, defined; penalty


(1) A person is guilty of compounding a felony if he accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit or other reward or promise thereof, as consideration for:


(a) Refraining from seeking prosecution of an offender; or


(b) Refraining from reporting to law enforcement authorities the commission of any felony or information relating to a felony.


(2) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the benefit received by the defendant did not exceed an amount which the defendant reasonably believed to be due him as restitution for harm caused by the crime.


(3) Compounding is a Class I misdemeanor.


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Laws 1977, LB 38, § 16.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-302

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-302. Homicide; terms, defined


As used in sections 28-302 to 28-306, unless the context otherwise requires:


(1) Homicide shall mean the killing of a person by another;


(2) Person, when referring to the victim of a homicide, shall mean a human being who had been born and was alive at the time of the homicidal act; and


(3) Premeditation shall mean a design formed to do something before it is done.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 17.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-303

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-303. Murder in the first degree; penalty


A person commits murder in the first degree if he or she kills another person (1) purposely and with deliberate and premeditated malice, or (2) in the perpetration of or attempt to perpetrate any sexual assault in the first degree, arson, robbery, kidnapping, hijacking of any public or private means of transportation, or burglary, or (3) by administering poison or causing the same to be done; or if by willful and corrupt perjury or subornation of the same he or she purposely procures the conviction and execution of any innocent person. The determination of whether murder in the first degree shall be punished as a Class I or Class IA felony shall be made pursuant to sections 29-2519 to 29-2524.


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Laws 1977, LB 38, § 18; Laws 2002, 3rd Sp. Sess., LB 1, § 3.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-304

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-304. Murder in the second degree; penalty


(1) A person commits murder in the second degree if he causes the death of a person intentionally, but without premeditation.


(2) Murder in the second degree is a Class IB felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 19.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-305

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-305. Manslaughter; penalty


(1) A person commits manslaughter if he kills another without malice, either upon a sudden quarrel, or causes the death of another unintentionally while in the commission of an unlawful act.


(2) Manslaughter is a Class III felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 20.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-306

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-306. Motor vehicle homicide; penalty


(1) A person who causes the death of another unintentionally while engaged in the operation of a motor vehicle in violation of the law of the State of Nebraska or in violation of any city or village ordinance commits motor vehicle homicide.


(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, motor vehicle homicide is a Class I misdemeanor.


(3)(a) If the proximate cause of the death of another is the operation of a motor vehicle in violation of section 60-6,213 or 60-6,214, motor vehicle homicide is a Class IIIA felony.


(b) If the proximate cause of the death of another is the operation of a motor vehicle in violation of section 60-6,196 or 60-6,197.06, motor vehicle homicide is a Class III felony. The court shall, as part of the judgment of conviction, order the person not to drive any motor vehicle for any purpose for a period of at least one year and not more than fifteen years and shall order that the operator's license of such person be revoked for the same period.


(c) If the proximate cause of the death of another is the operation of a motor vehicle in violation of section 60-6,196 or 60-6,197.06, motor vehicle homicide is a Class II felony if the defendant has a prior conviction for a violation of section 60-6,196 or 60-6,197.06, under a city or village ordinance enacted in conformance with section 60-6,196, or under a law of another state if, at the time of the conviction under the law of such other state, the offense for which the defendant was convicted would have been a violation of section 60-6,196. The court shall, as part of the judgment of conviction, order the person not to drive any motor vehicle for any purpose for a period of fifteen years and shall order that the operator's license of such person be revoked for the same period.


(d) An order of the court described in subdivision (b) or (c) of this subsection shall be administered upon sentencing, upon final judgment of any appeal or review, or upon the date that any probation is revoked.


(4) The crime punishable under this section shall be treated as a separate and distinct offense from any other offense arising out of acts alleged to have been committed while the person was in violation of this section.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 21; Laws 1979, LB 1, § 1; Laws 1992, LB 291, § 2; Laws 1993, LB 370, § 9; Laws 1993, LB 575, § 3; Laws 1997, LB 364, § 3; Laws 2001, LB 38, § 1; Laws 2004, LB 208, § 1; Laws 2006, LB 925, § 1; Laws 2011, LB 667, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-307

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-307. Assisting suicide, defined; penalty


(1) A person commits assisting suicide when, with intent to assist another person in committing suicide, he aids and abets him in committing or attempting to commit suicide.


(2) Assisting suicide is a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 22.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-308

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-308. Assault in the first degree; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of assault in the first degree if he or she intentionally or knowingly causes serious bodily injury to another person.


(2) Assault in the first degree shall be a Class II felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 23; Laws 2009, LB 63, § 4, eff. May 28, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-309

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-309. Assault in the second degree; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of assault in the second degree if he or she:


(a) Intentionally or knowingly causes bodily injury to another person with a dangerous instrument;


(b) Recklessly causes serious bodily injury to another person with a dangerous instrument; or


(c) Unlawfully strikes or wounds another (i) while legally confined in a jail or an adult correctional or penal institution, (ii) while otherwise in legal custody of the Department of Correctional Services, or (iii) while committed as a dangerous sex offender under the Sex Offender Commitment Act.


(2) Assault in the second degree shall be a Class III felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 24; Laws 1982, LB 347, § 7; Laws 1997, LB 364, § 4; Laws 2009, LB 63, § 5, eff. May 28, 2009; Laws 2010, LB 771, § 3, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-310

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-310. Assault in the third degree; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of assault in the third degree if he:


(a) Intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causes bodily injury to another person; or


(b) Threatens another in a menacing manner.


(2) Assault in the third degree shall be a Class I misdemeanor unless committed in a fight or scuffle entered into by mutual consent, in which case it shall be a Class II misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 25.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-310.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-310.01. Strangulation; penalty; affirmative defense


(1) A person commits the offense of strangulation if the person knowingly or intentionally impedes the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of another person by applying pressure on the throat or neck of the other person.


(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, strangulation is a Class IV felony.


(3) Strangulation is a Class III felony if:


(a) The person used or attempted to use a dangerous instrument while committing the offense;


(b) The person caused serious bodily injury to the other person while committing the offense; or


(c) The person has been previously convicted of strangulation.


(4) It is an affirmative defense that an act constituting strangulation was the result of a legitimate medical procedure.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2004, LB 943, § 2.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-311

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-311. Criminal child enticement; attempt; penalties


(1)(a) No person, by any means and without privilege to do so, shall knowingly solicit, coax, entice, or lure or attempt to solicit, coax, entice, or lure any child under the age of fourteen years to enter into any vehicle, whether or not the person knows the age of the child.


(b) No person, by any means and without privilege to do so, shall solicit, coax, entice, or lure or attempt to solicit, coax, entice, or lure any child under the age of fourteen years to enter into any place with the intent to seclude the child from his or her parent, guardian, or other legal custodian or the general public, whether or not the person knows the age of the child. For purposes of this subdivision, seclude means to take, remove, hide, secrete, conceal, isolate, or otherwise unlawfully separate.


(2) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that:


(a) The person had the express or implied permission of the parent, guardian, or other legal custodian of the child in undertaking the activity;


(b)(i) The person is a law enforcement officer, emergency services provider as defined in section 71-507, firefighter, or other person who regularly provides emergency services, is the operator of a bookmobile or other such vehicle operated by the state or a political subdivision and used for informing, educating, organizing, or transporting children, is a paid employee of, or a volunteer for, a nonprofit or religious organization which provides activities for children, or is an employee or agent of or a volunteer acting under the direction of any board of education and (ii) the person listed in subdivision (2)(b)(i) of this section was, at the time the person undertook the activity, acting within the scope of his or her lawful duties in that capacity; or


(c) The person undertook the activity in response to a bona fide emergency situation or the person undertook the activity in response to a reasonable belief that it was necessary to preserve the health, safety, or welfare of the child.


(3) Any person who violates this section commits criminal child enticement and is guilty of a Class IIIA felony. If such person has previously been convicted of (a) criminal child enticement under this section, (b) sexual assault of a child in the first degree under section 28-319.01, (c) sexual assault of a child in the second or third degree under section 28-320.01, (d) child enticement by means of an electronic communication device under section 28-320.02, or (e) assault under section 28-308, 28-309, or 28-310, kidnapping under section 28-313, or false imprisonment under section 28-314 or 28-315 when the victim was under eighteen years of age when such person violates this section, such person is guilty of a Class III felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1999, LB 49, § 2; Laws 2006, LB 1199, § 3; Laws 2009, LB 97, § 10, eff. May 21, 2009; Laws 2011, LB 665, § 1, eff. May 12, 2011.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-311.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-311.01. Terroristic threats; penalty


(1) A person commits terroristic threats if he or she threatens to commit any crime of violence:


(a) With the intent to terrorize another;


(b) With the intent of causing the evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation; or


(c) In reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror or evacuation.


(2) Terroristic threats is a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1986, LB 956, § 11.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-311.02

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-311.02. Stalking and harassment; legislative intent; terms, defined


(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact laws dealing with stalking offenses which will protect victims from being willfully harassed, intentionally terrified, threatened, or intimidated by individuals who intentionally follow, detain, stalk, or harass them or impose any restraint on their personal liberty and which will not prohibit constitutionally protected activities.


(2) For purposes of sections 28-311.02 to 28-311.05, 28-311.09, and 28-311.10:


(a) Harass means to engage in a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific person which seriously terrifies, threatens, or intimidates the person and which serves no legitimate purpose;


(b) Course of conduct means a pattern of conduct composed of a series of acts over a period of time, however short, evidencing a continuity of purpose, including a series of acts of following, detaining, restraining the personal liberty of, or stalking the person or telephoning, contacting, or otherwise communicating with the person;


(c) Family or household member means a spouse or former spouse of the victim, children of the victim, a person presently residing with the victim or who has resided with the victim in the past, a person who had a child in common with the victim, other persons related to the victim by consanguinity or affinity, or any person presently involved in a dating relationship with the victim or who has been involved in a dating relationship with the victim. For purposes of this subdivision, dating relationship means frequent, intimate associations primarily characterized by the expectation of affectional or sexual involvement but does not include a casual relationship or an ordinary association between persons in a business or social context; and


(d) Substantially conforming criminal violation means a guilty plea, a nolo contendere plea, or a conviction for a violation of any federal law or law of another state or any county, city, or village ordinance of this state or another state substantially similar to section 28-311.03. Substantially conforming is a question of law to be determined by the court.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1992, LB 1098, § 1; Laws 1993, LB 299, § 1; Laws 1998, LB 218, § 3; Laws 2006, LB 1113, § 21.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-311.03

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-311.03. Stalking


Any person who willfully harasses another person or a family or household member of such person with the intent to injure, terrify, threaten, or intimidate commits the offense of stalking.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1992, LB 1098, § 2; Laws 1993, LB 299, § 2; Laws 1998, LB 218, § 4; Laws 2006, LB 1113, § 22.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-311.04

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-311.04. Stalking; violations; penalties


(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any person convicted of violating section 28-311.03 is guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.


(2) Any person convicted of violating section 28-311.03 is guilty of a Class IV felony if:


(a) The person has a prior conviction under such section or a substantially conforming criminal violation within the last seven years;


(b) The victim is under sixteen years of age;


(c) The person possessed a deadly weapon at any time during the violation;


(d) The person was also in violation of section 28-311.09, 42-924, or 42-925 at any time during the violation; or


(e) The person has been convicted of any felony in this state or has been convicted of a crime in another jurisdiction which, if committed in this state, would constitute a felony and the victim or a family or household member of the victim was also the victim of such previous felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1992, LB 1098, § 3; Laws 1993, LB 299, § 3; Laws 2006, LB 1113, § 23.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-311.05

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-311.05. Stalking; not applicable to certain conduct


Sections 28-311.02 to 28-311.04, 28-311.09, and 28-311.10 shall not apply to conduct which occurs during labor picketing.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1992, LB 1098, § 4; Laws 1998, LB 218, § 5.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-311.06

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-311.06. Hazing, defined; penalty


(1) For purposes of this section and section 28-311.07:


(a) Hazing shall mean any activity by which a person intentionally or recklessly endangers the physical or mental health or safety of an individual for the purpose of initiation into, admission into, affiliation with, or continued membership with any organization as defined in subdivision (1)(b) of this section. Such hazing activity shall include whipping, beating, branding, forced and prolonged calisthenics, prolonged exposure to the elements, forced consumption of any food, liquor, beverage, drug, or harmful substance not generally intended for human consumption, prolonged sleep deprivation, or any brutal treatment or the performance of any unlawful act which endangers the physical or mental health or safety of any person; and


(b) Organization shall mean an organization of student members operating under the sanction of a postsecondary educational institution but shall not include the alumni organization or any corporation which owns the house or real estate of such organization.


(2) It shall be unlawful to commit the offense of hazing. Any person who commits the offense of hazing shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.


(3) Any organization as defined in subdivision (1)(b) of this section whose members commit the offense of hazing in violation of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1994, LB 1129, § 2.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-311.07

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-311.07. Hazing; consent not a defense


Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, consent shall not be a defense to a prosecution pursuant to section 28-311.06.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1994, LB 1129, § 3.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-311.08

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-311.08. Unlawful intrusion; penalty; court; duties; registration under Sex Offender Registration Act; statute of limitations


(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly intrude upon any other person without his or her consent or knowledge in a place of solitude or seclusion.


(2) For purposes of this section:


(a) Intrude means either the:


(i) Viewing of another person in a state of undress as it is occurring; or


(ii) Recording by video, photographic, digital, or other electronic means of another person in a state of undress; and


(b) Place of solitude or seclusion means a place where a person would intend to be in a state of undress and have a reasonable expectation of privacy, including, but not limited to, any facility, public or private, used as a restroom, tanning booth, locker room, shower room, fitting room, or dressing room.


(3)(a) Violation of this section involving an intrusion as defined in subdivision (2)(a)(i) of this section is a Class I misdemeanor.


(b) Violation of this section involving an intrusion as defined in subdivision (2)(a)(ii) of this section is a Class IV felony.


(c) Violation of this section is a Class III felony if video or an image from the intrusion is distributed to another person or otherwise made public in any manner which would enable it to be viewed by another person.


(4) As part of sentencing following a conviction for a violation of this section, the court shall make a finding as to the ages of the defendant and the victim at the time the offense occurred. If the defendant is found to have been nineteen years of age or older and the victim is found to have been less than eighteen years of age at such time, then the defendant shall be required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act.


(5) No person shall be prosecuted for unlawful intrusion pursuant to subdivision (3)(b) or (c) of this section unless the indictment for such offense is found by a grand jury or a complaint filed before a magistrate within three years after the later of:


(a) The commission of the crime;


(b) Law enforcement's or a victim's receipt of actual or constructive notice of either the existence of a video or other electronic recording of the unlawful intrusion or the distribution of images, video, or other electronic recording of the unlawful intrusion; or


(c) The youngest victim of the intrusion reaching the age of twenty-one years.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1996, LB 908, § 1; Laws 2011, LB 61, § 1, eff. Aug. 27, 2011.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-311.09

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-311.09. Harassment protection order; procedure; costs; enforcement


(1) Any victim who has been harassed as defined by section 28-311.02 may file a petition and affidavit for a harassment protection order as provided in subsection (3) of this section. Upon the filing of such a petition and affidavit in support thereof, the court may issue a harassment protection order without bond enjoining the respondent from (a) imposing any restraint upon the person or liberty of the petitioner, (b) harassing, threatening, assaulting, molesting, attacking, or otherwise disturbing the peace of the petitioner, or (c) telephoning, contacting, or otherwise communicating with the petitioner.


(2) The petition for a harassment protection order shall state the events and dates of acts constituting the alleged harassment.


(3) A petition for a harassment protection order shall be filed with the clerk of the district court, and the proceeding may be heard by the county court or the district court as provided in section 25-2740.


(4) A petition for a harassment protection order filed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section may not be withdrawn except upon order of the court. An order issued pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall specify that it is effective for a period of one year unless otherwise dismissed or modified by the court. Any person who knowingly violates an order issued pursuant to subsection (1) of this section after service or notice as described in subdivision (8)(b) of this section shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.


(5)(a) Fees to cover costs associated with the filing of a petition for a harassment protection order or the issuance or service of a harassment protection order seeking only the relief provided by this section shall not be charged, except that a court may assess such fees and costs if the court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that the statements contained in the petition were false and that the harassment protection order was sought in bad faith.


(b) A court may also assess costs associated with the filing of a petition for a harassment protection order or the issuance or service of a harassment protection order seeking only the relief provided by this section against the respondent.


(6) The clerk of the district court shall make available standard application and affidavit forms for a harassment protection order with instructions for completion to be used by a petitioner. The clerk and his or her employees shall not provide assistance in completing the forms. The State Court Administrator shall adopt and promulgate the standard application and affidavit forms provided for in this section as well as the standard temporary and final harassment protection order forms and provide a copy of such forms to all clerks of the district courts in this state. These standard temporary and final harassment protection order forms shall be the only such forms used in this state.


(7) Any order issued under subsection (1) of this section may be issued ex parte without notice to the respondent if it reasonably appears from the specific facts shown by affidavit of the petitioner that irreparable harm, loss, or damage will result before the matter can be heard on notice. If the specific facts included in the affidavit (a) do not show that the petitioner will suffer irreparable harm, loss, or damage or (b) show that, for any other compelling reason, an ex parte order should not be issued, the court may forthwith cause notice of the application to be given to the respondent stating that he or she may show cause, not more than fourteen days after service, why such order should not be entered. If such ex parte order is issued without notice to the respondent, the court shall forthwith cause notice of the petition and order and a form with which to request a show-cause hearing to be given the respondent stating that, upon service on the respondent, the order shall remain in effect for a period of one year unless the respondent shows cause why the order should not remain in effect for a period of one year. If the respondent wishes to appear and show cause why the order should not remain in effect for a period of one year, he or she shall affix his or her current address, telephone number, and signature to the form and return it to the clerk of the district court within five days after service upon him or her. Upon receipt of the request for a show-cause hearing, the court shall immediately schedule a show-cause hearing to be held within thirty days after the receipt of the request for a show-cause hearing and shall notify the petitioner and respondent of the hearing date.


(8)(a) Upon the issuance of any harassment protection order, the clerk of the court shall forthwith provide the petitioner, without charge, with two certified copies of such order. The clerk of the court shall also forthwith provide the local police department or local law enforcement agency and the local sheriff's office, without charge, with one copy each of such order and one copy each of the sheriff's return thereon. The clerk of the court shall also forthwith provide a copy of the harassment protection order to the sheriff's office in the county where the respondent may be personally served together with instructions for service. Upon receipt of the order and instructions for service, such sheriff's office shall forthwith serve the harassment protection order upon the respondent and file its return thereon with the clerk of the court which issued the harassment protection order within fourteen days of the issuance of the harassment protection order. If any harassment protection order is dismissed or modified by the court, the clerk of the court shall forthwith provide the local police department or local law enforcement agency and the local sheriff's office, without charge, with one copy each of the order of dismissal or modification.


(b) If the respondent is present at a hearing convened pursuant to this section and the harassment protection order is not dismissed, such respondent shall be deemed to have notice by the court at such hearing that the protection order will be granted and remain in effect and further service of such notice described in this subsection shall not be required for purposes of prosecution under this section. If the respondent has been properly served with the ex parte order and fails to appear at the hearing, the temporary order shall be deemed to be granted and remain in effect and the service of the ex parte order will serve as notice required under this section.


(9) A peace officer may, with or without a warrant, arrest a person if (a) the officer has probable cause to believe that the person has committed a violation of a harassment protection order issued pursuant to this section or a violation of a valid foreign harassment protection order recognized pursuant to section 28-311.10 and (b) a petitioner under this section provides the peace officer with a copy of a harassment protection order or the peace officer determines that such an order exists after communicating with the local law enforcement agency or a person protected under a valid foreign harassment protection order recognized pursuant to section 28-311.10 provides the peace officer with a copy of such order.


(10) A peace officer making an arrest pursuant to subsection (9) of this section shall take such person into custody and take such person before the county court or the court which issued the harassment protection order within a reasonable time. At such time the court shall establish the conditions of such person's release from custody, including the determination of bond or recognizance, as the case may be. The court shall issue an order directing that such person shall have no contact with the alleged victim of the harassment.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1998, LB 218, § 6; Laws 2012, LB 310, § 1, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-311.10

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-311.10. Foreign harassment protection order; enforcement


(1) A valid foreign harassment protection order or order similar to a harassment protection order issued by a court of another state, tribe, or territory shall be accorded full faith and credit by the courts of this state and enforced as if it were issued in this state.


(2) A foreign harassment order issued by a court of another state, tribe, or territory shall be valid if:


(a) The issuing court had jurisdiction over the parties and matter under the law of such state, tribe, or territory;


(b) The respondent was given reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard sufficient to protect the respondent's right to due process before the order was issued; and


(c) The harassment order from another jurisdiction has not been rendered against both the petitioner and the respondent, unless: (i) The respondent filed a cross or counter petition, complaint, or other written pleading seeking such a harassment order; and (ii) the issuing court made specific findings of harassment against both the petitioner and respondent and determined that each party was entitled to such an order. There is a presumption of the validity of the foreign protection order when the order appears authentic on its face.


(3) A peace officer may rely upon a copy of any putative valid foreign harassment protection order which has been provided to the peace officer by any source.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1998, LB 218, § 7.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-312

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-312. Terms, defined


As used in sections 28-312 to 28-315, unless the context otherwise requires:


(1) Restrain shall mean to restrict a person's movement in such a manner as to interfere substantially with his liberty:


(a) By means of force, threat, or deception; or


(b) If the person is under the age of eighteen or incompetent, without the consent of the relative, person, or institution having lawful custody of him; and


(2) Abduct shall mean to restrain a person with intent to prevent his liberation by:


(a) Secreting or holding him in a place where he is not likely to be found; or


(b) Endangering or threatening to endanger the safety of any human being.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 27.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-313

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-313. Kidnapping; penalties


(1) A person commits kidnapping if he abducts another or, having abducted another, continues to restrain him with intent to do the following:


(a) Hold him for ransom or reward; or


(b) Use him as a shield or hostage; or


(c) Terrorize him or a third person; or


(d) Commit a felony; or


(e) Interfere with the performance of any government or political function.


(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, kidnapping is a Class IA felony.


(3) If the person kidnapped was voluntarily released or liberated alive by the abductor and in a safe place without having suffered serious bodily injury, prior to trial, kidnapping is a Class II felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 28.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-314

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-314. False imprisonment in the first degree; penalty


(1) A person commits false imprisonment in the first degree if he or she knowingly restrains or abducts another person (a) under terrorizing circumstances or under circumstances which expose the person to the risk of serious bodily injury; or (b) with intent to hold him or her in a condition of involuntary servitude.


(2) False imprisonment in the first degree is a Class IIIA felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 29; Laws 1997, LB 364, § 5.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-315

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-315. False imprisonment in the second degree; penalty


(1) A person commits false imprisonment in the second degree if he knowingly restrains another person without legal authority.


(2) In any prosecution under this section, it shall be an affirmative defense that the person restrained (a) was on or in the immediate vicinity of the premises of a retail mercantile establishment and he was restrained for the purpose of investigation or questioning as to the ownership of any merchandise; and (b) was restrained in a reasonable manner and for not more than a reasonable time; and (c) was restrained to permit such investigation or questioning by a police officer, or by the owner of the mercantile establishment, his authorized employee or agent; and (d) that such police officer, owner, employee or agent had reasonable grounds to believe that the person so detained was committing or attempting to commit theft of merchandise on the premises; Provided, nothing in this section shall prohibit or restrict any person restrained pursuant to this section from maintaining any applicable civil remedy if no theft has occurred.


(3) False imprisonment in the second degree is a Class I misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 30.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-316

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-316. Violation of custody; penalty


(1) Any person, including a natural or foster parent, who, knowing that he has no legal right to do so or, heedless in that regard, takes or entices any child under the age of eighteen years from the custody of its parent having legal custody, guardian, or other lawful custodian commits the offense of violation of custody.


(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, violation of custody is a Class II misdemeanor.


(3) Violation of custody in contravention of an order of any district or juvenile court of this state granting the custody of a child under the age of eighteen years to any person, agency, or institution, with the intent to deprive the lawful custodian of the custody of such child, is a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 31.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-317

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-317. Sexual assault; legislative intent


It is the intent of the Legislature to enact laws dealing with sexual assault and related criminal sexual offenses which will protect the dignity of the victim at all stages of judicial process, which will insure that the alleged offender in a criminal sexual offense case have preserved the constitutionally guaranteed due process of law procedures, and which will establish a system of investigation, prosecution, punishment, and rehabilitation for the welfare and benefit of the citizens of this state as such system is employed in the area of criminal sexual offenses.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 32.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-318

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-318. Terms, defined


As used in sections 28-317 to 28-322.04, unless the context otherwise requires:


(1) Actor means a person accused of sexual assault;


(2) Intimate parts means the genital area, groin, inner thighs, buttocks, or breasts;


(3) Past sexual behavior means sexual behavior other than the sexual behavior upon which the sexual assault is alleged;


(4) Serious personal injury means great bodily injury or disfigurement, extreme mental anguish or mental trauma, pregnancy, disease, or loss or impairment of a sexual or reproductive organ;


(5) Sexual contact means the intentional touching of the victim's sexual or intimate parts or the intentional touching of the victim's clothing covering the immediate area of the victim's sexual or intimate parts. Sexual contact shall also mean the touching by the victim of the actor's sexual or intimate parts or the clothing covering the immediate area of the actor's sexual or intimate parts when such touching is intentionally caused by the actor. Sexual contact shall include only such conduct which can be reasonably construed as being for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification of either party. Sexual contact shall also include the touching of a child with the actor's sexual or intimate parts on any part of the child's body for purposes of sexual assault of a child under sections 28-319.01 and 28-320.01;


(6) Sexual penetration means sexual intercourse in its ordinary meaning, cunnilingus, fellatio, anal intercourse, or any intrusion, however slight, of any part of the actor's or victim's body or any object manipulated by the actor into the genital or anal openings of the victim's body which can be reasonably construed as being for nonmedical or nonhealth purposes. Sexual penetration shall not require emission of semen;


(7) Victim means the person alleging to have been sexually assaulted;


(8) Without consent means:


(a)(i) The victim was compelled to submit due to the use of force or threat of force or coercion, or (ii) the victim expressed a lack of consent through words, or (iii) the victim expressed a lack of consent through conduct, or (iv) the consent, if any was actually given, was the result of the actor's deception as to the identity of the actor or the nature or purpose of the act on the part of the actor;


(b) The victim need only resist, either verbally or physically, so as to make the victim's refusal to consent genuine and real and so as to reasonably make known to the actor the victim's refusal to consent; and


(c) A victim need not resist verbally or physically where it would be useless or futile to do so; and


(9) Force or threat of force means (a) the use of physical force which overcomes the victim's resistance or (b) the threat of physical force, express or implied, against the victim or a third person that places the victim in fear of death or in fear of serious personal injury to the victim or a third person where the victim reasonably believes that the actor has the present or future ability to execute the threat.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 33; Laws 1978, LB 701, § 1; Laws 1984, LB 79, § 3; Laws 1985, LB 2, § 2; Laws 1995, LB 371, § 3; Laws 2004, LB 943, § 4; Laws 2006, LB 1199, § 4; Laws 2009, LB 97, § 11, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-319

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-319. Sexual assault; first degree; penalty


(1) Any person who subjects another person to sexual penetration (a) without the consent of the victim, (b) who knew or should have known that the victim was mentally or physically incapable of resisting or appraising the nature of his or her conduct, or (c) when the actor is nineteen years of age or older and the victim is at least twelve but less than sixteen years of age is guilty of sexual assault in the first degree.


(2) Sexual assault in the first degree is a Class II felony. The sentencing judge shall consider whether the actor caused serious personal injury to the victim in reaching a decision on the sentence.


(3) Any person who is found guilty of sexual assault in the first degree for a second time when the first conviction was pursuant to this section or any other state or federal law with essentially the same elements as this section shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of twenty-five years in prison.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 34; Laws 1978, LB 748, § 5; Laws 1993, LB 430, § 1; Laws 1995, LB 371, § 4; Laws 2006, LB 1199, § 5.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-319.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-319.01. Sexual assault of a child; first degree; penalty


(1) A person commits sexual assault of a child in the first degree:


(a) When he or she subjects another person under twelve years of age to sexual penetration and the actor is at least nineteen years of age or older; or


(b) When he or she subjects another person who is at least twelve years of age but less than sixteen years of age to sexual penetration and the actor is twenty-five years of age or older.


(2) Sexual assault of a child in the first degree is a Class IB felony with a mandatory minimum sentence of fifteen years in prison for the first offense.


(3) Any person who is found guilty of sexual assault of a child in the first degree under this section and who has previously been convicted (a) under this section, (b) under section 28-319 of first degree or attempted first degree sexual assault, (c) under section 28-320.01 before July 14, 2006, of sexual assault of a child or attempted sexual assault of a child, (d) under section 28-320.01 on or after July 14, 2006, of sexual assault of a child in the second or third degree or attempted sexual assault of a child in the second or third degree, or (e) in any other state or federal court under laws with essentially the same elements as this section, section 28-319, or section 28-320.01 as it existed before, on, or after July 14, 2006, shall be guilty of a Class IB felony with a mandatory minimum sentence of twenty-five years in prison.


(4) In any prosecution under this section, the age of the actor shall be an essential element of the offense that must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2006, LB 1199, § 6; Laws 2009, LB 97, § 12, eff. May 21, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-320

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-320. Sexual assault; second or third degree; penalty


(1) Any person who subjects another person to sexual contact (a) without consent of the victim, or (b) who knew or should have known that the victim was physically or mentally incapable of resisting or appraising the nature of his or her conduct is guilty of sexual assault in either the second degree or third degree.


(2) Sexual assault shall be in the second degree and is a Class III felony if the actor shall have caused serious personal injury to the victim.


(3) Sexual assault shall be in the third degree and is a Class I misdemeanor if the actor shall not have caused serious personal injury to the victim.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 35; Laws 1978, LB 701, § 2; Laws 1995, LB 371, § 5.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-320.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-320.01. Sexual assault of a child; second or third degree; penalties


(1) A person commits sexual assault of a child in the second or third degree if he or she subjects another person fourteen years of age or younger to sexual contact and the actor is at least nineteen years of age or older.


(2) Sexual assault of a child is in the second degree if the actor causes serious personal injury to the victim. Sexual assault of a child in the second degree is a Class II felony for the first offense.


(3) Sexual assault of a child is in the third degree if the actor does not cause serious personal injury to the victim. Sexual assault of a child in the third degree is a Class IIIA felony for the first offense.


(4) Any person who is found guilty of second degree sexual assault of a child under this section and who has previously been convicted (a) under this section, (b) under section 28-319 of first degree or attempted first degree sexual assault, (c) under section 28-319.01 for first degree or attempted first degree sexual assault of a child, or (d) in any other state or federal court under laws with essentially the same elements as this section, section 28-319, or section 28-319.01 shall be guilty of a Class IC felony and shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of twenty-five years in prison.


(5) Any person who is found guilty of third degree sexual assault of a child under this section and who has previously been convicted (a) under this section, (b) under section 28-319 of first degree or attempted first degree sexual assault, (c) under section 28-319.01 for first degree or attempted first degree sexual assault of a child, or (d) in any other state or federal court under laws with essentially the same elements as this section, section 28-319, or 28-319.01 shall be guilty of a Class IC felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1984, LB 79, § 1; Laws 1991, LB 23, § 1; Laws 1996, LB 645, § 14; Laws 1997, LB 364, § 6; Laws 2006, LB 1199, § 7.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-320.02

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-320.02. Sexual assault; use of electronic communication device; prohibited acts; penalties


(1) No person shall knowingly solicit, coax, entice, or lure (a) a child sixteen years of age or younger or (b) a peace officer who is believed by such person to be a child sixteen years of age or younger, by means of an electronic communication device as that term is defined in section 28-833, to engage in an act which would be in violation of section 28-319, 28-319.01, or 28-320.01 or subsection (1) or (2) of section 28-320. A person shall not be convicted of both a violation of this subsection and a violation of section 28-319, 28-319.01, or 28-320.01 or subsection (1) or (2) of section 28-320 if the violations arise out of the same set of facts or pattern of conduct and the individual solicited, coaxed, enticed, or lured under this subsection is also the victim of the sexual assault under section 28-319, 28-319.01, or 28-320.01 or subsection (1) or (2) of section 28-320.


(2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a Class ID felony. If a person who violates this section has previously been convicted of a violation of this section or section 28-308, 28-309, 28-310, 28-311, 28-313, 28-314, 28-315, 28-319, 28-319.01, 28-320.01, 28-813.01, 28-833, 28-1463.03, or 28-1463.05 or subsection (1) or (2) of section 28-320, the person is guilty of a Class IC felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2004, LB 943, § 3; Laws 2006, LB 1199, § 8; Laws 2009, LB 97, § 13, eff. May 21, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-321

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-321. Repealed by Laws 2009, LB 97, § 36, eff. January 1, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-322

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-322. Sexual abuse of an inmate or parolee; terms, defined


For purposes of sections 28-322 to 28-322.03:


(1) Inmate or parolee means any individual confined in a facility operated by the Department of Correctional Services or a city or county correctional or jail facility or under parole supervision; and


(2) Person means (a) an individual employed by the Department of Correctional Services or by the Office of Parole Administration, including any individual working in central administration of the department, any individual working under contract with the department, and any individual, other than an inmate's spouse, to whom the department has authorized or delegated control over an inmate or an inmate's activities, (b) an individual employed by a city or county correctional or jail facility, including any individual working in central administration of the city or county correctional or jail facility, any individual working under contract with the city or county correctional or jail facility, and any individual, other than an inmate's spouse, to whom the city or county correctional or jail facility has authorized or delegated control over an inmate or an inmate's activities, and (c) an individual employed by the Office of Probation Administration who performs official duties within any facility operated by the Department of Correctional Services or a city or county correctional or jail facility.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1999, LB 511, § 2; Laws 2001, LB 155, § 1; Laws 2004, LB 943, § 5.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-322.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-322.01. Sexual abuse of an inmate or parolee


A person commits the offense of sexual abuse of an inmate or parolee if such person subjects an inmate or parolee to sexual penetration or sexual contact as those terms are defined in section 28-318. It is not a defense to a charge under this section that the inmate or parolee consented to such sexual penetration or sexual contact.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1999, LB 511, § 3; Laws 2001, LB 155, § 2; Laws 2004, LB 943, § 6.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-322.02

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-322.02. Sexual abuse of an inmate or parolee in the first degree; penalty


Any person who subjects an inmate or parolee to sexual penetration is guilty of sexual abuse of an inmate or parolee in the first degree. Sexual abuse of an inmate or parolee in the first degree is a Class III felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1999, LB 511, § 4.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-322.03

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-322.03. Sexual abuse of an inmate or parolee in the second degree; penalty


Any person who subjects an inmate or parolee to sexual contact is guilty of sexual abuse of an inmate or parolee in the second degree. Sexual abuse of an inmate or parolee in the second degree is a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1999, LB 511, § 5.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-322.04

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-322.04. Sexual abuse of a protected individual; penalties


(1) For purposes of this section:


(a) Person means an individual employed by the Department of Health and Human Services and includes, but is not limited to, any individual working in central administration or regional service areas or facilities of the department and any individual to whom the department has authorized or delegated control over a protected individual or a protected individual's activities, whether by contract or otherwise; and


(b) Protected individual means an individual in the care or custody of the department.


(2) A person commits the offense of sexual abuse of a protected individual if the person subjects a protected individual to sexual penetration or sexual contact as those terms are defined in section 28-318. It is not a defense to a charge under this section that the protected individual consented to such sexual penetration or sexual contact.


(3) Any person who subjects a protected individual to sexual penetration is guilty of sexual abuse of a protected individual in the first degree. Sexual abuse of a protected individual in the first degree is a Class III felony.


(4) Any person who subjects a protected individual to sexual contact is guilty of sexual abuse of a protected individual in the second degree. Sexual abuse of a protected individual in the second degree is a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2003, LB 17, § 2; Laws 2007, LB 296, § 26.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-322.05

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-322.05. Unlawful use of the Internet by a prohibited sex offender; penalties


(1) Any person required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act who is required to register because of a conviction for one or more of the following offenses, including any substantially equivalent offense committed in another state, territory, commonwealth, or other jurisdiction of the United States, and who knowingly and intentionally uses a social networking web site, instant messaging, or chat room service that allows a person who is less than eighteen years of age to access or use its social networking web site, instant messaging, or chat room service, commits the offense of unlawful use of the Internet by a prohibited sex offender:


(a) Kidnapping of a minor pursuant to section 28-313;


(b) Sexual assault of a child in the first degree pursuant to section 28-319.01;


(c) Sexual assault of a child in the second or third degree pursuant to section 28-320.01;


(d) Incest of a minor pursuant to section 28-703;


(e) Pandering of a minor pursuant to section 28-802;


(f) Visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct of a child pursuant to section 28-1463.03 or 28-1463.05;


(g) Possessing any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct pursuant to section 28-813.01;


(h) Criminal child enticement pursuant to section 28-311;


(i) Child enticement by means of an electronic communication device pursuant to section 28-320.02;


(j) Enticement by electronic communication device pursuant to section 28-833; or


(k) An attempt or conspiracy to commit an offense listed in subdivisions (1)(a) through (1)(j) of this section.


(2) Unlawful use of the Internet by a prohibited sex offender is a Class I misdemeanor for a first offense. Any second or subsequent conviction under this section is a Class IIIA felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2009, LB 97, § 14, eff. May 21, 2009; Laws 2009, LB 285, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-323

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-323. Domestic assault; penalties


(1) A person commits the offense of domestic assault in the third degree if he or she:


(a) Intentionally and knowingly causes bodily injury to his or her intimate partner;


(b) Threatens an intimate partner with imminent bodily injury; or


(c) Threatens an intimate partner in a menacing manner.


(2) A person commits the offense of domestic assault in the second degree if he or she intentionally and knowingly causes bodily injury to his or her intimate partner with a dangerous instrument.


(3) A person commits the offense of domestic assault in the first degree if he or she intentionally and knowingly causes serious bodily injury to his or her intimate partner.


(4) Violation of subdivision (1)(a) or (b) of this section is a Class I misdemeanor, except that for any subsequent violation of subdivision (1)(a) or (b) of this section, any person so offending is guilty of a Class IV felony.


(5) Violation of subdivision (1)(c) of this section is a Class I misdemeanor.


(6) Violation of subsection (2) of this section is a Class IIIA felony, except that for any second or subsequent violation of such subsection, any person so offending is guilty of a Class III felony.


(7) Violation of subsection (3) of this section is a Class III felony, except that for any second or subsequent violation under such subsection, any person so offending is guilty of a Class II felony.


(8) For purposes of this section, intimate partner means a spouse; a former spouse; persons who have a child in common whether or not they have been married or lived together at any time; and persons who are or were involved in a dating relationship. For purposes of this subsection, dating relationship means frequent, intimate associations primarily characterized by the expectation of affectional or sexual involvement, but does not include a casual relationship or an ordinary association between persons in a business or social context.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2004, LB 613, § 5; Laws 2010, LB 507, § 2, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-324

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-324. Robbery; penalty


(1) A person commits robbery if, with the intent to steal, he forcibly and by violence, or by putting in fear, takes from the person of another any money or personal property of any value whatever.


(2) Robbery is a Class II felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 39.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-325

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-325. Abortion; declaration of purpose


The Legislature hereby finds and declares:


(1) That the following provisions were motivated by the legislative intrusion of the United States Supreme Court by virtue of its decision removing the protection afforded the unborn. Sections 28-325 to 28-345 are in no way to be construed as legislatively encouraging abortions at any stage of unborn human development, but are rather an expression of the will of the people of the State of Nebraska and the members of the Legislature to provide protection for the life of the unborn child whenever possible;


(2) That the members of the Legislature expressly deplore the destruction of the unborn human lives which has and will occur in Nebraska as a consequence of the United States Supreme Court's decision on abortion of January 22, 1973;


(3) That it is in the interest of the people of the State of Nebraska that every precaution be taken to insure the protection of every viable unborn child being aborted, and every precaution be taken to provide life-supportive procedures to insure the unborn child its continued life after its abortion;


(4) That currently this state is prevented from providing adequate legal remedies to protect the life, health, and welfare of pregnant women and unborn human life;


(5) That it is in the interest of the people of the State of Nebraska to maintain accurate statistical data to aid in providing proper maternal health regulations and education;


(6) That the existing standard of care for preabortion screening and counseling is not always adequate to protect the health needs of women;


(7) That clarifying the minimum standard of care for preabortion screening and counseling in statute is a practical means of protecting the well-being of women and may better ensure that abortion doctors are sufficiently aware of each patient's risk profile so they may give each patient a well-informed medical opinion regarding her unique case; and


(8) That providing right to redress against nonphysicians who perform illegal abortions or encourage self-abortions is an important means of protecting women's health.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 40; Laws 1997, LB 23, § 1; Laws 2010, LB 594, § 2, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-326

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-326. Terms, defined


For purposes of sections 28-325 to 28-345, unless the context otherwise requires:


(1) Abortion means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or other substance or device intentionally to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, or to remove a dead unborn child, and which causes the premature termination of the pregnancy;


(2) Complications associated with abortion means any adverse physical, psychological, or emotional reaction that is reported in a peer-reviewed journal to be statistically associated with abortion such that there is less than a five percent probability (P < .05) that the result is due to chance;


(3) Conception means the fecundation of the ovum by the spermatozoa;


(4) Emergency situation means that condition which, on the basis of the physician's good faith clinical judgment, so complicates the medical condition of a pregnant woman as to necessitate the immediate abortion of her pregnancy to avert her death or for which a delay will create serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function;


(5) Hospital means those institutions licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to the Health Care Facility Licensure Act;


(6) Negligible risk means a risk that a reasonable person would consider to be immaterial to a decision to undergo an elective medical procedure;


(7) Partial-birth abortion means an abortion procedure in which the person performing the abortion partially delivers vaginally a living unborn child before killing the unborn child and completing the delivery. For purposes of this subdivision, the term partially delivers vaginally a living unborn child before killing the unborn child means deliberately and intentionally delivering into the vagina a living unborn child, or a substantial portion thereof, for the purpose of performing a procedure that the person performing such procedure knows will kill the unborn child and does kill the unborn child;


(8) Physician means any person licensed to practice medicine in this state as provided in the Uniform Credentialing Act;


(9) Pregnant means that condition of a woman who has unborn human life within her as the result of conception;


(10) Probable gestational age of the unborn child means what will with reasonable probability, in the judgment of the physician, be the gestational age of the unborn child at the time the abortion is planned to be performed;


(11) Risk factor associated with abortion means any factor, including any physical, psychological, emotional, demographic, or situational factor, for which there is a statistical association with one or more complications associated with abortion such that there is less than a five percent probability (P < .05) that such statistical association is due to chance. Such information on risk factors shall have been published in any peer-reviewed journals indexed by the United States National Library of Medicine's search services (PubMed or MEDLINE) or in any journal included in the Thomson Reuters Scientific Master Journal List not less than twelve months prior to the day preabortion screening was provided;


(12) Self-induced abortion means any abortion or menstrual extraction attempted or completed by a pregnant woman on her own body;


(13) Ultrasound means the use of ultrasonic waves for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes, specifically to monitor an unborn child;


(14) Viability means that stage of human development when the unborn child is potentially able to live more than merely momentarily outside the womb of the mother by natural or artificial means; and


(15) Woman means any female human being whether or not she has reached the age of majority.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977. LB 38, § 41; Laws 1979, LB 316, § 1; Laws 1984, LB 695, § 1; Laws 1986, LB 663, § 1; Laws 1993, LB 110, § 1; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 59; Laws 1997, LB 23, § 2; Laws 2000, LB 819, § 64; Laws 2007, LB 296, § 27; Laws 2009, LB 675, § 1, eff. Aug. 30, 2009; Laws 2010, LB 594, § 3, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-327

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-327. Abortion; voluntary and informed consent required; exception


No abortion shall be performed except with the voluntary and informed consent of the woman upon whom the abortion is to be performed. Except in the case of an emergency situation, consent to an abortion is voluntary and informed only if:


(1) The woman is told the following by the physician who is to perform the abortion, by the referring physician, or by a physician assistant or registered nurse licensed under the Uniform Credentialing Act who is an agent of either physician, at least twenty-four hours before the abortion:


(a) The particular medical risks associated with the particular abortion procedure to be employed including, when medically accurate, the risks of infection, hemorrhage, perforated uterus, danger to subsequent pregnancies, and infertility;


(b) The probable gestational age of the unborn child at the time the abortion is to be performed;


(c) The medical risks associated with carrying her child to term; and


(d) That she cannot be forced or required by anyone to have an abortion and is free to withhold or withdraw her consent for an abortion.


The person providing the information specified in this subdivision to the person upon whom the abortion is to be performed shall be deemed qualified to so advise and provide such information only if, at a minimum, he or she has had training in each of the following subjects: Sexual and reproductive health; abortion technology; contraceptive technology; short-term counseling skills; community resources and referral; and informed consent. The physician or the physician's agent may provide this information by telephone without conducting a physical examination or tests of the patient, in which case the information required to be supplied may be based on facts supplied by the patient and whatever other relevant information is reasonably available to the physician or the physician's agent;


(2) The woman is informed by telephone or in person, by the physician who is to perform the abortion, by the referring physician, or by an agent of either physician, at least twenty-four hours before the abortion:


(a) The name of the physician who will perform the abortion;


(b) That medical assistance benefits may be available for prenatal care, childbirth, and neonatal care;


(c) That the father is liable to assist in the support of her child, even in instances in which the father has offered to pay for the abortion;


(d) That she has the right to review the printed materials described in section 28-327.01. The physician or his or her agent shall orally inform the woman that the materials have been provided by the Department of Health and Human Services and that they describe the unborn child and list agencies which offer alternatives to abortion. If the woman chooses to review the materials, they shall either be given to her at least twenty-four hours before the abortion or mailed to her at least seventy-two hours before the abortion by certified mail, restricted delivery to addressee, which means the postal employee can only deliver the mail to the addressee. The physician and his or her agent may disassociate themselves from the materials and may comment or refrain from commenting on them as they choose; and


(e) That she has the right to request a comprehensive list, compiled by the Department of Health and Human Services, of health care providers, facilities, and clinics that offer to have ultrasounds performed by a person at least as qualified as a registered nurse licensed under the Uniform Credentialing Act, including and specifying those that offer to perform such ultrasounds free of charge. The list shall be arranged geographically and shall include the name, address, hours of operation, and telephone number of each entity. If requested by the woman, the physician who is to perform the abortion, the referring physician, or his or her agent shall provide such a list as compiled by the department;


(3) If an ultrasound is used prior to the performance of an abortion, the physician who is to perform the abortion, the referring physician, or a physician assistant or registered nurse licensed under the Uniform Credentialing Act who is an agent of either physician, or any qualified agent of either physician, shall:


(a) Perform an ultrasound of the woman's unborn child of a quality consistent with standard medical practice in the community at least one hour prior to the performance of the abortion;


(b) Simultaneously display the ultrasound images so that the woman may choose to view the ultrasound images or not view the ultrasound images. The woman shall be informed that the ultrasound images will be displayed so that she is able to view them. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to require the woman to view the displayed ultrasound images; and


(c) If the woman requests information about the displayed ultrasound image, her questions shall be answered. If she requests a detailed, simultaneous, medical description of the ultrasound image, one shall be provided that includes the dimensions of the unborn child, the presence of cardiac activity, if present and viewable, and the presence of external members and internal organs, if present and viewable;


(4) At least one hour prior to the performance of an abortion, a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, mental health practitioner, physician assistant, registered nurse, or social worker licensed under the Uniform Credentialing Act has:


(a) Evaluated the pregnant woman to identify if the pregnant woman had the perception of feeling pressured or coerced into seeking or consenting to an abortion;


(b) Evaluated the pregnant woman to identify the presence of any risk factors associated with abortion;


(c) Informed the pregnant woman and the physician who is to perform the abortion of the results of the evaluation in writing. The written evaluation shall include, at a minimum, a checklist identifying both the positive and negative results of the evaluation for each risk factor associated with abortion and both the licensed person's written certification and the woman's written certification that the pregnant woman was informed of the risk factors associated with abortion as discussed; and


(d) Retained a copy of the written evaluation results in the pregnant woman's permanent record;


(5) If any risk factors associated with abortion were identified, the pregnant woman was informed of the following in such manner and detail that a reasonable person would consider material to a decision of undergoing an elective medical procedure:


(a) Each complication associated with each identified risk factor; and


(b) Any quantifiable risk rates whenever such relevant data exists;


(6) The physician performing the abortion has formed a reasonable medical judgment, documented in the permanent record, that:


(a) The preponderance of statistically validated medical studies demonstrates that the physical, psychological, and familial risks associated with abortion for patients with risk factors similar to the patient's risk factors are negligible risks;


(b) Continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk of injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman greater than if the pregnancy were terminated by induced abortion; or


(c) Continuance of the pregnancy would involve less risk of injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman than if the pregnancy were terminated by an induced abortion;


(7) The woman certifies in writing, prior to the abortion, that:


(a) The information described in subdivisions (1) and (2)(a), (b), and (c) of this section has been furnished her;


(b) She has been informed of her right to review the information referred to in subdivision (2)(d) of this section; and


(c) The requirements of subdivision (3) of this section have been performed if an ultrasound is performed prior to the performance of the abortion; and


(8) Prior to the performance of the abortion, the physician who is to perform the abortion or his or her agent receives a copy of the written certification prescribed by subdivision (7) of this section. The physician or his or her agent shall retain a copy of the signed certification form in the woman's medical record.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 42; Laws 1979, LB 316, § 2; Laws 1984, LB 695, § 2; Laws 1993, LB 110, § 2; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 60; Laws 2009, LB 675, § 2, eff. Aug. 30, 2009; Laws 2010, LB 594, § 4, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-327.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-327.01. Department of Health and Human Services; printed materials; duties; availability; Internet web site information


(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall cause to be published the following easily comprehensible printed materials:


(a) Geographically indexed materials designed to inform the woman of public and private agencies and services available to assist a woman through pregnancy, upon childbirth, and while the child is dependent, including adoption agencies and agencies and services for prevention of unintended pregnancies, which materials shall include a comprehensive list of the agencies available, a description of the services they offer, and a description of the manner, including telephone numbers and addresses in which such agencies may be contacted or printed materials including a toll-free, twenty-four-hour-a-day telephone number which may be called to orally obtain such a list and description of agencies in the locality of the caller and of the services they offer;


(b) Materials designed to inform the woman of the probable anatomical and physiological characteristics of the unborn child at two-week gestational increments from the time when a woman can be known to be pregnant to full term, including pictures or drawings representing the development of unborn children at the two-week gestational increments, and any relevant information on the possibility of the unborn child's survival. Any such pictures or drawings shall contain the dimensions of the unborn child and shall be realistic and appropriate for the stage of pregnancy depicted. The materials shall be objective, nonjudgmental, and designed to convey only accurate scientific information about the unborn child at the various gestational ages. The materials shall also contain objective information describing the methods of abortion procedures commonly employed, the medical risks commonly associated with each such procedure, the possible detrimental psychological effects of abortion, the medical risks commonly associated with abortion, and the medical risks commonly associated with carrying a child to term; and


(c) A comprehensive list of health care providers, facilities, and clinics that offer to have ultrasounds performed by a person at least as qualified as a registered nurse licensed under the Uniform Credentialing Act, including and specifying those that offer to perform such ultrasounds free of charge. The list shall be arranged geographically and shall include the name, address, hours of operation, and telephone number of each entity.


(2) The printed materials shall be printed in a typeface large enough to be clearly legible.


(3) The printed materials required under this section shall be available from the department upon the request by any person, facility, or hospital for an amount equal to the cost incurred by the department to publish the materials.


(4) The Department of Health and Human Services shall make available on its Internet web site a printable publication of geographically indexed materials designed to inform the woman of public and private agencies with services available to assist a woman with mental health concerns, following a risk factor evaluation. Such services shall include, but not be limited to, outpatient and crisis intervention services and crisis hotlines. The materials shall include a comprehensive list of the agencies available, a description of the services offered, and a description of the manner in which such agencies may be contacted, including addresses and telephone numbers of such agencies, as well as a toll-free, twenty-four-hour-a-day telephone number to be provided by the department which may be called to orally obtain the names of the agencies and the services they provide in the locality of the woman. The department shall update the publication as necessary.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1993, LB 110, § 3; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 61; Laws 2009, LB 675, § 3, eff. Aug. 30, 2009; Laws 2010, LB 594, § 12, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-327.02

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-327.02. Abortion; emergency situation; physician; duties


When an emergency situation compels the performance of an abortion, the physician shall inform the woman, prior to the abortion if possible, of the medical indications supporting his or her judgment that an abortion is necessary to avert her death or to avert substantial impairment of a major bodily function.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1993, LB 110, § 4.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-327.03

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-327.03. Civil liability; limitation


No civil liability for failure to comply with subdivision (2)(d) of section 28-327 or that portion of subdivision (7) of such section requiring a written certification that the woman has been informed of her right to review the information referred to in subdivision (2)(d) of such section may be imposed unless the Department of Health and Human Services has published and made available the printed materials at the time the physician or his or her agent is required to inform the woman of her right to review them.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1993, LB 110, § 5; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 62; Laws 2009, LB 675, § 4, eff. Aug. 30, 2009; Laws 2010, LB 594, § 13, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-327.04

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-327.04. Civil cause of action; authorized; evidence of professional negligence; attorney's fee


Any person upon whom an abortion has been performed or attempted in violation of section 28-327 or the parent or guardian of a minor upon whom an abortion has been performed or attempted in violation of such section shall have a right to maintain a civil cause of action against the person who performed the abortion or attempted to perform the abortion. A violation of subdivision (1), (2), (3), (7), or (8) of section 28-327 shall be prima facie evidence of professional negligence. The written certifications prescribed by subdivisions (4) and (7) of section 28-327 signed by the person upon whom an abortion has been performed or attempted shall constitute and create a rebuttable presumption of full compliance with all provisions of section 28-327 in favor of the physician who performed or attempted to perform the abortion, the referring physician, or the agent of either physician. The written certification shall be admissible as evidence in the cause of action for professional negligence or in any criminal action. If judgment is rendered in favor of the plaintiff in any such action, the court shall also render judgment for a reasonable attorney's fee in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1993, LB 110, § 6; Laws 2009, LB 675, § 5, eff. Aug. 30, 2009; Laws 2010, LB 594, § 14, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-327.05

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-327.05. Civil action; anonymity of woman; procedures


In every civil action brought pursuant to section 28-327.04, the court shall rule whether the anonymity of any woman upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted shall be preserved from public disclosure if she does not give her consent to such disclosure. The court, upon motion by a party or on its own motion, shall make such a ruling and, upon determining that her anonymity should be preserved, shall issue orders to the parties, witnesses, and counsel and shall direct the sealing of the record and exclusion of individuals from courtrooms or hearing rooms to the extent necessary to safeguard her identity from public disclosure. Each such order shall be accompanied by specific written findings explaining why the anonymity of the woman should be preserved from public disclosure, why the order is essential to that end, how the order is narrowly tailored to serve that interest, and why no reasonable less restrictive alternative exists. In the absence of written consent of the woman upon whom an abortion has been performed or attempted, anyone given standing under section 28-327.04 who brings a civil action under such section shall do so under a pseudonym. This section may not be construed to conceal the identity of the plaintiff or of witnesses from the defendant.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1993, LB 110, § 7.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-327.06

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-327.06. Waiver of evaluations and notices; void and unenforceable


Any waiver of the evaluations and notices provided for in subdivision (4) of section 28-327 is void and unenforceable.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2010, LB 594, § 5, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-327.07

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-327.07. Damages


In addition to whatever remedies are available under the common or statutory laws of this state, the intentional, knowing, or negligent failure to comply with the requirements of section 28-327 shall provide a basis for the following damages:


(1) The award of reasonable costs and attorney's fees; and


(2) A recovery for the pregnant woman for the wrongful death of her unborn child under section 30-809 upon proving by a preponderance of evidence that the physician knew or should have known that the pregnant woman's consent was either not fully informed or not fully voluntary pursuant to section 28-327.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2010, LB 594, § 6, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-327.08

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-327.08. Action for civil remedies


Any action for civil remedies based on a failure to comply with the requirements of section 28-327 shall be commenced in accordance with section 25-222 or 44-2828.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2010, LB 594, § 7, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-327.09

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-327.09. Minor; burden of proof


If a physician performed an abortion on a pregnant woman who is a minor without providing the information required in section 28-327 to the pregnant woman's parent or legal guardian, then the physician bears the burden of proving that the pregnant woman was capable of independently evaluating the information given to her.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2010, LB 594, § 8, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-327.10

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-327.10. Time requirement


Except in the case of an emergency situation, if a pregnant woman is provided with the information required by section 28-327 less than twenty-four hours before her scheduled abortion, the physician shall bear the burden of proving that the pregnant woman had sufficient reflection time, given her age, maturity, emotional state, and mental capacity, to comprehend and consider such information.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2010, LB 594, § 9, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-327.11

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-327.11. Civil action; rebuttable presumption; noneconomic damages; expert witness; physician deemed transacting business; affirmative defense; additional remedies


In a civil action involving section 28-327, the following shall apply:


(1) In determining the liability of the physician and the validity of the consent of a pregnant woman, the failure to comply with the requirements of section 28-327 shall create a rebuttable presumption that the pregnant woman would not have undergone the recommended abortion had section 28-327 been complied with by the physician;


(2) The absence of physical injury shall not preclude an award of noneconomic damages including pain, suffering, inconvenience, mental suffering, emotional distress, psychological trauma, loss of society or companionship, loss of consortium, injury to reputation, or humiliation associated with the abortion;


(3) The fact that a physician does not perform elective abortions or has not performed elective abortions in the past shall not automatically disqualify such physician from being an expert witness. A licensed obstetrician or family practitioner who regularly assists pregnant women in resolving medical matters related to pregnancy may be qualified to testify as an expert on the screening, counseling, management, and treatment of pregnancies;


(4) Any physician advertising services in this state shall be deemed to be transacting business in this state pursuant to section 25-536 and shall be subject to the provisions of section 28-327;


(5) It shall be an affirmative defense to an allegation of inadequate disclosure under the requirements of section 28-327 that the defendant omitted the contested information because statistically validated surveys of the general population of women of reproductive age, conducted within the three years before or after the contested abortion, demonstrate that less than five percent of women would consider the contested information to be relevant to an abortion decision; and


(6) In addition to the other remedies available under the common or statutory law of this state, a woman or her survivors shall have a cause of action for reckless endangerment against any person, other than a physician or pharmacist licensed under the Uniform Credentialing Act, who attempts or completes an abortion on the pregnant woman or aids or abets the commission of a self-induced abortion. Proof of injury shall not be required to recover an award, including reasonable costs and attorney's fees, for wrongful death under this subdivision.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2010, LB 594, § 10, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-327.12

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-327.12. Statute of limitations; tolled; section, how construed; violations; how treated


(1) In the event that any portion of section 28-327 is enjoined and subsequently upheld, the statute of limitations for filing a civil suit under section 28-327 shall be tolled during the period for which the injunction is pending and for two years thereafter.


(2) Nothing in section 28-327 shall be construed as defining a standard of care for any medical procedure other than an induced abortion.


(3) A violation of subdivision (4), (5), or (6) of section 28-327 shall not provide grounds for any criminal action or disciplinary action against or revocation of a license to practice medicine and surgery pursuant to the Uniform Credentialing Act.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2010, LB 594, § 11, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-328

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-328. Partial-birth abortion; prohibition; violation; penalties


(1) No partial-birth abortion shall be performed in this state, unless such procedure is necessary to save the life of the mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself.


(2) The intentional and knowing performance of an unlawful partial-birth abortion in violation of subsection (1) of this section is a Class III felony.


(3) No woman upon whom an unlawful partial-birth abortion is performed shall be prosecuted under this section or for conspiracy to violate this section.


(4) The intentional and knowing performance of an unlawful partial-birth abortion shall result in the automatic suspension and revocation of an attending physician's license to practice medicine in Nebraska by the Division of Public Health pursuant to sections 38-177 to 38-1, 102.


(5) Upon the filing of criminal charges under this section by the Attorney General or a county attorney, the Attorney General shall also file a petition to suspend and revoke the attending physician's license to practice medicine pursuant to section 38-186. A hearing on such administrative petition shall be set in accordance with section 38-188. At such hearing, the attending physician shall have the opportunity to present evidence that the physician's conduct was necessary to save the life of a mother whose life was endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself. A defendant against whom criminal charges are brought under this section may bring a motion to delay the beginning of the trial until after the entry of an order by the Director of Public Health pursuant to section 38-196. The findings of the director as to whether the attending physician's conduct was necessary to save the life of a mother whose life was endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, shall be admissible in the criminal proceedings brought pursuant to this section.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1997, LB 23, § 3; Laws 2007, LB 296, § 28; Laws 2007, LB 463, § 1118.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-329

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(a) General Provisions

28-329. Abortion; when not to be performed


No abortion shall be performed after the time at which, in the sound medical judgment of the attending physician, the unborn child clearly appears to have reached viability, except when necessary to preserve the life or health of the mother.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 44; Laws 1979, LB 316, § 3; Laws 1984, LB 695, § 4.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-330

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28-330. Abortion procedure; protection of viable, unborn child


In any abortion performed pursuant to section 28-329, all reasonable precautions, in accord with the sound medical judgment of the attending physician and compatible with preserving the life or health of the mother, shall be taken to insure the protection of the viable, unborn child.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 45; Laws 1979, LB 316, § 4; Laws 1984, LB 695, § 5.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-331

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28-331. Care and treatment of child aborted


When as the result of an abortion a child is, in the sound medical judgment of the attending physician, born alive, then all reasonable steps, in accordance with the sound medical judgment of the attending physician, shall be employed to preserve the life of the child. For purposes of this section, born alive shall mean the complete expulsion or extraction of the child from the mother irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy and after such expulsion or extraction such child breathes or shows any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 46; Laws 1979, LB 316, § 5; Laws 1984, LB 695, § 6.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-332

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28-332. Violation; penalty


The intentional and knowing violation of section 28-329, 28-330, or 28-331 is a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 47; Laws 1984, LB 695, § 7.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-333

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28-333, 28-334. Repealed by Laws 1984, LB 695, § 9


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-334

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28-333, 28-334. Repealed by Laws 1984, LB 695, § 9


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-335

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(a) General Provisions

28-335. Abortion by other than licensed physician; penalty; physical presence; violation; penalty


(1) The performing of an abortion by any person other than a licensed physician is a Class IV felony.


(2) No abortion shall be performed, induced, or attempted unless the physician who uses or prescribes any instrument, device, medicine, drug, or other substance to perform, induce, or attempt the abortion is physically present in the same room with the patient when the physician performs, induces, or attempts to perform or induce the abortion. Any person who knowingly or recklessly violates this subsection shall be guilty of a Class IV felony. No civil or criminal penalty shall be assessed against the patient upon whom the abortion is performed, induced, or attempted to be performed or induced.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 50; Laws 2011, LB 521, § 1, eff. Aug. 27, 2011.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-336

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28-336. Abortion by other than accepted medical procedures; penalty


The performing of an abortion by using anything other than accepted medical procedures is a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 51.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-337

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28-337. Hospital, clinic, institution; not required to admit patient for abortion


No hospital, clinic, institution, or other facility in this state shall be required to admit any patient for the purpose of performing an abortion nor required to allow the performance of an abortion therein, but the hospital, clinic, institution, or other facility shall inform the patient of its policy not to participate in abortion procedures. No cause of action shall arise against any hospital, clinic, institution, or other facility for refusing to perform or allow an abortion.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 52.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-338

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28-338. No person required to perform an abortion; no liability for refusal


No person shall be required to perform or participate in any abortion, and the refusal of any person to participate in an abortion shall not be a basis for civil liability to any person. No hospital, governing board, or any other person, firm, association, or group shall terminate the employment or alter the position of, prevent or impair the practice or occupation of, or impose any other sanction or otherwise discriminate against any person who refuses to participate in an abortion.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 53.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-339

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28-339. Discrimination against person refusing to participate in an abortion; violation; penalty


Any violation of section 28-338 is a Class II misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 54.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-340

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28-340. Discrimination against person refusing to participate in an abortion; damages


Any person whose employment or position has been in any way altered, impaired, or terminated in violation of sections 28-325 to 28-345 may sue in the district court for all consequential damages, lost wages, reasonable attorney's fees incurred, and the cost of litigation.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 55; Laws 1997, LB 23, § 4; Laws 2010, LB 594, § 15, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-341

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28-341. Discrimination against person refusing to participate in an abortion; injunctive relief


Any person whose employment or position has in any way been altered, impaired, or terminated because of his refusal to participate in an abortion shall have the right to injunctive relief, including temporary relief, pending trial upon showing of an emergency, in the district court, in accordance with the statutes, rules, and practices applicable in other similar cases.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 56.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-342

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28-342. Aborted child; sell, transfer, distribute, give away; violation; penalty


The knowing, willful, or intentional sale, transfer, distribution, or giving away of any live or viable aborted child for any form of experimentation is a Class III felony. The knowing, willful, or intentional consenting to, aiding, or abetting of any such sale, transfer, distribution, or other unlawful disposition of an aborted child is a Class III felony. This section shall not prohibit or regulate diagnostic or remedial procedures the purpose of which is to preserve the life or health of the aborted child or the mother.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 57; Laws 1979, LB 316, § 8.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-343

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28-343. Department of Health and Human Services; abortion reporting form; items included; confidential


The Department of Health and Human Services shall prescribe an abortion reporting form which shall be used for the reporting of every abortion performed in this state. Such form shall include the following items:


(1) The age of the pregnant woman;


(2) The location of the facility where the abortion was performed;


(3) The type of procedure performed;


(4) Complications, if any;


(5) The name of the attending physician;


(6) The pregnant woman's obstetrical history regarding previous pregnancies, abortions, and live births;


(7) The stated reason or reasons for which the abortion was requested;


(8) The state of the pregnant woman's legal residence;


(9) The length and weight of the aborted child, when measurable;


(10) Whether an emergency situation caused the physician to waive any of the requirements of section 28-327; and


(11) Such other information as may be prescribed in accordance with section 71-602.


The completed form shall be signed by the attending physician and sent to the department within fifteen days after each reporting month. The completed form shall be an original, typed or written legibly in durable ink, and shall not be deemed complete unless the omission of any item of information required shall have been disclosed or satisfactorily accounted for. Carbon copies shall not be acceptable. The abortion reporting form shall not include the name of the person upon whom the abortion was performed. The abortion reporting form shall be confidential and shall not be revealed except upon the order of a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil or criminal proceeding.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 58; Laws 1979, LB 316, § 9; Laws 1984, LB 695, § 8; Laws 1989, LB 344, § 2; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 63; Laws 1997, LB 307, § 2; Laws 2007, LB 296, § 29.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-344

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28-344. Reporting form; violation; penalty


Violation of section 28-343 is a Class II misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 59.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-345

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28-345. Department of Health and Human Services; permanent file; rules and regulations


The Department of Health and Human Services shall prepare and keep on permanent file compilations of the information submitted on the abortion reporting forms pursuant to such rules and regulations as established by the department, which compilations shall be a matter of public record. Under no circumstances shall the compilations of information include the name of any attending physician or identify in any respect facilities where abortions are performed. The department, in order to maintain and keep such compilations current, shall file with such reports any new or amended information.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 60; Laws 1979, LB 316, § 10; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 64; Laws 2007, LB 296, § 30.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-346

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28-346. Aborted infant; experimentation; prohibited; exception; penalty


No person shall knowingly, intentionally, or willfully use any premature infant aborted alive for any type of scientific, research, laboratory, or other kind of experimentation except as necessary to protect or preserve the life or health of such premature infant aborted alive. Violation of this section is a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1979, LB 316, § 11.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-347

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28-347. Repealed by Laws 1991, LB 425, § 13


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-348

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28-348. Act, how cited


Sections 28-348 to 28-387 shall be known and may be cited as the Adult Protective Services Act.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 1; Laws 2012, LB 1051, § 1, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-349

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28-349. Legislative intent


The Legislature recognizes the need for the investigation and provision of services to certain persons who are substantially impaired and are unable to protect themselves from abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Often such persons cannot find others able or willing to render assistance. The Legislature intends through the Adult Protective Services Act to establish a program designed to fill this need and to assure the availability of the program to all eligible persons. It is also the intent of the Legislature to authorize the least restriction possible on the exercise of personal and civil rights consistent with the person's need for services.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 2; Laws 2012, LB 1051, § 2, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-350

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28-350. Definitions, where found


For purposes of the Adult Protective Services Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions found in sections 28-351 to 28-371 shall be used.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 3; Laws 2012, LB 1051, § 3, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-351

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28-351. Abuse, defined


Abuse means any knowing or intentional act on the part of a caregiver or any other person which results in physical injury, unreasonable confinement, cruel punishment, sexual abuse, or sexual exploitation of a vulnerable adult.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 4; Laws 2012, LB 1051, § 4, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-352

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28-352. Adult protective services, defined


Adult protective services means those services provided by the department for the prevention, correction, or discontinuance of abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Such services shall be those necessary and appropriate under the circumstances to protect an abused, neglected, or exploited vulnerable adult, ensure that the least restrictive alternative is provided, prevent further abuse, neglect, or exploitation, and promote self-care and independent living. Such services shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Receiving and investigating reports of alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation; (2) developing social service plans; (3) arranging for the provision of services such as medical care, mental health care, legal services, fiscal management, housing, or home health care; (4) arranging for the provision of items such as food, clothing, or shelter; and (5) arranging or coordinating services for caregivers.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 5; Laws 2012, LB 1051, § 5, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-353

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28-353. Caregiver, defined


Caregiver shall mean any person or entity which has assumed the responsibility for the care of a vulnerable adult voluntarily, by express or implied contract, or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 6.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-354

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28-354. Cruel punishment, defined


Cruel punishment shall mean punishment which intentionally causes physical injury to a vulnerable adult.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 7.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-355

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28-355. Transferred to § 28-361.01


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-356

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(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-356. Department, defined


Department shall mean the Department of Health and Human Services.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 9; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 65; Laws 2006, LB 994, § 51; Laws 2007, LB 296, § 31.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-357

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(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-357. Essential services, defined


Essential services shall mean those services necessary to safeguard the person or property of a vulnerable adult. Such services shall include, but not be limited to, sufficient and appropriate food and clothing, temperate and sanitary shelter, treatment for physical needs, and proper supervision.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 10.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-358

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(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-358. Exploitation, defined


Exploitation means the taking of property of a vulnerable adult by any person by means of undue influence, breach of a fiduciary relationship, deception, or extortion or by any unlawful means.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 11; Laws 2012, LB 1051, § 6, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-359

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28-359. Law enforcement agency, defined


Law enforcement agency shall mean the police department or the town marshal in incorporated municipalities, the office of the sheriff in unincorporated areas, and the Nebraska State Patrol.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 12.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-360

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(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-360. Least restrictive alternative, defined


Least restrictive alternative shall mean adult protective services provided in a manner no more restrictive of a vulnerable adult's liberty and no more intrusive than necessary to achieve and ensure essential services.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 13.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-361

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(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-361. Living independently, defined


Living independently shall include, but not be limited to, using the telephone, shopping, preparing food, housekeeping, and administering medications.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 14.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-361.01

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28-361.01. Denial of essential services, defined


Neglect means any knowing or intentional act or omission on the part of a caregiver to provide essential services or the failure of a vulnerable adult, due to physical or mental impairments, to perform self-care or obtain essential services to such an extent that there is actual physical injury to a vulnerable adult or imminent danger of the vulnerable adult suffering physical injury or death.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 8; Laws 2012, LB 1051, § 7, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-362

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28-362. Permit, defined


Permit shall mean to allow a vulnerable adult over whom one has a proximate or direct degree of control to perform an act or acts or be in a situation which the controlling person could have prevented by the reasonable exercise of such control.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 15.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-363

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(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-363. Physical injury, defined


Physical injury shall mean damage to bodily tissue caused by nontherapeutic conduct, including, but not limited to, fractures, bruises, lacerations, internal injuries, or dislocations, and shall include, but not be limited to, physical pain, illness, or impairment of physical function.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 16.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-364

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(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-364. Proper supervision, defined


Proper supervision shall mean care and control of a vulnerable adult which a reasonable and prudent person would exercise under similar facts and circumstances.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 17.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-365

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(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-365. Registry, defined


Registry shall mean the Adult Protective Services Central Registry established by section 28-376.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 18.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-366

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28-366. Self-care, defined


Self-care shall include, but not be limited to, personal hygiene, eating, and dressing.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 19.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-367

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(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-367. Sexual abuse, defined


Sexual abuse shall include sexual assault as described in section 28-319 or 28-320 and incest as described in section 28-703.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 20.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-367.01

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(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-367.01. Sexual exploitation, defined


Sexual exploitation includes, but is not limited to, unlawful intrusion as described in section 28-311.08 and causing, allowing, permitting, inflicting, or encouraging a vulnerable adult to engage in voyeurism, in exhibitionism, in prostitution, or in the lewd, obscene, or pornographic photographing, filming, or depiction of the vulnerable adult.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2012, LB 1051, § 8, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-368

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28-368. Substantial functional impairment, defined


Substantial functional impairment shall mean a substantial incapability, because of physical limitations, of living independently or providing self-care as determined through observation, diagnosis, investigation, or evaluation.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 21.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-369

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Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-369. Substantial mental impairment, defined


Substantial mental impairment shall mean a substantial disorder of thought, mood, perception, orientation, or memory that grossly impairs judgment, behavior, or ability to live independently or provide self-care as revealed by observation, diagnosis, investigation, or evaluation.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 22.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-370

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(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-370. Unreasonable confinement, defined


Unreasonable confinement means confinement which intentionally causes physical injury to a vulnerable adult or false imprisonment as described in section 28-314 or 28-315.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 23; Laws 2012, LB 1051, § 9, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-371

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28-371. Vulnerable adult, defined


Vulnerable adult shall mean any person eighteen years of age or older who has a substantial mental or functional impairment or for whom a guardian has been appointed under the Nebraska Probate Code.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 24.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-372

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28-372. Report of abuse; required; contents; notification; toll-free number established


(1) When any physician, psychologist, physician assistant, nurse, nursing assistant, other medical, developmental disability, or mental health professional, law enforcement personnel, caregiver or employee of a caregiver, operator or employee of a sheltered workshop, owner, operator, or employee of any facility licensed by the department, or human services professional or paraprofessional not including a member of the clergy has reasonable cause to believe that a vulnerable adult has been subjected to abuse, neglect, or exploitation or observes such adult being subjected to conditions or circumstances which reasonably would result in abuse, neglect, or exploitation, he or she shall report the incident or cause a report to be made to the appropriate law enforcement agency or to the department. Any other person may report abuse, neglect, or exploitation if such person has reasonable cause to believe that a vulnerable adult has been subjected to abuse, neglect, or exploitation or observes such adult being subjected to conditions or circumstances which reasonably would result in abuse, neglect, or exploitation.


(2) Such report may be made by telephone, with the caller giving his or her name and address, and, if requested by the department, shall be followed by a written report within forty-eight hours. To the extent available the report shall contain: (a) The name, address, and age of the vulnerable adult; (b) the address of the caregiver or caregivers of the vulnerable adult; (c) the nature and extent of the alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation or the conditions and circumstances which would reasonably be expected to result in such abuse, neglect, or exploitation; (d) any evidence of previous abuse, neglect, or exploitation, including the nature and extent of the abuse, neglect, or exploitation; and (e) any other information which in the opinion of the person making the report may be helpful in establishing the cause of the alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation and the identity of the perpetrator or perpetrators.


(3) Any law enforcement agency receiving a report of abuse, neglect, or exploitation shall notify the department no later than the next working day by telephone or mail.


(4) A report of abuse, neglect, or exploitation made to the department which was not previously made to or by a law enforcement agency shall be communicated to the appropriate law enforcement agency by the department no later than the next working day by telephone or mail.


(5) The department shall establish a statewide toll-free number to be used by any person any hour of the day or night and any day of the week to make reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 25; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 66; Laws 2006, LB 994, § 52; Laws 2007, LB 296, § 32; Laws 2012, LB 1051, § 10, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-373

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-373. Report of abuse; law enforcement agency; duties


(1) Upon the receipt of a report concerning abuse, neglect, or exploitation pursuant to section 28-372, it shall be the duty of the law enforcement agency (a) to make an investigation if deemed warranted because of alleged violations of section 28-386, (b) to take immediate steps, if necessary, to protect the vulnerable adult, and (c) to institute legal proceedings if appropriate. The law enforcement agency shall notify the department if an investigation is undertaken. Such notification shall be made no later than the next working day following receipt of the report.


(2) The law enforcement agency shall make a written report or a case summary to the department of all investigated cases of abuse, neglect, or exploitation and action taken with respect to all such cases.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 26; Laws 2012, LB 1051, § 11, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-374

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-374. Alleged abuse; department; duties


(1) The department shall investigate each case of alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation and shall provide such adult protective services as are necessary and appropriate under the circumstances.


(2) In each case of alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation, the department may make a request for further assistance from the appropriate law enforcement agency or initiate such action as may be appropriate under the circumstances.


(3) The department shall make a written report or case summary to the appropriate law enforcement agency and to the registry of all reported cases of abuse, neglect, or exploitation and action taken.


(4) The department shall deliver a written report or case summary to the appropriate county attorney if the investigation indicates a reasonable cause to believe that a violation of section 28-386 has occurred.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 27; Laws 2012, LB 1051, § 12, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-374.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-374.01. Alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation; completion of investigation; decision regarding entry into registry; notice; contents; right to amend or expunge information


(1) Upon completion of the investigation pursuant to sections 28-373 and 28-374, the person who allegedly abused, neglected, or exploited a vulnerable adult shall be given written notice of the determination of the investigation and whether the person who allegedly abused, neglected, or exploited a vulnerable adult will be entered into the registry.


(2) If the person who allegedly abused, neglected, or exploited a vulnerable adult will be entered into the registry, the notice shall be sent by certified mail with return receipt requested or first-class mail to the last-known address of the person who allegedly abused, neglected, or exploited a vulnerable adult and shall include:


(a) The nature of the report;


(b) The classification of the report; and


(c) The right of the person who allegedly abused, neglected, or exploited a vulnerable adult to request the department to amend or expunge identifying information from the report or to remove the substantiated report from the registry in accordance with section 28-380.


(3) If the person who allegedly abused, neglected, or exploited a vulnerable adult will not be entered into the registry, the notice shall be sent by first-class mail and shall include:


(a) The nature of the report; and


(b) The classification of the report.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2012, LB 1051, § 13, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-375

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-375. Immunity from liability; when


Any person participating in an investigation or the making of a report pursuant to the Adult Protective Services Act or participating in a judicial proceeding resulting therefrom shall be immune from any liability except (1) as otherwise provided in the Adult Protective Services Act, (2) for malfeasance in office or willful or wanton neglect of duty, or (3) for false statements of fact made with malicious intent.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 28.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-376

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-376. Adult Protective Services Central Registry; established; access; name-change order; treatment


(1) The department shall establish and maintain an Adult Protective Services Central Registry which shall contain any substantiated report regarding a person who has allegedly abused, neglected, or exploited a vulnerable adult.


(2) Upon request, a vulnerable adult who is the subject of a report or, if the vulnerable adult is legally incapacitated, the guardian or guardian ad litem of the vulnerable adult and the person who has allegedly abused, neglected, or exploited the vulnerable adult shall be entitled to receive a copy of all information contained in the registry pertaining to such report. The department shall not release data that would be harmful or detrimental to the vulnerable adult or that would identify or locate a person who, in good faith, made a report or cooperated in a subsequent investigation unless ordered to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction.


(3) The department shall establish classifications for all cases in the registry.


(4) The department shall determine whether a name-change order received from the clerk of a district court pursuant to section 25-21,271 is for a person on the Adult Protective Services Central Registry and, if so, shall include the changed name with the former name in the registry and file or cross-reference the information under both names.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 29; Laws 2010, LB 147, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2012; Laws 2012, LB 1051, § 14, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-377

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-377. Records relating to abuse; access


Except as otherwise provided in sections 28-376 to 28-380, no person, official, or agency shall have access to the records relating to abuse unless in furtherance of purposes directly connected with the administration of the Adult Protective Services Act and section 28-726. Persons, officials, and agencies having access to such records shall include, but not be limited to:


(1) A law enforcement agency investigating a report of known or suspected abuse;


(2) A county attorney in preparation of an abuse petition;


(3) A physician who has before him or her a person whom he or she reasonably suspects may be abused;


(4) An agency having the legal responsibility or authorization to care for, treat, or supervise an abused vulnerable adult;


(5) Defense counsel in preparation of the defense of a person charged with abuse;


(6) Any person engaged in bona fide research or auditing, except that no information identifying the subjects of the report shall be made available to the researcher or auditor. The researcher shall be charged for any costs of such research incurred by the department at a rate established by rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the department;


(7) The designated protection and advocacy system authorized pursuant to the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 6000, as the act existed on September 1, 2001, and the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act, 42 U.S.C. 10801, as the act existed on September 1, 2001, acting upon a complaint received from or on behalf of a person with developmental disabilities or mental illness; and


(8) For purposes of licensing providers of child care programs, the department.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 30; Laws 1992, LB 643, § 1; Laws 2001, LB 214, § 1; Laws 2007, LB 296, § 33.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-378

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-378. Records relating to abuse; release of information; when


The department or appropriate law enforcement agency shall provide requested information to any person legally authorized by sections 28-376 to 28-380 to have access to records relating to abuse when ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or upon compliance by such person with identification requirements established by rules and regulations of the department or law enforcement agency. Such information shall not include the name and address of the person making the report, except that the county attorney's office may request and receive the name and address of the person making the report with such person's written consent. The name and other identifying data of any person requesting or receiving information from the registry and the dates and the circumstances under which requests are made or information is released shall be entered in the registry.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 31.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-379

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-379. Report of abuse; summary by department; when provided


Upon request, a physician or the person in charge of an institution, facility, or agency making a legally mandated report shall receive a summary of the findings of and actions taken by the department in response to such report. The amount of detail such summary contains and the purposes for which it may be used shall depend on the source of the report and shall be established by rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the department.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 32.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-380

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-380. Amendment or expungement of records; inaccurate or inconsistent with act; procedure


At any time subsequent to the completion of the department's investigation, if a vulnerable adult, the guardian of a vulnerable adult, or a person who allegedly abused a vulnerable adult and who is mentioned in a report believes the information in the report is inaccurate or being maintained in a manner inconsistent with the Adult Protective Services Act, such person may request the department to amend or expunge identifying information from the report or remove the record of such report from the registry. If the department refuses to do so or does not act within thirty days, the vulnerable adult or person who allegedly abused a vulnerable adult shall have the right to a hearing to determine whether the record of the report should be amended, expunged, or removed on the grounds that it is inaccurate or that it is being maintained in a manner inconsistent with such act. Such hearing shall be held within a reasonable time after a request is made and at a reasonable place and hour. At the hearing the burden of proving the accuracy and consistency of the record shall be on the department. The hearing shall be conducted by the chief executive officer of the department or his or her designated representative, who is hereby authorized and empowered to order the amendment, expunction, or removal of the record to make such record accurate or consistent with the requirements of the Adult Protective Services Act. The decision shall be made in writing within thirty days of the close of the hearing and shall state the reasons upon which it is based. Decisions of the department may be appealed, and the appeal shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 33; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 67; Laws 2006, LB 994, § 53; Laws 2007, LB 296, § 34.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-381

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-381. Amendment or expungement of records; good cause; notice


At any time, the department may amend, expunge, or remove from the registry any record upon good cause. Upon request, written notice of any amendment, expunction, or removal of any record made pursuant to the Adult Protective Services Act shall be served upon the vulnerable adult who is the subject of the report or the person who allegedly abused the vulnerable adult. The department shall advise any other individuals or agencies who received a copy of the record pursuant to the Adult Protective Services Act to amend, expunge, or destroy such record. All information identifying the subjects of unsubstantiated reports shall be expunged from the registry.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 34.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-382

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-382. Law concerning confidentiality; applicability


(1) No rule of evidence or other provision of law concerning confidential communications shall apply to prevent reports made pursuant to the Adult Protective Services Act unless otherwise specifically mentioned in the act.


(2) Evidence shall not be excluded from any judicial proceeding resulting from a report made pursuant to the Adult Protective Services Act on the ground that it is a confidential communication protected by the privilege granted to husband and wife, patient and physician, or client and professional counselor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 35; Laws 1993, LB 130, § 2.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-383

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-383. Treatment by spiritual means alone; not considered abuse


No person shall be considered to be abused for the sole reason that such person relies upon spiritual means alone for treatment in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination in lieu of medical treatment.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 36.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-384

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-384. Failure to make report; penalty


Any person who willfully fails to make any report required by the Adult Protective Services Act shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 37.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-385

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-385. Release of confidential information; penalty


Any person who knowingly releases information required to be kept confidential by the Adult Protective Services Act, except as provided in the act, shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 38.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-386

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-386. Knowing and intentional abuse of a vulnerable adult; penalty


(1) A person commits knowing and intentional abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult if he or she through a knowing and intentional act causes or permits a vulnerable adult to be:


(a) Physically injured;


(b) Unreasonably confined;


(c) Sexually abused;


(d) Exploited;


(e) Cruelly punished;


(f) Neglected; or


(g) Sexually exploited.


(2) Knowing and intentional abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult is a Class IIIA felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 39; Laws 1997, LB 364, § 7; Laws 2012, LB 1051, § 15, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-387

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(b) Adult Protective Services Act

28-387. Short-term protective services; temporary placement; authorized; when; procedure


(1) A county court may issue an ex parte order authorizing the provision of short-term involuntary adult protective services or temporary placement for a vulnerable adult for up to forty-eight hours, excluding nonjudicial days, pending the hearing for a need for continuing services, after finding on the record that:


(a) The person is a vulnerable adult;


(b) An emergency exists; and


(c) There are compelling reasons for ordering protective services or temporary placement.


(2) An ex parte order shall be issued only if other protective custody services are unavailable or other services provide insufficient protection.


(3) The department shall contact the appropriate county attorney to file an application for short-term involuntary adult protective services or temporary placement if an investigation indicates probable cause to believe that an emergency exists for a vulnerable adult. The department shall not be given legal custody nor be made guardian of such vulnerable adult. A vulnerable adult shall be responsible for the costs of services provided either through his or her own income or other programs for which he or she may be eligible.


(4) A law enforcement officer accompanied by a representative of the department may enter the premises where the vulnerable adult is located after obtaining the court order and announcing his or her authority and purpose. Forcible entry may be made only after the court order has been obtained unless there is probable cause to believe that the delay of such entry would cause the vulnerable adult to be in imminent danger of life-threatening physical injury or neglect.


(5) When, from the personal observations of a representative of the department and a law enforcement officer, it appears probable that the vulnerable adult is likely to be in imminent danger of life-threatening physical injury or neglect if he or she is not immediately removed from the premises, the law enforcement agency shall, when authorized by the court order, take into custody and transport the vulnerable adult to an appropriate medical or protective placement facility.


(6) When action is taken under this section, a hearing shall be held within forty-eight hours of the signing of the court order, excluding nonjudicial days, to establish probable cause for short-term involuntary adult protective services or for protective placement. Unless the vulnerable adult has counsel of his or her own choice or has indicated a desire for an attorney of his or her own choice, the court shall appoint an attorney to represent him or her in the proceeding, who shall have the powers and duties of a guardian ad litem.


(7) Notice of the hearing shall be served personally on the vulnerable adult. Waiver of notice by the vulnerable adult shall not be effective unless he or she attends the hearing or such notice is waived by the guardian ad litem. Notice of the hearing shall be given to the following parties whose whereabouts can be readily ascertained: (a) The spouse of the vulnerable adult; (b) children of the vulnerable adult; and (c) any other party specified by the court.


(8) A judgment authorizing continuance of short-term involuntary adult protective services shall prescribe those specific adult protective services which are to be provided, the duration of the services which shall not exceed sixty days, and the person or persons who are authorized or ordered to provide them.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 463, § 40; Laws 2012, LB 1051, § 16, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-388

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(c) Homicide of the Unborn Child Act

28-388. Act, how cited


Sections 28-388 to 28-394 shall be known and may be cited as the Homicide of the Unborn Child Act.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2002, LB 824, § 2.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-389

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(c) Homicide of the Unborn Child Act

28-389. Terms, defined


For purposes of the Homicide of the Unborn Child Act, unless the context otherwise requires:


(1) Premeditation means a design formed to do something before it is done; and


(2) Unborn child means an individual member of the species Homo sapiens, at any stage of development in utero, who was alive at the time of the homicidal act and died as a result thereof whether before, during, or after birth.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2002, LB 824, § 3.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-390

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(c) Homicide of the Unborn Child Act

28-390. Applicability of sections


Sections 28-391 to 28-394 do not apply to an act or conduct causing or contributing to the death of an unborn child when the act or conduct is:


(1) Committed or engaged in by the mother of the unborn child;


(2) Any medical procedure performed with the consent of the mother; or


(3) Dispensing a drug or device in accordance with law or administering a drug or device prescribed in accordance with law.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2002, LB 824, § 4.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-391

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(c) Homicide of the Unborn Child Act

28-391. Murder of an unborn child in the first degree; penalty


(1) A person commits murder of an unborn child in the first degree if he or she in committing an act or engaging in conduct that causes the death of an unborn child, intends, with deliberate and premeditated malice, to kill the unborn child or the mother of the unborn child with knowledge of the pregnancy.


(2) Murder of an unborn child in the first degree is a Class IA felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2002, LB 824, § 5.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-392

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(c) Homicide of the Unborn Child Act

28-392. Murder of an unborn child in the second degree; penalty


(1) A person commits murder of an unborn child in the second degree if he or she, in committing an act or engaging in conduct that causes the death of an unborn child, intends, but without premeditation, to kill the unborn child or another.


(2) Murder of an unborn child in the second degree is a Class IB felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2002, LB 824, § 6.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-393

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(c) Homicide of the Unborn Child Act

28-393. Manslaughter of an unborn child; penalty


(1) A person commits manslaughter of an unborn child if he or she (a) kills an unborn child without malice upon a sudden quarrel with any person or (b) causes the death of an unborn child unintentionally while in the perpetration of or attempt to perpetrate any criminal assault, any sexual assault, arson, robbery, kidnapping, intentional child abuse, hijacking of any public or private means of transportation, or burglary.


(2) Manslaughter of an unborn child is a Class III felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2002, LB 824, § 7.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-394

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(c) Homicide of the Unborn Child Act

28-394. Motor vehicle homicide of an unborn child; penalty


(1) A person who causes the death of an unborn child unintentionally while engaged in the operation of a motor vehicle in violation of the law of the State of Nebraska or in violation of any city or village ordinance commits motor vehicle homicide of an unborn child.


(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, motor vehicle homicide of an unborn child is a Class I misdemeanor.


(3)(a) If the proximate cause of the death of an unborn child is the operation of a motor vehicle in violation of section 60-6,213 or 60-6,214, motor vehicle homicide of an unborn child is a Class IV felony.


(b) Except as provided in subdivision (3)(c) of this section, if the proximate cause of the death of an unborn child is the operation of a motor vehicle in violation of section 60-6,196 or 60-6,197.06, motor vehicle homicide of an unborn child is a Class IV felony and the court shall, as part of the judgment of conviction, order the person not to drive any motor vehicle for any purpose for a period of at least sixty days and not more than fifteen years after the date ordered by the court and shall order that the operator's license of such person be revoked for the same period. The revocation shall not run concurrently with any jail term imposed.


(c) If the proximate cause of the death of an unborn child is the operation of a motor vehicle in violation of section 60-6,196 or 60-6,197.06 and the defendant has a prior conviction for a violation of section 60-6,196 or a city or village ordinance enacted in conformance with section 60-6,196, motor vehicle homicide of an unborn child is a Class III felony and the court shall, as part of the judgment of conviction, order the person not to drive any motor vehicle for any purpose for a period of at least sixty days and not more than fifteen years after the date ordered by the court and shall order that the operator's license of such person be revoked for the same period. The revocation shall not run concurrently with any jail term imposed.


(4) The crime punishable under this section shall be treated as a separate and distinct offense from any other offense arising out of acts alleged to have been committed while the person was in violation of this section.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2002, LB 824, § 8; Laws 2004, LB 208, § 2; Laws 2011, LB 667, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-395

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(d) Assault of an Unborn Child Act

28-395. Act, how cited


Sections 28-395 to 28-3,101 shall be known and may be cited as the Assault of an Unborn Child Act.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2006, LB 57, § 2.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-396

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(d) Assault of an Unborn Child Act

28-396. Unborn child, defined


For purposes of the Assault of an Unborn Child Act, unborn child means an individual member of the species Homo sapiens at any stage of development in utero.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2006, LB 57, § 3.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-397

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(d) Assault of an Unborn Child Act

28-397. Assault of an unborn child in the first degree; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of assault of an unborn child in the first degree if he or she, during the commission of any criminal assault on a pregnant woman, intentionally or knowingly causes serious bodily injury to her unborn child.


(2) Assault of an unborn child in the first degree is a Class III felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2006, LB 57, § 4.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-398

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(d) Assault of an Unborn Child Act

28-398. Assault of an unborn child in the second degree; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of assault of an unborn child in the second degree if he or she, during the commission of any criminal assault on a pregnant woman, recklessly causes serious bodily injury to her unborn child with a dangerous instrument.


(2) Assault of an unborn child in the second degree is a Class IIIA felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2006, LB 57, § 5.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-399

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(d) Assault of an Unborn Child Act

28-399. Assault of an unborn child in the third degree; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of assault of an unborn child in the third degree if he or she, during the commission of any criminal assault on a pregnant woman, recklessly causes serious bodily injury to her unborn child.


(2) Assault of an unborn child in the third degree is a Class I misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2006, LB 57, § 6.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-3,100

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(d) Assault of an Unborn Child Act

28-3,100. Applicability of act


The Assault of an Unborn Child Act does not apply to:


(1) Any act or conduct that is committed or engaged in by the mother of the unborn child;


(2) Any medical procedure performed with the consent of the mother; or


(3) Dispensing a drug or device in accordance with law or administering a drug or device prescribed in accordance with law.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2006, LB 57, § 7.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-3,101

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(d) Assault of an Unborn Child Act

28-3,101. Prosecution of separate acts


Assault on a pregnant woman and assault on her unborn child shall be considered as separate acts or conduct for purposes of prosecution.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2006, LB 57, § 8.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-3,102

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(e) Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

28-3,102. Act, how cited


Sections 28-3,102 to 28-3,111 shall be known and may be cited as the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2010, LB 1103, § 1, eff. Oct. 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-3,103

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(e) Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

28-3,103. Terms, defined


For purposes of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act:


(1) Abortion means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or other substance or device to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, or to remove a dead unborn child who died as the result of natural causes in utero, accidental trauma, or a criminal assault on the pregnant woman or her unborn child, and which causes the premature termination of the pregnancy;


(2) Attempt to perform or induce an abortion means an act, or an omission of a statutorily required act, that, under the circumstances as the actor believes them to be, constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in the performance or induction of an abortion in this state in violation of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act;


(3) Fertilization means the fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum;


(4) Medical emergency means a condition which, in reasonable medical judgment, so complicates the medical condition of the pregnant woman as to necessitate the immediate abortion of her pregnancy to avert her death or for which a delay will create a serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function. No condition shall be deemed a medical emergency if based on a claim or diagnosis that the woman will engage in conduct which would result in her death or in substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function;


(5) Postfertilization age means the age of the unborn child as calculated from the fertilization of the human ovum;


(6) Reasonable medical judgment means a medical judgment that would be made by a reasonably prudent physician, knowledgeable about the case and the treatment possibilities with respect to the medical conditions involved;


(7) Physician means any person licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine under the Uniform Credentialing Act;


(8) Probable postfertilization age of the unborn child means what, in reasonable medical judgment, will with reasonable probability be the postfertilization age of the unborn child at the time the abortion is planned to be performed;


(9) Unborn child or fetus each mean an individual organism of the species homo sapiens from fertilization until live birth; and


(10) Woman means a female human being whether or not she has reached the age of majority.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2010, LB 1103, § 2, eff. Oct. 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-3,104

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(e) Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

28-3,104. Legislative findings


The Legislature makes the following findings:


(1) At least by twenty weeks after fertilization there is substantial evidence that an unborn child has the physical structures necessary to experience pain;


(2) There is substantial evidence that, by twenty weeks after fertilization, unborn children seek to evade certain stimuli in a manner which in an infant or an adult would be interpreted as a response to pain;


(3) Anesthesia is routinely administered to unborn children who have developed twenty weeks or more past fertilization who undergo prenatal surgery;


(4) Even before twenty weeks after fertilization, unborn children have been observed to exhibit hormonal stress responses to painful stimuli. Such responses were reduced when pain medication was administered directly to such unborn children; and


(5) It is the purpose of the State of Nebraska to assert a compelling state interest in protecting the lives of unborn children from the stage at which substantial medical evidence indicates that they are capable of feeling pain.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2010, LB 1103, § 3, eff. Oct. 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-3,105

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(e) Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

28-3,105. Determination of probable postfertilization age of unborn child; physician; duties


(1) Except in the case of a medical emergency which prevents compliance with this section, no abortion shall be performed or induced or be attempted to be performed or induced unless the physician performing or inducing it has first made a determination of the probable postfertilization age of the unborn child or relied upon such a determination made by another physician. In making such a determination, a physician shall make such inquiries of the woman and perform or cause to be performed such medical examinations and tests as a reasonably prudent physician, knowledgeable about the case and the medical conditions involved, would consider necessary to perform in making an accurate diagnosis with respect to postfertilization age.


(2) Failure by any physician to conform to any requirement of this section constitutes unprofessional conduct pursuant to section 38-2021.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2010, LB 1103, § 4, eff. Oct. 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-3,106

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(e) Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

28-3,106. Abortion; performance; restrictions


No person shall perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion upon a woman when it has been determined, by the physician performing or inducing the abortion or by another physician upon whose determination that physician relies, that the probable postfertilization age of the woman's unborn child is twenty or more weeks unless, in reasonable medical judgment (1) she has a condition which so complicates her medical condition as to necessitate the abortion of her pregnancy to avert her death or to avert serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function or (2) it is necessary to preserve the life of an unborn child. No such condition shall be deemed to exist if it is based on a claim or diagnosis that the woman will engage in conduct which would result in her death or in substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function. In such a case, the physician shall terminate the pregnancy in the manner which, in reasonable medical judgment, provides the best opportunity for the unborn child to survive, unless, in reasonable medical judgment, termination of the pregnancy in that manner would pose a greater risk either of the death of the pregnant woman or of the substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function of the woman than would another available method. No such greater risk shall be deemed to exist if it is based on a claim or diagnosis that the woman will engage in conduct which would result in her death or in substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2010, LB 1103, § 5, eff. Oct. 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-3,107

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(e) Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

28-3,107. Report to Department of Health and Human Services; contents; department; issue public report; failure to file report; late fee; prohibited acts; penalty


(1) Any physician who performs or induces or attempts to perform or induce an abortion shall report to the Department of Health and Human Services, on a schedule and in accordance with forms and rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the department:


(a) If a determination of probable postfertilization age was made, the probable postfertilization age determined and the method and basis of the determination;


(b) If a determination of probable postfertilization age was not made, the basis of the determination that a medical emergency existed;


(c) If the probable postfertilization age was determined to be twenty or more weeks, the basis of the determination that the pregnant woman had a condition which so complicated her medical condition as to necessitate the abortion of her pregnancy to avert her death or to avert serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function, or the basis of the determination that it was necessary to preserve the life of an unborn child; and


(d) The method used for the abortion and, in the case of an abortion performed when the probable postfertilization age was determined to be twenty or more weeks, whether the method of abortion used was one that, in reasonable medical judgment, provided the best opportunity for the unborn child to survive or, if such a method was not used, the basis of the determination that termination of the pregnancy in that manner would pose a greater risk either of the death of the pregnant woman or of the substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function of the woman than would other available methods.


(2) By June 30 of each year, the department shall issue a public report providing statistics for the previous calendar year compiled from all of the reports covering that year submitted in accordance with this section for each of the items listed in subsection (1) of this section. Each such report shall also provide the statistics for all previous calendar years during which this section was in effect, adjusted to reflect any additional information from late or corrected reports. The department shall take care to ensure that none of the information included in the public reports could reasonably lead to the identification of any pregnant woman upon whom an abortion was performed.


(3) Any physician who fails to submit a report by the end of thirty days following the due date shall be subject to a late fee of five hundred dollars for each additional thirty-day period or portion of a thirty-day period the report is overdue. Any physician required to report in accordance with the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act who has not submitted a report, or has submitted only an incomplete report, more than one year following the due date, may, in an action brought in the manner in which actions are brought to enforce the Uniform Credentialing Act pursuant to section 38-1,139, be directed by a court of competent jurisdiction to submit a complete report within a time period stated by court order or be subject to civil contempt. Failure by any physician to conform to any requirement of this section, other than late filing of a report, constitutes unprofessional conduct pursuant to section 38-2021. Failure by any physician to submit a complete report in accordance with a court order constitutes unprofessional conduct pursuant to section 38-2021. Intentional or reckless falsification of any report required under this section is a Class V misdemeanor.


(4) Within ninety days after October 15, 2010, the department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to assist in compliance with this section.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2010, LB 1103, § 6, eff. Oct. 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-3,108

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(e) Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

28-3,108. Prohibited abortion; penalty


Any person who intentionally or recklessly performs or attempts to perform an abortion in violation of section 28-3,106 is guilty of a Class IV felony. No penalty shall be assessed against the woman upon whom the abortion is performed or attempted to be performed.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2010, LB 1103, § 7, eff. Oct. 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-3,109

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(e) Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

28-3,109. Action for damages; action for injunctive relief; attorney's fees


(1) Any woman upon whom an abortion has been performed in violation of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act or the father of the unborn child who was the subject of such an abortion may maintain an action against the person who performed the abortion in an intentional or a reckless violation of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act for actual damages. Any woman upon whom an abortion has been attempted in violation of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act may maintain an action against the person who attempted to perform the abortion in an intentional or a reckless violation of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act for actual damages.


(2) A cause of action for injunctive relief against any person who has intentionally violated the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act may be maintained by the woman upon whom an abortion was performed or attempted to be performed in violation of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, by any person who is the spouse, parent, sibling, or guardian of, or a current or former licensed health care provider of, the woman upon whom an abortion has been performed or attempted to be performed in violation of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, by a county attorney with appropriate jurisdiction, or by the Attorney General. The injunction shall prevent the abortion provider from performing further abortions in violation of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act in this state.


(3) If judgment is rendered in favor of the plaintiff in an action described in this section, the court shall also render judgment for reasonable attorney's fees in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant.


(4) If judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant and the court finds that the plaintiff's suit was frivolous and brought in bad faith, the court shall also render judgment for reasonable attorney's fees in favor of the defendant against the plaintiff.


(5) No damages or attorney's fees may be assessed against the woman upon whom an abortion was performed or attempted to be performed except as provided in subsection (4) of this section.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2010, LB 1103, § 8, eff. Oct. 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-3,110

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(e) Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

28-3,110. Anonymity; court orders authorized


In every civil or criminal proceeding or action brought under the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, the court shall rule whether the anonymity of any woman upon whom an abortion has been performed or attempted shall be preserved from public disclosure if she does not give her consent to such disclosure. The court, upon motion or sua sponte, shall make such a ruling and, upon determining that her anonymity should be preserved, shall issue orders to the parties, witnesses, and counsel and shall direct the sealing of the record and exclusion of individuals from courtrooms or hearing rooms to the extent necessary to safeguard her identity from public disclosure. Each such order shall be accompanied by specific written findings explaining why the anonymity of the woman should be preserved from public disclosure, why the order is essential to that end, how the order is narrowly tailored to serve that interest, and why no reasonable less restrictive alternative exists. In the absence of written consent of the woman upon whom an abortion has been performed or attempted, anyone, other than a public official, who brings an action under section 28-3,109 shall do so under a pseudonym. This section shall not be construed to conceal the identity of the plaintiff or of witnesses from the defendant or from attorneys for the defendant.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2010, LB 1103, § 9, eff. Oct. 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-3,111

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 3. Offenses Against the Person

(e) Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

28-3,111. Severability


If any one or more provisions, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is found to be unconstitutional, the same is hereby declared to be severable and the balance of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act shall remain effective notwithstanding such unconstitutionality. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, and each provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more provisions, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, or the application of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, would be declared unconstitutional.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2010, LB 1103, § 10, eff. Oct. 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. Ch. 28, Art. 4, Refs & Annos

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics


UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT


<Table of Jurisdictions Wherein Either the 1970, 1990, or 1994 Versions of the Act or a Combination Thereof Has Been Adopted 1>


<For text of Uniform Act and variations notes and annotation materials for adopting jurisdictions, see Uniform Laws Annotated, Master Edition, or the ULA database on Westlaw.>


Jurisdiction

 

Laws

Effective Date

Statutory Citation

Alabama

1971, No. 140

9-16-1971 [FN*]

Code 1975, §§ 20-2-1 to 20-2-190.

Alaska

1982, c. 45

1-1-1983

AS 11.71.010 to 11.71.900, 17.30.010 to 17.30.900.

Arizona

1979, c. 103

7-1-1980

A.R.S. §§ 36-2501 to 36-2553.

Arkansas [FN2]

1971, No. 590

4-7-1971

A.C.A. §§ 5-64-101 to 5-64-608.

California

1972, c. 1407

3-7-1973

West's Ann.Cal. Health & Safety Code, §§ 11000 to 11657.

Colorado

1981, pp. 707 to 728

 

West's C.R.S.A. §§ 18-18-101 to 18-18-605.

Connecticut

1967, No. 555

6-21-1967

C.G.S.A. §§ 21a-240 to 21a-283.

Delaware

1972, c. 424

6-13-1972 [FN*]

16 Del.C. §§ 4701 to 4796.

District of Columbia

1981, D.C.Law 4-29

 

D.C. Official Code, 2001 Ed. §§ 48-901.01 to 48-931.02.

Florida

1973, c. 331

7-1-1973

West's F.S.A. §§ 893.01 to 893.165.

Georgia

1974, p. 221

7-1-1974

O.C.G.A. §§ 16-13-20 to 16-13-65.

Hawaii

1972, c. 10

1-1-1973

HRS §§ 329-1 to 329-128.

Idaho

1971, c. 215

5-1-1971

I.C. §§ 37-2701 to 37-2751.

Illinois

1971, P.A. 77-757

8-16-1971

S.H.A. 720 ILCS 570/100 to 570/603.

Indiana

1976, P.L. 148

7-1-1977

West's A.I.C. 35-48-1-1 to 35-48-7-15.

Iowa

1971, c. 148

7-1-1971

I.C.A. §§ 124.101 to 124.602.

Kansas

1972, c. 234

7-1-1972

K.S.A. 65-4101 to 65-4166.

Kentucky

1972, c. 226

7-1-1972

KRS 218A.010 to 218A.993.

Louisiana

1972, No. 634

7-26-1972

LSA-R.S. 40:961 to 40:995.

Maine

1975, c. 499

5-1-1976

17-A M.R.S.A. §§ 1101 to 1118.

 

1941, c. 251

4-16-1941

22 M.R.S.A. §§ 2383, 2383-A, 2383-B.

Maryland

2002, c. 26

10-1-2002

Criminal Law, §§ 5-101 to 5-1101.

Massachusetts

1971, c. 1071

7-1-1972

M.G.L.A. c. 94C, §§ 1 to 48.

Michigan

1978, No. 368

9-30-1978

M.C.L.A. §§ 333.7101 to 333.7545.

Minnesota

1971, c. 937

6-18-1971

M.S.A. §§ 152.01 to 152.20.

Mississippi

1971, c. 521

4-16-1971

Code 1972, §§ 41-29-101 to 41-29-185.

Missouri

1971, H.B. No. 69

9-28-1971

V.A.M.S. §§ 195.010 to 195.320.

Montana

1973, c. 412

7-1-1973

MCA 50-32-101 to 50-32-405.

Nebraska

1971, LB 326

5-26-1971

R.R.S.1943, §§ 28-401 to 28-457.

Nevada

1971, c. 667

1-1-1972

N.R.S. 453.011 et seq.

New Jersey

1970, c. 226

1-17-1971

N.J.S.A. 2C:35-1 to 2C:35-24, 2C:36-1 to 2C:36-10, 24:21-1 to 24:21-53.

New Mexico

1972, c. 84

 

NMSA 1978, §§ 30-31-1 to 30-31-41.

New York

1972, c. 878

4-1-1973

McKinney's Public Health Law §§ 3300 to 3396.

North Carolina

1971, c. 919

1-1-1972

G.S. §§ 90-86 to 90-113.8.

North Dakota

1971, c. 235

7-1-1971

NDCC 19-03.1-01 to 19-03.1-46.

Ohio

1975, p. 269

7-1-1976

R.C. §§ 3719.01 to 3719.99.

Oklahoma

1971, c. 119

9-1-1971

63 Okl.St.Ann. §§ 2-101 to 2-610.

Oregon

1977, c. 745

7-1-1978

ORS 475.005 to 475.285, 475.295, 475.940 to 475.999.

Pennsylvania

1972, No. 64

6-14-1972

35 P.S. §§ 780-101 to 780-144.

Puerto Rico

1971, No. 4

180 days after

24 L.P.R.A. §§ 2101 to 2607.

 

 

6-23-1971

 

Rhode Island

1974, c. 183

7-1-1974

Gen.Laws 1956, §§ 21-28-1.01 to 21-28-6.02.

South Carolina

1971, p. 800

6-17-1971

Code 1976, §§ 44-53-110 to 44-53-590.

South Dakota

1970, c. 229

2-13-1970

SDCL 34-20B-1 to 34-20B-114.

Tennessee

1971, c. 163

7-1-1971

T.C.A. §§ 39-17-401 to 39-17-434, 53-11-301 to 53-11-452.

Texas

1973, c. 429

8-27-1973

V.T.C.A. Health & Safety Code, §§ 481.001 to 482.005.

Utah

1971, c. 145

1-1-1972

U.C.A.1953, 58-37-1 to 58-37-21.

Virgin Islands

1971, No. 2961

30 days foll.

19 V.I.C. §§ 591 to 631.

 

 

3-23-1971

 

Virginia

1970, c. 650

4-5-1970 [FN*]

Code 1950, §§ 54.1-3400 to 54.1-3472.

Washington

1971, c. 308

5-21-1971

West's RCWA §§ 69.50.101 to 69.50.609.

West Virginia

1971, c. 54

6-10-1971

Code, 60A-1-101 to 60A-6-605.

Wisconsin

1971, c. 219

10-1-1972

W.S.A. 961.001 to 961.62.

Wyoming

1971, c. 246

3-4-1971 [FN*]

Wyo.Stat.Ann. §§ 35-7-1001 to 35-7-1062.


[FN1] The 1970, 1990, and 1994 versions of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, while different, are similar in many of their provisions. The acts of the adopting jurisdictions will, therefore, generally contain many provisions common to all of those versions. Thus, it is often difficult to say with certitude that a jurisdiction has adopted one version of the act rather than another. For that reason, all jurisdictions adopting the Uniform Controlled Substances Act will be carried in an identical table found at the beginning of each of the versions of the act.


[FN2] Note that Arkansas has adopted and retains the major provisions of both the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act and the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. See General Statutory Note.


[FN*] Date of approval.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-401

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-401. Terms, defined


As used in the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, unless the context otherwise requires:


(1) Administer shall mean to directly apply a controlled substance by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means to the body of a patient or research subject;


(2) Agent shall mean an authorized person who acts on behalf of or at the direction of another person but shall not include a common or contract carrier, public warehouse keeper, or employee of a carrier or warehouse keeper;


(3) Administration shall mean the Drug Enforcement Administration, United States Department of Justice;


(4) Controlled substance shall mean a drug, biological, substance, or immediate precursor in Schedules I to V of section 28-405. Controlled substance shall not include distilled spirits, wine, malt beverages, tobacco, or any nonnarcotic substance if such substance may, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq., as such act existed on January 1, 2009, and the law of this state, be lawfully sold over the counter without a prescription;


(5) Counterfeit substance shall mean a controlled substance which, or the container or labeling of which, without authorization, bears the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, number, or device, or any likeness thereof, of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser other than the person or persons who in fact manufactured, distributed, or dispensed such substance and which thereby falsely purports or is represented to be the product of, or to have been distributed by, such other manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser;


(6) Department shall mean the Department of Health and Human Services;


(7) Division of Drug Control shall mean the personnel of the Nebraska State Patrol who are assigned to enforce the Uniform Controlled Substances Act;


(8) Dispense shall mean to deliver a controlled substance to an ultimate user or a research subject pursuant to a medical order issued by a practitioner authorized to prescribe, including the packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the controlled substance for such delivery;


(9) Distribute shall mean to deliver other than by administering or dispensing a controlled substance;


(10) Prescribe shall mean to issue a medical order;


(11) Drug shall mean (a) articles recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them, (b) substances intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in human beings or animals, and (c) substances intended for use as a component of any article specified in subdivision (a) or (b) of this subdivision, but shall not include devices or their components, parts, or accessories;


(12) Deliver or delivery shall mean the actual, constructive, or attempted transfer from one person to another of a controlled substance, whether or not there is an agency relationship;


(13) Marijuana shall mean all parts of the plant of the genus cannabis, whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant or its seeds, but shall not include the mature stalks of such plant, hashish, tetrahydrocannabinols extracted or isolated from the plant, fiber produced from such stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of such plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such mature stalks, or the sterilized seed of such plant which is incapable of germination. When the weight of marijuana is referred to in the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, it shall mean its weight at or about the time it is seized or otherwise comes into the possession of law enforcement authorities, whether cured or uncured at that time;


(14) Manufacture shall mean the production, preparation, propagation, conversion, or processing of a controlled substance, either directly or indirectly, by extraction from substances of natural origin, independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis, and shall include any packaging or repackaging of the substance or labeling or relabeling of its container. Manufacture shall not include the preparation or compounding of a controlled substance by an individual for his or her own use, except for the preparation or compounding of components or ingredients used for or intended to be used for the manufacture of methamphetamine, or the preparation, compounding, conversion, packaging, or labeling of a controlled substance: (a) By a practitioner as an incident to his or her prescribing, administering, or dispensing of a controlled substance in the course of his or her professional practice; or (b) by a practitioner, or by his or her authorized agent under his or her supervision, for the purpose of, or as an incident to, research, teaching, or chemical analysis and not for sale;


(15) Narcotic drug shall mean any of the following, whether produced directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of vegetable origin, independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis: (a) Opium, opium poppy and poppy straw, coca leaves, and opiates; (b) a compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, or preparation of opium, coca leaves, or opiates; or (c) a substance and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, or preparation thereof which is chemically equivalent to or identical with any of the substances referred to in subdivisions (a) and (b) of this subdivision, except that the words narcotic drug as used in the Uniform Controlled Substances Act shall not include decocainized coca leaves or extracts of coca leaves, which extracts do not contain cocaine or ecgonine, or isoquinoline alkaloids of opium;


(16) Opiate shall mean any substance having an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or being capable of conversion into a drug having such addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability. Opiate shall not include the dextrorotatory isomer of 3-methoxy-n methylmorphinan and its salts. Opiate shall include its racemic and levorotatory forms;


(17) Opium poppy shall mean the plant of the species Papaver somniferum L., except the seeds thereof;


(18) Poppy straw shall mean all parts, except the seeds, of the opium poppy after mowing;


(19) Person shall mean any corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, or one or more individuals;


(20) Practitioner shall mean a physician, a physician assistant, a dentist, a veterinarian, a pharmacist, a podiatrist, an optometrist, a certified nurse midwife, a certified registered nurse anesthetist, a nurse practitioner, a scientific investigator, a pharmacy, a hospital, or any other person licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, prescribe, conduct research with respect to, or administer a controlled substance in the course of practice or research in this state, including an emergency medical service as defined in section 38-1207;


(21) Production shall include the manufacture, planting, cultivation, or harvesting of a controlled substance;


(22) Immediate precursor shall mean a substance which is the principal compound commonly used or produced primarily for use and which is an immediate chemical intermediary used or likely to be used in the manufacture of a controlled substance, the control of which is necessary to prevent, curtail, or limit such manufacture;


(23) State shall mean the State of Nebraska;


(24) Ultimate user shall mean a person who lawfully possesses a controlled substance for his or her own use, for the use of a member of his or her household, or for administration to an animal owned by him or her or by a member of his or her household;


(25) Hospital shall have the same meaning as in section 71-419;


(26) Cooperating individual shall mean any person, other than a commissioned law enforcement officer, who acts on behalf of, at the request of, or as agent for a law enforcement agency for the purpose of gathering or obtaining evidence of offenses punishable under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act;


(27) Hashish or concentrated cannabis shall mean: (a) The separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from a plant of the genus cannabis; or (b) any material, preparation, mixture, compound, or other substance which contains ten percent or more by weight of tetrahydrocannabinols;


(28) Exceptionally hazardous drug shall mean (a) a narcotic drug, (b) thiophene analog of phencyclidine, (c) phencyclidine, (d) amobarbital, (e) secobarbital, (f) pentobarbital, (g) amphetamine, or (h) methamphetamine;


(29) Imitation controlled substance shall mean a substance which is not a controlled substance but which, by way of express or implied representations and consideration of other relevant factors including those specified in section 28-445, would lead a reasonable person to believe the substance is a controlled substance. A placebo or registered investigational drug manufactured, distributed, possessed, or delivered in the ordinary course of practice or research by a health care professional shall not be deemed to be an imitation controlled substance;


(30)(a) Controlled substance analogue shall mean a substance (i) the chemical structure of which is substantially similar to the chemical structure of a Schedule I or Schedule II controlled substance as provided in section 28-405 or (ii) which has a stimulant, depressant, analgesic, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system that is substantially similar to or greater than the stimulant, depressant, analgesic, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system of a Schedule I or Schedule II controlled substance as provided in section 28-405. A controlled substance analogue shall, to the extent intended for human consumption, be treated as a controlled substance under Schedule I of section 28-405 for purposes of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act; and


(b) Controlled substance analogue shall not include (i) a controlled substance, (ii) any substance generally recognized as safe and effective within the meaning of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq., as such act existed on January 1, 2009, (iii) any substance for which there is an approved new drug application, or (iv) with respect to a particular person, any substance if an exemption is in effect for investigational use for that person, under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 355, as such section existed on January 1, 2009, to the extent conduct with respect to such substance is pursuant to such exemption;


(31) Anabolic steroid shall mean any drug or hormonal substance, chemically and pharmacologically related to testosterone (other than estrogens, progestins, and corticosteroids), that promotes muscle growth and includes any controlled substance in Schedule III(d) of section 28-405. Anabolic steroid shall not include any anabolic steroid which is expressly intended for administration through implants to cattle or other nonhuman species and has been approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for such administration, but if any person prescribes, dispenses, or distributes such a steroid for human use, such person shall be considered to have prescribed, dispensed, or distributed an anabolic steroid within the meaning of this subdivision;


(32) Chart order shall mean an order for a controlled substance issued by a practitioner for a patient who is in the hospital where the chart is stored or for a patient receiving detoxification treatment or maintenance treatment pursuant to section 28-412. Chart order shall not include a prescription;


(33) Medical order shall mean a prescription, a chart order, or an order for pharmaceutical care issued by a practitioner;


(34) Prescription shall mean an order for a controlled substance issued by a practitioner. Prescription shall not include a chart order;


(35) Registrant shall mean any person who has a controlled substances registration issued by the state or the administration;


(36) Reverse distributor shall mean a person whose primary function is to act as an agent for a pharmacy, wholesaler, manufacturer, or other entity by receiving, inventorying, and managing the disposition of outdated, expired, or otherwise nonsaleable controlled substances;


(37) Signature shall mean the name, word, or mark of a person written in his or her own hand with the intent to authenticate a writing or other form of communication or a digital signature which complies with section 86-611 or an electronic signature;


(38) Facsimile shall mean a copy generated by a system that encodes a document or photograph into electrical signals, transmits those signals over telecommunications lines, and reconstructs the signals to create an exact duplicate of the original document at the receiving end;


(39) Electronic signature shall have the definition found in section 86-621;


(40) Electronic transmission shall mean transmission of information in electronic form. Electronic transmission may include computer-to-computer transmission or computer-to-facsimile transmission; and


(41) Long-term care facility shall mean an intermediate care facility, an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, a long-term care hospital, a mental health center, a nursing facility, or a skilled nursing facility, as such terms are defined in the Health Care Facility Licensure Act.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 61; Laws 1978, LB 276, § 1; Laws 1980, LB 696, § 1; Laws 1985, LB 323, § 1; Laws 1985, LB 406, § 2; Laws 1988, LB 537, § 1; Laws 1988, LB 273, § 3; Laws 1992, LB 1019, § 30; Laws 1993, LB 121, § 175; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 68; Laws 1996, LB 1108, § 1; Laws 1997, LB 307, § 3; Laws 1999, LB 379, § 1; Laws 2001, LB 398, § 1; Laws 2002, LB 1105, § 428; Laws 2003, LB 200, § 1; Laws 2005, LB 117, § 1; Laws 2005, LB 256, § 16; Laws 2005, LB 382, § 1; Laws 2007, LB 247, § 1; Laws 2007, LB 296, § 35; Laws 2007, LB 463, § 1119; Laws 2009, LB 195, § 1, eff. Aug. 30, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-401.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-401.01. Act, how cited


Sections 28-401 to 28-456.01 and 28-458 to 28-462 shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 98; Laws 2001, LB 113, § 17; Laws 2001, LB 398, § 2; Laws 2005, LB 117, § 2; Laws 2007, LB 463, § 1120; Laws 2011, LB 20, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.


Codifications: R.S. 1943, (1995), § 28-438.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-401.02

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-401.02. Act; how construed


Nothing in the Uniform Controlled Substances Act shall be construed as authority for a practitioner to perform an act for which he or she is not authorized by the laws of this state.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2001, LB 398, § 3.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-402

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-402. Repealed by Laws 2001, LB 398, § 97


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-403

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Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-403. Administering secret medicine; penalty


If any physician or other person shall prescribe any drug or medicine to another person, the true nature and composition of which he does not, if inquired of, truly make known, but avow the same to be a secret medicine or composition, thereby endangering the life of such other person, he shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 63.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-404

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-404. Controlled substances; declaration


All drugs and substances or immediate precursors listed in section 28-405 are hereby declared to be controlled substances, whether listed by official name, generic, common, or usual name, chemical name, brand, or trade name.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 64; Laws 1990, LB 571, § 3; Laws 1992, LB 1019, § 31.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-405

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-405. Controlled substances; schedules; enumerated


The following are the schedules of controlled substances referred to in the Uniform Controlled Substances Act:


Schedule I


(a) Any of the following opiates, including their isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers, unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of such isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible within the specific chemical designation:


(1) Acetylmethadol;


(2) Allylprodine;


(3) Alphacetylmethadol, except levo-alphacetylmethadol which is also known as levo-alpha-acetylmethadol, levomethadyl acetate, and LAAM;


(4) Alphameprodine;


(5) Alphamethadol;


(6) Benzethidine;


(7) Betacetylmethadol;


(8) Betameprodine;


(9) Betamethadol;


(10) Betaprodine;


(11) Clonitazene;


(12) Dextromoramide;


(13) Difenoxin;


(14) Diampromide;


(15) Diethylthiambutene;


(16) Dimenoxadol;


(17) Dimepheptanol;


(18) Dimethylthiambutene;


(19) Dioxaphetyl butyrate;


(20) Dipipanone;


(21) Ethylmethylthiambutene;


(22) Etonitazene;


(23) Etoxeridine;


(24) Furethidine;


(25) Hydroxypethidine;


(26) Ketobemidone;


(27) Levomoramide;


(28) Levophenacylmorphan;


(29) Morpheridine;


(30) Noracymethadol;


(31) Norlevorphanol;


(32) Normethadone;


(33) Norpipanone;


(34) Phenadoxone;


(35) Phenampromide;


(36) Phenomorphan;


(37) Phenoperidine;


(38) Piritramide;


(39) Proheptazine;


(40) Properidine;


(41) Propiram;


(42) Racemoramide;


(43) Trimeperidine;


(44) Alpha-methylfentanyl, N-(1-(alpha-methyl-beta-phenyl)ethyl-4-piperidyl) propionanilide, 1-(1-methyl-2-phenylethyl)-4-(N-propanilido) piperidine;


(45) Tilidine;


(46) 3-Methylfentanyl, N-(3-methyl-1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidyl)-N-phenylpropanamide, its optical and geometric isomers, salts, and salts of isomers;


(47) 1-methyl-4-phenyl-4-propionoxypiperidine (MPPP), its optical isomers, salts, and salts of isomers;


(48) PEPAP, 1-(2-phenethyl)-4-phenyl-4-acetoxypiperidine, its optical isomers, salts, and salts of isomers;


(49) Acetyl-alpha-methylfentanyl, N-(1-(1-methyl-2-phenethyl)-4-piperidinyl)-N-phenylacetamide, its optical isomers, salts, and salts of isomers;


(50) Alpha-methylthiofentanyl, N -(1-methyl-2-(2-thienyl)ethyl-4-piperidinyl)-N-phenylpropanamide, its optical isomers, salts, and salts of isomers;


(51) Benzylfentanyl, N-(1-benzyl-4-piperidyl)-N-phenylpropanamide, its optical isomers, salts, and salts of isomers;


(52) Beta-hydroxyfentanyl, N-(1-(2-hydroxy-2-phenethyl)-4-piperidinyl)-N-phenylpropanamide, its optical isomers, salts, and salts of isomers;


(53) Beta-hydroxy-3-methylfentanyl, (other name: N-(1-(2-hydroxy-2-phenethyl)-3-methyl-4-piperidinyl)-N-phenylpropanamide), its optical and geometric isomers, salts, and salts of isomers;


(54) 3-methylthiofentanyl, N-(3-methyl-1-(2-thienyl)ethyl-4-piperidinyl)-N-phenylpropanamide, its optical and geometric isomers, salts, and salts of isomers;


(55) N-(1-(2-thienyl)methyl-4-piperidyl)-N-phenylpropanamide (thenylfentanyl), its optical isomers, salts, and salts of isomers;


(56) Thiofentanyl, N-phenyl-N-(1-(2-thienyl)ethyl-4-piperidinyl)-propanamide, its optical isomers, salts, and salts of isomers; and


(57) Para-fluorofentanyl, N-(4-fluorophenyl)-N-(1-(2-phenethyl)-4-piperidinyl)propanamide, its optical isomers, salts, and salts of isomers.


(b) Any of the following opium derivatives, their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:


(1) Acetorphine;


(2) Acetyldihydrocodeine;


(3) Benzylmorphine;


(4) Codeine methylbromide;


(5) Codeine-N-Oxide;


(6) Cyprenorphine;


(7) Desomorphine;


(8) Dihydromorphine;


(9) Drotebanol;


(10) Etorphine, except hydrochloride salt;


(11) Heroin;


(12) Hydromorphinol;


(13) Methyldesorphine;


(14) Methyldihydromorphine;


(15) Morphine methylbromide;


(16) Morphine methylsulfonate;


(17) Morphine-N-Oxide;


(18) Myrophine;


(19) Nicocodeine;


(20) Nicomorphine;


(21) Normorphine;


(22) Pholcodine; and


(23) Thebacon.


(c) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation, and, for purposes of this subdivision only, isomer shall include the optical, position, and geometric isomers:


(1) Bufotenine. Trade and other names shall include, but are not limited to: 3-(beta-Dimethylaminoethyl)-5-hydroxyindole; 3-(2-dimethylaminoethyl)-5-indolol; N,N-dimethylserotonin; 5-hydroxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine; and mappine;


(2) Diethyltryptamine. Trade and other names shall include, but are not limited to: N,N-Diethyltryptamine; and DET;


(3) Dimethyltryptamine. Trade and other names shall include, but are not limited to: DMT;


(4) 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine. Trade and other names shall include, but are not limited to: 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxy-alpha-methylphenethylamine; and 4-bromo-2,5-DMA;


(5) 4-methoxyamphetamine. Trade and other names shall include, but are not limited to: 4-methoxy-alpha-methylphenethylamine; and paramethoxyamphetamine, PMA;


(6) 4-methyl-2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine. Trade and other names shall include, but are not limited to: 4-methyl-2,5-dimethoxy-alpha-methylphenethylamine; DOM; and STP;


(7) 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine;


(8) Ibogaine. Trade and other names shall include, but are not limited to: 7-Ethyl-6,6beta,7,8,9,10,12,13-octahydro-2-methoxy-6,9-methano-5H-pyrido (1',2':1,2) azepino (5,4-b) indole; and Tabernanthe iboga;


(9) Lysergic acid diethylamide;


(10) Marijuana;


(11) Mescaline;


(12) Peyote. Peyote shall mean all parts of the plant presently classified botanically as Lophophora williamsii Lemaire, whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, any extract from any part of such plant, and every compound, manufacture, salts, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant or its seeds or extracts;


(13) Psilocybin;


(14) Psilocyn;


(15) Tetrahydrocannabinols, including, but not limited to, synthetic equivalents of the substances contained in the plant or in the resinous extractives of cannabis, sp. or synthetic substances, derivatives, and their isomers with similar chemical structure and pharmacological activity such as the following: Delta 1 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol and their optical isomers, excluding dronabinol in sesame oil and encapsulated in a soft gelatin capsule in a drug product approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration; Delta 6 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol and their optical isomers; and Delta 3,4 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol and its optical isomers. Since nomenclature of these substances is not internationally standardized, compounds of these structures shall be included regardless of the numerical designation of atomic positions covered;


(16) 3,4-methylenedioxy amphetamine;


(17) 5-methoxy-3,4-methylenedioxy-amphetamine;


(18) 3,4,5-trimethoxy amphetamine;


(19) N-ethyl-3-piperidyl benzilate;


(20) N-methyl-3-piperidyl benzilate;


(21) Thiophene analog of phencyclidine. Trade and other names shall include, but are not limited to: 1-(1-(2-thienyl)-cyclohexyl)-piperidine; 2-thienyl analog of phencyclidine; TPCP; and TCP;


(22) 2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine. Trade and other names shall include, but are not limited to: 2,5-dimethoxy-alpha-methylphenethylamine; and 2,5-DMA;


(23) Hashish or concentrated cannabis;


(24) Parahexyl. Trade and other names shall include, but are not limited to: 3-Hexyl-1-hydroxy-7,8,9 ,10-tetrahydro-6,6,9-trimethyl-6H-dibenzo(b,d)pyran; and Synhexyl;


(25) Ethylamine analog of phencyclidine. Trade and other names shall include, but are not limited to: N-ethyl-1-phenylcyclohexylamine; (1-phenylcyclohexyl)ethylamine; N-(1-phenylcyclohexyl)ethylamine; cyclohexamine; and PCE;


(26) Pyrrolidine analog of phencyclidine. Trade and other names shall include, but are not limited to: 1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl)-pyrrolidine; PCPy; and PHP;


(27) 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), its optical, positional, and geometric isomers, salts, and salts of isomers;


(28) 4-Bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine. Some trade or other names: 2-(4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-1-aminoethane; alpha-desmethyl DOB; 2C-B; and Nexus;


(29) Alpha-ethyltryptamine. Some trade or other names: etryptamine; Monase; alpha-ethyl-1H-indole-3-ethanamine; 3-(2-aminobutyl) indole; alpha-ET; and AET;


(30) 2,5-dimethoxy-4-ethylamphet-amine; and DOET;


(31) 1-(1-(2-thienyl)cyclohexyl)pyrrolidine; and TCPy;


(32) Alpha-methyltryptamine, which is also known as AMT;


(33) 5-Methoxy-N,N-diisopropyltryptamine, which is also known as 5-MeO-DIPT;


(34) Salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A. Salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A includes all parts of the plant presently classified botanically as Salvia divinorum, whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, any extract from any part of such plant, and every compound, manufacture, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant, its seeds, or its extracts, including salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation;


(35) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any quantity of synthetically produced cannabinoids as listed in subdivisions (i) through (viii) of this subdivision, including their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted elsewhere in this section. Since nomenclature of these synthetically produced cannabinoids is not internationally standardized and may continually evolve, these structures or compounds of these structures shall be included under this subdivision, regardless of their specific numerical designation of atomic positions covered, so long as it can be determined through some form of scientific testing or analysis that the substance contains properties that fit within one or more of the following categories:


(i) Tetrahydrocannabinols: Meaning tetrahydrocannabinols naturally contained in a plant of the genus cannabis (cannabis plant), as well as synthetic equivalents of the substances contained in the plant, or in the resinous extractives of cannabis, sp. and/or synthetic substances, derivatives, and their isomers with similar chemical structure and pharmacological activity such as the following: Delta 1 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol, and their optical isomers Delta 6 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol, and their optical isomers Delta 3,4 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol, and its optical isomers;


(ii) Naphthoylindoles: Any compound containing a 3-(1-naphthoyl)indole structure with substitution at the nitrogen atom of the indole ring by a alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkylmethyl, cycloalkylethyl or 2-(4-morpholinyl)ethyl group, whether or not further substituted in the indole ring to any extent and whether or not substituted in the naphthyl ring to any extent;


(iii) Naphthylmethylindoles: Any compound containing a 1 H-indol-3-yl-(1-naphthyl)methane structure with substitution at the nitrogen atom of the indole ring by a alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkylmethyl, cycloalkylethyl or 2-(4-morpholinyl)ethyl group, whether or not further substituted in the indole ring to any extent and whether or not substituted in the naphthyl ring to any extent;


(iv) Naphthoylpyrroles: Any compound containing a 3-(1-naphthoyl)pyrrole structure with substitution at the nitrogen atom of the pyrrole ring by a alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkylmethyl, cycloalkylethyl or 2-(4-morpholinyl)ethyl group, whether or not further substituted in the pyrrole ring to any extent and whether or not substituted in the naphthyl ring to any extent;


(v) Naphthylideneindenes: Any compound containing a naphthylideneindene structure with substitution at the 3-position of the indene ring by a alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkylmethyl, cycloalkylethyl or 2-(4-morpholinyl)ethyl group, whether or not further substituted in the indene ring to any extent and whether or not substituted in the naphthyl ring to any extent;


(vi) Phenylacetylindoles: Any compound containing a 3-phenylacetylindole structure with substitution at the nitrogen atom of the indole ring by a alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkylmethyl, cycloalkylethyl or 2-(4-morpholinyl)ethyl group, whether or not further substituted in the indole ring to any extent and whether or not substituted in the phenyl ring to any extent;


(vii) Cyclohexylphenols: Any compound containing a 2-(3-hydroxycyclohexyl)phenol structure with substitution at the 5-position of the phenolic ring by a alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkylmethyl, cycloalkylethyl or 2-(4-morpholinyl)ethyl group, whether or not substituted in the cyclohexyl ring to any extent; and


(viii) Benzoylindoles: Any compound containing a 3-(benzoyl)indole structure with substitution at the nitrogen atom of the indole ring by a alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkylmethyl, cycloalkylethyl or 2-(4-morpholinyl)ethyl group, whether or not further substituted in the indole ring to any extent and whether or not substituted in the phenyl ring to any extent; and


(36)(A) Any substance containing any quantity of the following materials, compounds, mixtures, or structures:


(i) 3,4-methylenedioxymethcathinone, or bk-MDMA, or methylone;


(ii) 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone, or MDPV;


(iii) 4-methylmethcathinone, or 4-MMC, or mephedrone;


(iv) 4-methoxymethcathinone, or bk-PMMA, or PMMC, or methedrone;


(v) Fluoromethcathinone, or FMC;


(vi) Napthylpyrovalerone, or naphyrone; or


(vii) Beta-keto-N-methylbenzodioxolylpropylamine; or


(B) Unless listed in another schedule, any substance which contains any quantity of any material, compound, mixture, or structure, other than buproprion, that is structurally derived by any means from 2-aminopropan-1-one by substitution at the 1-position with either phenyl, naphthyl, or thiophene ring systems, whether or not the compound is further modified in any of the following ways:


(i) Substitution in the ring system to any extent with alkyl, alkoxy, alkylenedioxy, haloalkyl, hydroxyl, or halide substituents, whether or not further substituted in the ring system by one or more other univalent substituents;


(ii) Substitution at the 3-position with an acyclic alkyl substituent; or


(iii) Substitution at the 2-amino nitrogen atom with alkyl or dialkyl groups, or by inclusion of the 2-amino nitrogen atom in a cyclic structure.


(d) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a depressant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:


(1) Mecloqualone;


(2) Methaqualone; and


(3) Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid. Some other names include: GHB; Gamma-hydroxybutyrate; 4-Hydroxybutyrate; 4-Hydroxybutanoic Acid; Sodium Oxybate; and Sodium Oxybutyrate.


(e) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers:


(1) Fenethylline;


(2) N-ethylamphetamine;


(3) Aminorex; aminoxaphen; 2-amino-5-phenyl-2-oxazoline; or 4,5-dihydro-5-phenyl-2-oxazolamine;


(4) Cathinone; 2-amino-1-phenyl-1-propanone; alpha-aminopropiophenone; 2-aminopropiophenone; and norephedrone;


(5) Methcathinone, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers. Some other names: 2-(methylamino)-propiophenone; alpha-(methylamino)propiophenone; 2-(methylamino)-1-phenylpropan-1-one; alpha-N-methylaminopropiophenone; methylcathinone; monomethylpropion; ephedrone; N-methylcathinone; AL-464; AL-422; AL-463; and UR1432;


(6) (±)cis-4-methylaminorex; and (±)cis-4,5-dihydro-4-methyl-5-phenyl-2-oxazolamine;


(7) N,N-dimethylamphetamine; N,N-alpha-trimethyl-benzeneethanamine; and N,N-alpha-trimethylphenethylamine; and


(8) Benzylpiperazine, 1-benzylpiperazine.


(f) Any controlled substance analogue to the extent intended for human consumption.


Schedule II


(a) Any of the following substances except those narcotic drugs listed in other schedules whether produced directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of vegetable origin, independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by combination of extraction and chemical synthesis:


(1) Opium and opiate, and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of opium or opiate, excluding apomorphine, buprenorphine, thebaine-derived butorphanol, dextrorphan, nalbuphine, nalmefene, naloxone, and naltrexone and their salts, but including the following:


(i) Raw opium;


(ii) Opium extracts;


(iii) Opium fluid;


(iv) Powdered opium;


(v) Granulated opium;


(vi) Tincture of opium;


(vii) Codeine;


(viii) Ethylmorphine;


(ix) Etorphine hydrochloride;


(x) Hydrocodone;


(xi) Hydromorphone;


(xii) Metopon;


(xiii) Morphine;


(xiv) Oxycodone;


(xv) Oxymorphone;


(xvi) Oripavine;


(xvii) Thebaine; and


(xviii) Dihydroetorphine;


(2) Any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation thereof which is chemically equivalent to or identical with any of the substances referred to in subdivision (1) of this subdivision, except that these substances shall not include the isoquinoline alkaloids of opium;


(3) Opium poppy and poppy straw;


(4) Coca leaves and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of coca leaves, and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation thereof which is chemically equivalent to or identical with any of these substances, including cocaine and its salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers, except that the substances shall not include decocainized coca leaves or extractions which do not contain cocaine or ecgonine; and


(5) Concentrate of poppy straw, the crude extract of poppy straw in either liquid, solid, or powder form which contains the phenanthrene alkaloids of the opium poppy.


(b) Unless specifically excepted or unless in another schedule any of the following opiates, including their isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of their isomers, esters, and ethers whenever the existence of such isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible within the specific chemical designation, dextrorphan excepted:


(1) Alphaprodine;


(2) Anileridine;


(3) Bezitramide;


(4) Diphenoxylate;


(5) Fentanyl;


(6) Isomethadone;


(7) Levomethorphan;


(8) Levorphanol;


(9) Metazocine;


(10) Methadone;


(11) Methadone-intermediate, 4-cyano-2-dimethylamino-4,4-diphenyl butane;


(12) Moramide-intermediate, 2-methyl-3-morpholino-1,1-diphenylpropane-carboxylic acid;


(13) Pethidine or meperidine;


(14) Pethidine-Intermediate-A, 4-cyano-1-methyl-4-phenylpiperidine;


(15) Pethidine-Intermediate-B, ethyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylate;


(16) Pethidine-Intermediate-C, 1-methyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid;


(17) Phenazocine;


(18) Piminodine;


(19) Racemethorphan;


(20) Racemorphan;


(21) Dihydrocodeine;


(22) Bulk Propoxyphene in nondosage forms;


(23) Sufentanil;


(24) Alfentanil;


(25) Levo-alphacetylmethadol which is also known as levo-alpha-acetylmethadol, levomethadyl acetate, and LAAM;


(26) Carfentanil;


(27) Remifentanil; and


(28) Tapentadol.


(c) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a potential for abuse associated with a stimulant effect on the central nervous system:


(1) Amphetamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of its optical isomers;


(2) Phenmetrazine and its salts;


(3) Methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers; and


(4) Methylphenidate.


(d) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a potential for abuse associated with a depressant effect on the central nervous system, including their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designations:


(1) Amobarbital;


(2) Secobarbital;


(3) Pentobarbital;


(4) Phencyclidine; and


(5) Glutethimide.


(e) Hallucinogenic substances known as:


(1) Nabilone. Another name for nabilone: (±)-trans-3-(1,1-dimethylheptyl)- 6,6a,7,8,10,10a-Hexahydro-1-hydroxy-6,6-dimethyl-9H-dibenzo(b,d)


(f) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances:


(1) Immediate precursor to amphetamine and methamphetamine: Phenylacetone. Trade and other names shall include, but are not limited to: Phenyl-2-propanone; P2P; benzyl methyl ketone; and methyl benzyl ketone; or


(2) Immediate precursors to phencyclidine, PCP:


(i) 1-phenylcyclohexylamine; or


(ii) 1-piperidinocyclohexanecarbonitrile, PCC.


Schedule III


(a) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a potential for abuse associated with a stimulant effect on the central nervous system, including their salts, isomers, whether optical, position, or geometric, and salts of such isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:


(1) Benzphetamine;


(2) Chlorphentermine;


(3) Clortermine; and


(4) Phendimetrazine.


(b) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a potential for abuse associated with a depressant effect on the central nervous system:


(1) Any substance which contains any quantity of a derivative of barbituric acid or any salt of a derivative of barbituric acid, except those substances which are specifically listed in other schedules of this section;


(2) Chlorhexadol;


(3) Lysergic acid;


(4) Lysergic acid amide;


(5) Methyprylon;


(6) Sulfondiethylmethane;


(7) Sulfonethylmethane;


(8) Sulfonmethane;


(9) Nalorphine;


(10) Any compound, mixture, or preparation containing amobarbital, secobarbital, pentobarbital, or any salt thereof and one or more other active medicinal ingredients which are not listed in any schedule;


(11) Any suppository dosage form containing amobarbital, secobarbital, pentobarbital, or any salt of any of these drugs and approved by the Food and Drug Administration for marketing only as a suppository;


(12) Any drug product containing gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, for which an application is approved under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U. S.C. 355, as such section existed on July 20, 2002;


(13) Ketamine, its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers. Some other names for ketamine: (±)-2-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(methylamino)-cyclohexanone; and


(14) Tiletamine and zolazepam or any salt thereof. Trade or other names for a tiletamine-zolazepam combination product shall include, but are not limited to: telazol. Trade or other names for tiletamine shall include, but are not limited to: 2-(ethylamino)-2-(2-thienyl)-cyclohexanone. Trade or other names for zolazepam shall include, but are not limited to: 4-(2-fluorophenyl)-6,8-dihydro-1,3,8-trimethylpyrazolo-(3,4-e) (1,4)-diazepin-7(1H)-one, and flupyrazapon.


(c) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule:


(1) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing limited quantities of any of the following narcotic drugs, or any salts calculated as the free anhydrous base or alkaloid, in limited quantities as set forth below:


(i) Not more than one and eight-tenths grams of codeine per one hundred milliliters or not more than ninety milligrams per dosage unit, with an equal or greater quantity of an isoquinoline alkaloid of opium;


(ii) Not more than one and eight-tenths grams of codeine per one hundred milliliters or not more than ninety milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts;


(iii) Not more than three hundred milligrams of dihydrocodeinone which is also known as hydrocodone per one hundred milliliters or not more than fifteen milligrams per dosage unit, with a fourfold or greater quantity of an isoquinoline alkaloid of opium;


(iv) Not more than three hundred milligrams of dihydrocodeinone which is also known as hydrocodone per one hundred milliliters or not more than fifteen milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts;


(v) Not more than one and eight-tenths grams of dihydrocodeine per one hundred milliliters or not more than ninety milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts;


(vi) Not more than three hundred milligrams of ethylmorphine per one hundred milliliters or not more than fifteen milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts;


(vii) Not more than five hundred milligrams of opium per one hundred milliliters or per one hundred grams, or not more than twenty-five milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts; and


(viii) Not more than fifty milligrams of morphine per one hundred milliliters or per one hundred grams with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts; and


(2) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any of the following narcotic drug or its salts, as set forth below:


(i) Buprenorphine.


(d) Unless contained on the administration's list of exempt anabolic steroids as the list existed on June 1, 2007, any anabolic steroid, which shall include any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any quantity of the following substances, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:


(1) Boldenone;


(2) Boldione;


(3) Chlorotestosterone (4-chlortestosterone);


(4) Clostebol;


(5) Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone;


(6) Desoxymethyltestosterone;


(7) Dihydrotestosterone (4-dihydrotestosterone);


(8) Drostanolone;


(9) Ethylestrenol;


(10) Fluoxymesterone;


(11) Formebulone (formebolone);


(12) Mesterolone;


(13) Methandienone;


(14) Methandranone;


(15) Methandriol;


(16) Methandrostenolone;


(17) Methenolone;


(18) Methyltestosterone;


(19) Mibolerone;


(20) Nandrolone;


(21) Norethandrolone;


(22) Oxandrolone;


(23) Oxymesterone;


(24) Oxymetholone;


(25) Stanolone;


(26) Stanozolol;


(27) Testolactone;


(28) Testosterone;


(29) Trenbolone;


(30) 19-nor-4,9(10)-androstadienedione; and


(31) Any salt, ester, or ether of a drug or substance described or listed in this subdivision if the salt, ester, or ether promotes muscle growth.


(e) Hallucinogenic substances known as:


(1) Dronabinol, synthetic, in sesame oil and encapsulated in a soft gelatin capsule in a Food and Drug Administration approved drug product. Some other names for dronabinol are (6aR-trans)-6a,7,8,10a-tetrahydro-6,6,9-trimethyl-3-pentyl-6H-dibenzo (b,d)pyran-1-ol or (-)-delta-9-(trans)-tetrahydrocannabinol.


Schedule IV


(a) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances, including their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:


(1) Barbital;


(2) Chloral betaine;


(3) Chloral hydrate;


(4) Chlordiazepoxide, but not including librax (chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride and clindinium bromide) or menrium (chlordiazepoxide and water soluble esterified estrogens);


(5) Clonazepam;


(6) Clorazepate;


(7) Diazepam;


(8) Ethchlorvynol;


(9) Ethinamate;


(10) Flurazepam;


(11) Mebutamate;


(12) Meprobamate;


(13) Methohexital;


(14) Methylphenobarbital;


(15) Oxazepam;


(16) Paraldehyde;


(17) Petrichloral;


(18) Phenobarbital;


(19) Prazepam;


(20) Alprazolam;


(21) Bromazepam;


(22) Camazepam;


(23) Clobazam;


(24) Clotiazepam;


(25) Cloxazolam;


(26) Delorazepam;


(27) Estazolam;


(28) Ethyl loflazepate;


(29) Fludiazepam;


(30) Flunitrazepam;


(31) Halazepam;


(32) Haloxazolam;


(33) Ketazolam;


(34) Loprazolam;


(35) Lorazepam;


(36) Lormetazepam;


(37) Medazepam;


(38) Nimetazepam;


(39) Nitrazepam;


(40) Nordiazepam;


(41) Oxazolam;


(42) Pinazepam;


(43) Temazepam;


(44) Tetrazepam;


(45) Triazolam;


(46) Midazolam;


(47) Quazepam;


(48) Zolpidem;


(49) Dichloralphenazone; and


(50) Zaleplon.


(b) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substance, including its salts, isomers, whether optical, position, or geometric, and salts of such isomers, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible: Fenfluramine.


(c) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system, including their salts, isomers, whether optical, position, or geometric, and salts of such isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:


(1) Diethylpropion;


(2) Phentermine;


(3) Pemoline, including organometallic complexes and chelates thereof;


(4) Mazindol;


(5) Pipradrol;


(6) SPA, ((-)-1-dimethylamino- 1,2-diphenylethane);


(7) Cathine. Another name for cathine is ((+)-norpseudoephedrine);


(8) Fencamfamin;


(9) Fenproporex;


(10) Mefenorex;


(11) Modafinil; and


(12) Sibutramine.


(d) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following narcotic drugs, or their salts or isomers calculated as the free anhydrous base or alkaloid, in limited quantities as set forth below:


(1) Propoxyphene in manufactured dosage forms; and


(2) Not more than one milligram of difenoxin and not less than twenty-five micrograms of atropine sulfate per dosage unit.


(e) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substance, including its salts: Pentazocine.


(f) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substance, including its salts, isomers, and salts of such isomers: Butorphanol.


(g) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substance, including its salts, isomers, and salts of such isomers: Carisoprodol.


(h)(1) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substance, including its salts, optical isomers, and salts of such optical isomers: Ephedrine.


(2) The following drug products containing ephedrine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of such optical isomers, are excepted from subdivision (h)(1) of Schedule IV if they (A) are stored behind a counter, in an area not accessible to customers, or in a locked case so that a customer needs assistance from an employee to access the drug product; (B) are sold by a person, eighteen years of age or older, in the course of his or her employment to a customer eighteen years of age or older with the following restrictions: No customer shall be allowed to purchase, receive, or otherwise acquire more than three and six-tenths grams of ephedrine base during a twenty-four-hour period; no customer shall purchase, receive, or otherwise acquire more than nine grams of ephedrine base during a thirty-day period; and the customer shall display a valid driver's or operator's license, a Nebraska state identification card, a military identification card, an alien registration card, or a passport as proof of identification; (C) are labeled and marketed in a manner consistent with the pertinent OTC Tentative Final or Final Monograph; (D) are manufactured and distributed for legitimate medicinal use in a manner that reduces or eliminates the likelihood of abuse; and (E) are not marketed, advertised, or represented in any manner for the indication of stimulation, mental alertness, euphoria, ecstasy, a buzz or high, heightened sexual performance, or increased muscle mass:


(i) Primatene Tablets; and


(ii) Bronkaid Dual Action Caplets.


Schedule V


(a) Any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any of the following limited quantities of narcotic drugs or salts calculated as the free anhydrous base or alkaloid, which shall include one or more nonnarcotic active medicinal ingredients in sufficient proportion to confer upon the compound, mixture, or preparation valuable medicinal qualities other than those possessed by the narcotic drug alone:


(1) Not more than two hundred milligrams of codeine per one hundred milliliters or per one hundred grams;


(2) Not more than one hundred milligrams of dihydrocodeine per one hundred milliliters or per one hundred grams;


(3) Not more than one hundred milligrams of ethylmorphine per one hundred milliliters or per one hundred grams;


(4) Not more than two and five-tenths milligrams of diphenoxylate and not less than twenty-five micrograms of atropine sulfate per dosage unit;


(5) Not more than one hundred milligrams of opium per one hundred milliliters or per one hundred grams; and


(6) Not more than five-tenths milligram of difenoxin and not less than twenty-five micrograms of atropine sulfate per dosage unit.


(b) Unless specifically exempted or excluded or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers: Pyrovalerone.


(c) Unless specifically exempted or excluded or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a depressant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers:


(1) Ezogabine (N-(2-amino-4-(4-fluorobenzylamino)-phenyl)-carbamic acid ethyl ester);


(2) Lacosamide ((R)-2-acetoamido-N-benzyl-3-methoxy-propionamide); and


(3) Pregabalin ((S)-3-(aminomethyl)-5-methylhexanoic acid).


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 65; Laws 1978, LB 748, § 50; Laws 1980, LB 696, § 2; Laws 1985, LB 323, § 2; Laws 1985, LB 406, § 3; Laws 1986, LB 1160, § 1; Laws 1987, LB 473, § 1; Laws 1990, LB 571, § 6; Laws 1992, LB 1019, § 32; Laws 1994, LB 1210, § 3; Laws 1995, LB 406, § 5; Laws 1996, LB 1213, § 4; Laws 1998, LB 1073, § 8; Laws 1999, LB 594, § 1; Laws 2000, LB 1115, § 2; Laws 2001, LB 113, § 10; Laws 2002, LB 500, § 1; Laws 2003, LB 245, § 1; Laws 2005, LB 382, § 2; Laws 2007, LB 247, § 2; Laws 2008, LB 902, § 1, eff. July 18, 2008; Laws 2009, LB 123, § 1, eff. Aug. 30, 2009; Laws 2009, LB 151, § 1, eff. March 19, 2009; Laws 2010, LB 792, § 1, eff. July 15, 2010; Laws 2011, LB 19, § 1, eff. Feb. 23, 2011; Laws 2012, LB 670, § 1, eff. April 11, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-406

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-406. Registration; fees


(1) The department shall issue registrations and reregistrations to manufacture, distribute, prescribe, or dispense controlled substances within this state on a biennial basis.


(2) The various fees to be paid by applicants for registrations and reregistrations, as required under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, shall be as follows:


(a) Registration or reregistration to manufacture controlled substances, not less than one hundred dollars and not more than three hundred dollars;


(b) Registration or reregistration to distribute controlled substances, not less than one hundred dollars and not more than three hundred dollars;


(c) Registration or reregistration to prescribe, administer, or dispense controlled substances, not less than twenty dollars and not more than one hundred fifty dollars;


(d) Registration or reregistration to engage in research on the use and effects of controlled substances, not less than fifty dollars and not more than two hundred dollars;


(e) Registration or reregistration to engage in laboratory and analytical analysis of controlled substances, not less than fifty dollars and not more than two hundred dollars; and


(f) Registration or reregistration to provide detoxification treatment or maintenance treatment, not less than twenty dollars and not more than one hundred fifty dollars.


(3) The department shall remit the fees to the State Treasurer for credit to the Professional and Occupational Credentialing Cash Fund.


(4) All registrations and reregistrations shall expire on August 31 of each odd-numbered year. Registration shall be automatically denied without a hearing for nonpayment of fees. Any registration or reregistration not renewed by payment of renewal fees by October 1 of odd-numbered years shall be automatically denied and canceled on October 2 of odd-numbered years without a hearing.


(5) The department is authorized to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this section.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 66; Laws 1985, LB 323, § 3; Laws 1992, LB 1019, § 33; Laws 1997, LB 307, § 4; Laws 1997, LB 550, § 1; Laws 1999, LB 594, § 2; Laws 2001, LB 398, § 4; Laws 2003, LB 242, § 2.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-407

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-407. Registration required; exceptions


(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every person who manufactures, prescribes, distributes, administers, or dispenses any controlled substance within this state or who proposes to engage in the manufacture, prescribing, administering, distribution, or dispensing of any controlled substance within this state shall obtain a registration issued by the department, except that on and after January 1, 2000, health care providers credentialed by the department and facilities licensed by the department shall not be required to obtain a separate Nebraska controlled substances registration upon providing proof of a Federal Controlled Substances Registration to the department. Federal Controlled Substances Registration numbers obtained under this section shall not be public information but may be shared by the department for investigative and regulatory purposes if necessary and only under appropriate circumstances to ensure against any unauthorized access to such information.


(2) The following persons shall not be required to register and may lawfully possess controlled substances under the provisions of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act:


(a) An agent, or an employee thereof, of any practitioner, registered manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser of any controlled substance if such agent is acting in the usual course of his or her business or employment;


(b) A common or contract carrier or warehouse keeper, or an employee thereof, whose possession of any controlled substance is in the usual course of his or her business or employment; and


(c) An ultimate user or a person in possession of any controlled substance pursuant to a medical order issued by a practitioner authorized to prescribe.


(3) A separate registration shall be required at each principal place of business of professional practice where the applicant manufactures, distributes, or dispenses controlled substances, except that no registration shall be required in connection with the placement of an emergency box within a long-term care facility pursuant to the provisions of the Emergency Box Drug Act.


(4) The department is authorized to inspect the establishment of a registrant or applicant for registration in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 67; Laws 1994, LB 1210, § 4; Laws 1997, LB 307, § 5; Laws 1997, LB 550, § 2; Laws 1999, LB 828, § 1; Laws 2001, LB 398, § 5; Laws 2009, LB 195, § 2, eff. Aug. 30, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-408

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-408. Registration to manufacture or distribute controlled substances; factors considered


(1) The department shall register an applicant to manufacture or distribute controlled substances included in Schedules I to V of section 28-405 unless the department determines that the issuance of such registration is inconsistent with the public interest. In determining the public interest the department shall consider the following factors:


(a) Maintenance of effective controls against diversion of particular controlled substances and any Schedule I or II substance compounded therefrom into other than legitimate medical, scientific, or industrial channels;


(b) Compliance with applicable state and local law;


(c) Whether the applicant has been convicted of a felony under any law of the United States or of any state or has been convicted of a violation relating to any substance defined in the Uniform Controlled Substances Act as a controlled substance under any law of the United States or any state, except that such fact in itself shall not be an automatic bar to registration;


(d) Past experience in the manufacture or distribution of controlled substances, and the existence in the applicant's establishment of effective controls against diversion; and


(e) Such other factors as may be relevant to and consistent with the public health and safety.


(2) Registration granted under subsection (1) of this section shall not entitle a registrant to manufacture or distribute controlled substances in Schedule I or II of section 28-405 other than those specified in the registration.


(3) Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 28-409, practitioners shall be registered to prescribe, administer, or dispense substances in Schedules II to V of section 28-405 if they are authorized to prescribe, administer, or dispense under the laws of this state. A registration application by a practitioner who wishes to conduct research with Schedule I substances shall be referred to the department for approval or disapproval. Registration to prescribe, administer, or dispense substances in Schedules II to V of section 28-405 or registration for the purpose of bona fide research with Schedule I substances by a practitioner may be denied only on a ground specified in subsection (1) of section 28-409 or if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant will abuse or unlawfully transfer such substances or fail to safeguard adequately his or her supply of such substances against diversion from legitimate medical or scientific use.


(4) Compliance by manufacturers and distributors with the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as such act existed on May 1, 2001, respecting registration, excluding fees, shall be deemed compliance with this section.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 68; Laws 1985, LB 323, § 4; Laws 1997, LB 307, § 6; Laws 2001, LB 398, § 6.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-409

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-409. Registrant; disciplinary action; grounds; procedure


(1) A registration pursuant to section 28-408 to prescribe, administer, manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance may be denied, suspended, revoked, or renewal refused by the department upon a finding that the applicant or registrant:


(a) Has falsified any application filed pursuant to the Uniform Controlled Substances Act or required by the act;


(b) Has been convicted of a felony subsequent to being granted a registration pursuant to section 28-408 under any law of the United States or of any state or has been convicted of a violation relating to any substance defined in the act as a controlled substance subsequent to being granted a registration pursuant to section 28-408 under any law of the United States or of any state;


(c) Has had his or her federal registration suspended or revoked by competent federal authority and is no longer authorized by federal law to engage in the prescribing, manufacturing, distribution, or dispensing of controlled substances;


(d) Is guilty of any of the acts or offenses listed in section 38-178 for which disciplinary measures may be taken against his or her license, certificate, or registration to practice and which have a rational connection with his or her fitness to prescribe, administer, or dispense a controlled substance. The department may automatically revoke or suspend the registration of a practitioner who has had his or her license, certificate, or registration to practice revoked or suspended and is no longer authorized to prescribe, administer, or dispense under the laws of this state or who has had his or her license, certificate, or registration to practice limited or restricted and is no longer authorized to prescribe, administer, or dispense controlled substances under the laws of this state;


(e) Is habitually intoxicated or is dependent upon or actively addicted to alcohol or any controlled substance or narcotic drug; or


(f) Has violated the Uniform Controlled Substances Act or any rules or regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant to the act.


(2) The department may limit revocation or suspension of a registration to the particular controlled substance with respect to which grounds for revocation or suspension exist.


(3) A person whose registration or renewal has been denied, revoked, or suspended shall be afforded an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. Such proceedings shall be independent of, and not in lieu of, criminal prosecutions or other proceedings under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act or any law of the state, except that such proceedings may be consolidated with proceedings under the Uniform Credentialing Act. Proceedings to refuse renewal of registration shall not abate the existing registration which shall remain in effect pending the outcome of the administrative hearing, except in cases when the department finds that there is an imminent danger to the public health or safety.


(4) The department may suspend any registration simultaneously with the institution of proceedings under this section or when renewal of registration is refused in cases when the department finds that there is an imminent danger to the public health or safety. Such suspension shall continue in effect until the conclusion of such proceedings, including judicial review thereof, unless sooner withdrawn by the department or dissolved by a court of competent jurisdiction.


(5) In the event the department suspends or revokes a registration granted under section 28-408, all controlled substances owned or possessed by the registrant pursuant to such registration at the time of suspension or the effective date of the revocation order, as the case may be, may in the discretion of the department be placed under seal. No disposition may be made of substances under seal until the time for taking an appeal has elapsed or until all appeals have been concluded unless a court, upon application therefor, orders the sale of perishable substances and the deposit of the proceeds of the sale with the court. Upon a revocation order becoming final, all such controlled substances may be forfeited to the state.


(6) The administration shall be promptly notified of all orders limiting, suspending, or revoking registration.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 69; Laws 1985, LB 323, § 5; Laws 1991, LB 456, § 1; Laws 1994, LB 1210, § 5; Laws 2001, LB 398, § 7; Laws 2007, LB 463, § 1121.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-410

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-410. Records of registrants; inventory; violation; penalty; storage


(1) Each registrant manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing controlled substances in Schedule I, II, III, IV, or V of section 28-405 shall keep and maintain a complete and accurate record of all stocks of such controlled substances on hand. Such records shall be maintained for five years.


(2) Commencing January 1, 2009, each registrant manufacturing, distributing, storing, or dispensing such controlled substances shall prepare an annual inventory of each controlled substance in his or her possession. Such inventory shall (a) be taken within two years after the previous biennial inventory date but in no event later than December 31, 2009, and each year thereafter be taken within one year after the previous annual inventory date, (b) contain such information as shall be required by the Board of Pharmacy, (c) be copied and such copy forwarded to the department within thirty days after completion, (d) be maintained at the location listed on the registration for a period of five years, (e) contain the name, address, and Drug Enforcement Administration number of the registrant, the date and time of day the inventory was completed, and the signature of the person responsible for taking the inventory, (f) list the exact count or measure of all controlled substances listed in Schedules I, II, III, IV, and V of section 28-405, and (g) be maintained in permanent, read-only format separating the inventory for controlled substances listed in Schedules I and II of section 28-405 from the inventory for controlled substances listed in Schedules III, IV, and V of section 28-405. A registrant whose inventory fails to comply with this subsection shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.


(3) This section shall not apply to practitioners who prescribe or administer, as a part of their practice, controlled substances listed in Schedule II, III, IV, or V of section 28-405 unless such practitioner regularly engages in dispensing any such drug or drugs to his or her patients.


(4) Controlled substances shall be stored in accordance with the following:


(a) All controlled substances listed in Schedule I of section 28-405 must be stored in a locked cabinet; and


(b) All controlled substances listed in Schedule II, III, IV, or V of section 28-405 must be stored in a locked cabinet or distributed throughout the inventory of noncontrolled substances in a manner which will obstruct theft or diversion of the controlled substances.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 70; Laws 1996, LB 1108, § 2; Laws 1997, LB 307, § 7; Laws 1997, LB 550, § 3; Laws 2001, LB 398, § 8; Laws 2003, LB 242, § 3; Laws 2008, LB 902, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-411

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-411. Controlled substances; records; by whom kept; contents


(1) Every practitioner who is authorized to administer or professionally use controlled substances shall keep a record of such controlled substances received by him or her and a record of all such controlled substances administered or professionally used by him or her, other than by medical order issued by a practitioner authorized to prescribe, in accordance with subsection (4) of this section.


(2) Manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and reverse distributors shall keep records of all controlled substances compounded, mixed, cultivated, grown, or by any other process produced or prepared and of all controlled substances received and disposed of by them, in accordance with subsection (4) of this section.


(3) Pharmacies shall keep records of all controlled substances received and disposed of by them, in accordance with subsection (4) of this section.


(4) The record of controlled substances received shall in every case show (a) the date of receipt, (b) the name, address, and Drug Enforcement Administration number of the person receiving the controlled substances, (c) the name, address, and Drug Enforcement Administration number of the person from whom received, (d) the kind and quantity of controlled substances received, (e) the kind and quantity of controlled substances produced or removed from process of manufacture, and (f) the date of such production or removal from process of manufacture. The record shall in every case show the proportion of morphine, cocaine, or ecgonine contained in or producible from crude opium or coca leaves received or produced. The record of all controlled substances sold, administered, dispensed, or otherwise disposed of shall show the date of selling, administering, or dispensing, the name and address of the person to whom or for whose use or the owner and species of animal for which the controlled substances were sold, administered, or dispensed, and the kind and quantity of controlled substances. For any lost, destroyed, or stolen controlled substances, the record shall list the kind and quantity of such controlled substances and the discovery date of such loss, destruction, or theft. Every such record shall be kept for a period of five years from the date of the transaction recorded.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 71; Laws 1988, LB 273, § 4; Laws 1995, LB 406, § 6; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 69; Laws 2001, LB 398, § 9.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-412

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-412. Narcotic drugs; administration to narcotic-dependent person; violation; penalty


(1) It is unlawful to prescribe any narcotic drug listed in section 28-405, except buprenorphine, for the purpose of detoxification treatment or maintenance treatment except as provided in this section.


(2) A narcotic drug may be administered or dispensed to a narcotic-dependent person for detoxification treatment or maintenance treatment by a practitioner who is registered to provide detoxification treatment or maintenance treatment pursuant to section 28-406.


(3) A narcotic drug may be administered or dispensed to a narcotic-dependent person when necessary to relieve acute withdrawal symptoms pending the referral of such person for detoxification treatment or maintenance treatment by a physician who is not registered to provide detoxification treatment or maintenance treatment under section 28-406. Not more than one day's supply of narcotic drugs shall be administered or dispensed for such person's use at one time. Such treatment shall not be continued for more than three successive calendar days and may not be renewed or extended.


(4) A narcotic drug may be administered or dispensed in a hospital to maintain or detoxify a person as an incidental adjunct to medical or surgical treatment conditions other than dependence.


(5) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a Class IV felony.


(6) For purposes of this section:


(a) Detoxification treatment means the administering or dispensing of a narcotic drug in decreasing doses to a person for a specified period of time to alleviate adverse physiological or psychological effects incident to withdrawal from the continuous or sustained use of a narcotic drug and to bring such person to a narcotic drug-free state within such period of time. Detoxification treatment includes short-term detoxification treatment and long-term detoxification treatment;


(b) Long-term detoxification treatment means detoxification treatment for a period of more than thirty days but not more than one hundred eighty days;


(c) Maintenance treatment means the administering or dispensing of a narcotic drug in the treatment of a narcotic-dependent person for a period of more than twenty-one days; and


(d) Short-term detoxification treatment means detoxification treatment for a period of not more than thirty days.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 72; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 70; Laws 1996, LB 1108, § 3; Laws 1999, LB 379, § 2; Laws 1999, LB 594, § 3; Laws 2001, LB 398, § 10; Laws 2007, LB 247, § 3.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-413

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-413. Distribution to another registrant; order forms


Controlled substances in Schedules I and II of section 28-405 shall be distributed by a registrant to another registrant only pursuant to an order form. Compliance with the provisions of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as such act existed on May 1, 2001, respecting order forms shall be deemed compliance with this section.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 73; Laws 2001, LB 398, § 11.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-414

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-414. Controlled substance; prescription; transfer; destruction; requirements


(1)(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection or section 28-412 or when administered directly by a practitioner to an ultimate user, a controlled substance listed in Schedule II of section 28-405 shall not be dispensed without the written prescription bearing the signature of a practitioner authorized to prescribe. No prescription for a controlled substance listed in Schedule II of section 28-405 shall be filled more than six months from the date of issuance. A prescription for a controlled substance listed in Schedule II of section 28-405 shall not be refilled.


(b) In emergency situations as defined by rule and regulation of the department, a controlled substance listed in Schedule II of section 28-405 may be dispensed pursuant to a facsimile of a written, signed prescription bearing the word “emergency” or pursuant to an oral prescription reduced to writing in accordance with subdivision (3)(b) of this section, except for the prescribing practitioner's signature, and bearing the word “emergency”.


(c) In nonemergency situations:


(i) A controlled substance listed in Schedule II of section 28-405 may be dispensed pursuant to a facsimile of a written, signed prescription if the original written, signed prescription is presented to the pharmacist for review before the controlled substance is dispensed, except as provided in subdivision (1)(c)(ii) or (1)(c)(iii) of this section;


(ii) A narcotic drug listed in Schedule II of section 28-405 may be dispensed pursuant to a facsimile of a written, signed prescription (A) to be compounded for direct parenteral administration to a patient for the purpose of home infusion therapy or (B) for administration to a patient enrolled in a hospice care program and bearing the words “hospice patient”;


(iii) A controlled substance listed in Schedule II of section 28-405 may be dispensed pursuant to a facsimile of a written, signed prescription for administration to a resident of a long-term care facility; and


(iv) For purposes of subdivisions (1)(c)(ii) and (1)(c)(iii) of this section, a facsimile of a written, signed prescription shall serve as the original written prescription and shall be maintained in accordance with subdivision (3)(a) of this section.


(d)(i) A prescription for a controlled substance listed in Schedule II of section 28-405 may be partially filled if the pharmacist does not supply the full quantity prescribed and he or she makes a notation of the quantity supplied on the face of the prescription. The remaining portion of the prescription may be filled within seventy-two hours of the first partial filling. The pharmacist shall notify the prescribing practitioner if the remaining portion of the prescription is not or cannot be filled within such period. No further quantity may be supplied after such period without a new written, signed prescription.


(ii) A prescription for a controlled substance listed in Schedule II of section 28-405 written for a patient in a long-term care facility or for a patient with a medical diagnosis documenting a terminal illness may be partially filled. Such prescription shall bear the words “terminally ill” or “long-term care facility patient” on its face. If there is any question whether a patient may be classified as having a terminal illness, the pharmacist shall contact the prescribing practitioner prior to partially filling the prescription. Both the pharmacist and the prescribing practitioner have a corresponding responsibility to assure that the controlled substance is for a terminally ill patient. For each partial filling, the dispensing pharmacist shall record on the back of the prescription or on another appropriate record, uniformly maintained and readily retrievable, the date of the partial filling, quantity dispensed, remaining quantity authorized to be dispensed, and the identification of the dispensing pharmacist. The total quantity of controlled substances listed in Schedule II which is dispensed in all partial fillings shall not exceed the total quantity prescribed. A prescription for a Schedule II controlled substance for a patient in a long-term care facility or a patient with a medical diagnosis documenting a terminal illness is valid for sixty days from the date of issuance or until discontinuance of the prescription, whichever occurs first.


(2)(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection or when administered directly by a practitioner to an ultimate user, a controlled substance listed in Schedule III, IV, or V of section 28-405 shall not be dispensed without a written or oral medical order. Such medical order is valid for six months after the date of issuance. Authorization from a practitioner authorized to prescribe is required to refill a prescription for a controlled substance listed in Schedule III, IV, or V of section 28-405. Such prescriptions shall not be refilled more than five times within six months after the date of issuance. Original prescription information for any controlled substance listed in Schedule III, IV, or V of section 28-405 may be transferred between pharmacies for purposes of refill dispensing pursuant to section 38-2871.


(b) A controlled substance listed in Schedule III, IV, or V of section 28-405 may be dispensed pursuant to a facsimile of a written, signed prescription. The facsimile of a written, signed prescription shall serve as the original written prescription for purposes of this subsection and shall be maintained in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (3)(c) of this section.


(c) A prescription for a controlled substance listed in Schedule III, IV, or V of section 28-405 may be partially filled if (i) each partial filling is recorded in the same manner as a refilling, (ii) the total quantity dispensed in all partial fillings does not exceed the total quantity prescribed, and (iii) each partial filling is dispensed within six months after the prescription was issued.


(3)(a) Prescriptions for all controlled substances listed in Schedule II of section 28-405 shall be kept in a separate file by the dispensing practitioner and shall be maintained for a minimum of five years. The practitioner shall make all such files readily available to the department and law enforcement for inspection without a search warrant.


(b) All prescriptions for controlled substances listed in Schedule II of section 28-405 shall contain the name and address of the patient, the name and address of the prescribing practitioner, the Drug Enforcement Administration number of the prescribing practitioner, the date of issuance, and the prescribing practitioner's signature. If the prescription is for an animal, it shall also state the name and address of the owner of the animal and the species of the animal.


(c) Prescriptions for all controlled substances listed in Schedule III, IV, or V of section 28-405 shall be maintained either separately from other prescriptions or in a form in which the information required is readily retrievable from ordinary business records of the dispensing practitioner and shall be maintained for a minimum of five years. The practitioner shall make all such records readily available to the department and law enforcement for inspection without a search warrant.


(d) All prescriptions for controlled substances listed in Schedule III, IV, or V of section 28-405 shall contain the name and address of the patient, the name and address of the prescribing practitioner, the Drug Enforcement Administration number of the prescribing practitioner, the date of issuance, and for written prescriptions, the prescribing practitioner's signature. If the prescription is for an animal, it shall also state the owner's name and address and species of the animal.


(e) A registrant who is the owner of a controlled substance may transfer:


(i) Any controlled substance listed in Schedule I or II of section 28-405 to another registrant as provided by law or by rule and regulation of the department; and


(ii) Any controlled substance listed in Schedule III, IV, or V of section 28-405 to another registrant if such owner complies with subsection (4) of section 28-411.


(f)(i) The owner of any stock of controlled substances may cause such controlled substances to be destroyed pursuant to this subdivision when the need for such substances ceases. Complete records of controlled substances destruction pursuant to this subdivision shall be maintained by the registrant for five years from the date of destruction.


(ii) When the owner is a registrant:


(A) Controlled substances listed in Schedule II, III, IV, or V of section 28-405 may be destroyed by a pharmacy inspector, by a reverse distributor, or by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration. Upon destruction, any forms required by the administration to document such destruction shall be completed;


(B) Liquid controlled substances in opened containers which originally contained fifty milliliters or less or compounded liquid controlled substances within the facility where they were compounded may be destroyed if witnessed by two individuals credentialed under the Uniform Credentialing Act and designated by the facility and recorded in accordance with subsection (4) of section 28-411; or


(C) Solid controlled substances in opened unit-dose containers or which have been adulterated within a hospital where they were to be administered to patients at such hospital may be destroyed if witnessed by two individuals credentialed under the Uniform Credentialing Act and designated by the hospital and recorded in accordance with subsection (4) of section 28-411.


(iii) When the owner is a patient, such owner may transfer the controlled substances to a pharmacy for immediate destruction by two individuals credentialed under the Uniform Credentialing Act and designated by the pharmacy.


(iv) When the owner is a resident of a long-term care facility or hospital, a controlled substance listed in Schedule II, III, IV, or V of section 28-405 shall be destroyed by two individuals credentialed under the Uniform Credentialing Act and designated by the facility or hospital.


(g) Before dispensing any controlled substance listed in Schedule II, III, IV, or V of section 28-405, the dispensing practitioner shall affix a label to the container in which the controlled substance is dispensed. Such label shall bear the name and address of the pharmacy or dispensing practitioner, the name of the patient, the date of filling, the consecutive number of the prescription under which it is recorded in the practitioner's prescription records, the name of the prescribing practitioner, and the directions for use of the controlled substance. Unless the prescribing practitioner writes “do not label” or words of similar import on the original written prescription or so designates in an oral prescription, such label shall also bear the name of the controlled substance.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 74; Laws 1988, LB 273, § 5; Laws 1995, LB 406, § 7; Laws 1996, LB 1108, § 4; Laws 1997, LB 307, § 8; Laws 1999, LB 594, § 4; Laws 2000, LB 819, § 65; Laws 2001, LB 398, § 12; Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 2; Laws 2005, LB 382, § 3; Laws 2007, LB 463, § 1122; Laws 2009, LB 195, § 3, eff. Aug. 30, 2009; Laws 2011, LB 179, § 1, eff. Aug. 27, 2011.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-415

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-415. Narcotic drugs; label; requirements


(1) A manufacturer, distributor, or packager who sells or dispenses a narcotic drug or a wholesaler who sells or dispenses a narcotic drug in a package prepared by him or her shall securely affix a label to each package in which such drug is contained showing in legible English the name and address of the vendor and the quantity, kind, and form of narcotic drug contained therein. No person, except a pharmacy for the purpose of filling a medical order under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, shall alter, deface, or remove any label so affixed.


(2) A pharmacy that sells or dispenses any narcotic drug on a prescription issued by a practitioner shall affix a label to the container in which such drug is sold or dispensed pursuant to subdivision (3)(g) of section 28-414. No person shall alter, deface, or remove any label so affixed.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 75; Laws 1988, LB 273, § 6; Laws 1995, LB 406, § 8; Laws 1999, LB 379, § 3; Laws 1999, LB 594, § 5; Laws 2001, LB 398, § 13.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-416

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-416. Prohibited acts; violations; penalties


(1) Except as authorized by the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, it shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally: (a) To manufacture, distribute, deliver, dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, deliver, or dispense a controlled substance; or (b) to create, distribute, or possess with intent to distribute a counterfeit controlled substance.


(2) Except as provided in subsections (4), (5), (7), (8), (9), and (10) of this section, any person who violates subsection (1) of this section with respect to: (a) A controlled substance classified in Schedule I, II, or III of section 28-405 which is an exceptionally hazardous drug shall be guilty of a Class II felony; (b) any other controlled substance classified in Schedule I, II, or III of section 28-405 shall be guilty of a Class III felony; or (c) a controlled substance classified in Schedule IV or V of section 28-405 shall be guilty of a Class IIIA felony.


(3) A person knowingly or intentionally possessing a controlled substance, except marijuana or any substance containing a quantifiable amount of the substances, chemicals, or compounds described, defined, or delineated in subdivision (c)(35) of Schedule I of section 28-405, unless such substance was obtained directly or pursuant to a medical order issued by a practitioner authorized to prescribe while acting in the course of his or her professional practice, or except as otherwise authorized by the act, shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.


(4)(a) Except as authorized by the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, any person eighteen years of age or older who knowingly or intentionally manufactures, distributes, delivers, dispenses, or possesses with intent to manufacture, distribute, deliver, or dispense a controlled substance or a counterfeit controlled substance (i) to a person under the age of eighteen years, (ii) in, on, or within one thousand feet of the real property comprising a public or private elementary, vocational, or secondary school, a community college, a public or private college, junior college, or university, or a playground, or (iii) within one hundred feet of a public or private youth center, public swimming pool, or video arcade facility shall be punished by the next higher penalty classification than the penalty prescribed in subsection (2), (7), (8), (9), or (10) of this section, depending upon the controlled substance involved, for the first violation and for a second or subsequent violation shall be punished by the next higher penalty classification than that prescribed for a first violation of this subsection, but in no event shall such person be punished by a penalty greater than a Class IB felony.


(b) For purposes of this subsection:


(i) Playground shall mean any outdoor facility, including any parking lot appurtenant to the facility, intended for recreation, open to the public, and with any portion containing three or more apparatus intended for the recreation of children, including sliding boards, swingsets, and teeterboards;


(ii) Video arcade facility shall mean any facility legally accessible to persons under eighteen years of age, intended primarily for the use of pinball and video machines for amusement, and containing a minimum of ten pinball or video machines; and


(iii) Youth center shall mean any recreational facility or gymnasium, including any parking lot appurtenant to the facility or gymnasium, intended primarily for use by persons under eighteen years of age which regularly provides athletic, civic, or cultural activities.


(5)(a) Except as authorized by the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, it shall be unlawful for any person eighteen years of age or older to knowingly and intentionally employ, hire, use, cause, persuade, coax, induce, entice, seduce, or coerce any person under the age of eighteen years to manufacture, transport, distribute, carry, deliver, dispense, prepare for delivery, offer for delivery, or possess with intent to do the same a controlled substance or a counterfeit controlled substance.


(b) Except as authorized by the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, it shall be unlawful for any person eighteen years of age or older to knowingly and intentionally employ, hire, use, cause, persuade, coax, induce, entice, seduce, or coerce any person under the age of eighteen years to aid and abet any person in the manufacture, transportation, distribution, carrying, delivery, dispensing, preparation for delivery, offering for delivery, or possession with intent to do the same of a controlled substance or a counterfeit controlled substance.


(c) Any person who violates subdivision (a) or (b) of this subsection shall be punished by the next higher penalty classification than the penalty prescribed in subsection (2), (7), (8), (9), or (10) of this section, depending upon the controlled substance involved, for the first violation and for a second or subsequent violation shall be punished by the next higher penalty classification than that prescribed for a first violation of this subsection, but in no event shall such person be punished by a penalty greater than a Class IB felony.


(6) It shall not be a defense to prosecution for violation of subsection (4) or (5) of this section that the defendant did not know the age of the person through whom the defendant violated such subsection.


(7) Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section with respect to cocaine or any mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine in a quantity of:


(a) One hundred forty grams or more shall be guilty of a Class IB felony;


(b) At least twenty-eight grams but less than one hundred forty grams shall be guilty of a Class IC felony; or


(c) At least ten grams but less than twenty-eight grams shall be guilty of a Class ID felony.


(8) Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section with respect to base cocaine (crack) or any mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of base cocaine in a quantity of:


(a) One hundred forty grams or more shall be guilty of a Class IB felony;


(b) At least twenty-eight grams but less than one hundred forty grams shall be guilty of a Class IC felony; or


(c) At least ten grams but less than twenty-eight grams shall be guilty of a Class ID felony.


(9) Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section with respect to heroin or any mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of heroin in a quantity of:


(a) One hundred forty grams or more shall be guilty of a Class IB felony;


(b) At least twenty-eight grams but less than one hundred forty grams shall be guilty of a Class IC felony; or


(c) At least ten grams but less than twenty-eight grams shall be guilty of a Class ID felony.


(10) Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section with respect to amphetamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of its isomers, or with respect to methamphetamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of its isomers, in a quantity of:


(a) One hundred forty grams or more shall be guilty of a Class IB felony;


(b) At least twenty-eight grams but less than one hundred forty grams shall be guilty of a Class IC felony; or


(c) At least ten grams but less than twenty-eight grams shall be guilty of a Class ID felony.


(11) Any person knowingly or intentionally possessing marijuana weighing more than one ounce but not more than one pound shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.


(12) Any person knowingly or intentionally possessing marijuana weighing more than one pound shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.


(13) Any person knowingly or intentionally possessing marijuana weighing one ounce or less or any substance containing a quantifiable amount of the substances, chemicals, or compounds described, defined, or delineated in subdivision (c)(35) of Schedule I of section 28-405 shall:


(a) For the first offense, be guilty of an infraction, receive a citation, be fined three hundred dollars, and be assigned to attend a course as prescribed in section 29-433 if the judge determines that attending such course is in the best interest of the individual defendant;


(b) For the second offense, be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor, receive a citation, and be fined four hundred dollars and may be imprisoned not to exceed five days; and


(c) For the third and all subsequent offenses, be guilty of a Class IIIA misdemeanor, receive a citation, be fined five hundred dollars, and be imprisoned not to exceed seven days.


(14) Any person convicted of violating this section, if placed on probation, shall, as a condition of probation, satisfactorily attend and complete appropriate treatment and counseling on drug abuse provided by a program authorized under the Nebraska Behavioral Health Services Act or other licensed drug treatment facility.


(15) Any person convicted of violating this section, if sentenced to the Department of Correctional Services, shall attend appropriate treatment and counseling on drug abuse.


(16) Any person knowingly or intentionally possessing a firearm while in violation of subsection (1) of this section shall be punished by the next higher penalty classification than the penalty prescribed in subsection (2), (7), (8), (9), or (10) of this section, but in no event shall such person be punished by a penalty greater than a Class IB felony.


(17) A person knowingly or intentionally in possession of money used or intended to be used to facilitate a violation of subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.


(18) In addition to the penalties provided in this section:


(a) If the person convicted or adjudicated of violating this section is eighteen years of age or younger and has one or more licenses or permits issued under the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act:


(i) For the first offense, the court may, as a part of the judgment of conviction or adjudication, (A) impound any such licenses or permits for thirty days and (B) require such person to attend a drug education class;


(ii) For a second offense, the court may, as a part of the judgment of conviction or adjudication, (A) impound any such licenses or permits for ninety days and (B) require such person to complete no fewer than twenty and no more than forty hours of community service and to attend a drug education class; and


(iii) For a third or subsequent offense, the court may, as a part of the judgment of conviction or adjudication, (A) impound any such licenses or permits for twelve months and (B) require such person to complete no fewer than sixty hours of community service, to attend a drug education class, and to submit to a drug assessment by a licensed alcohol and drug counselor; and


(b) If the person convicted or adjudicated of violating this section is eighteen years of age or younger and does not have a permit or license issued under the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act:


(i) For the first offense, the court may, as part of the judgment of conviction or adjudication, (A) prohibit such person from obtaining any permit or any license pursuant to the act for which such person would otherwise be eligible until thirty days after the date of such order and (B) require such person to attend a drug education class;


(ii) For a second offense, the court may, as part of the judgment of conviction or adjudication, (A) prohibit such person from obtaining any permit or any license pursuant to the act for which such person would otherwise be eligible until ninety days after the date of such order and (B) require such person to complete no fewer than twenty hours and no more than forty hours of community service and to attend a drug education class; and


(iii) For a third or subsequent offense, the court may, as part of the judgment of conviction or adjudication, (A) prohibit such person from obtaining any permit or any license pursuant to the act for which such person would otherwise be eligible until twelve months after the date of such order and (B) require such person to complete no fewer than sixty hours of community service, to attend a drug education class, and to submit to a drug assessment by a licensed alcohol and drug counselor.


A copy of an abstract of the court's conviction or adjudication shall be transmitted to the Director of Motor Vehicles pursuant to sections 60-497.01 to 60-497.04 if a license or permit is impounded or a juvenile is prohibited from obtaining a license or permit under this subsection.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 76; Laws 1978, LB 808, § 2; Laws 1980, LB 696, § 3; Laws 1985, LB 406, § 4; Laws 1986, LB 504, § 1; Laws 1989, LB 592, § 2; Laws 1991, LB 742, § 1; Laws 1993, LB 117, § 2; Laws 1995, LB 371, § 6; Laws 1997, LB 364, § 8; Laws 1999, LB 299, § 1; Laws 2001, LB 398, § 14; Laws 2003, LB 46, § 1; Laws 2004, LB 1083, § 86; Laws 2005, LB 117, § 3; Laws 2008, LB 844, § 1, eff. July 18, 2008; Laws 2010, LB 800, § 4, eff. July 15, 2010; Laws 2011, LB 19, § 2, eff. Feb. 23, 2011; Laws 2011, LB 463, § 1, eff. May 12, 2011.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-417

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-417. Unlawful acts; violations; penalty


(1) It shall be unlawful for any person:


(a) To omit, remove, alter, or obliterate a symbol required by the federal Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as the act existed on September 1, 2001, or required by the laws of this state;


(b) To alter, deface, or remove any label affixed to a package of narcotic drugs;


(c) To refuse or fail to make, keep, or furnish any record, notification, order form, statement, invoice, or information required under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act;


(d) To refuse any entry into any premises for inspection authorized by the act;


(e) To keep or maintain any store, shop, warehouse, dwelling house, building, vehicle, boat, aircraft, or place whatever which such person knows or should know is resorted to by persons using controlled substances in violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act for the purpose of using such substances or which is used for the keeping or selling of the same in violation of the act;


(f) To whom or for whose use any controlled substance has been prescribed, sold, or dispensed by a practitioner or the owner of any animal for which any such substance has been prescribed, sold, or dispensed by a veterinarian to possess it in a container other than which it was delivered to him or her by the practitioner; or


(g) To be under the influence of any controlled substance for a purpose other than the treatment of a sickness or injury as prescribed or administered by a practitioner. In a prosecution under this subdivision, it shall not be necessary for the state to prove that the accused was under the influence of any specific controlled substance, but it shall be sufficient for a conviction under this subdivision for the state to prove that the accused was under the influence of some controlled substance by proving that the accused did manifest physical and physiological symptoms or reactions caused by the use of any controlled substance.


(2) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 77; Laws 1978, LB 920, § 1; Laws 1988, LB 273, § 7; Laws 2001, LB 113, § 11; Laws 2001, LB 398, § 15.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-418

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-418. Intentional violations; penalty


(1) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally:


(a) Who is a registrant to distribute a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II of section 28-405 in the course of his or her legitimate business except pursuant to an order form as required by section 28-413;


(b) To use in the course of the manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance a registration number which is fictitious, revoked, suspended, or issued to another person;


(c) To acquire or obtain or to attempt to acquire or obtain possession of a controlled substance by theft, misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, or subterfuge;


(d) To furnish false or fraudulent material information in or omit any material information from any application, report, or other document required to be kept or filed under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act or any record required to be kept by the act;


(e) To make, distribute, or possess any punch, die, plate, stone, or other thing designed to print, imprint, or reproduce the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, or device of another or any likeness of any of the foregoing upon any drug or container or labeling thereof so as to render such drug a counterfeit controlled substance;


(f) Who is subject to sections 28-406 to 28-414 to distribute or dispense a controlled substance in violation of section 28-414;


(g) Who is a registrant to manufacture a controlled substance not authorized by his or her registration or to distribute or dispense a controlled substance not authorized by his or her registration to another registrant or authorized person;


(h) To possess a false or forged medical order for a controlled substance issued by a practitioner authorized to prescribe, except that this subdivision shall not apply to law enforcement officials, practitioners, or attorneys in the performance of their official lawful duties; or


(i) To communicate information to a practitioner in an effort to unlawfully procure a controlled substance, the administration of a controlled substance, or a medical order for a controlled substance issued by a practitioner authorized to prescribe.


(2) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 78; Laws 1988, LB 273, § 8; Laws 2001, LB 113, § 12; Laws 2001, LB 398, § 16.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-419

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-419. Inhaling or drinking certain intoxicating substances; unlawful


No person shall breathe, inhale, or drink any compound, liquid, or chemical containing acetate, acetone, benzene, butyl alcohol, cyclohexanone, ethyl acetate, ethyl alcohol, ethylene dichloride, ethylene trichloride, hexane, isopropanol, isopropyl alcohol, methyl alcohol, methyl cellosolve acetate, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, pentachlorophenol, petroleum ether, toluene, toluol, trichloroathane, trichloroethylene, or any other substance for the purpose of inducing a condition of intoxication, stupefaction, depression, giddiness, paralysis, inebriation, excitement, or irrational behavior, or in any manner changing, distorting, or disturbing the auditory, visual, mental, or nervous processes. For the purposes of sections 28-419 to 28-424, any such condition so induced shall be deemed an intoxicated condition.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 79; Laws 2007, LB 424, § 1.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-420

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Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-420. Selling or offering for sale certain compounds; use; knowledge of seller; unlawful


No person shall knowingly sell or offer for sale, deliver or give to any person any compound, liquid or chemical or any other substance which will induce an intoxicated condition as defined in section 28-419, when the seller, offerer or deliverer knows or has reason to know that such compound is intended for use to induce such condition.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 80.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-421

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Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-421. Act, exceptions


The provisions of sections 28-419 to 28-424 shall not apply to the use or sale of such substances, as defined in sections 28-419 and 28-420, when such use or sale is administered or prescribed for medical or dental purposes, nor shall the provisions of sections 28-419 to 28-424 apply to the use or sale of alcoholic liquors as defined by section 53-103.02.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 81; Laws 2010, LB 861, § 5, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-422

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Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-422. Selling or offering for sale certain compounds; register; maintain for one year


Every person selling or offering for sale at retail any of the substances as defined in section 28-419, shall maintain a register in which are recorded the date of each sale, the quantity sold, and the name and address of the purchaser. The record of each sale shall be available for inspection by any peace officer for at least one year.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 82.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-423

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28-423. Inducing or enticing; violation


No person shall induce or entice any person to violate the provisions of section 28-419, 28-420, or 28-422.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 83.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-424

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Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-424. Violations; penalty


Any person who violates any provision of section 28-419, 28-420, 28-422, or 28-423 shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 84.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-425

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28-425. Embalming fluids; use of arsenic or strychnine prohibited; label required; violation; penalty


(1) No person, firm, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company shall manufacture, give away, sell, expose for sale, or deliver any embalming fluid or other fluids of whatsoever name, to be used for or intended for use in the embalming of dead human bodies, which contain arsenic or strychnine, or preparations, compounds, or salts thereof, without having the words arsenic contained herein or strychnine contained herein, as the case may be, written or printed upon a label pasted on the bottle, cask, flask, or carboy in which such fluid shall be contained.


(2) No undertaker or other person shall embalm with, inject into, or place upon any dead human body, any fluid or preparation of any kind which contains arsenic or strychnine, or preparations, compounds, or salts thereof.


(3) Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company violating any of the provisions of subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 85; Laws 1993, LB 121, § 176.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-426

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Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-426. Repealed by Laws 1978, LB 748, § 61


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-427

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Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-427. Additional penalties


Any penalty imposed for violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any civil or administrative penalty or sanction authorized by law. A conviction or acquittal under federal law or the law of another state having a substantially similar law shall be a bar to prosecution in this state for the same act. If any person is convicted for violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, in addition to any penalty imposed by the court, the court may order that such person make restitution to any law enforcement agency for reasonable expenditures made in the purchase of any controlled substances from such person or his or her agent as part of the investigation leading to such conviction.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 87; Laws 2001, LB 113, § 13.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-428

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Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-428. Controlled premises, defined; inspection; procedure


(1) Administrative inspections of controlled premises are authorized in accordance with the following provisions:


(a) For purposes of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act only, controlled premises shall mean: (i) Places where persons registered or exempted from registration requirements under the act are required to keep records; and (ii) places including factories, warehouses, establishments, and conveyances where persons registered or exempted from registration requirements under the act are permitted to hold, manufacture, compound, process, sell, deliver, or otherwise dispose of any controlled substance;


(b) When so authorized by an administrative inspection or an officer of the Division of Drug Control or an authorized agent of the department, upon presenting the warrant and appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, or agent in charge, shall have the right to enter controlled premises for the purpose of conducting an administrative inspection;


(c) When so authorized by an administrative inspection warrant, an officer of the Division of Drug Control or an authorized agent of the department shall have the right: (i) To inspect and copy records required by the act to be kept; (ii) to inspect, within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, controlled premises and all pertinent equipment, finished and unfinished material, containers, and labeling found therein, and, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (1)(e)(ii) of this section, all other things therein, including records, files, papers, processes, controls, and facilities, bearing on any violation of the act; and (iii) to inventory any stock of any controlled substance therein and obtain samples of any such substance;


(d) This section shall not be construed to prevent entries and administrative inspections including seizures of property without a warrant: (i) With the consent of the owner, operator, or agent in charge of the controlled premises; (ii) in situations presenting imminent danger to health or safety; (iii) in situations involving inspection of any conveyance when there is reasonable cause to believe that such conveyance contains substances possessed or carried in violation of the act; (iv) in any other exceptional or emergency circumstance when time or opportunity to apply for a warrant is lacking; and (v) in all other situations when a warrant is not constitutionally required; and


(e) Except when the owner, operator, or agent in charge of the controlled premises so consents in writing, no inspection authorized by this section shall extend to (i) financial data; (ii) sales data other than shipment data; or (iii) pricing data.


(2) For the purpose of the execution of administrative inspection warrants, an authorized agent of the department shall be deemed to be a peace officer.


(3) Issuance and execution of administrative inspection warrants for controlled premises shall be in accordance with the provisions of sections 29-830 to 29-835, except that inspection warrants for the purpose of the act shall be issued not only upon a showing that consent to entry for inspection purposes has been refused, but also in all cases when the judge of a court of record has been given reason to believe that consent would be refused if requested.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 88; Laws 1997, LB 307, § 9.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-429

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Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-429. Division of Drug Control; established; personnel; powers and duties; Nebraska State Patrol Drug Control and Education Cash Fund; created; use; investment; report; contents


(1) There is hereby established in the Nebraska State Patrol a Division of Drug Control. The division shall consist of such personnel as may be designated by the Superintendent of Law Enforcement and Public Safety. It shall be the duty of the division to enforce all of the provisions of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act and any other provisions of the law dealing with controlled substances and to conduct drug education activities as directed by the superintendent. The Nebraska State Patrol shall cooperate with federal agencies, the department, other state agencies, elementary and secondary schools, and County Drug Law Enforcement and Education Fund Boards in discharging their responsibilities concerning traffic in controlled substances, in suppressing the abuse of controlled substances, and in conducting drug education activities. To this end the division is authorized to: (a) Arrange for the exchange of information between governmental officials concerning the use and abuse of controlled substances; (b) coordinate and cooperate in training programs on controlled substance law enforcement and education at the local and state levels; (c) establish a centralized unit which will accept, catalog, file, and collect statistics, including records of drug dependent persons and other controlled substance law offenders within the state, and make such information available for federal, state, and local law enforcement purposes on request; (d) cooperate in locating, eradicating, and destroying wild or illicit growth of plant species from which controlled substances may be extracted, and for these purposes a peace officer is hereby authorized to enter onto property upon which there are no buildings or upon which there are only uninhabited buildings without first obtaining a search warrant or consent; (e) develop a priority program so as to focus the bulk of its efforts on the reduction and elimination of the most damaging drugs including narcotic drugs, depressant and stimulant drugs, and hallucinogenic drugs; and (f) develop and conduct drug education activities in cooperation with elementary and secondary schools in Nebraska and with County Drug Law Enforcement and Education Fund Boards.


(2) There is hereby created the Nebraska State Patrol Drug Control and Education Cash Fund which shall be used for the purposes of (a) obtaining evidence for enforcement of any state law relating to the control of drug abuse and (b) drug education activities conducted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, except that transfers may be made from the fund to the General Fund at the direction of the Legislature. Any money in the Nebraska State Patrol Drug Control and Education Cash Fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.


(3) For the purpose of establishing and maintaining legislative oversight and accountability, the Appropriations Committee of the Legislature shall formulate record-keeping procedures to be adhered to by the Nebraska State Patrol for all expenditures, disbursements, and transfers of cash from the Nebraska State Patrol Drug Control and Education Cash Fund. Based on these record-keeping procedures, the Nebraska State Patrol shall prepare and electronically deliver to the Clerk of the Legislature at the commencement of each succeeding session a detailed report which shall contain, but not be limited to: (a) Current total in the cash fund; (b) total amount of expenditures; (c) purpose of the expenditures to include: (i) Salaries and any expenses of all agents and informants; (ii) front money for drug purchases; (iii) names of drugs and quantity of purchases; (iv) amount of front money recovered; and (v) drug education activities; (d) total number of informers on payroll; (e) amounts delivered to patrol supervisors for distribution to agents and informants and the method of accounting for such transactions and the results procured through such transactions; and (f) a description of the drug education activities conducted since the date of the previous report. Each member of the Legislature shall receive an electronic copy of such report by making a request for it to the superintendent.


(4) The superintendent shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out this section.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 89; Laws 1979, LB 322, § 8; Laws 1991, LB 773, § 1; Laws 1994, LB 1066, § 19; Laws 2001, LB 398, § 17; Laws 2009, 1st Sp. Sess., LB 3, § 13, eff. Nov. 21, 2009; Laws 2012, LB 782, § 31, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-430

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-430. Department; enforce act; powers


The department shall enforce the Uniform Controlled Substances Act and shall cooperate with federal agencies, the Division of Drug Control, and other state agencies in discharging their responsibilities concerning traffic in controlled substances and in suppressing the abuse of controlled substances. To this end, it is authorized to: (1) Arrange for the exchange of information between governmental officials concerning the use and abuse of controlled substances; (2) cooperate with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation; (3) do drug accountability audits of all registered practitioners in accordance with the act; (4) provide laboratory analysis; (5) provide drug abuse education to schools, courts, and persons requesting it; and (6) rely on results, information, and evidence received from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation relating to the regulatory functions of the act, including results of inspections conducted by that agency, which may be acted upon by the department and the Division of Drug Control in the performance of their regulatory functions under the act.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 90; Laws 1984, LB 403, § 1; Laws 1997, LB 307, § 10.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-431

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-431. Seized without warrant; subject to forfeitures; disposition; manner; when; accepted as evidence; court costs and expenses


(1) The following shall be seized without warrant by an officer of the Division of Drug Control or by any peace officer and the same shall be subject to forfeiture: (a) All controlled substances which have been manufactured, distributed, dispensed, acquired, or possessed in violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act; (b) all raw materials, products, and equipment of any kind which are used, or intended for use, in manufacturing, compounding, processing, administering, delivering, importing, or exporting any controlled substance in violation of the act; (c) all property which is used, or is intended for use, as a container for property described in subdivisions (a) and (b) of this subsection; (d) all drug paraphernalia defined in section 28-439; (e) all books, records, and research, including, but not limited to, formulas, microfilm, tapes, and data, which are used, or intended for use, in violation of the act; (f) all conveyances including, but not limited to, aircraft, vehicles, or vessels which are used, or intended for use, in transporting any controlled substance with intent to manufacture, distribute, deliver, dispense, export, or import such controlled substance in violation of the act; and (g) all money used, or intended to be used, to facilitate a violation of the act.


(2) Any property described in subdivision (1)(f) of this section which is used, or intended for use, to transport any property described in subdivision (1)(a) or (b) of this section is hereby declared to be a common nuisance, and any peace officer having probable cause to believe that such property is so used, or intended for such use, shall make a search thereof with or without a warrant.


(3) All money that a law enforcement agency proves was furnished by such agency shall be returned to the agency. All property seized without a search warrant shall not be subject to a replevin action and: (a) All property described in subdivisions (1)(a) to (1)(e) of this section shall be kept by the property division of the law enforcement agency which employs the officer who seized such property for so long as it is needed as evidence in any trial; and (b) when no longer required as evidence, all property described in subdivision (1)(e) of this section shall be disposed of on order of a court of record of this state in such manner as the court in its sound discretion shall direct, and all property described in subdivisions (1)(a), (b), (c), and (d) of this section, that has been used or is intended to be used in violation of the act, when no longer needed as evidence shall be destroyed by the law enforcement agency holding the same or turned over to the department for custody or destruction, except that a law enforcement agency may keep a small quantity of the property described in subdivisions (1)(a), (b), (c), and (d) of this section for training purposes or use in investigations. Any large quantity of property described in subdivisions (1)(a), (b), (c), and (d) of this section, whether seized under a search warrant or validly seized without a warrant, may be disposed of on order of a court of record of this state in such manner as the court in its sound discretion shall direct. Such an order may be given only after a proper laboratory examination and report of such property has been completed and after a hearing has been held by the court after notice to the defendant of the proposed disposition of the property. The findings in such court order as to the nature, kind, and quantity of the property so disposed of may be accepted as evidence at subsequent court proceedings in lieu of the property ordered destroyed by the court order.


(4) When any property described in subdivision (1)(f) or (g) of this section is seized, the person seizing the same shall cause to be filed, within ten days thereafter, in the district court of the county in which seizure was made, petition for disposition of such property. The proceedings shall be brought in the name of the state by the county attorney of the county in which such property was seized. The petition shall describe the property, state the name of the owner if known, allege the essential elements of the violation which is claimed to exist, and conclude with a prayer for disposition. The county attorney shall have a copy of the petition served upon the owner of or any person having an interest in the property, if known, in person or by registered or certified mail at his or her last-known address. If the owner is unknown or there is a reasonable probability that there are unknown persons with interests in the property, the county attorney shall provide notice of the seizure and petition for disposition by publication once a week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of the seizure. At least five days shall elapse between each publication of notice.


At any time after seizure and prior to court disposition, the owner of record of such property may petition the district court of the county in which seizure was made to release such property, and the court shall order the release of the property upon a showing by the owner that he or she had no knowledge that such property was being used in violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.


Any person having an interest in the property proceeded against or any person against whom civil or criminal liability would exist if such property is in violation of the act may, within thirty days after seizure, appear and file an answer or demurrer to the petition. The answer or demurrer shall allege the claimant's interest in or liability involving such property. At least thirty but not more than ninety days after seizure, there shall be a hearing before the court. If the claimant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she (a) has not used or intended to use the property to facilitate an offense in violation of the act, (b) has an interest in such property as owner or lienor or otherwise, acquired by him or her in good faith, and (c) at no time had any knowledge that such property was being or would be used in, or to facilitate, the violation of the act, the court shall order that such property or the value of the claimant's interest in such property be returned to the claimant. If there are no claims, if all claims are denied, or if the value of the property exceeds all claims granted and it is shown beyond a reasonable doubt that such property was used in violation of the act, the court shall order disposition of such property at such time as the property is no longer required as evidence in any criminal proceeding. The court may order that property described in subdivision (1)(f) of this section be sold or put to official use by the confiscating agency for a period of not more than one year and that when such property is no longer necessary for official use or at the end of two years, whichever comes first, such property shall be sold. Proceeds from the sale of the property and any money described in subdivision (1)(g) of this section shall be distributed pursuant to section 28-1439.02. Official use shall mean use directly in connection with enforcement of the act.


Any court costs and fees and storage and other proper expenses shall be charged against any person intervening as claimant or owner of the property unless such person shall establish his or her claim. If a sale is ordered, the officer holding the sale shall make a return to the court showing to whom the property was sold and for what price. This return together with the court order shall authorize the county clerk to issue a title to the purchaser of the property if such title is required under the laws of this state.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 91; Laws 1980, LB 991, § 7; Laws 1985, LB 247, § 1; Laws 1997, LB 307, § 11.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-432

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-432. Complaint, pleading, or proceeding; burden of proof


(1) It shall not be necessary for the state to negate any exemption or exception set forth in the Uniform Controlled Substances Act in any complaint, information, indictment, or other pleading or in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding under the provisions of the act, and the burden of proof of any such exemption or exception shall be upon the person claiming its benefit.


(2) In the absence of proof that a person is the duly authorized holder of an appropriate registration or order form issued under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, the person shall be presumed not to be the holder of such registration or form, and the burden of proof shall be upon him or her to rebut such presumption.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 92; Laws 2001, LB 113, § 14.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-433

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-433. Appeal; procedure


All final determinations, findings, and conclusions of the department under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act shall be final and conclusive decisions of the matters involved, except that any person aggrieved by such decision may appeal the decision, and the appeal shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 93; Laws 1988, LB 352, § 27; Laws 2001, LB 113, § 15.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-434

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-434. Education and research


(1) The department and the Division of Drug Control shall carry out educational programs designed to prevent and deter misuse and abuse of controlled substances. In connection with such programs they may: (a) Promote better recognition of the problems of misuse and abuse of controlled substances within the regulated industry and among interested groups and organizations; (b) assist the regulated industry and interested groups and organizations in contributing to the reduction of misuse and abuse of controlled substances; (c) consult with interested groups and organizations to aid them in solving administrative and organizational problems; (d) evaluate procedures, projects, techniques, and controls conducted or proposed as part of educational programs on misuse and abuse of controlled substances; (e) disseminate the results of research on misuse and abuse of controlled substances to promote a better public understanding of what problems exist and what can be done to combat them; and (f) assist in the education and training of state and local law enforcement officials in their efforts to control misuse and abuse of controlled substances.


(2) The department may encourage research on misuse and abuse of controlled substances. In connection with such research and in furtherance of the enforcement of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, it may: (a) Establish methods to assess accurately the effects of controlled substances and to identify and characterize controlled substances with potential for abuse; (b) make studies and undertake programs of research to (i) develop new or improved approaches, techniques, systems, equipment, and devices to strengthen the enforcement of the act, (ii) determine patterns of misuse and abuse of controlled substances and the social effects thereof, and (iii) improve methods for preventing, predicting, understanding, and dealing with the misuse and abuse of controlled substances; and (c) enter into contracts with public agencies, institutions of higher education, and private organizations or individuals for the purpose of conducting research, demonstrations, or special projects which bear directly on misuse and abuse of controlled substances.


(3) The department may enter into contracts for educational and research activities without performance bonds.


(4) The department shall cooperate with the Division of Drug Control providing technical advice and information, including all evidence of violations of the act disclosed by drug accountability inspections. The criminalistics laboratory of the Nebraska State Patrol shall provide laboratory analysis for the Division of Drug Control and other peace officers of this state when requested for the effective administration and enforcement of the act.


(5) The department may authorize persons engaged in research on the use and effects of controlled substances to withhold the names and other identifying characteristics of persons who are subjects of such research. Persons who obtain such authorization may not be compelled in any state, civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, or other proceeding to identify the subjects of research for which such authorization was obtained.


(6) The department may authorize the possession and distribution of controlled substances by persons engaged in research. Persons who obtain this authorization shall be exempt from state prosecution for possession and distribution of controlled substances to the extent authorized by the department.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 94; Laws 1984, LB 403, § 2; Laws 1997, LB 307, § 12.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-435

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-435. Licensee; reporting and investigation duties


Every licensee subject to the Uniform Controlled Substances Act shall be subject to and comply with sections 38-1,124 to 38-1,126 relating to reporting and investigations.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2007, LB 463, § 1123.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-435.01

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-435.01. Health care facility; peer review organization or professional association; report required; contents; confidentiality; immunity; failure to report; civil penalty; disposition


(1) A health care facility licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act or a peer review organization or professional association relating to a profession regulated under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act shall report to the department, on a form and in the manner specified by the department, any facts known to the facility, organization, or association, including, but not limited to, the identity of the credential holder and consumer, when the facility, organization, or association:


(a) Has made payment due to adverse judgment, settlement, or award of a professional liability claim against it or a licensee, including settlements made prior to suit, arising out of the acts or omissions of the licensee; or


(b) Takes action adversely affecting the privileges or membership of a licensee in such facility, organization, or association due to alleged incompetence, professional negligence, unprofessional conduct, or physical, mental, or chemical impairment.


The report shall be made within thirty days after the date of the action or event.


(2) A report made to the department under this section shall be confidential. The facility, organization, association, or person making such report shall be completely immune from criminal or civil liability of any nature, whether direct or derivative, for filing a report or for disclosure of documents, records, or other information to the department under this section. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require production of records protected by the Health Care Quality Improvement Act or section 25-12,123 or patient safety work product under the Patient Safety Improvement Act except as otherwise provided in either of such acts or such section.


(3) Any health care facility, peer review organization, or professional association that fails or neglects to make a report or provide information as required under this section is subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for the first offense and a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars for a subsequent offense. Any civil penalty collected under this subsection shall be remitted to the State Treasurer to be disposed of in accordance with Article VII, section 5, of the Constitution of Nebraska.


(4) For purposes of this section, the department shall accept reports made to it under the Nebraska Hospital-Medical Liability Act or in accordance with national practitioner data bank requirements of the federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, as the act existed on January 1, 2007, and may require a supplemental report to the extent such reports do not contain the information required by the department.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2007, LB 463, § 1124; Laws 2011, LB 431, § 11, eff. April 27, 2011.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-435.02

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-435.02. Insurer; duty to report violations


(1) Unless such knowledge or information is based on confidential medical records protected by the confidentiality provisions of the federal Public Health Services Act, 42 U.S.C. 290dd-2, and federal administrative rules and regulations, as such act and rules and regulations existed on January 1, 2007:


(a) Any insurer having knowledge of any violation of any provision of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act governing the profession of the person being reported whether or not such person is licensed shall report the facts of such violation as known to such insurer to the department; and


(b) All insurers shall cooperate with the department and provide such information as requested by the department concerning any possible violations by any person required to be licensed whether or not such person is licensed.


(2) Such reporting shall be done on a form and in the manner specified pursuant to sections 38-1,130 and 38-1,131. Such reports shall be subject to sections 38-1,132 to 38-1,136.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2007, LB 463, § 1125.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-435.03

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-435.03. Clerk of county or district court; report convictions and judgments; Attorney General or city or county prosecutor; provide information


The clerk of any county or district court in this state shall report to the department the conviction of any person licensed by the department under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act of any felony or of any misdemeanor involving the use, sale, distribution, administration, or dispensing of a controlled substance, alcohol or chemical impairment, or substance abuse and shall also report a judgment against any such licensee arising out of a claim of professional liability. The Attorney General or city or county prosecutor prosecuting any such criminal action and plaintiff in any such civil action shall provide the court with information concerning the license of the defendant or party. Notice to the department shall be filed within thirty days after the date of conviction or judgment in a manner agreed to by the Director of Public Health of the Division of Public Health and the State Court Administrator.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2007, LB 463, § 1126.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-436

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-436. Repealed by Laws 1993, LB 627, § 26


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-437

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-437. Uniformity of interpretation


The Uniform Controlled Substances Act shall be so applied and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of the act among those states which enact it.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 97; Laws 2001, LB 113, § 16.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-438

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-438. Transferred to § 28-401.01


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-439

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-439. Drug paraphernalia, defined; enumerated


As used in sections 28-101, 28-431, and 28-439 to 28-444, unless the context otherwise requires, drug paraphernalia shall mean all equipment, products, and materials of any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use, in manufacturing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled substance in violation of sections 28-101, 28-431, and 28-439 to 28-444 or the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. It shall include, but not be limited to, the following:


(1) Diluents and adulterants, such as quinine hydrochloride, mannitol, mannite, dextrose, and lactose, used, intended for use, or designed for use in cutting controlled substances;


(2) Separation gins and sifters used, intended for use, or designed for use in removing twigs and seeds from, or in otherwise cleaning or refining, marijuana;


(3) Hypodermic syringes, needles, and other objects used, intended for use, and designed for use in parenterally injecting controlled substances into the human body; and


(4) Objects used, intended for use, or designed for use in ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing marijuana, cocaine, hashish, or hashish oil into the human body, which shall include but not be limited to the following:


(a) Metal, wooden, acrylic, glass, stone, plastic, or ceramic pipes with or without screens, permanent screens, hashish heads, or punctured metal bowls;


(b) Water pipes;


(c) Carburetion tubes and devices;


(d) Smoking and carburetion masks;


(e) Roach clips, meaning objects used to hold burning material, such as a marijuana cigarette, which has become too small or too short to be held in the hand;


(f) Miniature cocaine spoons, and cocaine vials;


(g) Chamber pipes;


(h) Carburetor pipes;


(i) Electric pipes;


(j) Air-driven pipes;


(k) Chillums;


(l) Bongs; and


(m) Ice pipes or chillers.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1980, LB 991, § 1.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-440

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-440. Drug paraphernalia; determination; factors considered


In determining whether an object is drug paraphernalia, a court or other authority shall consider, in addition to all other logically relevant factors, the following:


(1) Statements by an owner or by anyone in control of the object concerning its use;


(2) Prior convictions, if any, of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, under any state or federal law relating to any controlled substance;


(3) The proximity of the object, in time and space, to a direct violation of this act;


(4) The proximity of the object to any controlled substance;


(5) The existence of any residue of a controlled substance on the object;


(6) Direct or circumstantial evidence of the intent of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, to deliver it to any person whom he or she knows, or should reasonably know, intends to use the object to facilitate a violation of sections 28-101, 28-431, and 28-439 to 28-444. The innocence of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, as to a direct violation of sections 28-101, 28-431, and 28-439 to 28-444 shall not prevent a finding that the object is intended for use, or designed for use as drug paraphernalia;


(7) Instructions, oral or written, provided with the object concerning its use;


(8) Descriptive materials accompanying the object which explain or depict its use;


(9) National and local advertising concerning its use;


(10) The manner in which the object is displayed for sale;


(11) Whether the owner, or anyone in control of the object, is a legitimate supplier of like or related items to the community, such as a licensed distributor or dealer of tobacco products;


(12) Direct or circumstantial evidence of the ratio of sales of the object or objects to the total sales of the business enterprise;


(13) The existence and scope of any legitimate use for the object in the community; and


(14) Expert testimony concerning its use.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1980, LB 991, § 2.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-441

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-441. Drug paraphernalia; use or possession; unlawful; penalty


(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to use, or to possess with intent to use, drug paraphernalia to manufacture, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance in violation of sections 28-101, 28-431, and 28-439 to 28-444.


(2) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of an infraction.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1980, LB 991, § 3.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-442

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-442. Drug paraphernalia; deliver or manufacture; unlawful; exception; penalty


(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to deliver, possess with intent to deliver, or manufacture with intent to deliver, drug paraphernalia, knowing, or under circumstances in which one reasonably should know, that it will be used to manufacture, inject, ingest, or inhale or otherwise be used to introduce into the human body a controlled substance in violation of sections 28-101, 28-431, and 28-439 to 28-444.


(2) This section shall not apply to pharmacists who sell hypodermic syringes or needles for the prevention of the spread of infectious diseases.


(3) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1980, LB 991, § 4; Laws 2001, LB 398, § 18.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-443

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-443. Delivery of drug paraphernalia to a minor; penalty


Any person eighteen years of age or older who violates section 28-442 by delivering drug paraphernalia to a person under eighteen years of age who is at least three years his or her junior shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1980, LB 991, § 5.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-444

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-444. Advertisement of drug paraphernalia; unlawful; penalty


(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to place in any newspaper, magazine, handbill, or other publication any advertisement, knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that the purpose of the advertisement, in whole or in part, is to promote the sale of objects designed or intended for use as drug paraphernalia.


(2) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1980, LB 991, § 6.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-445

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-445. Imitation controlled substance; prohibited acts; determination; penalties; seizure


(1) Any person who knowingly and intentionally manufactures, distributes, delivers, or possesses with intent to distribute or deliver an imitation controlled substance shall:


(a) For the first offense, be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor; and


(b) For the second and all subsequent offenses, be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.


(2) In determining whether a substance is an imitation controlled substance the court or other authority concerned shall consider all relevant factors, including but not limited to the following:


(a) Whether the substance is represented as having an effect similar to or the same as an illicit controlled substance;


(b) Whether the substance is represented by way of terminology which is deceptively similar to or the same as that describing a particular controlled substance;


(c) Whether the dosage unit price substantially exceeds the reasonable price of a similar dosage unit of like chemical composition sold over the counter with packaging and labeling approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration;


(d) Whether the substance is packaged in a manner and quantity similar to or the same as that commonly used for illicit controlled substances;


(e) Whether the dosage unit appearance of the substance is deceptively similar to that of a particular controlled substance; and


(f) Whether the substance is distributed to persons who represent it as a controlled substance, under circumstances which indicate the distributor knows, intends, or should know that his or her distributee is making or will make such representations.


(3) Any substance possessed, distributed, or delivered in violation of this section shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture as provided in section 28-431.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1985, LB 406, § 5.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-446

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-446, 28-447. Repealed by Laws 1992, LB 1019, § 130


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-447

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-446, 28-447. Repealed by Laws 1992, LB 1019, § 130


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-448

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-448. Repealed by Laws 2009, LB 151, § 5, eff. March 19, 2009


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-449

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-449. Crystalline iodine; sale; requirements


Any person who sells crystalline iodine to another person shall require photo identification of the purchaser and shall maintain a written record for a period of five years after the sale, including the date of the sale, the name, address, and date of birth of the purchaser, and the quantity purchased.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2001, LB 113, § 2.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-450

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-450. Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine; immediate precursor; prohibited acts; violation; penalty


No person shall sell, distribute, or otherwise transfer any drug product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, or their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers, if the person knows that the transferee will use the drug product as an immediate precursor to any controlled substance. No person shall unlawfully sell, distribute, or otherwise transfer such a product with reckless disregard as to how the drug product will be used. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2001, LB 113, § 3; Laws 2005, LB 117, § 4.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-451

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-451. Anhydrous ammonia; possession; penalty


No person shall possess anhydrous ammonia with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2001, LB 113, § 4.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-452

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-452. Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine; possession; penalty


No person shall possess ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, or their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers, with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2001, LB 113, § 5.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-453

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-453. Methamphetamine; retailer education program


The Nebraska State Patrol may develop and maintain a program to inform retailers about illicit methamphetamine production, distribution, and use in Nebraska and devise procedures and forms for retailers to use in reporting to the patrol suspicious purchases, thefts, or other transactions involving any products under the retailers' control which contain ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, or ephedra. Reporting under this section shall be voluntary. Retailers reporting information to the patrol in good faith shall be immune from civil liability.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2001, LB 113, § 6.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-454

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-454. Repealed by Laws 2009, LB 151, § 5, eff. March 19, 2009


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-455

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-455. Methamphetamine Awareness and Education Fund; created; use; investment


The Methamphetamine Awareness and Education Fund is created. The Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice shall use the fund to support projects relating to educating retailers and the public on the dangers of methamphetamine. The commission may accept contributions, gifts, grants, and bequests for such purposes and remit them to the State Treasurer for credit to the fund. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2001, LB 113, § 8.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-456

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-456. Phenylpropanolamine or pseudoephedrine; sold without a prescription; requirements; enforcement


(1) Any drug products containing phenylpropanolamine, pseudoephedrine, or their salts, optical isomers, or salts of such optical isomers may be sold without a prescription only if they are:


(a) Labeled and marketed in a manner consistent with the pertinent OTC Tentative Final or Final Monograph;


(b) Manufactured and distributed for legitimate medicinal use in a manner that reduces or eliminates the likelihood of abuse;


(c) Packaged as follows:


(i) Except for liquids, sold in package sizes of not more than three and six-tenths grams of pseudoephedrine base or three and six-tenths grams of phenylpropanolamine base, in blister packs, each blister containing not more than two dosage units, or if the use of blister packs is technically infeasible, in unit dose packets or pouches; and


(ii) For liquids, sold in package sizes of not more than three and six-tenths grams of pseudoephedrine base or three and six-tenths grams of phenylpropanolamine base;


(d) Sold by a person, eighteen years of age or older, in the course of his or her employment to a customer, eighteen years of age or older, with the following restrictions:


(i) No customer shall be allowed to purchase, receive, or otherwise acquire more than three and six-tenths grams of pseudoephedrine base or three and six-tenths grams of phenylpropanolamine base during a twenty-four-hour period;


(ii) No customer shall purchase, receive, or otherwise acquire more than nine grams of pseudoephedrine base or nine grams of phenylpropanolamine base during a thirty-day period; and


(iii) The customer shall display a valid driver's or operator's license, a Nebraska state identification card, a military identification card, an alien registration card, or a passport as proof of identification; and


(e) Stored behind a counter, in an area not accessible to customers, or in a locked case so that a customer needs assistance from an employee to access the drug product.


(2) Any person who sells drug products in violation of this section may be subject to a civil penalty of fifty dollars per day, and for a second or any subsequent violation, the penalty may be one hundred dollars per day. Any such drug products shall be seized and destroyed upon the finding of a violation of this section. The department, in conjunction with the Attorney General, the Nebraska State Patrol, and local law enforcement agencies, shall have authority to make inspections and investigations to enforce this section. In addition, the department may seek injunctive relief for suspected violations of this section.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2001, LB 113, § 9; Laws 2005, LB 117, § 5; Laws 2007, LB 218, § 1; Laws 2007, LB 296, § 36; Laws 2009, LB 151, § 2, eff. March 19, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-456.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-456.01. Pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine; limitation on acquisition; violation; penalty


(1) No person shall purchase, receive, or otherwise acquire, other than wholesale acquisition by a retail business in the normal course of its trade or business, any drug product containing more than three and six-tenths grams of pseudoephedrine base or three and six-tenths grams of phenylpropanolamine base during a twenty-four-hour period unless purchased pursuant to a medical order. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class III misdemeanor for each subsequent offense.


(2) No person shall purchase, receive, or otherwise acquire, other than wholesale acquisition by a retail business in the normal course of its trade or business, any drug product containing more than nine grams of pseudoephedrine base or nine grams of phenylpropanolamine base during a thirty-day period unless purchased pursuant to a medical order. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class III misdemeanor for each subsequent offense.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2005, LB 117, § 6; Laws 2009, LB 151, § 3, eff. March 19, 2009; Laws 2011, LB 20, § 8, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-457

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-457. Methamphetamine; prohibited acts; violation; penalties


(1) For purposes of this section:


(a) Bodily injury has the same meaning as in section 28-109;


(b) Chemical substance means a substance intended to be used as an immediate precursor or reagent in the manufacture of methamphetamine or any other chemical intended to be used in the manufacture of methamphetamine. Intent for purposes of this subdivision may be demonstrated by the substance's use, quantity, manner of storage, or proximity to other precursors or manufacturing equipment;


(c) Child means a person under the age of nineteen years;


(d) Methamphetamine means methamphetamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of its isomers;


(e) Paraphernalia means all equipment, products, and materials of any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use in manufacturing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing methamphetamine into the human body;


(f) Prescription has the same meaning as in section 28-401;


(g) Serious bodily injury has the same meaning as in section 28-109; and


(h) Vulnerable adult has the same meaning as in section 28-371.


(2) Any person who knowingly or intentionally causes or permits a child or vulnerable adult to inhale or have contact with methamphetamine, a chemical substance, or paraphernalia is guilty of a Class I misdemeanor. For any second or subsequent conviction under this subsection, any person so offending is guilty of a Class IV felony.


(3) Any person who knowingly or intentionally causes or permits a child or vulnerable adult to ingest methamphetamine, a chemical substance, or paraphernalia is guilty of a Class I misdemeanor. For any second or subsequent conviction under this subsection, any person so offending shall be guilty of a Class IIIA felony.


(4) Any child or vulnerable adult who resides with a person violating subsection (2) or (3) of this section shall be taken into protective custody as provided in the Adult Protective Services Act or the Nebraska Juvenile Code.


(5) Any person who violates subsection (2) or (3) of this section and a child or vulnerable adult actually suffers serious bodily injury by ingestion of, inhalation of, or contact with methamphetamine, a chemical substance, or paraphernalia is guilty of a Class IIIA felony unless the ingestion, inhalation, or contact results in the death of the child or vulnerable adult, in which case the person is guilty of a Class IB felony.


(6) It is an affirmative defense to a violation of this section that the chemical substance was provided by lawful prescription for the child or vulnerable adult and that it was administered to the child or vulnerable adult in accordance with the prescription instructions provided with the chemical substance.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2003, LB 43, § 9.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-458

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-458. Methamphetamine precursor; terms, defined


For purposes of sections 28-458 to 28-462:


(1) Exchange means the National Precursor Log Exchange administered by the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators;


(2) Methamphetamine precursor means any drug product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine that is required to be documented pursuant to the logbook requirements of 21 U.S.C. 830;


(3) Seller means any person who lawfully sells a methamphetamine precursor pursuant to subdivision (1)(d) of section 28-456 or his or her employer; and


(4) Stop-sale alert means a notification sent to a seller indicating that the completion of a methamphetamine precursor sale would result in a violation of subdivision (1)(d)(i) or (ii) of section 28-456.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2011, LB 20, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-459

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-459. Methamphetamine precursor; seller; duties; waiver authorized


(1) Beginning January 1, 2012, each seller shall, before completing a sale of a methamphetamine precursor, electronically submit required information to the exchange, if the exchange is available to sellers. Required information shall include, but not be limited to:


(a) The name, age, and address of the person purchasing, receiving, or otherwise acquiring the methamphetamine precursor;


(b) The name of the product and quantity of product purchased;


(c) The date and time of the purchase;


(d) The name or initials of the seller who sold the product; and


(e) The type of identification presented by the customer, the governmental entity that issued the identification, and the number on the identification.


(2) If a seller experiences mechanical or electronic failure of the electronic logging equipment on the sales end of the transaction or a failure of the exchange and is unable to comply with subsection (1) of this section, the seller shall maintain a written log or an alternative electronic recordkeeping mechanism or may refrain from selling any methamphetamine precursor until such time as the seller is able to comply with subsection (1) of this section.


(3) The Attorney General may grant a waiver exempting a seller from compliance with subsection (1) of this section upon a showing of good cause by the seller that he or she is otherwise unable to submit log information by electronic means, including, but not limited to, any financial, technological, or other reason which would place an undue burden on the seller, as established by the Attorney General.


(4) Whenever the exchange generates a stop-sale alert, the seller shall not complete the sale unless the seller has a reasonable fear of imminent bodily harm if he or she does not complete the sale. The exchange shall contain an override function to the stop-sale alert for the seller to use in a situation in which a reasonable fear of imminent bodily harm is present.


(5) This section does not apply if a lawful prescription for the methamphetamine precursor is presented to a pharmacist licensed under the Uniform Credentialing Act.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2011, LB 20, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-460

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-460. Methamphetamine precursor; access to exchange to law enforcement


As a condition of use in Nebraska, the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators shall provide real-time access to the exchange through its online portal to law enforcement in this state as authorized by the Attorney General and no fee or charge shall be imposed on a seller for the use of the exchange.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2011, LB 20, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-461

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-461. Methamphetamine precursor; seller; immunity


A seller utilizing in good faith sections 28-458 to 28-462 shall be immune from any civil cause of action based upon an act or omission in carrying out such sections.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2011, LB 20, § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-462

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 4. Drugs and Narcotics (Refs & Annos)

28-462. Methamphetamine precursor; prohibited acts; penalty


Beginning January 1, 2013, a seller that knowingly fails to submit methamphetamine precursor information to the exchange as required by sections 28-458 to 28-462 or knowingly submits incorrect information to the exchange shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2011, LB 20, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-501

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-501. Building, defined


As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires, building shall mean a structure which has the capacity to contain, and is designed for the shelter of man, animals, or property, and includes ships, trailers, sleeping cars, aircraft, or other vehicles or places adapted for overnight accommodations of persons or animals, or for carrying on of business therein, whether or not a person or animal is actually present. If a building is divided into units for separate occupancy, any unit not occupied by the defendant is a building of another.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 100.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-502

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-502. Arson, first degree; penalty


(1) A person commits arson in the first degree if he or she intentionally damages a building or property contained within a building by starting a fire or causing an explosion when another person is present in the building at the time and either (a) the actor knows that fact, or (b) the circumstances are such as to render the presence of a person therein a reasonable probability.


(2) A person commits arson in the first degree if a fire is started or an explosion is caused in the perpetration of any robbery, burglary, or felony criminal mischief when another person is present in the building at the time and either (a) the actor knows that fact, or (b) the circumstances are such as to render the presence of a person therein a reasonable probability.


(3) Arson in the first degree is a Class II felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 101; Laws 1981, LB 83, § 1; Laws 2010, LB 712, § 8, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-503

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-503. Arson, second degree; penalty


(1) A person commits arson in the second degree if he or she intentionally damages a building or property contained within a building by starting a fire or causing an explosion or if a fire is started or an explosion is caused in the perpetration of any robbery, burglary, or felony criminal mischief.


(2) The following affirmative defenses may be introduced into evidence upon prosecution for a violation of this section:


(a) No person other than the accused has a security or proprietary interest in the damaged building, or, if other persons have such interests, all of them consented to his or her conduct; or


(b) The accused's sole intent was to destroy or damage the building for a lawful and proper purpose.


(3) Arson in the second degree is a Class III felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 102; Laws 1981, LB 83, § 2; Laws 2010, LB 712, § 9, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-504

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-504. Arson, third degree; penalty


(1) A person commits arson in the third degree if he or she intentionally sets fire to, burns, causes to be burned, or by the use of any explosive, damages or destroys, or causes to be damaged or destroyed, any property of another person without such other person's consent. Such property shall not be contained within a building and shall not be a building or occupied structure.


(2) Arson in the third degree is a Class IV felony if the damages amount to one hundred dollars or more.


(3) Arson in the third degree is a Class I misdemeanor if the damages are less than one hundred dollars.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 103; Laws 2010, LB 712, § 10, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-505

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-505. Burning to defraud insurer; penalty


Any person who, with the intent to deceive or harm an insurer, sets fire to or burns or attempts so to do, or who causes to be burned, or who aids, counsels or procures the burning of any building or personal property, of whatsoever class or character, whether the property of himself or of another, which shall at the time be insured by any person, company or corporation against loss or damage by fire, commits a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 104.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-506

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-506. Lawful burning of property; training and safety promotion purposes; permit


Property may be lawfully destroyed by burning such structures as condemned by law, structures no longer having any value for habitation or business or no longer serving any useful value in the area in which situated, and any other combustible material that will serve to be used for test fires to educate and train members of organized fire departments and promote fire safety anywhere in Nebraska. Before any structure may be destroyed by fire for training and educational purposes it must be reported to the State Fire Marshal and a permit issued for that purpose. Any expense incurred in burning a structure shall be assumed by the organized fire department requesting this type of training for members of its department.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 105.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-507

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Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-507. Burglary; penalty


(1) A person commits burglary if such person willfully, maliciously, and forcibly breaks and enters any real estate or any improvements erected thereon with intent to commit any felony or with intent to steal property of any value.


(2) Burglary is a Class III felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 106.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-508

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-508. Possession of burglar's tools; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of possession of burglar's tools if:


(a) He knowingly possesses any explosive, tool, instrument, or other article adapted, designed, or commonly used for committing or facilitating the commission of an offense involving forcible entry into premises or theft by a physical taking; and


(b) He intends to use the explosive, tool, instrument, or article, or knows some person intends ultimately to use it, in the commission of an offense of the nature described in subdivision (1)(a) of this section.


(2) Possession of burglar's tools is a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 107.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-509

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Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-509. Terms, defined


As used in sections 28-509 to 28-518, unless the context otherwise requires:


(1) Deprive shall mean:


(a) To withhold property of another permanently or for so extended a period as to appropriate a major portion of its economic value, or with intent to restore only upon payment of reward or other compensation; or


(b) To dispose of the property of another so as to create a substantial risk that the owner will not recover it in the condition it was when the actor obtained it;


(2) Financial institution shall mean a bank, insurance company, credit union, building and loan association, investment trust, or other organization held out to the public as a place of deposit of funds or medium of savings or collective investment;


(3) Movable property shall mean property the location of which can be changed, including things growing on, affixed to, or found in land, and documents although the rights represented thereby may have no physical location. Immovable property shall mean all other property;


(4) Obtain shall mean:


(a) In relation to property, to bring about a transfer or purported transfer of a legal interest in the property, whether to the obtainer or another; or


(b) In relation to labor or service, to secure performance thereof;


(5) Property shall mean anything of value, including real estate, tangible and intangible personal property, contract rights, credit cards, charge plates, or any other instrument which purports to evidence an undertaking to pay for property or services delivered or rendered to or upon the order of a designated person or bearer, choses in action and other interests in or claims to wealth, admission or transportation tickets, captured or domestic animals, food and drink, and electric or other power;


(6) Property of another shall mean property in which any person other than the actor has an interest which the actor is not privileged to infringe, regardless of the fact that the actor also has an interest in the property and regardless of the fact that the other person might be precluded from civil recovery because the property was used in an unlawful transaction or was subject to forfeiture as contraband. Property in possession of the actor shall not be deemed property of another who has only a security interest therein, even if legal title is in the creditor pursuant to a conditional sales contract or other security agreement;


(7) Receiving shall mean acquiring possession, control, or title, or lending on the security of the property; and


(8) Stolen shall mean property which has been the subject of theft or robbery or a vehicle which is received from a person who is then in violation of section 28-517.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 108; Laws 1982, LB 126, § 1.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-510

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

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Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-510. Consolidation of theft offenses


Conduct denominated theft in sections 28-509 to 28-518 constitutes a single offense embracing the separated offenses heretofore known as larceny, embezzlement, false pretense, extortion, blackmail, fraudulent conversion, receiving stolen property, and the like. An accusation of theft may be supported by evidence that it was committed in any manner that would be theft under sections 28-509 to 28-518, notwithstanding the specification of a different manner in the indictment or information, subject only to the power of the court to insure fair trial by granting a continuance or other appropriate relief where the conduct of the defense would be prejudiced by lack of fair notice or by surprise.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 110; Laws 1982, LB 126, § 2.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-511

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-511. Theft by unlawful taking or disposition


(1) A person is guilty of theft if he or she takes, or exercises control over, movable property of another with the intent to deprive him or her thereof.


(2) A person is guilty of theft if he or she transfers immovable property of another or any interest therein with the intent to benefit himself or herself or another not entitled thereto.


(3) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, it shall be presumed that a lessee's failure to return leased or rented movable property to the lessor after the expiration of a written lease or written rental agreement is done with intent to deprive if such lessee has been mailed notice by certified mail that such lease or rental agreement has expired and he or she has failed within ten days after such notice to return such property.


(4) A person is guilty of theft if he or she (a) rents or leases a motor vehicle under a written lease or rental agreement specifying the time and place for the return of the vehicle and fails to return the vehicle within seventy-two hours of written demand for return of the vehicle made upon him or her by certified mail to the address given by him or her for such purpose or (b) uses a fraudulent or stolen credit card to rent or lease a vehicle. Nothing in this subsection shall apply to any person who (i) through inadvertence, mistake, act of God, or other natural occurrence has unintentionally failed to return a rented motor vehicle or to inform the owner of the location of the vehicle or (ii) has had a rented motor vehicle stolen or otherwise converted from his or her possession and has filed the appropriate report with law enforcement authorities.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 110; Laws 1980, LB 696, § 4; Laws 1988, LB 606, § 1.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-511.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-511.01. Theft by shoplifting; penalty; photographic evidence


(1) A person commits the crime of theft by shoplifting when he or she, with the intent of appropriating goods or merchandise to his or her own use without paying for the goods or merchandise or to deprive the owner of possession of such goods or merchandise or its retail value, in whole or in part, does any of the following:


(a) Conceals or takes possession of the goods or merchandise of any store or retail establishment;


(b) Alters the price tag or other price marking on goods or merchandise of any store or retail establishment;


(c) Transfers the goods or merchandise of any store or retail establishment from one container to another;


(d) Interchanges the label or price tag from one item of a good or of merchandise with a label or price tag for another item of a good or of merchandise;


(e) Causes the cash register or other sales recording device to reflect less than the retail price of the goods or merchandise; or


(f) Alters, bypasses, disables, shields, or removes any security or alarm device attached to or housing any goods or merchandise of any store, including the use or possession of a security device countermeasure as defined in section 28-511.03, prior to purchase of the goods or merchandise.


(2) In any prosecution for theft by shoplifting, photographs of the shoplifted property may be accepted as prima facie evidence as to the identity of the property. Such photograph shall be accompanied by a written statement containing the following:


(a) A description of the property;


(b) The name of the owner or owners of the property;


(c) The time, date, and location where the shoplifting occurred;


(d) The time and date the photograph was taken;


(e) The name of the photographer; and


(f) Verification by the arresting officer.


The purpose of this subsection is to allow the owner or owners of shoplifted property the use of such property during pending criminal prosecutions.


Prior to allowing the use of the shoplifted property as provided in this section, legal counsel for the alleged shoplifter shall have a reasonable opportunity to inspect and appraise the property and may file a motion for retention of the property, which motion shall be granted if there is any reasonable basis for believing that the photographs and accompanying affidavit may be misleading.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1982, LB 126, § 4; Laws 2010, LB 894, § 2, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-511.02

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

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Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-511.02. Theft of rented or leased motor vehicle; where tried


In any criminal prosecution for theft pursuant to subsection (4) of section 28-511, the accused shall be tried in the county where the motor vehicle was rented or leased or where the motor vehicle was recovered except as otherwise provided in section 25-412.03.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1995, LB 371, § 28.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-511.03

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-511.03. Possession of security device countermeasure; penalty


(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, other than an authorized agent of a store or retail establishment, to possess, in that store, any security device countermeasure.


(2) For purposes of this section, security device countermeasure means a device which bypasses, disables, or removes an electronic or magnetic theft alarm sensor.


(3) Any person violating this section is guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2010, LB 894, § 3, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-512

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-512. Theft by deception


A person commits theft if he obtains property of another by deception. A person deceives if he intentionally:


(1) Creates or reinforces a false impression, including false impressions as to law, value, intention, or other state of mind; but deception as to a person's intention to perform a promise shall not be inferred from the fact alone that he did not subsequently perform the promise; or


(2) Prevents another from acquiring information which would affect his judgment of a transaction; or


(3) Fails to correct a false impression which the deceiver previously created or reinforced, or which the deceiver knows to be influencing another to whom he stands in a fiduciary or confidential relationship; or


(4) Uses a credit card, charge plate, or any other instrument which purports to evidence an undertaking to pay for property or services delivered or rendered to or upon the order of a designated person or bearer (a) where such instrument has been stolen, forged, revoked, or canceled, or where for any other reason its use by the actor is unauthorized, or (b) where the actor does not have the intention and ability to meet all obligations to the issuer arising out of his use of the instrument.


The word deceive does not include falsity as to matters having no pecuniary significance, or statements unlikely to deceive ordinary persons in the group addressed.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 111.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-513

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-513. Theft by extortion


(1) A person commits theft if he obtains property of another by threatening to:


(a) Inflict bodily injury on anyone or commit any other criminal offense; or


(b) Accuse anyone of a criminal offense; or


(c) Expose any secret tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt or ridicule, or to impair his credit or business repute; or


(d) Take or withhold action as an official, or cause an official to take or withhold action; or


(e) Bring about or continue a strike, boycott, or other collective unofficial action, if the property is not demanded or received for the benefit of the group in whose interest the actor purports to act; or


(f) Testify or provide information or withhold testimony or information with respect to another's legal claim or defense.


(2) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution based on subdivision (1)(b), (1)(c), or (1)(d) of this section that the property obtained by threat of accusation, exposure, lawsuit or other invocation of official action was honestly claimed as restitution or indemnification for harm done in the circumstances to which such accusation, exposure, lawsuit or other official action relates, or as compensation for property or lawful services.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 112.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-514

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-514. Theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake; penalty


A person who comes into control of property of another that he or she knows to have been lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake as to the nature or amount of the property or the identity of the recipient commits theft if, with intent to deprive the owner thereof, he or she fails to take reasonable measures to restore the property to a person entitled to have it. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by the penalty prescribed in the next lower classification below the value of the item lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake pursuant to section 28-518. Any person convicted pursuant to this section when the value of the property is two hundred dollars or less shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor for the first conviction, a Class II misdemeanor for the second conviction, and a Class I misdemeanor for the third or subsequent conviction.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 113; Laws 1989, LB 200, § 1; Laws 1992, LB 111, § 1.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-515

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-515. Theft of services


(1) A person commits theft if he or she obtains services, which he or she knows are available only for compensation, by deception or threat or by false token or other means to avoid payment for the service. Services include labor, professional service, telephone service, electric service, cable television service, or other public service, accommodation in hotels, restaurants, or elsewhere, admission to exhibitions, and use of vehicles or other movable property. When compensation for service is ordinarily paid immediately upon the rendering of such service, as in the case of hotels and restaurants, refusal to pay or absconding without payment or offer to pay gives rise to a presumption that the service was obtained by deception as to intention to pay.


(2) A person commits theft if, having control over the disposition of services of others to which he or she is not entitled, he or she diverts such services to his or her own benefit or to the benefit of another not entitled thereto.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 114; Laws 1982, LB 126, § 3; Laws 1986, LB 464, § 1; Laws 2002, LB 1105, § 429.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-515.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

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Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-515.01. Theft of telecommunications service; penalty


(1) It is unlawful for any person to:


(a) Knowingly make or possess any device designed to or commonly used to obtain telecommunications service fraudulently from a licensed cable television franchisee with the intent to use such device in the commission of an offense described in subsection (1) of section 28-515;


(b) Knowingly tamper with, interfere with, or connect to any cables, wires, converters, or other devices used for the distribution of telecommunications service by any mechanical, electrical, acoustical, or other means without authority from the operator of the service with the intent of obtaining telecommunications service fraudulently; or


(c) Sell, give, transfer, or offer or advertise for sale a device which such person knows or should know is intended to be used for the purpose of obtaining telecommunications service fraudulently.


(2) For purposes of this section:


(a) Telecommunications service includes, but is not limited to, telephone service and cable television service; and


(b) Device includes, but is not limited to, instrument, apparatus, equipment, and plans or instructions for making or assembling the instrument, apparatus, or equipment.


(3) A violation of this section is a Class II misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2002, LB 1105, § 430.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-515.02

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

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Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-515.02. Electric current, gas, and water; avoiding meter measurement; reconnection; penalty


(1) It is unlawful for any person:


(a) To connect any instrument, device, or contrivance with any wire supplying or intended to supply electricity or electric current or to connect any pipe or conduit supplying gas or water, without the knowledge and consent of the supplier of such products, in such manner that any portion thereof may be supplied to any instrument by or at which electricity, electric current, gas, or water may be consumed without passing through the meter made or provided for measuring or registering the amount or quantity thereof passing through it;


(b) To knowingly use or knowingly permit the use of electricity, electric current, gas, or water obtained unlawfully pursuant to this section;


(c) To reconnect electrical, gas, or water service without the knowledge and consent of the supplier of such service if the service has been disconnected pursuant to sections 70-1601 to 70-1615; or


(d) To willfully injure, alter, or by any instrument, device, or contrivance in any manner interfere with or obstruct the action or operation of any meter made or provided for measuring or registering the amount or quantity of electricity, electric current, gas, or water passing through it, without the knowledge and consent of the supplier of the electricity, electric current, gas, or water passing or intended to pass through such meter.


(2) Proof of the existence of any wire, pipe, or conduit connection or reconnection or of any injury, alteration, interference, or obstruction of a meter is prima facie evidence of the guilt of the person in possession of the premises where such connection, reconnection, injury, alteration, interference, or obstruction is proved to exist.


(3) A violation of this section is a Class III misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1911, ch. 47, §§ 1, 2, 4, 6, pp. 228, 229, 230, 231; Laws 1923, ch. 86, § 1, p. 228; Laws 1977, LB 39, § 327; Laws 1995, LB 92, § 1; Laws 2002, LB 1105, § 431.


Codifications: R.S. 1913, §§ 7423, 7424, 7426, 7427; C.S. 1922, §§ 7116, 7117, 7119, 7120; C.S. 1929, §§ 86-320, 86-321, 86-323, 86-324; R.S. 1943, § 86-329; R.S. 1943, (1999), § 86-329.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-516

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-516. Unauthorized use of a propelled vehicle; affirmative defense; penalties


(1) A person commits the offense of unauthorized use of a propelled vehicle if he or she intentionally exerts unauthorized control over another's propelled vehicle by operating it without the owner's consent.


(2) Propelled vehicle shall mean an automobile, airplane, motorcycle, motorboat, or other motor-propelled vehicle.


(3) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the defendant reasonably believed that the owner would have authorized the use had he or she known of it.


(4) Unauthorized use of a propelled vehicle is a Class III misdemeanor for the first offense, a Class I misdemeanor for the second offense, and a Class IV felony for the third and any subsequent offenses.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 115; Laws 1993, LB 430, § 2; Laws 1995, LB 371, § 7.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-517

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-517. Theft by receiving stolen property


A person commits theft if he receives, retains, or disposes of stolen movable property of another knowing that it has been stolen, or believing that it has been stolen, unless the property is received, retained, or disposed with intention to restore it to the owner.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 116.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-518

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-518. Grading of theft offenses; aggregation allowed; when


(1) Theft constitutes a Class III felony when the value of the thing involved is over one thousand five hundred dollars.


(2) Theft constitutes a Class IV felony when the value of the thing involved is five hundred dollars or more, but not over one thousand five hundred dollars.


(3) Theft constitutes a Class I misdemeanor when the value of the thing involved is more than two hundred dollars, but less than five hundred dollars.


(4) Theft constitutes a Class II misdemeanor when the value of the thing involved is two hundred dollars or less.


(5) For any second or subsequent conviction under subsection (3) of this section, any person so offending shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.


(6) For any second conviction under subsection (4) of this section, any person so offending shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor, and for any third or subsequent conviction under subsection (4) of this section, the person so offending shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.


(7) Amounts taken pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct from one or more persons may be aggregated in the indictment or information in determining the classification of the offense, except that amounts may not be aggregated into more than one offense.


(8) In any prosecution for theft under sections 28-509 to 28-518, value shall be an essential element of the offense that must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 117; Laws 1978, LB 748, § 7; Laws 1982, LB 347, § 8; Laws 1992, LB 111, § 2; Laws 2009, LB 155, § 7, eff. Aug. 30, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-519

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-519. Criminal mischief; penalty


(1) A person commits criminal mischief if he or she:


(a) Damages property of another intentionally or recklessly; or


(b) Intentionally tampers with property of another so as to endanger person or property; or


(c) Intentionally or maliciously causes another to suffer pecuniary loss by deception or threat.


(2) Criminal mischief is a Class IV felony if the actor intentionally or maliciously causes pecuniary loss of one thousand five hundred dollars or more, or a substantial interruption or impairment of public communication, transportation, supply of water, gas, or power, or other public service.


(3) Criminal mischief is a Class I misdemeanor if the actor intentionally or maliciously causes pecuniary loss of five hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand five hundred dollars.


(4) Criminal mischief is a Class II misdemeanor if the actor intentionally or maliciously causes pecuniary loss of two hundred dollars or more but less than five hundred dollars.


(5) Criminal mischief is a Class III misdemeanor if the actor intentionally, maliciously, or recklessly causes pecuniary loss in an amount of less than two hundred dollars, or if his or her action results in no pecuniary loss.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 118; Laws 1982, LB 347, § 9; Laws 2002, LB 82, § 4.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-520

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-520. Criminal trespass, first degree; penalty


(1) A person commits first degree criminal trespass if:


(a) He or she enters or secretly remains in any building or occupied structure, or any separately secured or occupied portion thereof, knowing that he or she is not licensed or privileged to do so; or


(b) He or she enters or remains in or on a public power infrastructure facility knowing that he or she does not have the consent of a person who has the right to give consent to be in or on the facility.


(2) First degree criminal trespass is a Class I misdemeanor.


(3) For purposes of this section, public power infrastructure facility means a power plant, an electrical station or substation, or any other facility which is used by a public power supplier as defined in section 70-2103 to support the generation, transmission, or distribution of electricity and which is surrounded by a fence or is otherwise enclosed.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 119; Laws 2009, LB 238, § 1, eff. May 27, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-521

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-521. Criminal trespass, second degree; penalty


(1) A person commits second degree criminal trespass if, knowing that he or she is not licensed or privileged to do so, he or she enters or remains in any place as to which notice against trespass is given by:


(a) Actual communication to the actor; or


(b) Posting in a manner prescribed by law or reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders; or


(c) Fencing or other enclosure manifestly designed to exclude intruders except as otherwise provided in section 28-520.


(2) Second degree criminal trespass is a Class III misdemeanor, except as provided for in subsection (3) of this section.


(3) Second degree criminal trespass is a Class II misdemeanor if the offender defies an order to leave personally communicated to him or her by the owner of the premises or other authorized person.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 120; Laws 2009, LB 238, § 2, eff. May 27, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-522

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-522. Criminal trespass; affirmative defenses


It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under sections 28-520 and 28-521 that:


(1) A building or occupied structure involved in an offense under section 28-520 was abandoned; or


(2) The premises were at the time open to members of the public and the actor complied with all lawful conditions imposed on access to or remaining in the premises; or


(3) The actor reasonably believed that the owner of the premises or other person empowered to license access thereto would have licensed him to enter or remain; or


(4) The actor was in the process of navigating or attempting to navigate with a nonpowered vessel any stream or river in this state and found it necessary to portage or otherwise transport the vessel around any fence or obstructions in such stream or river.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 121.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-523

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-523. Littering of public and private property; penalty


(1) Any person who deposits, throws, discards, or otherwise disposes of any litter on any public or private property or in any waters commits the offense of littering unless:


(a) Such property is an area designated by law for the disposal of such material and such person is authorized by the proper public authority to so use such property; or


(b) The litter is placed in a receptacle or container installed on such property for such purpose.


(2) The word litter as used in this section shall mean all waste material susceptible of being dropped, deposited, discarded, or otherwise disposed of by any person upon any property in the state but does not include wastes of primary processes of farming or manufacturing. Waste material as used in this subsection shall mean any material appearing in a place or in a context not associated with that material's function or origin.


(3) Whenever litter is thrown, deposited, dropped, or dumped from any motor vehicle or watercraft in violation of this section, the operator of such motor vehicle or watercraft commits the offense of littering.


(4) A person who commits the offense of littering shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor. A person convicted of the offense of littering for the second time shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor. A person convicted of the offense of littering for the third or a subsequent time shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 122; Laws 1978, LB 920, § 2; Laws 1979, LB 120, § 34; Laws 1981, LB 253, § 1; Laws 1994, LB 570, § 1; Laws 1997, LB 495, § 3.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-524

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 5. Offenses Against Property

28-524. Graffiti; penalty


(1) Any person who knowingly and intentionally applies graffiti of any type on any building, public or private, or any other tangible property owned by any person, firm, or corporation or any public entity or instrumentality, without the express permission of the owner or operator of the property, commits the offense of unauthorized application of graffiti.


(2) Unauthorized application of graffiti is a Class III misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class IV felony for a second or subsequent offense.


(3) Upon conviction of an offense under this section, the court may, in addition to any other punishment imposed, order the defendant to clean up, repair, or replace the damaged property, keep the defaced property or another specified property in the community free of graffiti or other inscribed materials for up to one year, or order a combination of restitution and labor.


(4) Upon conviction of an offense under this section, the court may, in addition to any other punishment imposed, order the defendant to undergo counseling.


(5) Upon conviction of an offense under this section, the court may, in addition to any other punishment imposed, order the suspension of the defendant's motor vehicle operator's license for up to one year. A copy of an abstract of the court's conviction, including an adjudication of a juvenile, shall be transmitted to the director pursuant to sections 60-497.01 to 60-497.04.


(6) For purposes of this section, graffiti means any letter, word, name, number, symbol, slogan, message, drawing, picture, writing, or other mark of any kind visible to the public that is drawn, painted, chiseled, scratched, or etched on a rock, tree, wall, bridge, fence, gate, building, or other structure. Graffiti does not include advertising or any other letter, word, name, number, symbol, slogan, message, drawing, picture, writing, or other mark of any kind lawfully placed on property by an owner of the property, a tenant of the property, or an authorized agent for such owner or tenant.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2009, LB 63, § 6, eff. May 28, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-601

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Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

28-601. Terms, defined


As used in sections 28-601 to 28-605, unless the context otherwise requires:


(1) Written instrument shall mean any paper, document, or other instrument containing written or printed matter used for purposes of reciting, embodying, conveying, or recording information, and any money, credit card, token, stamp, seal, badge, trademark, or any evidence or symbol of value, right, privilege, or identification which is capable of being used to the advantage or disadvantage of some person;


(2) Complete written instrument shall mean a written instrument which purports to be genuine and fully drawn with respect to every essential feature thereof;


(3) Incomplete written instrument shall mean one which contains some matter by way of content or authentication but which requires additional matter in order to render it a complete written instrument;


(4) To falsely make a written instrument shall mean to make or draw a written instrument, whether complete or incomplete, which purports to be an authentic creation of its ostensible maker, but which is not, either because the ostensible maker is fictitious or because, if real, he did not authorize the making or the drawing thereof;


(5) To falsely complete a written instrument shall mean to transform an incomplete written instrument into a complete one by adding, inserting, or changing matter without the authority of anyone entitled to grant such authority, so that the complete written instrument falsely appears or purports to be in all respects an authentic creation of or fully authorized by its ostensible maker;


(6) To falsely alter a written instrument shall mean to change a written instrument without the authority of anyone entitled to grant such authority, whether it be in complete or incomplete form, by means of erasure, obliteration, deletion, insertion of new matter, transposition of matter, or by any other means, so that such instrument in its thus altered form falsely appears or purports to be in all respects an authentic creation of or fully authorized by its ostensible maker;


(7) Forged instrument shall mean a written instrument which has been falsely made, completed, endorsed or altered. The terms forgery and counterfeit and their variants are intended to be synonymous in legal effect as used in this article;


(8) Possess shall mean to receive, conceal, or otherwise exercise control over; and


(9) Utter shall mean to issue, authenticate, transfer, sell, transmit, present, use, pass, or deliver, or to attempt or cause such uttering.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 123.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-602

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

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Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

28-602. Forgery, first degree; penalty


(1) A person commits forgery in the first degree if, with intent to deceive or harm, he falsely makes, completes, endorses, alters, or utters a written instrument which is or purports to be, or which is calculated to become or to represent if completed:


(a) Part of an issue of money, stamps, securities, or other valuable instruments issued by a government or governmental agency; or


(b) Part of an issue of stock, bonds, bank notes, or other instruments representing interests in or claims against a corporate or other organization or its property.


(2) Forgery in the first degree is a Class III felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 124.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-603

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

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Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

28-603. Forgery, second degree; penalty; aggregation allowed; when


(1) Whoever, with intent to deceive or harm, falsely makes, completes, endorses, alters, or utters any written instrument which is or purports to be, or which is calculated to become or to represent if completed, a written instrument which does or may evidence, create, transfer, terminate, or otherwise affect a legal right, interest, obligation, or status, commits forgery in the second degree.


(2) Forgery in the second degree is a Class III felony when the face value, or purported face value, or the amount of any proceeds wrongfully procured or intended to be procured by the use of such instrument, is one thousand dollars or more.


(3) Forgery in the second degree is a Class IV felony when the face value, or purported face value, or the amount of any proceeds wrongfully procured or intended to be procured by the use of such instrument, exceeds three hundred dollars but is less than one thousand dollars.


(4) Forgery in the second degree is a Class I misdemeanor when the face value, or purported face value, or the amount of any proceeds wrongfully procured or intended to be procured by the use of such instrument, is three hundred dollars or less.


(5) For the purpose of determining the class of penalty for forgery in the second degree, the face values, or purported face values, or the amounts of any proceeds wrongfully procured or intended to be procured by the use of more than one such instrument, may be aggregated in the indictment or information if such instruments were part of the same scheme or course of conduct which took place within a sixty-day period and within one county. Such values or amounts shall not be aggregated into more than one offense.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 125; Laws 2003, LB 17, § 7; Laws 2009, LB 155, § 13, eff. Aug. 30, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-604

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

28-604. Criminal possession of a forged instrument; penalty; aggregation allowed; when


(1) Whoever, with knowledge that it is forged and with intent to deceive or harm, possesses any forged instrument covered by section 28-602 or 28-603 commits criminal possession of a forged instrument.


(2) Criminal possession of a forged instrument prohibited by section 28-602 is a Class IV felony.


(3) Criminal possession of a forged instrument prohibited by section 28-603, the amount or value of which is one thousand dollars or more, is a Class IV felony.


(4) Criminal possession of a forged instrument prohibited by section 28-603, the amount or value of which is more than three hundred dollars but less than one thousand dollars, is a Class I misdemeanor.


(5) Criminal possession of a forged instrument prohibited by section 28-603, the amount or value of which is three hundred dollars or less, is a Class II misdemeanor.


(6) For the purpose of determining the class of penalty for criminal possession of a forged instrument prohibited by section 28-603, the amounts or values of more than one such forged instrument may be aggregated in the indictment or information if such forged instruments were part of the same scheme or course of conduct which took place within a sixty-day period and within one county. Such amounts or values shall not be aggregated into more than one offense.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 126; Laws 2003, LB 17, § 8; Laws 2009, LB 155, § 14, eff. Aug. 30, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-605

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

28-605. Criminal possession of forgery devices; penalty


(1) A person commits criminal possession of forgery devices when:


(a) He 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 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 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 forgery devices is a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 127.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-606

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 128.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-607

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 129.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-608

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

28-608. Transferred to § 28-638


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-609

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 131.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-610

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 132.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-611

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

28-611. Issuing or passing a bad check or similar order; penalty; collection procedures


(1) Whoever obtains property, services, or present value of any kind by issuing or passing a check, draft, assignment of funds, or similar signed order for the payment of money, knowing that he or she does not have sufficient funds in or credit with the drawee for the payment of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order in full upon presentation, commits the offense of issuing a bad check. Issuing a bad check is:


(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;


(b) A Class IV felony 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;


(c) A Class I misdemeanor if the amount of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order is two hundred dollars or more, but less than five hundred dollars; and


(d) A Class II misdemeanor if the amount of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order is less than two 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 subdivision (1)(c) or (1)(d) of this section, any person so offending shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.


(4) Whoever otherwise issues or passes a check, draft, assignment of funds, or similar signed order for the payment of money, knowing that he or she does not have sufficient funds in or credit with the drawee for the payment of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order in full upon its presentation, shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.


(5) Any person in violation of this section who makes voluntary restitution to the injured party for the value of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order shall also pay ten dollars to the injured party and any reasonable handling fee imposed on the injured party by a financial institution.


(6) In any prosecution for issuing a bad check, the person issuing the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order shall be presumed to have known that he or she did not have sufficient funds in or credit with the drawee for the payment of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order in full upon presentation if, within thirty days after issuance of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order, he or she was notified that the drawee refused payment for lack of funds and he or she failed within ten days after such notice to make the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order good or, in the absence of such notice, he or she failed to make the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order good within ten days after notice that such check, draft, assignment of funds, or order has been returned to the depositor was sent to him or her by the county attorney or his or her deputy, by United States mail addressed to such person at his or her last-known address. Upon request of the depositor and the payment of ten dollars for each check, draft, assignment of funds, or order, the county attorney or his or her deputy shall be required to mail notice to the person issuing the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order as provided in this subsection. The ten-dollar payment shall be payable to the county treasurer and credited to the county general fund. No such payment shall be collected from any county office to which such a check, draft, assignment of funds, or order is issued in the course of the official duties of the office.


(7) Any person convicted of violating this section may, in addition to a fine or imprisonment, be ordered to make restitution to the party injured for the value of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order and to pay ten dollars to the injured party and any reasonable handling fee imposed on the injured party by a financial institution. If the court, in addition to sentencing any person to imprisonment under this section, also enters an order of restitution, the time permitted to make such restitution shall not be concurrent with the sentence of imprisonment.


(8) The fact that restitution to the party injured has been made and that ten dollars and any reasonable handling fee imposed on the injured party by a financial institution have been paid to the injured party shall be a mitigating factor in the imposition of punishment for any violation of this section.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 133; Laws 1978, LB 748, § 8; Laws 1983, LB 208, § 1; Laws 1985, LB 445, § 1; Laws 1987, LB 254, § 1; Laws 1992, LB 111, § 3; Laws 2009, LB 155, § 15, eff. Aug. 30, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-611.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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 one thousand five hundred dollars or more;


(b) A Class IV felony 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;


(c) A Class I misdemeanor if the amount of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order is two hundred dollars or more, but less than five hundred dollars; and


(d) A Class II misdemeanor if the amount of the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order is less than two 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 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 five hundred dollars.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2009, LB 155, § 16, eff. Aug. 30, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-612

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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; or


(d) Any credit union transacting business in this state under the Credit Union Act.


CREDIT(S)


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.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-613

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 135; Laws 1993, LB 121, § 177; Laws 1994, LB 884, § 54.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-614

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 136.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-615

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 137.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-616

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 138.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-617

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 139.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-618

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

28-618. Financial transactions; terms, defined


For purposes of sections 28-618 to 28-630:


(1) Account holder shall mean the person or business entity named on the face of a financial transaction device for whose benefit the financial transaction device is issued by an issuer;


(2) Acquirer shall mean any business organization, financial institution, or agent of such organization or institution which authorizes a merchant to accept payment by financial transaction device for money, property, services, or anything else of value;


(3) Automated banking device shall mean any machine which, when properly activated by a financial transaction device or a personal identification code, may be used for any purpose for which a financial transaction device is issued;


(4) Counterfeit financial transaction device shall mean any financial transaction device which is fictitious, altered, forged, stolen, obtained as part of a scheme to defraud, or otherwise unlawfully obtained and which may or may not be embossed with account information or a company logo or any facsimile, false representation, depiction, or component of a financial transaction device;


(5) Embossing shall mean any process in which account numbers are placed on financial transaction devices that results in the number being raised from the surface of the device;


(6) Expired financial transaction device shall mean a financial transaction device which is no longer valid because the term shown on it has elapsed;


(7) Financial transaction device shall mean any instrument or device whether known as a credit card, credit plate, bank service card, banking card, check guarantee card, debit card, electronic funds transfer card, or account number representing a financial account. Such device shall affect the financial interest, standing, or obligation of the financial account for services or financial payments for money, credit, property, or services;


(8) Financial-transaction-device-making equipment shall mean any equipment, impression, machine, mechanism, plate, or other device designed, used, or capable of being used to produce a financial transaction device, a counterfeit financial transaction device, or any aspect or component of a financial transaction device;


(9) Holographic shall mean a photographic method that uses laser light to produce three-dimensional images;


(10) Intent to defraud shall mean an unlawful attempt to secure money, credit, property, or services from an issuer, without permission of the account holder, for the benefit of any person other than the account holder;


(11) Issuer shall mean any person or any financial or business entity that acquires financial rights by issuing, canceling, controlling, or distributing a financial transaction device;


(12) Magnetic encoding shall mean any electronically encoded account holder information which is placed on a magnetic strip on the financial transaction device and is capable of being read by an electronic terminal such as an automatic teller machine or an electronic terminal at a merchant location also known as a point-of-sale terminal;


(13) Personal identification code shall mean any grouping of letters, numbers, or symbols assigned to the account holder of a financial transaction device by the issuer to permit authorized electronic access of that account;


(14) Receives or receiving shall mean acquiring possession or control of or accepting as security for a loan a financial transaction device;


(15) Revoked financial transaction device shall mean a financial transaction device which is no longer valid because permission to use it has been suspended or terminated by the issuer;


(16) Sales form shall mean any written, electronic, magnetic, or printed record of a financial transaction involving use of a financial transaction device;


(17) Sales form processing services shall mean services provided to enable a person to obtain payment or credit for sales forms;


(18) Sales form processor shall mean any bank, financial institution, or other entity which with authority from a bona fide association of issuers provides sales form processing services;


(19) Service mark shall mean a word, name, symbol, or other device or any combination thereof to identify the goods or services of the entity from the goods and services of another entity;


(20) To falsely alter a financial transaction device shall mean to change such device without the authority of anyone entitled to grant such authority, whether in complete or incomplete form, by means of erasure, obliteration, deletion, insertion of new matter, transposition of matter, or any other means, so that such device in its altered form falsely appears or purports to be in all respects an authentic creation of or fully authorized by its ostensible issuer;


(21) To falsely complete a financial transaction device shall mean to transform an incomplete device into a complete one by adding, inserting, or changing matter without the authority of anyone entitled to grant such authority, so that the complete device falsely appears or purports to be in all respects an authentic creation of or fully authorized by its ostensible issuer;


(22) To falsely make a financial transaction device shall mean to make or manufacture a device, whether complete or incomplete, which purports to be an authentic creation of its ostensible issuer but which is fictitious or, if real, the ostensible issuer did not authorize the making or the manufacturing thereof; and


(23) Traffic shall mean to distribute, dispense, sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of property or to buy, receive, possess, obtain control of, or use property with the intent to dispense, distribute, sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of such property.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1989, LB 372, § 2; Laws 1993, LB 81, § 55.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-619

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1989, LB 372, § 3; Laws 1996, LB 899, § 1.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-620

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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 two 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 two hundred dollars or more but less than 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 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; and


(d) A Class III 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 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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1989, LB 372, § 4; Laws 1994, LB 379, § 1; Laws 2002, LB 276, § 3.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-621

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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 III felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1989, LB 372, § 5.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-622

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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 III felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1989, LB 372, § 7.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-623

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1989, LB 372, § 6.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-624

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1989, LB 372, § 8.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-625

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1989, LB 372, § 9.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-626

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

28-626. Criminal possession of a forgery device; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of criminal possession of a 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 forgery device shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1989, LB 372, § 10.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-627

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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 III felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1989, LB 372, § 11.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-628

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1989, LB 372, § 12.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-629

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1989, LB 372, § 13.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-630

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1989, LB 372, § 14.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-631

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

28-631. Fraudulent insurance act; penalties


(1) A person or entity commits a fraudulent insurance act if he or she:


(a) Knowingly and with intent to defraud or deceive presents, causes to be presented, or prepares with knowledge or belief that it will be presented to or by an insurer, or any agent of an insurer, any statement as part of, in support of, or in denial of a claim for payment or other benefit from an insurer or pursuant to an insurance policy knowing that the statement contains any false, incomplete, or misleading information concerning any fact or thing material to a claim;


(b) Assists, abets, solicits, or conspires with another to prepare or make any statement that is intended to be presented to or by an insurer or person in connection with or in support of any claim for payment or other benefit from an insurer or pursuant to an insurance policy knowing that the statement contains any false, incomplete, or misleading information concerning any fact or thing material to the claim;


(c) Makes any false or fraudulent representations as to the death or disability of a policy or certificate holder or a covered person in any statement or certificate for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining money or benefit from an insurer;


(d) Knowingly and willfully transacts any contract, agreement, or instrument which violates this section;


(e) Receives money for the purpose of purchasing insurance and converts the money to the person's own benefit;


(f) Willfully embezzles, abstracts, purloins, misappropriates, or converts money, funds, premiums, credits, or other property of an insurer or person engaged in the business of insurance;


(g) Knowingly and with intent to defraud or deceive issues fake or counterfeit insurance policies, certificates of insurance, insurance identification cards, or insurance binders;


(h) Knowingly and with intent to defraud or deceive possesses fake or counterfeit insurance policies, certificates of insurance, insurance identification cards, or insurance binders;


(i) Knowingly and with intent to defraud or deceive makes any false entry of a material fact in or pertaining to any document or statement filed with or required by the Department of Insurance;


(j) Knowingly and with the intent to defraud or deceive provides false, incomplete, or misleading information to an insurer concerning the number, location, or classification of employees for the purpose of lessening or reducing the premium otherwise chargeable for workers' compensation insurance coverage;


(k) Knowingly and with intent to defraud or deceive removes, conceals, alters, diverts, or destroys assets or records of an insurer or person engaged in the business of insurance or attempts to remove, conceal, alter, divert, or destroy assets or records of an insurer or person engaged in the business of insurance;


(l) Willfully operates as or aids and abets another operating as a discount medical plan organization in violation of subsection (1) of section 44-8306; or


(m) Willfully collects fees for purported membership in a discount medical plan organization but purposefully fails to provide the promised benefits.


(2)(a) A violation of subdivisions (1)(a) through (f) of this section is a Class III felony when the amount involved is one thousand five hundred dollars or more.


(b) A violation of subdivisions (1)(a) through (f) of this section is a Class IV felony when the amount involved is five hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand five hundred dollars.


(c) A violation of subdivisions (1)(a) through (f) of this section is a Class I misdemeanor when the amount involved is two hundred dollars or more but less than five hundred dollars.


(d) A violation of subdivisions (1)(a) through (f) of this section is a Class II misdemeanor when the amount involved is less than two hundred dollars.


(e) For any second or subsequent conviction under subdivision (2)(c) of this section, the violation is a Class IV felony.


(f) A violation of subdivisions (1)(g), (i), (j), (k), (l), and (m) of this section is a Class IV felony.


(g) A violation of subdivision (1)(h) of this section is a Class I misdemeanor.


(3) Amounts taken pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct from one person, entity, or insurer may be aggregated in the indictment or information in determining the classification of the offense, except that amounts may not be aggregated into more than one offense.


(4) In any prosecution under this section, if the amounts are aggregated pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, the amount involved in the offense shall be an essential element of the offense that must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.


(5) A prosecution under this section shall be in lieu of an action under section 44-6607.


(6) For purposes of this section:


(a) Insurer means any person or entity transacting insurance as defined in section 44-102 with or without a certificate of authority issued by the Director of Insurance. Insurer also means health maintenance organizations, legal service insurance corporations, prepaid limited health service organizations, dental and other similar health service plans, discount medical plan organizations, and entities licensed pursuant to the Intergovernmental Risk Management Act and the Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool Act. Insurer also means an employer who is approved by the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court as a self-insurer; and


(b) Statement includes, but is not limited to, any notice, statement, proof of loss, bill of lading, receipt for payment, invoice, account, estimate of property damages, bill for services, diagnosis, prescription, hospital or medical records, X-rays, test result, or other evidence of loss, injury, or expense, whether oral, written, or computer-generated.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1995, LB 385, § 10; Laws 1997, LB 272, § 1; Laws 2000, LB 930, § 1; Laws 2002, LB 547, § 1; Laws 2008, LB 855, § 2, eff. July 18, 2008; Laws 2009, LB 208, § 1, eff. Aug. 30, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-632

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

28-632. Payment cards; terms, defined


For purposes of this section and sections 28-633 and 28-634:


(1) Merchant means 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. Merchant also includes 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;


(2) Payment card means a credit card, charge card, or debit 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;


(3) Person means an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or other business entity;


(4) Reencoder means an electronic device that places encoded information from the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card onto the magnetic strip or stripe of a different payment card; and


(5) Scanning device means a scanner, a reader, or any other electronic device that is used to access, read, scan, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2002, LB 276, § 4.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-633

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2002, LB 276, § 5.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-634

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

28-634. Payment cards; prohibited use of scanning device or reencoder; violation; penalty


(1) It is unlawful for a person to use:


(a) A scanning device to access, read, scan, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card without the permission of the authorized user of the payment card and with the intent to defraud the authorized user, the issuer of the authorized user's payment card, or a merchant; or


(b) A reencoder to place information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card onto the magnetic strip or stripe of a different card without the permission of the authorized user of the card from which the information is being reencoded and with the intent to defraud the authorized 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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2002, LB 276, § 6.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-635

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

28-635. Motor vehicle; inflatable restraint system; prohibited acts; penalty


(1) No person shall knowingly install or reinstall in a motor vehicle, as part of the motor vehicle's inflatable restraint system, any object or material other than an air bag designed for the make, model, and year of the motor vehicle.


(2) A person violating this section is guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2003, LB 17, § 6.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-636

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

28-636. Criminal impersonation; identity theft; identity fraud; terms, defined


For purposes of sections 28-636 to 28-640:


(1) Personal identification document means a birth certificate, motor vehicle operator's license, state identification card, public, government, or private employment identification card, social security card, visa work permit, firearm owner's identification card, certificate issued under section 69-2404, or passport or any document made or altered in a manner that it purports to have been made on behalf of or issued to another person or by the authority of a person who did not give that authority. Personal identification document does not include a financial transaction device as defined in section 28-618;


(2) Personal identifying information means any name or number that may be used, alone or in conjunction with any other information, to identify a specific person including a person's: (a) Name; (b) date of birth; (c) address; (d) motor vehicle operator's license number or state identification card number as assigned by the State of Nebraska or another state; (e) social security number or visa work permit number; (f) public, private, or government employer, place of employment, or employment identification number; (g) maiden name of a person's mother; (h) number assigned to a person's credit card, charge card, or debit card, whether issued by a financial institution, corporation, or other business entity; (i) number assigned to a person's depository account, savings account, or brokerage account; (j) personal identification number as defined in section 8-157.01; (k) electronic identification number, address, or routing code used to access financial information; (l) digital signature; (m) telecommunications identifying information or access device; (n) unique biometric data, such as fingerprint, voice print, retina or iris image, or other unique physical representation; and (o) other number or information which can be used to access a person's financial resources; and


(3) Telecommunications identifying information or access device means a card, plate, code, account number, mobile identification number, or other telecommunications service, equipment, or instrument identifier or means of account access that alone or in conjunction with other telecommunications identifying information or another telecommunications access device may be used to: (a) Obtain money, goods, services, or any other thing of value; or (b) initiate a transfer of funds other than a transfer originated solely by a paper instrument.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2009, LB 155, § 8, eff. Aug. 30, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-637

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2009, LB 155, § 9, eff. Aug. 30, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-638

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

28-638. Criminal impersonation; penalty; restitution


(1) A person commits the crime of criminal impersonation if he or she:


(a) Pretends to be a representative of some person or organization and does an act in his or her fictitious capacity with the intent to gain a pecuniary benefit for himself, herself, or another and to deceive or harm another;


(b) Carries on any profession, business, or any other occupation without a license, certificate, or other authorization required by law;


(c) Knowingly provides false personal identifying information or a false personal identification document to a court or a law enforcement officer; or


(d) Knowingly provides false personal identifying information or a false personal identification document to an employer for the purpose of obtaining employment.


(2)(a) Criminal impersonation, as described in subdivisions (1)(a) and (1)(b) of this section, is a Class III 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. Any second or subsequent conviction under this subdivision is a Class II felony.


(b) Criminal impersonation, as described in subdivisions (1)(a) and (1)(b) of this section, 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 five hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand five hundred dollars. Any second or subsequent conviction under this subdivision is a Class III felony.


(c) Criminal impersonation, as described in subdivisions (1)(a) and (1)(b) of this section, 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 two hundred dollars or more but less than five hundred dollars. Any second or subsequent conviction under this subdivision is a Class IV felony.


(d) Criminal impersonation, as described in subdivisions (1)(a) and (1)(b) of this section, 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 two 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) Criminal impersonation, as described in subdivision (1)(c) of this section, is a Class IV felony. Any second conviction under this subdivision is a Class III felony, and any third or subsequent conviction under this subdivision is a Class II felony.


(f) Criminal impersonation, as described in subdivision (1)(d) of this section, is a Class II misdemeanor. Any second or subsequent conviction under this subdivision is a Class I misdemeanor.


(g) 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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 130; Laws 2002, LB 276, § 2; Laws 2009, LB 155, § 10, eff. Aug. 30, 2009.


Codifications : R.S. 1943, (2008), § 28-608.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-639

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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 III 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. 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 five hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand five hundred 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 two hundred dollars or more but less than 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 two 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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2009, LB 155, § 11, eff. Aug. 30, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-640

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 6. Offenses Involving Fraud

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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2009, LB 155, § 12, eff. Aug. 30, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-701

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 140.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-702

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 141.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-703

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

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 minor stepchild commits incest.


(2) Incest is a Class III 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.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 142; Laws 1978, LB 748, § 9; Laws 1985, LB 89, § 1.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-704

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-704. Repealed by Laws 1995, LB 22, § 1


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-705

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-705. Abandonment of spouse, child, or dependent stepchild; prohibited acts; penalty


(1) Any person who abandons and neglects or refuses to maintain or provide for his or her spouse or his or her child or dependent stepchild, whether such child is born in or out of wedlock, commits abandonment of spouse, child, or dependent stepchild.


(2) For the purposes of this section, child shall mean an individual under the age of sixteen years.


(3) When any person abandons and neglects to provide for his or her spouse or his or her child or dependent stepchild for three consecutive months or more, it shall be prima facie evidence of intent to violate the provisions of subsection (1) of this section.


(4) A designation of assets for or use of income by an individual in accordance with section 68-922 shall be considered just cause for failure to use such assets or income to provide medical support of such individual's spouse.


(5) Abandonment of spouse, child, or dependent stepchild is a Class I misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 144; Laws 1978, LB 748, § 11; Laws 1988, LB 419, § 10; Laws 1989, LB 362, § 1; Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 51.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-706

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-706. Criminal nonsupport; penalty; exceptions


(1) Any person who intentionally fails, refuses, or neglects to provide proper support which he or she knows or reasonably should know he or she is legally obliged to provide to a spouse, minor child, minor stepchild, or other dependent commits criminal nonsupport.


(2) A parent or guardian who refuses to pay hospital costs, medical costs, or any other costs arising out of or in connection with an abortion procedure performed on a minor child or minor stepchild does not commit criminal nonsupport if:


(a) Such parent or guardian was not consulted prior to the abortion procedure; or


(b) After consultation, such parent or guardian refused to grant consent for such procedure, and the abortion procedure was not necessary to preserve the minor child or stepchild from an imminent peril that substantially endangered her life or health.


(3) Support includes, but is not limited to, food, clothing, medical care, and shelter.


(4) A designation of assets for or use of income by an individual in accordance with section 68-922 shall be considered just cause for failure to use such assets or income to provide medical support of such individual's spouse.


(5) This section does not exclude any applicable civil remedy.


(6) Except as provided in subsection (7) of this section, criminal nonsupport is a Class II misdemeanor.


(7) Criminal nonsupport is a Class IV felony if it is in violation of any order of any court.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 145; Laws 1978, LB 920, § 3; Laws 1988, LB 419, § 11; Laws 1989, LB 362, § 2; Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 52.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-707

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-707. Child abuse; privileges not available; penalties


(1) A person commits child abuse if he or she knowingly, intentionally, or negligently causes or permits a minor child to be:


(a) Placed in a situation that endangers his or her life or physical or mental health;


(b) Cruelly confined or cruelly punished;


(c) Deprived of necessary food, clothing, shelter, or care;


(d) Placed in a situation to be sexually exploited by allowing, encouraging, or forcing such minor child to solicit for or engage in prostitution, debauchery, public indecency, or obscene or pornographic photography, films, or depictions; or


(e) Placed in a situation to be sexually abused as defined in section 28-319, 28-319.01, or 28-320.01.


(2) The statutory privilege between patient and physician, between client and professional counselor, and between husband and wife shall not be available for excluding or refusing testimony in any prosecution for a violation of this section.


(3) Child abuse is a Class I misdemeanor if the offense is committed negligently and does not result in serious bodily injury as defined in section 28-109 or death.


(4) Child abuse is a Class IIIA felony if the offense is committed knowingly and intentionally and does not result in serious bodily injury as defined in section 28-109 or death.


(5) Child abuse is a Class IIIA felony if the offense is committed negligently and results in serious bodily injury as defined in section 28-109.


(6) Child abuse is a Class III felony if the offense is committed negligently and results in the death of such child.


(7) Child abuse is a Class II felony if the offense is committed knowingly and intentionally and results in serious bodily injury as defined in such section.


(8) Child abuse is a Class IB felony if the offense is committed knowingly and intentionally and results in the death of such child.


(9) For purposes of this section, negligently refers to criminal negligence and means that a person knew or should have known of the danger involved and acted recklessly, as defined in section 28-109, with respect to the safety or health of the minor child.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 146; Laws 1982, LB 347, § 10; Laws 1993, LB 130, § 3; Laws 1993, LB 430, § 3; Laws 1994, LB 908, § 1; Laws 1996, LB 645, § 15; Laws 1997, LB 364, § 9; Laws 2006, LB 1199, § 9; Laws 2010, LB 507, § 3, eff. July 15, 2010; Laws 2012, LB 799, § 2, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-708

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-708. Repealed by Laws 1988, LB 463, § 50


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-709

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-709. Contributing to the delinquency of a child; penalty; definitions


(1) Any person who, by any act, encourages, causes, or contributes to the delinquency or need for special supervision of a child under eighteen years of age, so that such child becomes, or will tend to become, a delinquent child, or a child in need of special supervision, commits contributing to the delinquency of a child.


(2) The following definitions shall be applicable to this section:


(a) Delinquent child shall mean any child under the age of eighteen years who has violated any law of the state or any city or village ordinance; and


(b) A child in need of special supervision shall mean any child under the age of eighteen years (i) who, by reason of being wayward or habitually disobedient, is uncontrolled by his parent, guardian, or custodian; (ii) who is habitually truant from school or home; or (iii) who deports himself so as to injure or endanger seriously the morals or health of himself or others.


(3) Contributing to the delinquency of a child is a Class I misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 148.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-710

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-710. Act, how cited; terms, defined


(1) Sections 28-710 to 28-727 shall be known and may be cited as the Child Protection Act.


(2) For purposes of the Child Protection Act:


(a) Child abuse or neglect means knowingly, intentionally, or negligently causing or permitting a minor child to be:


(i) Placed in a situation that endangers his or her life or physical or mental health;


(ii) Cruelly confined or cruelly punished;


(iii) Deprived of necessary food, clothing, shelter, or care;


(iv) Left unattended in a motor vehicle if such minor child is six years of age or younger;


(v) Sexually abused; or


(vi) Sexually exploited by allowing, encouraging, or forcing such person to solicit for or engage in prostitution, debauchery, public indecency, or obscene or pornographic photography, films, or depictions;


(b) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services;


(c) Law enforcement agency means the police department or town marshal in incorporated municipalities, the office of the sheriff in unincorporated areas, and the Nebraska State Patrol;


(d) Out-of-home child abuse or neglect means child abuse or neglect occurring in day care homes, foster homes, day care centers, group homes, and other child care facilities or institutions; and


(e) Subject of the report of child abuse or neglect means the person or persons identified in the report as responsible for the child abuse or neglect.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 149; Laws 1979, LB 505, § 1; Laws 1982, LB 522, § 3; Laws 1985, LB 447, § 10; Laws 1988, LB 463, § 42; Laws 1992, LB 1184, § 9; Laws 1994, LB 1035, § 2; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 71; Laws 1997, LB 119, § 1; Laws 2005, LB 116, § 1.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-711

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-711. Child subjected to abuse or neglect; report; contents; toll-free number


(1) When any physician, any medical institution, any nurse, any school employee, any social worker, the Inspector General appointed under section 43-4317, or any other person has reasonable cause to believe that a child has been subjected to child abuse or neglect or observes such child being subjected to conditions or circumstances which reasonably would result in child abuse or neglect, he or she shall report such incident or cause a report of child abuse or neglect to be made to the proper law enforcement agency or to the department on the toll-free number established by subsection (2) of this section. Such report may be made orally by telephone with the caller giving his or her name and address, shall be followed by a written report, and to the extent available shall contain the address and age of the abused or neglected child, the address of the person or persons having custody of the abused or neglected child, the nature and extent of the child abuse or neglect or the conditions and circumstances which would reasonably result in such child abuse or neglect, any evidence of previous child abuse or neglect including the nature and extent, and any other information which in the opinion of the person may be helpful in establishing the cause of such child abuse or neglect and the identity of the perpetrator or perpetrators. Law enforcement agencies receiving any reports of child abuse or neglect under this subsection shall notify the department pursuant to section 28-718 on the next working day by telephone or mail.


(2) The department shall establish a statewide toll-free number to be used by any person any hour of the day or night, any day of the week, to make reports of child abuse or neglect. Reports of child abuse or neglect not previously made to or by a law enforcement agency shall be made immediately to such agency by the department.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 150; Laws 1979, LB 505, § 2; Laws 1982, LB 522, § 4; Laws 1988, LB 463, § 43; Laws 2002, LB 1105, § 432; Laws 2005, LB 116, § 2; Laws 2012, LB 821, § 39, eff. April 12, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-712

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-712. Repealed by Laws 1992, LB 1184, § 25


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-713

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-713. Reports of child abuse or neglect; law enforcement agency; department; duties


Upon the receipt of a call reporting child abuse and neglect as required by section 28-711:


(1) It is the duty of the law enforcement agency to investigate the report, to take immediate steps to protect the child, and to institute legal proceedings if appropriate. In situations of alleged out-of-home child abuse or neglect if the person or persons to be notified have not already been notified and the person to be notified is not the subject of the report of child abuse or neglect, the law enforcement agency shall immediately notify the person or persons having custody of each child who has allegedly been abused or neglected that such report of alleged child abuse or neglect has been made and shall provide such person or persons with information of the nature of the alleged child abuse or neglect. The law enforcement agency may request assistance from the department during the investigation and shall, by the next working day, notify either the hotline or the department of receipt of the report, including whether or not an investigation is being undertaken by the law enforcement agency. A copy of all reports, whether or not an investigation is being undertaken, shall be provided to the department;


(2) In situations of alleged out-of-home child abuse or neglect if the person or persons to be notified have not already been notified and the person to be notified is not the subject of the report of child abuse or neglect, the department shall immediately notify the person or persons having custody of each child who has allegedly been abused or neglected that such report of alleged child abuse or neglect has been made and shall provide such person or persons with information of the nature of the alleged child abuse or neglect and any other information that the department deems necessary. The department shall investigate for the purpose of assessing each report of child abuse or neglect to determine the risk of harm to the child involved. The department shall also provide such social services as are necessary and appropriate under the circumstances to protect and assist the child and to preserve the family;


(3) The department may make a request for further assistance from the appropriate law enforcement agency or take such legal action as may be appropriate under the circumstances;


(4) The department shall, by the next working day after receiving a report of child abuse or neglect under subdivision (1) of this section, make a written report or a summary on forms provided by the department to the proper law enforcement agency in the county and enter in the tracking system of child protection cases maintained pursuant to section 28-715 all reports of child abuse or neglect opened for investigation and any action taken; and


(5) The department shall, upon request, make available to the appropriate investigating law enforcement agency and the county attorney a copy of all reports relative to a case of suspected child abuse or neglect.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 152; Laws 1979, LB 505, § 4; Laws 1982, LB 522, § 5; Laws 1988, LB 463, § 45; Laws 1992, LB 1184, § 10; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 72; Laws 1997, LB 119, § 2; Laws 1997, LB 307, § 13; Laws 2005, LB 116, § 3; Laws 2007, LB 296, § 37.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-713.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-713.01. Cases of child abuse or neglect; completion of investigation; notice; when


(1) Upon completion of the investigation pursuant to section 28-713:


(a) In situations of alleged out-of-home child abuse or neglect, the person or persons having custody of the allegedly abused or neglected child or children shall be given written notice of the results of the investigation and any other information the law enforcement agency or department deems necessary. Such notice and information shall be sent by first-class mail; and


(b) The subject of the report of child abuse or neglect shall be given written notice of the determination of the case and whether the subject of the report of child abuse or neglect will be entered into the central register of child protection cases maintained pursuant to section 28-718 under the criteria provided in section 28-720.


(2) If the subject of the report will be entered into the central register, the notice to the subject shall be sent by certified mail with return receipt requested or first-class mail to the last-known address of the subject of the report of child abuse or neglect and shall include:


(a) The nature of the report;


(b) The classification of the report under section 28-720; and


(c) Notification of the right of the subject of the report of child abuse or neglect to request the department to amend or expunge identifying information from the report or to remove the substantiated report from the central register in accordance with section 28-723.


(3) If the subject of the report will not be entered into the central register, the notice to the subject shall be sent by first-class mail and shall include:


(a) The nature of the report; and


(b) The classification of the report under section 28-720.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1994, LB 1035, § 3; Laws 1997, LB 119, § 3; Laws 2005, LB 116, § 4; Laws 2012, LB 1051, § 17, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-714

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-714. Privileged communications; not grounds for excluding evidence


The privileged communication between patient and physician, between client and professional counselor, and between husband and wife shall not be a ground for excluding evidence in any judicial proceeding resulting from a report of child abuse or neglect required by section 28-711.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 153; Laws 1993, LB 130, § 4; Laws 1994, LB 1035, § 4; Laws 2005, LB 116, § 5.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-715

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-715. Tracking system; department; duties; use authorized


The department shall retain all information from all reports of suspected child abuse or neglect required by section 28-711 and all records generated as a result of such reports in a tracking system of child protection cases. The tracking system shall be used for statistical purposes as well as a reference for future investigations if subsequent reports of child abuse or neglect are made involving the same victim or subject of a report of child abuse or neglect.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 154; Laws 1979, LB 505, § 5; Laws 1988, LB 463, § 46; Laws 2005, LB 116, § 6.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-716

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-716. Person participating in an investigation or making report; immune from liability; civil or criminal


Any person participating in an investigation or the making of a report of child abuse or neglect required by section 28-711 pursuant to or participating in a judicial proceeding resulting therefrom shall be immune from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed, except for maliciously false statements.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 155; Laws 1994, LB 1035, § 5; Laws 2005, LB 116, § 7.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-717

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-717. Violation; penalty


Any person who willfully fails to make any report of child abuse or neglect required by section 28-711 shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 156; Laws 1994, LB 1035, § 6; Laws 2005, LB 116, § 8.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-718

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-718. Child protection cases; central register; name-change order; treatment


(1) There shall be a central register of child protection cases maintained in the department containing records of all reports of child abuse or neglect opened for investigation as provided in section 28-713 and classified as either court substantiated or agency substantiated as provided in section 28-720. The department may change records classified as inconclusive prior to August 30, 2009, to agency substantiated. The department shall give public notice of the changes made to this section and subsection (3) of section 28-720 by Laws 2009, LB 122, within thirty days after August 30, 2009, by having such notice published in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation within the state.


(2) The department shall determine whether a name-change order received from the clerk of a district court pursuant to section 25-21,271 is for a person on the central register of child protection cases and, if so, shall include the changed name with the former name in the register and file or cross-reference the information under both names.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1979, LB 505, § 6; Laws 2005, LB 116, § 9; Laws 2009, LB 122, § 1, eff. Aug. 30, 2009; Laws 2010, LB 147, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-719

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-719. Child abuse and neglect records; access; when


Upon complying with identification requirements established by regulation of the department, or when ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, any person legally authorized by section 28-722, 28-726, or 28-727 to have access to records relating to child abuse and neglect may request and shall be immediately provided the information requested in accordance with the requirement of the Child Protection Act. Such information shall not include the name and address of the person making the report of child abuse or neglect. The names and other identifying data and the dates and the circumstances of any persons requesting or receiving information from the central register of child protection cases maintained pursuant to section 28-718 shall be entered in such register record.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1979, LB 505, § 7; Laws 2005, LB 116, § 10.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-720

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-720. Cases; central register; classification


All cases entered into the central register of child protection cases maintained pursuant to section 28-718 shall be classified as one of the following:


(1) Court substantiated, if a court of competent jurisdiction has entered a judgment of guilty against the subject of the report of child abuse or neglect upon a criminal complaint, indictment, or information or there has been an adjudication of jurisdiction of a juvenile court over the child under subdivision (3)(a) of section 43-247 which relates or pertains to the report of child abuse or neglect;


(2) Court pending, if a criminal complaint, indictment, or information or a juvenile petition under subdivision (3)(a) of section 43-247, which relates or pertains to the subject of the report of abuse or neglect, has been filed and is pending in a court of competent jurisdiction; or


(3) Agency substantiated, if the department's determination of child abuse or neglect against the subject of the report of child abuse or neglect was supported by a preponderance of the evidence and based upon an investigation pursuant to section 28-713.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1979, LB 505, § 8; Laws 2005, LB 116, § 11; Laws 2009, LB 122, § 2, eff. Aug. 30, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-720.01

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-720.01. Unfounded reports; how treated


All reports of child abuse or neglect which are not under subdivision (1), (2), or (3) of section 28-720 shall be considered unfounded and shall be maintained only in the tracking system of child protection cases pursuant to section 28-715 and not in the central register of child protection cases maintained pursuant to section 28-718.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2005, LB 116, § 12.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-721

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28-721. Central register; record; amend, expunge, or remove


At any time, the department may amend, expunge, or remove from the central register of child protection cases maintained pursuant to section 28-718 any record upon good cause shown and upon notice to the subject of the report of child abuse or neglect.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1979, LB 505, § 9; Laws 2005, LB 116, § 13; Laws 2007, LB 296, § 38.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-722

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-722. Central register; subject of report; access to information


Upon request, a subject of the report of child abuse or neglect or, if such subject is a minor or otherwise legally incompetent, the guardian or guardian ad litem of the subject, shall be entitled to receive a copy of all information contained in the central register of child protection cases maintained pursuant to section 28-718 pertaining to his or her case. The department shall not release data that would be harmful or detrimental or that would identify or locate a person who, in good faith, made a report of child abuse or neglect or cooperated in a subsequent investigation unless ordered to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1979, LB 505, § 10; Laws 2005, LB 116, § 14.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-723

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Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-723. Subject of report; request to amend, expunge, or remove information; denied; hearing; decision; appeal


At any time subsequent to the completion of the department's investigation, the subject of the report of child abuse or neglect may request the department to amend, expunge identifying information from, or remove the record of the report from the central register of child protection cases maintained pursuant to section 28-718. If the department refuses to do so or does not act within thirty days, the subject of the report of child abuse or neglect shall have the right to a fair hearing within the department to determine whether the record of the report of child abuse or neglect should be amended, expunged, or removed on the grounds that it is inaccurate or that it is being maintained in a manner inconsistent with the Child Protection Act. Such fair hearing shall be held within a reasonable time after the subject's request and at a reasonable place and hour. In such hearings, the burden of proving the accuracy and consistency of the record shall be on the department. A juvenile court finding of child abuse or child neglect shall be presumptive evidence that the report was not unfounded. The hearing shall be conducted by the head of the department or his or her designated agent, who is hereby authorized and empowered to order the amendment, expunction, or removal of the record to make it accurate or consistent with the requirements of the act. The decision shall be made in writing, at the close of the hearing, or within thirty days thereof, and shall state the reasons upon which it is based. Decisions of the department may be appealed under the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1979, LB 505, § 11; Laws 1982, LB 522, § 6; Laws 2005, LB 116, § 15.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-724

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Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-724. Record; amendment, expunction, or removal; notice


Written notice of any amendment, expunction, or removal of any record in the central register of child protection cases maintained pursuant to section 28-718 shall be served upon the subject of the report of child abuse or neglect. The department shall inform any other individuals or agencies which received such record of any amendment, expunction, or removal of such record.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1979, LB 505, § 12; Laws 1982, LB 522, § 7; Laws 2005, LB 116, § 16.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-725

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28-725. Information, report; confidential; violation; penalty


All information of the department concerning reports of child abuse or neglect of noninstitutional children, including information in the tracking system of child protection cases maintained pursuant to section 28-715 or records in the central register of child protection cases maintained pursuant to section 28-718, and all information of the department generated as a result of such reports or records, shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except as specifically authorized by the Child Protection Act and section 81-3126 or other applicable law. The subject of the report of child abuse or neglect may authorize any individual or organization to receive the following information from the central register of child protection cases maintained pursuant to section 28-718 which relates or pertains to him or her: (1) The date of the alleged child abuse or neglect; and (2) the classification of the case pursuant to section 28-720. Permitting, assisting, or encouraging the unauthorized release of any information contained in such reports or records shall be a Class V misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1979, LB 505, § 13; Laws 1982, LB 522, § 8; Laws 2002, LB 642, § 7; Laws 2005, LB 116, § 17; Laws 2008, LB 782, § 2, eff. March 11, 2008.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-726

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28-726. Information; access


Except as provided in this section and sections 28-722 and 81-3126, no person, official, or agency shall have access to information in the tracking system of child protection cases maintained pursuant to section 28-715 or in records in the central register of child protection cases maintained pursuant to section 28-718 unless in furtherance of purposes directly connected with the administration of the Child Protection Act. Such persons, officials, and agencies having access to such information shall include, but not be limited to:


(1) A law enforcement agency investigating a report of known or suspected child abuse or neglect;


(2) A county attorney in preparation of a child abuse or neglect petition or termination of parental rights petition;


(3) A physician who has before him or her a child whom he or she reasonably suspects may be abused or neglected;


(4) An agency having the legal responsibility or authorization to care for, treat, or supervise an abused or neglected child or a parent, a guardian, or other person responsible for the abused or neglected child's welfare who is the subject of the report of child abuse or neglect;


(5) Any person engaged in bona fide research or auditing. No information identifying the subjects of the report of child abuse or neglect shall be made available to the researcher or auditor;


(6) The Foster Care Review Office and the designated local foster care review board when the information relates to a child in a foster care placement as defined in section 43-1301. The information provided to the office and local board shall not include the name or identity of any person making a report of suspected child abuse or neglect;


(7) The designated protection and advocacy system authorized pursuant to the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, 42 U.S.C. 15001, as the act existed on January 1, 2005, and the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act, 42 U.S.C. 10801, as the act existed on September 1, 2001, acting upon a complaint received from or on behalf of a person with developmental disabilities or mental illness;


(8) The person or persons having custody of the abused or neglected child in situations of alleged out-of-home child abuse or neglect; and


(9) For purposes of licensing providers of child care programs, the Department of Health and Human Services.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1979, LB 505, § 14; Laws 1982, LB 522, § 9; Laws 1988, LB 463, § 47; Laws 1990, LB 1222, § 1; Laws 1992, LB 643, § 2; Laws 1994, LB 1035, § 7; Laws 1997, LB 119, § 4; Laws 2001, LB 214, § 2; Laws 2002, LB 642, § 8; Laws 2005, LB 116, § 18; Laws 2007, LB 296, § 39; Laws 2008, LB 782, § 3, eff. March 11, 2008; Laws 2012, LB 998, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-727

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Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-727. Report; person making; receive summary of findings and actions; when


Upon request, a physician or the person in charge of an institution, school, facility, or agency making a legally mandated report of child abuse or neglect pursuant to section 28-711 shall receive a summary of the findings of and actions taken by the department in response to his or her report. The amount of detail such summary contains shall depend on the source of the report of child abuse or neglect and shall be established by regulations of the department.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1979, LB 505, § 15; Laws 1982, LB 522, § 10; Laws 2005, LB 116, § 19.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-728

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-728. Legislative findings and intent; child abuse and neglect investigation team; child advocacy center; child abuse and neglect treatment team; powers and duties


(1) The Legislature finds that child abuse and neglect are community problems requiring a coordinated response by law enforcement, child advocacy centers, prosecutors, the Department of Health and Human Services, and other agencies or entities designed to protect children. It is the intent of the Legislature to create a child abuse and neglect investigation team in each county or contiguous group of counties and to create a child abuse and neglect treatment team in each county or contiguous group of counties.


(2) Each county or contiguous group of counties will be assigned by the Department of Health and Human Services to a child advocacy center. The purpose of a child advocacy center is to provide a child-focused location for conducting forensic interviews and medical evaluations for alleged child victims of abuse and neglect and for coordinating a multidisciplinary team response that supports the physical, emotional, and psychological needs of children who are alleged victims of abuse or neglect. Each child advocacy center shall meet accreditation criteria set forth by the National Children's Alliance. Nothing in this section shall prevent a child from receiving treatment or other services at a child advocacy center which has received or is in the process of receiving accreditation.


(3) Each county attorney or the county attorney representing a contiguous group of counties is responsible for convening the child abuse and neglect investigation team and ensuring that protocols are established and implemented. A representative of the child advocacy center assigned to the team shall assist the county attorney in facilitating case review, developing and updating protocols, and arranging training opportunities for the team. Each team must have protocols which, at a minimum, shall include procedures for:


(a) Mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect as outlined in section 28-711 to include training to professionals on identification and reporting of abuse;


(b) Assigning roles and responsibilities between law enforcement and the Department of Health and Human Services for the initial response;


(c) Outlining how reports will be shared between law enforcement and the Department of Health and Human Services under section 28-713;


(d) Coordinating the investigative response including, but not limited to:


(i) Defining cases that require a priority response;


(ii) Contacting the reporting party;


(iii) Arranging for a video-recorded forensic interview at a child advocacy center for children who are three to eighteen years of age and are alleged to be victims of sexual abuse or serious physical abuse or neglect, have witnessed a violent crime, are found in a drug-endangered environment, or have been recovered from a kidnapping;


(iv) Assessing the need for and arranging, when indicated, a medical evaluation of the alleged child victim;


(v) Assessing the need for and arranging, when indicated, appropriate mental health services for the alleged child victim or nonoffender caregiver;


(vi) Conducting collateral interviews with other persons with information pertinent to the investigation including other potential victims;


(vii) Collecting, processing, and preserving physical evidence including photographing the crime scene as well as any physical injuries as a result of the alleged child abuse and neglect; and


(viii) Interviewing the alleged perpetrator;


(e) Reducing the risk of harm to alleged child abuse and neglect victims;


(f) Ensuring that the child is in safe surroundings, including removing the perpetrator when necessary or arranging for temporary custody of the child when the child is seriously endangered in his or her surroundings and immediate removal appears to be necessary for the child's protection as provided in section 43-248;


(g) Sharing of case information between team members; and


(h) Outlining what cases will be reviewed by the investigation team including, but not limited to:


(i) Cases of sexual abuse, serious physical abuse and neglect, drug-endangered children, and serious or ongoing domestic violence;


(ii) Cases determined by the Department of Health and Human Services to be high or very high risk for further maltreatment; and


(iii) Any other case referred by a member of the team when a system-response issue has been identified.


(4) Each county attorney or the county attorney representing a contiguous group of counties is responsible for convening the child abuse and neglect treatment team and ensuring that protocols are established and implemented. A representative of the child advocacy center appointed to the team shall assist the county attorney in facilitating case review, developing and updating protocols, and arranging training opportunities for the team. Each team must have protocols which, at a minimum, shall include procedures for:


(a) Case coordination and assistance, including the location of services available within the area;


(b) Case staffings and the coordination, development, implementation, and monitoring of treatment or safety plans particularly in those cases in which ongoing services are provided by the Department of Health and Human Services or a contracted agency but the juvenile court is not involved;


(c) Reducing the risk of harm to child abuse and neglect victims;


(d) Assisting those child abuse and neglect victims who are abused and neglected by perpetrators who do not reside in their homes; and


(e) Working with multiproblem status offenders and delinquent youth.


(5) For purposes of this section, forensic interview means a video-recorded interview of an alleged child victim conducted at a child advocacy center by a professional with specialized training designed to elicit details about alleged incidents of abuse or neglect, and such interview may result in intervention in criminal or juvenile court.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1992, LB 1184, § 1; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 73; Laws 1999, LB 594, § 6; Laws 2006, LB 1113, § 24; Laws 2007, LB 296, § 40; Laws 2012, LB 993, § 1, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-729

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Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-729. Teams; members; training; county attorney; duties; meetings; annual report


(1) A child abuse and neglect investigation team shall include a representative from the county attorney's office, a representative from the Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services, a representative from each law enforcement agency which has jurisdiction within the county or contiguous group of counties, a representative from the child advocacy center, and representatives from such other agencies as determined by the team.


(2) A child abuse and neglect treatment team shall include a representative from the Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services, a juvenile probation officer, a representative from each of the mental health profession and the medical profession actively practicing within the county or contiguous group of counties, a representative from each school district which provides services within the county or contiguous group of counties, a representative from the child advocacy center, and representatives from such other agencies as determined by the team. For purposes of this subsection, more than one school district may be represented by the same individual.


(3) The teams established pursuant to this section and section 28-728 shall be encouraged to expand their membership to include the various relevant disciplines which exist within the county or contiguous group of counties. The additional members shall have the requisite experience necessary as determined by the core members of the teams. Consistent with requirements set out by the teams, all members of both teams shall attend child abuse and neglect training on an annual basis. Such training shall be no less than eight hours annually and consist of the following components:


(a) Child abuse and neglect investigation procedures;


(b) Legal requirements and procedures for successful prosecution of child abuse and neglect cases;


(c) Roles and responsibilities of child protective services, law enforcement agencies, county attorneys, child advocacy centers, the Attorney General, and judges;


(d) Characteristics of child development and family dynamics;


(e) Recognition of various types of abuse and neglect;


(f) Duty of public and private individuals and agencies, including schools, governmental agencies, physicians, and child advocates, to report suspected or known child abuse;


(g) Multidisciplinary approaches to providing services to children; and


(h) Continually identifying and improving weaknesses in the current child protection system and developing ongoing best practices.


(4) The representative of the child advocacy center shall report the name and address of each team member and the number of times the team met within a calendar year to the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice.


(5) Each team shall meet at a location agreed to by the team. The number of meetings of the team shall be secondary to the caseload of the team, but each team shall meet at least quarterly. Each team may substitute a telephone conference call among team members in lieu of meeting in person. If a team fails to convene, the commission shall notify the Child Protection Division of the office of the Attorney General and the division shall appoint the team members or convene the team pursuant to sections 28-728 to 28-730. Nothing in this section shall relieve the county attorney from ensuring that the teams meet as required by this section.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1992, LB 1184, § 2; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 74; Laws 2006, LB 1113, § 25; Laws 2012, LB 993, § 2, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-730

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-730. Records and information; access; disclosure; limitation; review of cases; immunity; violation; penalty


(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding the confidentiality of records and when not prohibited by the federal Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, juvenile court records and any other pertinent information that may be in the possession of school districts, law enforcement agencies, county attorneys, the Attorney General, the Department of Health and Human Services, child advocacy centers, and other team members concerning a child whose case is being investigated or discussed by a child abuse and neglect investigation team or a child abuse and neglect treatment team shall be shared with the respective team members as part of the discussion and coordination of efforts for investigative or treatment purposes. Upon request by a team, any individual or agency with information or records concerning a particular child shall share all relevant information or records with the team as determined by the team pursuant to the appropriate team protocol. Only a team which has accepted the child's case for investigation or treatment shall be entitled to access to such information.


(2) All information acquired by a team member or other individuals pursuant to protocols developed by the team shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except to the extent necessary to perform case consultations, to carry out a treatment plan or recommendations, or for use in a legal proceeding instituted by a county attorney or the Child Protection Division of the office of the Attorney General. Information, documents, or records otherwise available from the original sources shall not be immune from discovery or use in any civil or criminal action merely because the information, documents, or records were presented during a case consultation if the testimony sought is otherwise permissible and discoverable. Any person who presented information before the team or who is a team member shall not be prevented from testifying as to matters within the person's knowledge.


(3) Each team may review any case arising under the Nebraska Criminal Code when a child is a victim or any case arising under the Nebraska Juvenile Code. A member of a team who participates in good faith in team discussion or any person who in good faith cooperates with a team by providing information or records about a child whose case has been accepted for investigation or treatment by a team shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability. The provisions of this subsection or any other section granting or allowing the grant of immunity from liability shall not be extended to any person alleged to have committed an act of child abuse or neglect.


(4) A member of a team who publicly discloses information regarding a case consultation in a manner not consistent with sections 28-728 to 28-730 shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1992, LB 1184, § 3; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 75; Laws 2006, LB 1113, § 26.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-731

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28-731. Teams; exempt from Open Meetings Act


The teams established by sections 28-728 to 28-730 shall not be considered a public body for purposes of the Open Meetings Act.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1992, LB 1184, § 4; Laws 2004, LB 821, § 10.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-732

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-732, 28-733. Repealed by Laws 2012, LB 993, § 4, eff. July 19, 2012


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-733

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-732, 28-733. Repealed by Laws 2012, LB 993, § 4, eff. July 19, 2012


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-734

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-734 to 28-739. Repealed by Laws 2008, LB 782, § 5, eff. March 11, 2008


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-735

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-734 to 28-739. Repealed by Laws 2008, LB 782, § 5, eff. March 11, 2008


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-736

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-734 to 28-739. Repealed by Laws 2008, LB 782, § 5, eff. March 11, 2008


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-737

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-734 to 28-739. Repealed by Laws 2008, LB 782, § 5, eff. March 11, 2008


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-738

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-734 to 28-739. Repealed by Laws 2008, LB 782, § 5, eff. March 11, 2008


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-739

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 7. Offenses Involving the Family Relation

28-734 to 28-739. Repealed by Laws 2008, LB 782, § 5, eff. March 11, 2008


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-801

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 8. Offenses Relating to Morals

28-801. Prostitution; penalty


(1) Any person who performs, offers, or agrees to perform any act of sexual contact or sexual penetration, as those terms are defined in section 28-318, with any person not his or her spouse, in exchange for money or other thing of value, commits prostitution.


(2) Any person convicted of violating subsection (1) of this section shall be punished as follows:


(a) If such person has had no prior convictions or has had one prior conviction, such person shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor. If the court places such person on probation, such order of probation shall include, as one of its conditions, that such person shall satisfactorily attend and complete an appropriate mental health and substance abuse assessment conducted by a licensed mental health professional or substance abuse professional authorized to complete such assessment; and


(b) If such person has had two or more prior convictions, such person shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor. If the court places such person on probation, such order of probation shall include, as one of its conditions, that such person shall satisfactorily attend and complete an appropriate mental health and substance abuse assessment conducted by a licensed mental health professional or substance abuse professional authorized to complete such assessment.


For purposes of this subsection, prior conviction means any conviction on or after July 14, 2006, for violation of subsection (1) of this section or any conviction on or after July 14, 2006, for violation of a city or village ordinance relating to prostitution.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 157; Laws 1985, LB 19, § 1; Laws 1987, LB 176, § 1; Laws 1989, LB 116, § 1; Laws 2006, LB 1086, § 7.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-801.01

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 8. Offenses Relating to Morals

28-801.01. Solicitation of prostitution; penalty


(1) Any person who solicits another person not his or her spouse to perform any act of sexual contact or sexual penetration, as those terms are defined in section 28-318, in exchange for money or other thing of value, commits solicitation of prostitution.


(2) Any person convicted of violating subsection (1) of this section shall be punished as follows:


(a) If such person has had no prior convictions, such person shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor and pay a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars. If the court places such person on probation, such order of probation shall include, as one of its conditions, the payment of a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars and such person shall satisfactorily attend and complete an appropriate mental health and substance abuse assessment conducted by a licensed mental health professional or substance abuse professional authorized to complete such assessment; and


(b) If such person has had one or more prior convictions, such person shall be guilty of a Class IV felony and pay a fine of not less than five hundred dollars. If the court places such person on probation, such order of probation shall include, as one of its conditions, the payment of a fine of not less than five hundred dollars and such person shall satisfactorily attend and complete an appropriate mental health and substance abuse assessment conducted by a licensed mental health professional or substance abuse professional authorized to complete such assessment.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2006, LB 1086, § 8.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-802

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Article 8. Offenses Relating to Morals

28-802. Pandering; penalty


(1) A person commits pandering if such person:


(a) Entices another person to become a prostitute; or


(b) Procures or harbors therein an inmate for a house of prostitution or for any place where prostitution is practiced or allowed; or


(c) Inveigles, entices, persuades, encourages, or procures any person to come into or leave this state for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery; or


(d) Receives or gives or agrees to receive or give any money or other thing of value for procuring or attempting to procure any person to become a prostitute or commit an act of prostitution or come into this state or leave this state for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery.


(2) Pandering is a Class IV felony for a first offense, unless the person being enticed, procured, harbored, or otherwise persuaded to become a prostitute in violation of this section is under the age of eighteen years, in which case pandering is a Class III felony for a first offense. Pandering is a Class III felony for a second or subsequent offense.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 158; Laws 2012, LB 1145, § 1, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-803

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 8. Offenses Relating to Morals

28-803. Pandering; evidence


(1) Any person referred to in section 28-802 shall be a competent witness in any prosecution thereunder to testify to any and all matters, including conversation with the accused, or by the accused with third persons, in his presence, notwithstanding having married the accused either before or after the violation of any of the provisions of such section; and the act and state of marriage shall not be a defense to any violation of such section.


(2) Pandering shall be an exception to the husband-wife privilege as provided in section 27-505.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 159; Laws 1978, LB 748, § 12.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-804

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 8. Offenses Relating to Morals

28-804. Keeping a place of prostitution; penalty


(1) Any person who has or exercises control over the use of any place which offers seclusion or shelter for the practice of prostitution and who knowingly grants or permits the use of such place for the purpose of prostitution commits the offense of keeping a place of prostitution.


(2) Keeping a place of prostitution is a Class I misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 160.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-804.01

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 8. Offenses Relating to Morals

28-804.01. Prostitution cases; incriminating testimony; how treated


In all cases arising under sections 28-801 to 28-804, no person shall be excused from testifying against another person by reason of such testimony tending to incriminate the person testifying, but the testimony so given, unless voluntary, shall in no case be used against the person so testifying in any criminal prosecution or otherwise.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1978, LB 618, § 1; Laws 2006, LB 1086, § 9.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-805

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 8. Offenses Relating to Morals

28-805. Debauching a minor; penalty


(1) Any person not a minor commits the offense of debauching a minor if he or she shall debauch or deprave the morals of any boy or girl under the age of seventeen years by:


(a) Lewdly inducing such boy or girl carnally to know any other person; or


(b) Soliciting any such boy or girl to visit a house of prostitution or other place where prostitution, debauchery, or other immoral practices are permitted or encouraged, for the purpose of prostitution or sexual penetration; or


(c) Arranging or assisting in arranging any meeting for such purpose between any such boy or girl and any female or male of dissolute character or any inmate of any place where prostitution, debauchery, or other immoral practices are permitted or encouraged; or


(d) Arranging or aiding or assisting in arranging any meeting between any such boy or girl and any other person for the purpose of sexual penetration.


(2) Debauching a minor is a Class I misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 161; Laws 1979, LB 378, § 12.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-806

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Article 8. Offenses Relating to Morals

28-806. Public indecency; penalty


(1) A person, eighteen years of age or over, commits public indecency if such person performs or procures, or assists any other person to perform, in a public place and where the conduct may reasonably be expected to be viewed by members of the public:


(a) An act of sexual penetration; or


(b) An exposure of the genitals of the body done with intent to affront or alarm any person; or


(c) A lewd fondling or caressing of the body of another person of the same or opposite sex.


(2) Public indecency is a Class II misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 162.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-807

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28-807. Terms, defined


As used in sections 28-807 to 28-829, unless the context otherwise requires:


(1) Adult shall mean any married person or any unmarried person of the age of eighteen years or older;


(2) Commercial film and photographic print processor shall mean any person who for compensation develops exposed photographic film into negatives, slides, or prints or who for compensation makes prints from negatives or slides. The term shall include, but not be limited to, any employee of such a person but shall not include employees of law enforcement agencies and prosecuting attorneys involved in the investigation and prosecution of criminal offenses or to persons involved in legitimate medical, scientific, or educational activities;


(3) Distribute shall mean to transfer possession, whether with or without consideration, by any means;


(4) Disseminate shall mean to manufacture, issue, publish, sell, lend, distribute, transmit, exhibit, or present materials or to offer in person or through an agent or by placing an advertisement for the same, whether with or without consideration, or agree to do the same;


(5) Knowingly shall mean having general knowledge of, reason to know, or a belief or reasonable ground for belief which warrants further inspection or inquiry of the character and content of any material, taken as a whole, described in this section, which is reasonably susceptible to examination by the defendant;


(6) Harmful to minors shall mean that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse, when it (a) predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful, or morbid interest of minors, (b) is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors, and (c) is lacking in serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors;


(7) Material or work shall mean any book, magazine, newspaper, comic book, pamphlet, or other printed or written material or any picture, drawing, photograph, figure, image, motion picture, whether or not positive or negative exhibited or screened, play, nightclub, live performance, television production, other pictorial representation or electric reproduction, recording transcription, mechanical or otherwise, or other articles, equipment, machines, or materials;


(8) Minor shall mean any unmarried person under the age of eighteen years;


(9) Nudity shall mean the showing of the human, post-pubertal male or female genitals, pubic area, or buttocks with less than a full opaque covering, the depiction of covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, or the showing of the female breast with less than a full opaque covering of any portion thereof below the top of the nipple;


(10) Obscene shall mean (a) that an average person applying contemporary community standards would find that the work, material, conduct, or live performance taken as a whole predominantly appeals to the prurient interest or a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex, or excretion, (b) the work, material, conduct, or live performance depicts or describes in a patently offensive way sexual conduct specifically set out in sections 28-807 to 28-829, and (c) the work, conduct, material, or live performance taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value;


(11) Place shall mean any building, structure, or place or any separate part or portion thereof or the ground itself;


(12) Person shall mean any individual, partnership, limited liability company, firm, association, corporation, trustee, lessee, agent, assignee, or other legal entity;


(13) Performance, whether with or without consideration, shall mean any play, motion picture, dance, or other exhibition performed before an audience;


(14) Promote shall mean to manufacture, issue, sell, give, provide, lend, mail, deliver, transfer, transmit, publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, exhibit, or place an order for advertising or to knowingly offer in person or through an agent or agree to do the same;


(15) Sexual conduct shall mean acts of masturbation, homosexuality, sodomy, sexual intercourse, or prolonged physical contact with a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, or buttocks or, if such person is female, breast;


(16) Sexual excitement shall mean the condition of human male or female genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal; and


(17) Sadomasochistic abuse shall mean flagellation or torture by or upon a nude person or a person clad in undergarments, a mask, or a bizarre costume or the condition of being fettered, bound, or otherwise physically restrained when performed to predominantly appeal to the shameful or morbid interest.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 163; Laws 1978, LB 748, § 13; Laws 1988, LB 117, § 1; Laws 1993, LB 121, § 178.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-808

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28-808. Obscene literature and material; sale to minor, unlawful; penalty


(1) It shall be unlawful for a person knowingly to sell, deliver, distribute, display for sale, or provide to a minor or knowingly to possess with intent to sell, deliver, distribute, display for sale, or provide to a minor:


(a) Any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film, or similar visual representation or image of a person or portion of the human body or any replica, article, or device having the appearance of either male or female genitals which predominantly pruriently, shamefully, or morbidly depicts nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse and which, taken as a whole, is harmful to minors; or


(b) Any book, pamphlet, magazine, printed matter however produced, or sound recording which contains any matter enumerated in subdivision (1)(a) of this section or explicit and detailed verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexual excitement, sexual conduct, or sadomasochistic abuse of a predominantly prurient, shameful, or morbid nature and which, taken as a whole, is harmful to minors.


(2) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 164; Laws 1988, LB 117, § 2.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-809

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28-809. Obscene motion picture, show, or presentation; admit minor; unlawful; penalty


(1) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to exhibit to a minor or knowingly to provide to a minor an admission ticket or pass or knowingly to admit a minor to premises whereon there is exhibited a motion picture, show, or other presentation which, in whole or in part, predominantly pruriently, shamefully, or morbidly depicts nudity, sexual conduct, or sadomasochistic abuse and which, taken as a whole, is harmful to minors.


(2) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 165; Laws 1988, LB 117, § 3.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-810

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28-810. Prosecution; defense


It shall be a defense to a prosecution under sections 28-808 and 28-809 that:


(1) Such person had reasonable cause to believe that the minor involved was eighteen years of age or more, and that such reasonable cause is based on but not limited to the presentation by the minor exhibited to such person of a draft card, driver's license, birth certificate, or other official or apparently official document purporting to establish that such minor was eighteen years of age or more;


(2) The minor was accompanied by his parent or guardian and such person had reasonable cause to believe that the person accompanying the minor was the parent or guardian of that minor;


(3) Such person had reasonable cause to believe that the person was the parent or guardian of the minor; and


(4) Such person's activity falls within the defenses to a prosecution contained in section 28-815.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 166.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-811

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28-811. False representation; unlawful employment of minor; exceptions; penalty


(1) It shall be unlawful for any minor to falsely represent to any person mentioned in section 28-808 or 28-809, or to his or her agent, that such minor is eighteen years of age or older with the intent to procure any materials set forth in section 28-808 or with the intent to procure such minor's admission to any motion picture, show, or other presentation as set forth in section 28-809.


(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly make a false representation to any person mentioned in section 28-808 or 28-809, or to his or her agent, that he or she is the parent or guardian of any minor or that any minor is eighteen years of age with the intent to procure any material set forth in section 28-808 or with the intent to procure such minor's admission to any motion picture, show, or other presentation as set forth in section 28-809.


(3) It shall be unlawful for any person to hire as an employee a minor whose duties it will be to assist in any manner the sale, delivery, distribution, or exhibition of material declared obscene by sections 28-807 to 28-829, except that this section shall not apply if such minor's parents or legal guardian should consent to such employment by giving the employer a written affidavit prior to the minor's employment.


(4) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 167; Laws 1988, LB 117, § 4.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-812

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28-812. Repealed by Laws 1988, LB 117, § 8


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-813

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28-813. Obscene literature or material; prepares; distributes; promotes; penalty


(1) It shall be unlawful for a person knowingly to (a) print, copy, manufacture, prepare, produce, or reproduce obscene material for the purpose of sale or distribution, (b) publish, circulate, sell, rent, lend, transport in interstate commerce, distribute, or exhibit any obscene material, (c) have in his or her possession with intent to sell, rent, lend, transport, or distribute any obscene material, or (d) promote any obscene material or performance.


(2) It shall be unlawful for a person to place an order for any advertising promoting the sale or distribution of material represented or held out to be obscene, whether or not such material exists in fact or is obscene. In all cases in which a charge for a violation of this section is brought against a person who cannot be found in this state, the executive authority of this state may demand extradition of such person from the executive authority of the state in which such person may be found.


(3) A person commits an offense of promoting obscene material if knowing its content and character he or she (a) disseminates for monetary consideration any obscene material, (b) produces, presents, or directs obscene performances for monetary consideration, or (c) participates for monetary consideration in that part of a performance which makes it obscene.


(4) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 169; Laws 1988, LB 117, § 5; Laws 2006, LB 1113, § 27.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-813.01

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28-813.01. Sexually explicit conduct; visual depiction; unlawful; penalty; affirmative defense


(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly possess any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct, as defined in section 28-1463.02, which has a child, as defined in such section, as one of its participants or portrayed observers.


(2)(a) Any person who is under nineteen years of age at the time he or she violates this section shall be guilty of a Class IV felony for each offense.


(b) Any person who is nineteen years of age or older at the time he or she violates this section shall be guilty of a Class III felony for each offense.


(c) Any person who violates this section and has previously been convicted of a violation of this section or section 28-308, 28-309, 28-310, 28-311, 28-313, 28-314, 28-315, 28-319, 28-319.01, 28-320.01, 28-833, 28-1463.03, or 28-1463.05 or subsection (1) or (2) of section 28-320 shall be guilty of a Class IC felony for each offense.


(3) It shall be an affirmative defense to a charge made pursuant to this section that:


(a) The visual depiction portrays no person other than the defendant; or


(b)(i) The defendant was less than nineteen years of age; (ii) the visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct portrays a child who is fifteen years of age or older; (iii) the visual depiction was knowingly and voluntarily generated by the child depicted therein; (iv) the visual depiction was knowingly and voluntarily provided by the child depicted in the visual depiction; (v) the visual depiction contains only one child; (vi) the defendant has not provided or made available the visual depiction to another person except the child depicted who originally sent the visual depiction to the defendant; and (vii) the defendant did not coerce the child in the visual depiction to either create or send the visual depiction.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 117, § 6; Laws 2003, LB 111, § 1; Laws 2009, LB 97, § 15, eff. May 21, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-813.02

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Article 8. Offenses Relating to Morals

28-813.02. Commercial film and photographic print processor; immune from liability; when


Any commercial film and photographic print processor who has knowledge of or observes, within the scope of his or her professional capacity or employment, and who participates in an investigation or the making of any report pertaining to any film, photograph, videotape, negative, or slide depicting a child under the age of eighteen years engaged in an act of sexually explicit conduct, as defined in section 28-1463.02, or participates in a judicial proceeding resulting from such participation shall be immune from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed, except for maliciously false statements.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 117, § 7.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-814

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Article 8. Offenses Relating to Morals

28-814. Criminal prosecutions; trial by jury; waiver; instructions to jury; expert witness


(1) Criminal prosecutions involving the ultimate issue of obscenity, as distinguished from the issue of probable cause, shall be tried by jury, unless the defendant shall waive a jury trial in writing or by statement in open court entered in the minutes.


(2) The judge shall instruct the jury that the guidelines in determining whether a work, material, conduct, or live exhibition is obscene are: (a) The average person applying contemporary community standards would find the work taken as a whole goes substantially beyond contemporary limits of candor in description or presentation of such matters and predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful, or morbid interest; (b) the work depicts in a patently offensive way sexual conduct specifically referred to in sections 28-807 to 28-829; (c) the work as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value; and (d) in applying these guidelines to the determination of whether or not the work, material, conduct or live exhibition is obscene, each element of each guideline must be established beyond a reasonable doubt.


(3) In any proceeding, civil or criminal, under sections 28-807 to 28-829, where there is an issue as to whether or not the matter is obscene, either party shall have the right to introduce, in addition to all other relevant evidence, the testimony of expert witnesses on such issue as to any artistic, literary, scientific, political or other societal value in the determination of the issue of obscenity.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 170.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-815

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28-815. Prosecution; defense


It shall be a defense to a prosecution under section 28-813 that:


(1) Such person's activity consists of teaching in regularly established and recognized educational institutions, galleries or libraries, or the publication or use of standard textbooks, films, tapes or visual aids of any such institution, or the practice of licensed practitioners of medicine or of pharmacy in their regular business or profession, or the possession by established schools teaching art, or by public art galleries, or artists or models in the necessary line of their art, or to relevant references to, or accounts or portrayal of, nudity, sex, or excretion in religion, art, literature, history, science, medicine, public health, law, the judicial process, law enforcement, education, public libraries, or news reports and news pictures by any form of news media of general circulation;


(2) Such person has no financial interest in an activity, product, or event entitling such person to participate in the promotion, management, proceeds, or profits of the activity, product, or event, and such person's only connection with the activity, product, or event entitles such person to a reasonable salary or wages for services actually rendered; and


(3) The provisions of sections 28-807 to 28-829 with respect to the exhibition or the possession with the intent to exhibit of any obscene film shall not apply to a motion picture projectionist, usher, or ticket taker acting within the scope of his employment if such projectionist, usher, or ticket taker has no financial interest in the place wherein he is so employed. Such person shall be required to give testimony regarding such employment in all judicial proceedings brought under sections 28-807 to 28-829 when granted immunity by the trial judge.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 171.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-816

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28-816. Violations; declaratory judgment


Any city, village, or county, through its chief law enforcement officer in which a person, firm or corporation violates or is about to violate sections 28-807 to 28-829 or has in his or its possession with intent to so violate, or is about to acquire possession with intent to so violate, any work, material, conduct or live performance which is obscene or an instrument of obscene use, or purports to be for such use or purpose, may maintain an action in the district court against such person, firm or corporation for a declaratory judgment under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act for the purpose of obtaining a judicial determination as to whether or not such work, material, conduct or live performance is obscene.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 172.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-817

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28-817. Prosecution; temporary restraining order or injunction; when


(1) The plaintiff, after the commencement of such action may, if he deems it necessary in order to prevent the continued use of such work, material, conduct or live performance, request a temporary restraining order or injunction against such person, firm or corporation to prevent the violation or further violation except as provided in this section.


(2) No other temporary restraining order or injunction shall issue in advance of final adjudication by the trial court in actions brought under the provisions of sections 28-816 to 28-818 when the question of whether the work, material, conduct or live performance is obscene is in issue. If an injunction is requested, any party to the action shall be entitled to a trial of the issues within ten calendar days after service of the summons has been completed, and a decision shall be rendered by the court within two judicial days of the conclusion of the trial.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 173.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-818

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28-818. Order or judgment of injunction; contents


If an order or judgment of injunction be entered, such order or judgment shall contain either a provision directing the person to surrender to the sheriff or police the work, material, conduct or live performance which has been adjudicated to be obscene for seizure and impoundment by the court or to destroy or remove the same from the state. No order or judgment directing such firm, person, corporation or other legal entity to destroy or to remove such work, material, conduct or live performance from the state under such supervision as the court may direct shall issue until after a final judgment has been made as the result of an appeal or in the absence of an appeal. The court shall require satisfactory proof of compliance with such order.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 174.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-819

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28-819. Action; service of summons; effect


Every person who sells, distributes, or acquires possession with intent to sell, exhibit, or distribute any of the work, material, conduct or live performance described in section 28-808, after service upon him of summons in such action, shall be chargeable with knowledge of the contents thereof in any subsequent prosecution.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 175.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-820

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Article 8. Offenses Relating to Morals

28-820. Declaratory judgment; use of


Any person who exhibits, sells or distributes, or is about to exhibit, sell or distribute or has in his or its possession with intent to sell or distribute, or is about to acquire possession with intent to exhibit, sell or distribute, any work, material, conduct or live performance shall, if such person has genuine doubt as to the question of whether such work, material, conduct or live performance is in fact within the terms and provisions of sections 28-807 to 28-829, have the right to bring an action in the district court for declaratory judgment under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act against the appropriate chief law enforcement officer of the city, village or county in which the work, material, conduct or live performance is located or is intended to be disseminated, distributed, or exhibited, for a judicial determination as to whether or not such work, material, conduct or live performance is obscene. Any such action may be consolidated with a pending action brought under the provisions of sections 28-816 to 28-818, and the defendant in any action brought under this section may seek a declaratory judgment or request a temporary restraining order or an injunction therein in accordance with the provisions of sections 28-816 to 28-818.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 176.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-821

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28-821. Conviction more than twice; continue business dealing in obscene work or conduct; effect


Any person who is convicted more than twice under sections 28-807 to 28-829 and continues to use, occupy, establish or conduct a business selling, distributing, disseminating, or exhibiting any obscene work, material, conduct or live performance shall be deemed to be maintaining a nuisance and shall be enjoined as provided for in sections 28-807 to 28-829.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 177.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-822

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28-822. Nuisance; action to abate; punished as for contempt; when


Whenever a nuisance exists as provided for in sections 28-807 to 28-829, any city, village, or county, through its chief law enforcement officer, may bring an action in equity to abate such a nuisance and to perpetually enjoin the person maintaining the same from further maintenance thereof. If any person continues to use the building or place for such purpose he shall be punished as for contempt.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 178.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-823

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28-823. Temporary injunction; where brought; hearing; restraining order; issuance; inventory; rights of owner of property


The action provided for in section 28-821 shall be brought in the district court of the county in which the act of nuisance is being conducted. After filing of the petition, application for a temporary injunction may be made to the district court or judge thereof who shall grant a hearing within ten calendar days after the filing.


When such application for temporary injunction is made, the court or judge thereof may, on application of the complainant, issue a restraining order as otherwise provided for in sections 25-1062 to 25-1080, restraining the defendant and all other persons from removing or in any manner interfering with the personal property and contents of the place where such nuisance is being conducted until the decision of the court or judge granting or refusing such temporary injunction and until the further order of the court thereon. The officers serving such restraining order shall forthwith make and return into court an inventory of the personal property and contents situated in and used in conducting or maintaining such nuisance and further violations of sections 28-807 to 28-829. The owner of any real or personal property closed or restrained or to be closed or restrained may appear between the filing of the complaint and the hearing on the application for permanent injunction, and upon payment of all costs incurred and upon the filing of a bond by the owner of the real property with sureties to be approved by the clerk of the district court in the full value of the property to be ascertained by the court, conditioned that such owner will immediately abate the nuisance and prevent the same from being established or kept until the decision of the court is rendered on the application for a permanent injunction, and the court, if satisfied with the good faith of the owner of the real property and of innocence on the part of the owner of the personal property of any knowledge of the use of such personal property as a nuisance and that, with reasonable care and diligence, such owner could not have known thereof, shall deliver such real or personal property, or both, to the respective owners thereof, and discharge or refrain from issuing at the time of the hearing on the application for the temporary injunction any order closing such real property or restraining the removal or interference with such personal property. The release of any real or personal property under this section shall not release it from any judgment, lien, penalty, or liability to which it may be subjected. In no event shall any work, material, conduct or live performance not adjudicated to be obscene under sections 28-807 to 28-829 be enjoined.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 179.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-824

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28-824. Trial; precedence; evidence; admissible; existence of nuisance; enjoin defendant


The action provided for in sections 28-807 to 28-829 shall be set down for trial and shall have precedence over all other cases except crimes, election contests, or injunctions. In such action evidence of the general reputation of the place or an admission or finding of guilt of any person under the criminal laws of this state against obscenity at any such place shall be admissible for the purpose of proving the existence of such nuisance and shall be prima facie evidence of such nuisance and of knowledge of and acquiescence and participation therein on the part of the person charged with maintaining such nuisance. If the existence of the nuisance is established upon the trial, a judgment shall be entered which shall perpetually enjoin the defendant or the same defendant acting directly or indirectly through other persons from further maintaining the nuisance at the place complained of or at any other location whether within or without the judicial district of the court hearing such proceedings for a period of three years.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 180.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-825

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28-825. Nuisance; existence; order of abatement; closing order


If the existence of a nuisance is admitted or established in an action as provided for in sections 28-807 to 28-829, an order of abatement shall be entered as a part of the judgment in the case, which order shall direct the removal from the place of all personal property and contents used in conducting the nuisance, and not already released under authority of the court as provided in section 28-823, and shall direct the sale of such thereof as belonging to the defendants notified or appearing in the manner provided for the sale of personal property under execution. Such order shall also require the renewal for one year of any bond furnished by the owner of the real property as provided for in sections 28-807 to 28-829 or, if not so furnished, shall continue for one year any closing order issued at the time of the granting of the temporary injunction or, if no such closing order was then issued, shall include an order directing the effectual closing of the place against its use for any illegal purpose unless otherwise released. The owner of any place closed and not released under bond may then appear and obtain such release in the manner and upon fulfilling the requirements provided for in sections 28-807 to 28-829. The release of the property under this section shall not release it from any judgment, lien, penalty, or liability to which it may be subject. Owners of unsold personal property and contents so seized may appear and claim the same within ten days after such order of abatement is made and prove innocence to the satisfaction of the court of any knowledge of such use thereof and that with reasonable care and diligence they could not have known thereof. Every defendant in the action is presumed to have had knowledge of the general reputation of the place. If such innocence is established, such unsold personal property and contents shall be delivered to the owner, otherwise it shall be sold as provided in this section and all consideration received is recoverable as damages to the county where the nuisance was located.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 181; Laws 1978, LB 748, § 14.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-826

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Article 8. Offenses Relating to Morals

28-826. Tenant or occupant of building; use to commit violations; conviction; right of possession in owner


If a tenant or occupant of a building or tenement under lawful title used such place for the purposes of committing a violation of sections 28-807 to 28-829, and if such tenant or occupant is convicted of such violation, such conviction shall make the lease or other title which he holds void at the option of the owner, and without any act of the owner, cause the right of possession to revert and vest in such owner, who may without further process of law make immediate entry upon the premises and retake possession.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 182.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-827

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 8. Offenses Relating to Morals

28-827. Material or work; adjudicated obscene; contraband; proceeds of sale to county; other copies; disposal


Material or work introduced in evidence and judicially adjudicated to be obscene is contraband and there are no property rights therein. All monetary consideration received for such work, material, conduct or live performance is recoverable as damages to the county where sold or exhibited. The defendant, as part of the court order, shall be required to remove from the state all other identical copies owned or controlled by such defendant within five days after a court determination of obscenity thereof or the same shall be deemed forfeited to the state for destruction by the state.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 183; Laws 1978, LB 748, § 15.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-828

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 8. Offenses Relating to Morals

28-828. Proceeding, civil or criminal; application to court for copy of material; order; contempt of court, when


In any proceeding, civil or criminal under sections 28-807 to 28-829, the party charged with possession of any obscene material shall be required, upon application by petitioner and order of the court, to provide one copy of such material to petitioner to be used in the preparation and trial of such proceedings. Failure to comply with this section shall be punishable as contempt of court.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 184.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-829

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 8. Offenses Relating to Morals

28-829. Sections; uniform application; laws and regulations of political subdivisions; void


In order to provide for the uniform application of sections 28-807 to 28-829 within this state, it is intended that the sole and only regulation of the commercial distribution of any work, material, conduct or live performance described as obscene shall be under sections 28-807 to 28-829, and no municipality, county, or other governmental unit within this state shall make any law, ordinance or regulation relating to obscenity, or licenses or taxes respecting the obscene work, material, conduct or live performance as regulated by the state under sections 28-807 to 28-829. All such laws, ordinances, regulations, special or discriminatory taxes, or licenses, whether enacted or issued before or after sections 28-807 to 28-829, shall be void, unenforceable, and of no effect.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 185.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-830

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 8. Offenses Relating to Morals

28-830. Human trafficking; forced labor or services; terms, defined


For purposes of sections 28-830 to 28-832, the following definitions apply:


(1) Actor means a person who solicits, procures, or supervises the services or labor of another person;


(2) Commercial sexual activity means any sex act on account of which anything of value is given, promised to, or received by any person;


(3) Financial harm means theft by extortion as described by section 28-513;


(4) Forced labor or services means labor or services that are performed or provided by another person and are obtained or maintained through:


(a) Inflicting or threatening to inflict serious personal injury as defined by section 28-318;


(b) Physically restraining or threatening to physically restrain another person;


(c) Knowingly destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating, or possessing any actual or purported passport or other immigration document or any other actual or purported government identification document of another person; or


(d) Causing or threatening to cause financial harm to another person;


(5) Labor means work of economic or financial value;


(6) Maintain means, in relation to labor or services, to secure continued performance thereof, regardless of any initial agreement by the victim to perform such type of service;


(7) Minor means a person younger than eighteen years of age;


(8) Obtain means, in relation to labor or services, to secure performance thereof;


(9) Services means an ongoing relationship between a person and the actor in which the person performs activities under the supervision of or for the benefit of the actor. Commercial sexual activity and sexually-explicit performances are forms of services under this section. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to legalize prostitution;


(10) Sexually-explicit performance means a live or public play, dance, show, or other exhibition intended to arouse or gratify sexual desire or to appeal to prurient interests; and


(11) Trafficking victim means a person subjected to any act or acts prohibited by section 28-831.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2006, LB 1086, § 10.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-831

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 8. Offenses Relating to Morals

28-831. Human trafficking; forced labor or services; prohibited acts; penalties


(1) No person shall knowingly subject or attempt to subject another person to forced labor or services. If an actor knowingly subjects another person to forced labor or services by:


(a) Inflicting or threatening to inflict serious personal injury as defined by section 28-318, the actor is guilty of a Class III felony;


(b) Physically restraining or threatening to physically restrain another person, the actor is guilty of a Class III felony;


(c) Knowingly destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating, or possessing any actual or purported passport or other immigration document, or any other actual or purported government identification document, of such other person, the actor is guilty of a Class IV felony; or


(d) Causing or threatening to cause financial harm to another person, the actor is guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.


(2) No person shall knowingly recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, or obtain by any means or attempt to recruit, entice, harbor, provide, or obtain by any means a minor for the purpose of having such minor engage in commercial sexual activity, sexually-explicit performance, or the production of pornography, or to cause or attempt to cause a minor to engage in commercial sexual activity, sexually-explicit performance, or the production of pornography. A person who violates this subsection shall be punished as follows:


(a) In cases in which the actor uses overt force or the threat of force, the actor is guilty of a Class II felony;


(b) In cases in which the victim has not attained the age of fifteen years and the actor does not use overt force or the threat of force, the actor is guilty of a Class II felony; or


(c) In cases involving a victim between the ages of fifteen and eighteen years, and the actor does not use overt force or threat of force, the actor is guilty of a Class III felony.


(3) Any person who knowingly (a) recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means, or attempts to recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, or obtain by any means, a person eighteen years of age or older, intending or knowing that the person will be subjected to forced labor or services or (b) benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture which has, as part of the venture, an act that is in violation of subsection (1) of this section, is guilty of a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2006, LB 1086, § 11.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-832

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 8. Offenses Relating to Morals

28-832. Human trafficking; Attorney General; Department of Health and Human Services; duties


(1) The Attorney General, in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services, shall, no later than one year after July 14, 2006, issue a report outlining how existing victim and witness laws and rules and regulations respond to the needs of trafficking victims and suggesting areas of improvement and modification.


(2) The Department of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall, no later than one year after July 14, 2006, issue a report outlining how existing social service programs respond or fail to respond to the needs of trafficking victims and the interplay of such existing programs with federally funded victim service programs and suggesting areas of improvement and modification.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2006, LB 1086, § 12.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-833

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 8. Offenses Relating to Morals

28-833. Enticement by electronic communication device; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of enticement by electronic communication device if he or she is nineteen years of age or over and knowingly and intentionally utilizes an electronic communication device to contact a child under sixteen years of age or a peace officer who is believed by such person to be a child under sixteen years of age and in so doing:


(a) Uses or transmits any indecent, lewd, lascivious, or obscene language, writing, or sound;


(b) Transmits or otherwise disseminates any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct as defined in section 28-1463.02; or


(c) Offers or solicits any indecent, lewd, or lascivious act.


(2) Enticement by electronic communication device is a Class IV felony.


(3) Enticement by electronic communication device is deemed to have been committed either at the place where the communication was initiated or where it was received.


(4) For purposes of this section, electronic communication device means any device which, in its ordinary and intended use, transmits by electronic means writings, sounds, visual images, or data of any nature to another electronic communication device.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2007, LB 142, § 2.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-901

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-901. Obstructing government operations; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of obstructing government operations if he intentionally obstructs, impairs, or perverts the administration of law or other governmental functions by force, violence, physical interference or obstacle, breach of official duty, or any other unlawful act, except that this section does not apply to flight by a person charged with crime, refusal to submit to arrest, failure to perform a legal duty other than an official duty, or any other means of avoiding compliance with law without affirmative interference with governmental functions.


(2) Obstructing government operations is a Class I misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 186.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-902

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-902. Failure to report injury of violence; physician or surgeon; emergency room or first-aid station attendant; penalty


(1) Every person engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery, or who is in charge of any emergency room or first-aid station in this state, shall report every case, in which he is consulted for treatment or treats a wound or injury of violence which appears to have been received in connection with the commission of a criminal offense, immediately to the chief of police of the municipality or to the sheriff of the county wherein the consultation or treatment occurs. Such report shall include the name of such person, the residence, if ascertainable, and a brief description of the injury. Any provision of law or rule of evidence relative to confidential communications is suspended insofar as the provisions of this section are concerned.


(2) Any person who fails to make the report required by subsection (1) of this section commits a Class III misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 187.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-903

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-903. Refusing to aid a peace officer; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of refusing to aid a peace officer if, upon request by a person known to him to be a peace officer, he unreasonably refuses or fails to aid such peace officer in:


(a) Apprehending any person charged with or convicted of any offense against any of the laws of this state; or


(b) Securing such offender when apprehended; or


(c) Conveying such offender to the jail of the county.


(2) Refusing to aid a peace officer is a Class II misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 188.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-904

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-904. Resisting arrest; penalty; affirmative defense


(1) A person commits the offense of resisting arrest if, while intentionally preventing or attempting to prevent a peace officer, acting under color of his or her official authority, from effecting an arrest of the actor or another, he or she:


(a) Uses or threatens to use physical force or violence against the peace officer or another; or


(b) Uses any other means which creates a substantial risk of causing physical injury to the peace officer or another; or


(c) Employs means requiring substantial force to overcome resistance to effecting the arrest.


(2) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section if the peace officer involved was out of uniform and did not identify himself or herself as a peace officer by showing his or her credentials to the person whose arrest is attempted.


(3) Resisting arrest is (a) a Class I misdemeanor for the first such offense and (b) a Class IIIA felony for any second or subsequent such offense.


(4) Resisting arrest through the use of a deadly or dangerous weapon is a Class IIIA felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 189; Laws 1982, LB 465, § 2; Laws 1997, LB 364, § 10.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-905

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-905. Operating a motor vehicle or a vessel to avoid arrest; penalty; revocation or impoundment of operator's license


(1) Any person who operates any motor vehicle to flee in such vehicle in an effort to avoid arrest or citation commits the offense of operation of a motor vehicle to avoid arrest.


(2)(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, any person who violates subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.


(b) The court may, as part of the judgment of conviction under subdivision (a) of this subsection, order that the operator's license of such person be revoked or impounded for a period of not more than one year and order the person not to drive any motor vehicle for any purpose in the State of Nebraska for a like period. The revocation or impoundment shall be administered upon sentencing, upon final judgment of any appeal or review, or upon the date that any probation is revoked.


(3)(a) Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of a Class IV felony if, in addition to the violation of subsection (1) of this section, one or more of the following also applies:


(i) The person committing the offense has previously been convicted under this section;


(ii) The flight to avoid arrest results directly and proximately in the death of or injury to any person if such death or injury is caused directly and proximately by the vehicle being driven by the person fleeing to avoid arrest; or


(iii) The flight to avoid arrest includes the willful reckless operation of the motor vehicle.


(b) The court shall, as part of the judgment of conviction under subdivision (a) of this subsection, order that the operator's license of such person be revoked or impounded for a period of two years and order the person not to drive any motor vehicle for any purpose in the State of Nebraska for a like period. The revocation or impoundment shall be administered upon sentencing, upon final judgment of any appeal or review, or upon the date that any probation is revoked.


(4)(a) Any person who operates a vessel as defined in section 37-1203 to flee in such vessel in an effort to avoid arrest or citation for the violation of any statute punishable as a misdemeanor or any city or village ordinance shall be guilty of misdemeanor operation of a vessel to avoid arrest.


(b) Any person violating subdivision (a) of this subsection shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor. Upon conviction thereof the court shall, as part of the judgment of conviction, order such person not to operate any vessel for any purpose for a period of one year.


(5)(a) Any person who operates a vessel as defined in section 37-1203 to flee in such vessel in an effort to avoid arrest for the violation of any statute punishable as a felony shall be guilty of felony operation of a vessel to avoid arrest.


(b) Any person violating subdivision (a) of this subsection shall be guilty of a Class IV felony. Upon conviction thereof the court shall, as part of the judgment of conviction, order such person not to operate any vessel for any purpose for a period of two years.


(6) An order of the court under subsection (4) or (5) of this section prohibiting operation of a vessel shall be administered upon sentencing, upon final judgment of any appeal or review, or upon the date that any probation is revoked.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 190; Laws 1980, LB 696, § 5; Laws 1981, LB 76, § 1; Laws 1993, LB 235, § 2; Laws 2001, LB 38, § 2; Laws 2008, LB 624, § 1, eff. July 18, 2008.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-906

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-906. Obstructing a peace officer; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of obstructing a peace officer, when, by using or threatening to use violence, force, physical interference, or obstacle, he or she intentionally obstructs, impairs, or hinders (a) the enforcement of the penal law or the preservation of the peace by a peace officer or judge acting under color of his or her official authority or (b) a police animal assisting a peace officer acting pursuant to the peace officer's official authority.


(2) For purposes of this section, police animal means a horse or dog owned or controlled by the State of Nebraska or any county, city, or village for the purpose of assisting a peace officer acting pursuant to his or her official authority.


(3) Obstructing a peace officer is a Class I misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 191; Laws 1995, LB 283, § 1; Laws 2012, LB 721, § 1, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-907

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-907. False reporting; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of false reporting if he or she:


(a) Furnishes material information he or she knows to be false to any peace officer or other official with the intent to instigate an investigation of an alleged criminal matter or to impede the investigation of an actual criminal matter;


(b) Furnishes information he or she knows to be false alleging the existence of the need for the assistance of an emergency medical service or out-of-hospital emergency care provider or an emergency in which human life or property are in jeopardy to any hospital, emergency medical service, or other person or governmental agency;


(c) Furnishes any information, or causes such information to be furnished or conveyed by electric, electronic, telephonic, or mechanical means, knowing the same to be false concerning the need for assistance of a fire department or any personnel or equipment of such department;


(d) Furnishes any information he or she knows to be false concerning the location of any explosive in any building or other property to any person; or


(e) Furnishes material information he or she knows to be false to any governmental department or agency with the intent to instigate an investigation or to impede an ongoing investigation and which actually results in causing or impeding such investigation.


(2)(a) False reporting pursuant to subdivisions (1)(a) through (d) of this section is a Class I misdemeanor; and


(b) False reporting pursuant to subdivision (1)(e) of this section is an infraction.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 192; Laws 1982, LB 347, § 12; Laws 1994, LB 907, § 1; Laws 1997, LB 138, § 36.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-908

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-908. Interfering with a fireman on official duty; penalty; fireman, defined


(1) A person commits the offense of interfering with a fireman if at any time and place where any fireman is discharging or attempting to discharge any official duties, he willfully:


(a) Resists or interferes with the lawful efforts of any fireman in the discharge or attempt to discharge an official duty; or


(b) Disobeys the lawful orders given by any fireman while performing his duties; or


(c) Engages in any disorderly conduct which delays or prevents a fire from being extinguished within a reasonable time; or


(d) Forbids or prevents others from assisting or extinguishing a fire or exhorts another person, as to whom he has no legal right or obligation to protect or control, not to assist in extinguishing a fire.


(2) As used in this section, fireman shall mean any person who is an officer, employee, or member of a fire department or fire-protection or firefighting agency of the federal government, the State of Nebraska, a city, county, city and county, district, or other public or municipal corporation or political subdivision of the state, whether such person is a volunteer or partly paid or fully paid, while he is actually engaged in firefighting, fire supervision, fire suppression, fire prevention, or fire investigation.


(3) Interference with a fireman on official duty is a Class I misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 193.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-909

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-909. Falsifying records of a public utility; penalty


(1) Any person who shall knowingly falsify or direct or authorize the falsifying of any record of a public utility operating in the State of Nebraska in any manner affecting directly or indirectly the value of its investment or the rate of return or earnings or expenditures of such public utility or who shall certify any reports of the investment, operating receipts, or expenditures of such public utilities to any regulatory body, whether state or municipal, under any statute, order, resolution, or ordinance lawfully passed, knowing such reports so certified to contain any item or element of rebate, secret charge, bonus, or gratuity paid or promised to any officer, stockholder, agent, or other person, directly or indirectly, or knowing such report to be untrue or incomplete in any particular, without disclosing this information in such report, shall be guilty of falsifying records of a public utility.


(2) Falsifying records of a public utility is a Class I misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 194.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-910

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-910. Filing false reports with regulatory bodies; penalty


(1) Any firm or corporation operating a public utility in this state which shall file with any regulatory body, whether state or municipal, under any statute, order, resolution, or ordinance lawfully passed, any report or reports containing false statements, knowing the same to be false, affecting directly or indirectly, the value of its investment or the rate of return or earnings or expenditures of such public utility shall be guilty of filing false reports with regulatory bodies.


(2) Filing false reports with regulatory bodies is a Class II misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 195.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-911

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-911. Abuse of public records; penalty; public record, defined


(1) A person commits abuse of public records, if:


(a) He knowingly makes a false entry in or falsely alters any public record; or


(b) Knowing he lacks the authority to do so, he intentionally destroys, mutilates, conceals, removes, or impairs the availability of any public record; or


(c) Knowing he lacks the authority to retain the record, he refuses to deliver up a public record in his possession upon proper request of any person lawfully entitled to receive such record; or


(d) He makes, presents, or uses any record, document, or thing, knowing it to be false, and with the intention that it be taken as a genuine part of the public record.


(2) As used in this section, the term public record includes all official books, papers, or records created, received, or used by or in any governmental office or agency.


(3) Abuse of public records is a Class II misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 196.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-912

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-912. Escape; official detention, defined; knowingly permitting an escape; penalty; defense to prosecution


(1) A person commits escape if he unlawfully removes himself from official detention or fails to return to official detention following temporary leave granted for a specific purpose or limited period. Official detention shall mean arrest, detention in or transportation to any facility for custody of persons under charge or conviction of crime or contempt or for persons alleged or found to be delinquent, detention for extradition or deportation, or any other detention for law enforcement purposes; but official detention does not include supervision of probation or parole or constraint incidental to release on bail.


(2) A public servant concerned in detention commits an offense if he knowingly permits an escape. Any person who knowingly causes or facilitates an escape commits a Class IV felony.


(3) Irregularity in bringing about or maintaining detention, or lack of jurisdiction of the committing or detaining authority shall not be a defense to prosecution under this section if the escape is from a prison or other custodial facility or from detention pursuant to commitment by official proceedings. In the case of other detentions, irregularity or lack of jurisdiction shall be a defense only if:


(a) The escape involved no substantial risk of harm to the person or property of anyone other than the detainee; and


(b) The detaining authority did not act in good faith under color of law.


(4) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, escape is a Class IV felony.


(5) Escape is a Class III felony where:


(a) The detainee was under arrest for or detained on a felony charge or following conviction for the commission of an offense; or


(b) The actor employs force, threat, deadly weapon, or other dangerous instrumentality to effect the escape; or


(c) A public servant concerned in detention of persons convicted of crime purposely facilitates or permits an escape from a detention facility or from transportation thereto.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 197.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-912.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-912.01. Juvenile; escapes; prohibited acts; penalty


Any person who entices or attempts to entice a juvenile away from a facility or program when the juvenile has been legally placed with or committed to the Office of Juvenile Services or who knowingly harbors, transports, conceals, or aids in harboring, transporting, or concealing any juvenile who has escaped from the custody of the Office of Juvenile Services is guilty of a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1901, ch. 51, § 12, p. 408; Laws 1969, ch. 817, § 81, p. 3111; Laws 1977, LB 39, § 315; Laws 1993, LB 31, § 45; Laws 1994, LB 988, § 36; Laws 1998, LB 1073, § 9.


Codifications: R.S. 1913, § 7380; C.S. 1922, § 7039; C.S. 1929, § 83-1110; R.S. 1943, § 83-473; R.S. 1943, (1994), § 83-473.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-913

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-913. Implements for escape; other contraband; penalty


(1) A person commits an offense if he unlawfully introduces within a detention facility, or unlawfully provides an inmate with, any weapon, tool, or other thing which may be useful for escape. An inmate commits an offense if he unlawfully procures, makes, or otherwise provides himself with, or has in his possession, any such implement of escape. Unlawfully means surreptitiously or contrary to law, regulation, or order of the detaining authority.


(2) Introducing escape implements is a Class I misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 198.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-914

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-914. Loitering about a penal institution; penalty


(1) Any person who loiters about a penal institution in this state and engages in an unauthorized conversation with or passes any unauthorized message or messages to any inmate of such institution, or fails or refuses to leave the immediate vicinity of a penal institution when ordered to do so by a peace officer or correctional official, commits the offense of loitering about a penal institution.


(2) Loitering about a penal institution is a Class III misdemeanor.


(3) For purposes of this section, penal institution includes a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction, or other place of penal detention.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 199; Laws 1995, LB 352, § 1.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-915

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-915. Perjury; subornation of perjury; penalty


(1) A person is guilty of perjury, a Class III felony, if in any official proceeding he or she makes a false statement under oath or equivalent affirmation, or swears or affirms the truth of a statement previously made, when the statement is material and he or she does not believe it to be true.


(2) A person is guilty of subornation of perjury, a Class III felony, if he or she persuades, procures, or suborns any other person to commit perjury.


(3) A falsification shall be material, regardless of the admissibility of the statement under rules of evidence, if it could have affected the course or outcome of the proceeding. It shall not be a defense that the declarant mistakenly believed the falsification to be immaterial. Whether a falsification is material in a given factual situation shall be a question of law.


(4) It shall not be a defense to prosecution under this section that the oath or affirmation was administered or taken in an irregular manner or that the declarant was not competent to make the statement. A document purporting to be made upon oath or affirmation at any time when the actor presents it as being so verified shall be deemed to have been duly sworn or affirmed.


(5) No person shall be guilty of an offense under this section if he or she retracted the falsification in the course of the proceeding in which it was made before it became manifest that the falsification was or would be exposed and before the falsification substantially affected the proceeding.


(6) When the defendant made inconsistent statements under oath or equivalent affirmation, both having been made within the period of the statute of limitations, the prosecution may proceed by setting forth the inconsistent statements in a single count alleging in the alternative that one or the other was false and not believed by the defendant. In such case it shall not be necessary for the prosecution to prove which statement was false but only that one or the other was false and not believed by the defendant to be true.


(7) No person shall be convicted of an offense under this section when proof of falsity rests solely upon contradiction by testimony of a single person other than the defendant.


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Laws 1977, LB 38, § 200; Laws 1987, LB 451, § 3.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-915.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-915.01. False statement under oath or affirmation; penalty; applicability of section


(1) A person who makes a false statement under oath or equivalent affirmation, or swears or affirms the truth of such a statement previously made, when he or she does not believe the statement to be true, is guilty of a Class I misdemeanor if the falsification:


(a) Occurs in an official proceeding; or


(b) Is intended to mislead a public servant in performing his or her official function.


(2) A person who makes a false statement under oath or equivalent affirmation, or swears or affirms the truth of such a statement previously made, when he or she does not believe the statement to be true, is guilty of a Class II misdemeanor if the statement is one which is required by law to be sworn or affirmed before a notary or other person authorized to administer oaths.


(3) Subsections (4) through (7) of section 28-915 shall apply to subsections (1) and (2) of this section.


(4) This section shall not apply to reports, statements, affidavits, or other documents made or filed pursuant to the Campaign Finance Limitation Act or the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1987, LB 451, § 4; Laws 2007, LB 464, § 1.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-916

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Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-916. Terms, defined


As used in sections 28-916 to 28-923, unless the context otherwise requires:


(1) Juror shall mean any person who is a member of any jury or grand jury, impaneled by any court of this state or by any public servant authorized by law to impanel a jury. The word juror also includes any person who has been drawn or summoned to attend as a prospective juror;


(2) Testimony shall mean oral or written statements, documents, or any other evidence that may be offered by or through a witness in an official proceeding; and


(3) Official proceeding shall mean a proceeding heard or which may be heard before any legislative, judicial, administrative, or other governmental agency or official authorized to take evidence under oath, including any referee, hearing examiner, commissioner, notary, or other person taking testimony or deposition in connection with any such proceeding.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 201.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-916.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-916.01. Terms, defined


As used in this section and sections 28-915, 28-915.01, and 28-919, unless the context otherwise requires:


(1) Administrative proceeding shall mean any proceeding, other than a judicial proceeding, the outcome of which is required to be based on a record or documentation prescribed by law, or in which law or regulation is particularized in application to individuals;


(2) Benefit shall mean gain or advantage, or anything regarded by the beneficiary as gain or advantage, including benefit to any other person or entity in whose welfare he or she is interested, but not an advantage promised generally to a group or class of voters as a consequence of public measures which a candidate engages to support or oppose;


(3) Government shall include any branch, subdivision, or agency of the government of the state or any locality within it;


(4) Harm shall mean loss, disadvantage, or injury, or anything so regarded by the person affected, including loss, disadvantage, or injury to any other person or entity in whose welfare he or she is interested;


(5) Pecuniary benefit shall mean benefit in the form of money, property, commercial interests, or anything else the primary significance of which is economic gain;


(6) Public servant shall mean any officer or employee of government, including legislators and judges, and any person participating as juror, advisor, consultant, or otherwise, in performing a governmental function, but the term shall not include witnesses;


(7) Official proceeding shall mean a proceeding heard or which may be heard before any legislative, judicial, administrative, or other governmental agency or official authorized to take evidence under oath, including any referee, hearing examiner, commissioner, notary, or other person taking testimony or deposition in connection with any such proceeding; and


(8) Statement shall mean any representation, but shall include a representation of opinion, belief, or other state of mind only if the representation clearly relates to state of mind apart from or in addition to any facts which are the subject of the representation.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1987, LB 451, § 2.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-917

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-917. Bribery; penalty


(1) A person commits bribery if:


(a) He offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit upon a public servant or peace officer with the intent to influence that public servant or peace officer to violate his public duty, or oath of office, thereby influencing the public servant's or peace officer's vote, opinion, judgment, exercise of discretion, or other action or inaction in his official capacity; or


(b) While a public servant or peace officer, he solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit upon an agreement or understanding that he will violate his public duty or oath of office by changing or amending his vote, opinion, judgment, exercise of discretion, or other action or inaction as a public servant or peace officer.


(2) It is no defense to prosecution under this section that the person sought to be influenced was not qualified to act in the desired way, whether because he had not yet assumed office, lacked jurisdiction, or for any other reason.


(3) Bribery is a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 202.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-918

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-918. Bribery of a witness; penalty; witness receiving bribe; penalty


(1) A person commits bribery of a witness if he offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit upon a witness or a person he believes is about to be called as a witness in any official proceeding with intent to:


(a) Influence him to testify falsely or unlawfully withhold any testimony; or


(b) Induce him to avoid legal process summoning him to testify; or


(c) Induce him to absent himself from an official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned.


(2) Bribery of a witness is a Class IV felony.


(3) A person who is a witness or has been called as a witness in any official proceeding commits a Class IV felony if he accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from any other person for the purposes set forth in subsection (1) of this section.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 203.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-919

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-919. Tampering with witness or informant; jury tampering; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of tampering with a witness or informant if, believing that an official proceeding or investigation of a criminal or civil matter is pending or about to be instituted, he or she attempts to induce or otherwise cause a witness or informant to:


(a) Testify or inform falsely;


(b) Withhold any testimony, information, document, or thing;


(c) Elude legal process summoning him or her to testify or supply evidence; or


(d) Absent himself or herself from any proceeding or investigation to which he or she has been legally summoned.


(2) A person commits the offense of jury tampering if, with intent to influence a juror's vote, opinion, decision, or other action in a case, he or she attempts directly or indirectly to communicate with a juror other than as a part of the proceedings in the trial of the case.


(3) Tampering with witnesses or informants is a Class IV felony. Jury tampering is a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 204; Laws 1994, LB 906, § 1.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-920

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-920. Bribery of a juror; penalty; juror receiving bribe; penalty


(1) A person commits bribery of a juror if he offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit upon a juror with intent to influence the juror's vote, opinion, decision, or other action as a juror.


(2) Bribery of a juror is a Class IV felony.


(3) A juror commits a Class IV felony if he accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person for the purpose of influencing his vote, opinion, decision, or other action as a juror.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 205.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-921

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-921. Repealed by Laws 1994, LB 906, § 2


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-922

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-922. Tampering with physical evidence; penalty; physical evidence, defined


(1) A person commits the offense of tampering with physical evidence if, believing that an official proceeding is pending or about to be instituted and acting without legal right or authority, he:


(a) Destroys, mutilates, conceals, removes, or alters physical evidence with the intent to impair its verity or availability in the pending or prospective official proceeding; or


(b) Knowingly makes, presents, or offers any false physical evidence with intent that it be introduced in the pending or prospective official proceeding.


(2) Physical evidence, as used in this section, shall mean any article, object, document, record, or other thing of physical substance.


(3) Tampering with physical evidence is a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 207.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-923

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-923. Simulating legal process; penalty


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


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


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 208.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-924

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-924. Official misconduct; penalty


(1) A public servant commits official misconduct if he knowingly violates any statute or lawfully adopted rule or regulation relating to his official duties.


(2) Official misconduct is a Class II misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 209.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-925

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-925. Misuse of official information; penalty


(1) Any public servant, in contemplation of official action by himself or by a governmental unit with which he is associated, or in reliance on information to which he has access in his official capacity and which has not been made public, commits misuse of official information if he:


(a) Acquires pecuniary interest in any property, transaction, or enterprise which may be affected by such information or official action; or


(b) Speculates or wagers on the basis of such information or official action; or


(c) Aids, advises, or encourages another to do any of the foregoing with intent to confer on any person a special pecuniary benefit.


(2) Misuse of official information is a Class III misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 210.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-926

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-926. Oppression under color of office; penalty


(1) Any public servant or peace officer who, by color of or in the execution of his office, shall designedly, willfully, or corruptly injure, deceive, harm, or oppress any person, or shall attempt to injure, deceive, harm, or oppress any person, commits oppression under color of office, and shall be answerable to the party so injured, deceived, or harmed or oppressed in treble damages.


(2) Oppression under color of office is a Class II misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 211.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-927

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-927. Neglecting to serve a warrant; penalty; forfeiture of office


(1) When any warrant legally issued by any magistrate in this state in any criminal case shall be delivered into the hands of any sheriff or other officer to be executed, whose duty it shall be to execute such warrant, it is hereby made the duty of such sheriff or other officer to serve the same immediately, and if such sheriff or other officer shall neglect or delay to serve any such warrant, delivered to him or her as aforesaid, when in his or her power to serve the same, either alone or by calling upon assistance according to law, he or she commits the offense of neglecting to serve a warrant.


(2) Neglecting to serve a warrant is a Class II misdemeanor if the offense charged for which the warrant was issued is a felony.


(3) Neglecting to serve a warrant is a Class III misdemeanor if the offense charged for which the warrant was issued is a misdemeanor.


(4) Any sheriff or other officer who is convicted under this section shall immediately forfeit his or her office.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 212; Laws 1988, LB 1030, § 20.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-928

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-928. Mutilating a flag; penalty; flag, defined


(1) A person commits the offense of mutilating a flag if such person intentionally casts contempt or ridicule upon a flag by mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning, or trampling upon such flag.


(2) Flag as used in this section shall mean any flag, ensign, banner, standard, colors, or replica or representation thereof which is an official or commonly recognized symbol of the United States or the State of Nebraska.


(3) Mutilation of a flag is a Class III misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 213.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-929

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-929. Assault on an officer in the first degree; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of assault on an officer or a health care professional in the first degree if:


(a) He or she intentionally or knowingly causes serious bodily injury:


(i) To a peace officer, a probation officer, or an employee of the Department of Correctional Services;


(ii) To an employee of the Department of Health and Human Services if the person committing the offense is committed as a dangerous sex offender under the Sex Offender Commitment Act; or


(iii) To a health care professional; and


(b) The offense is committed while such officer or employee is engaged in the performance of his or her official duties or while the health care professional is on duty at a hospital or a health clinic.


(2) Assault on an officer or a health care professional in the first degree shall be a Class ID felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1982, LB 465, § 3; Laws 2005, LB 538, § 1; Laws 2009, LB 63, § 7, eff. May 28, 2009; Laws 2010, LB 771, § 4, eff. July 15, 2010; Laws 2012, LB 677, § 1, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-929.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-929.01. Assault on a health care professional; terms, defined


For purposes of sections 28-929, 28-929.02, 28-930, and 28-931:


(1) Health care professional means a physician or other health care practitioner who is licensed, certified, or registered to perform specified health services consistent with state law who practices at a hospital or a health clinic;


(2) Health clinic has the definition found in section 71-416; and


(3) Hospital has the definition found in section 71-419.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2012, LB 677, § 4, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-929.02

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-929.02. Assault on a health care professional; hospital and health clinic; sign required


Every hospital and health clinic shall display at all times in a prominent place a printed sign with a minimum height of twenty inches and a minimum width of fourteen inches, with each letter to be a minimum of one-fourth inch in height, which shall read as follows:


WARNING: ASSAULTING A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL WHO IS ENGAGED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR HER OFFICIAL DUTIES IS A FELONY.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2012, LB 677, § 5, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-930

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-930. Assault on an officer in the second degree; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of assault on an officer or a health care professional in the second degree if:


(a) He or she:


(i) Intentionally or knowingly causes bodily injury with a dangerous instrument:


(A) To a peace officer, a probation officer, or an employee of the Department of Correctional Services;


(B) To an employee of the Department of Health and Human Services if the person committing the offense is committed as a dangerous sex offender under the Sex Offender Commitment Act; or


(C) To a health care professional; or


(ii) Recklessly causes bodily injury with a dangerous instrument:


(A) To a peace officer, a probation officer, or an employee of the Department of Correctional Services;


(B) To an employee of the Department of Health and Human Services if the person committing the offense is committed as a dangerous sex offender under the Sex Offender Commitment Act; or


(C) To a health care professional; and


(b) The offense is committed while such officer or employee is engaged in the performance of his or her official duties or while the health care professional is on duty at a hospital or a health clinic.


(2) Assault on an officer or a health care professional in the second degree shall be a Class II felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1982, LB 465, § 4; Laws 2005, LB 538, § 2; Laws 2009, LB 63, § 8, eff. May 28, 2009; Laws 2010, LB 771, § 5, eff. July 15, 2010; Laws 2012, LB 677, § 2, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-931

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-931. Assault on an officer in the third degree; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of assault on an officer or a health care professional in the third degree if:


(a) He or she intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causes bodily injury:


(i) To a peace officer, a probation officer, or an employee of the Department of Correctional Services;


(ii) To an employee of the Department of Health and Human Services if the person committing the offense is committed as a dangerous sex offender under the Sex Offender Commitment Act; or


(iii) To a health care professional; and


(b) The offense is committed while such officer or employee is engaged in the performance of his or her official duties or while the health care professional is on duty at a hospital or a health clinic.


(2) Assault on an officer or a health care professional in the third degree shall be a Class IIIA felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1982, LB 465, § 5; Laws 1997, LB 364, § 11; Laws 2005, LB 538, § 3; Laws 2010, LB 771, § 6, eff. July 15, 2010; Laws 2012, LB 677, § 3, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-931.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-931.01. Assault on an officer using a motor vehicle; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of assault on an officer using a motor vehicle if:


(a) By using a motor vehicle to run over or to strike an officer or employee or by using a motor vehicle to collide with an officer's or employee's motor vehicle, he or she intentionally and knowingly causes bodily injury:


(i) To a peace officer, a probation officer, or an employee of the Department of Correctional Services; or


(ii) To an employee of the Department of Health and Human Services if the person committing the offense is committed as a dangerous sex offender under the Sex Offender Commitment Act; and


(b) The offense is committed while such officer or employee is engaged in the performance of his or her duties.


(2) Assault on an officer using a motor vehicle shall be a Class IIIA felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1995, LB 371, § 31; Laws 1997, LB 364, § 12; Laws 2005, LB 538, § 4; Laws 2010, LB 771, § 7, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-932

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-932. Confined person; person in legal custody of Department of Correctional Services; dangerous sex offender; assault; penalty; sentence


(1) Any person (a)(i) who is legally confined in a jail or an adult correctional or penal institution, (ii) who is otherwise in legal custody of the Department of Correctional Services, or (iii) who is committed as a dangerous sex offender under the Sex Offender Commitment Act and (b) who intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causes bodily injury to another person shall be guilty of a Class IIIA felony, except that if a deadly or dangerous weapon is used to commit such assault he or she shall be guilty of a Class III felony.


(2) Sentences imposed under subsection (1) of this section shall be consecutive to any sentence or sentences imposed for violations committed prior to the violation of subsection (1) of this section and shall not include any credit for time spent in custody prior to sentencing unless the time in custody is solely related to the offense for which the sentence is being imposed under this section.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1982, LB 465, § 6; Laws 1997, LB 364, § 13; Laws 2010, LB 771, § 8, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-933

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-933. Confined person; person in legal custody of Department of Correctional Services; dangerous sex offender; offenses against another person; penalty; sentence


(1) Any person (a)(i) who is legally confined in a jail or an adult correctional or penal institution, (ii) who is otherwise in legal custody of the Department of Correctional Services, or (iii) who is committed as a dangerous sex offender under the Sex Offender Commitment Act and (b) who commits (i) assault in the first, second, or third degree as defined in sections 28-308 to 28-310, (ii) terroristic threats as defined in section 28-311.01, (iii) kidnapping as defined in section 28-313, or (iv) false imprisonment in the first or second degree as defined in sections 28-314 and 28-315, against any person for the purpose of compelling or inducing the performance of any act by such person or any other person shall be guilty of a Class II felony.


(2) Sentences imposed under subsection (1) of this section shall be served consecutive to any sentence or sentences imposed for violations committed prior to the violation of subsection (1) of this section and shall not include any credit for time spent in custody prior to sentencing unless the time in custody is solely related to the offense for which the sentence is being imposed under this section.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1982, LB 465, § 7; Laws 1986, LB 956, § 13; Laws 2010, LB 771, § 9, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-934

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 9. Offenses Involving Integrity and Effectiveness of Government Operation

28-934. Assault with a bodily fluid against a public safety officer; penalty; order to collect evidence


(1) Any person who knowingly and intentionally strikes any public safety officer with any bodily fluid is guilty of assault with a bodily fluid against a public safety officer.


(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, assault with a bodily fluid against a public safety officer is a Class I misdemeanor.


(3) Assault with a bodily fluid against a public safety officer is a Class IIIA felony if the person committing the offense strikes with a bodily fluid the eyes, mouth, or skin of a public safety officer and knew the source of the bodily fluid was infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C at the time the offense was committed.


(4) Upon a showing of probable cause by affidavit to a judge of this state that an offense as defined in subsection (1) of this section has been committed and that identifies the probable source of the bodily fluid or bodily fluids used to commit the offense, the judge shall grant an order or issue a search warrant authorizing the collection of any evidence, including any bodily fluid or medical records or the performance of any medical or scientific testing or analysis, that may assist with the determination of whether or not the person committing the offense or the person from whom the person committing the offense obtained the bodily fluid or bodily fluids is infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C.


(5) As used in this section:


(a) Bodily fluid means any naturally produced secretion or waste product generated by the human body and shall include, but not be limited to, any quantity of human blood, urine, saliva, mucus, vomitus, seminal fluid, or feces; and


(b) Public safety officer includes any of the following persons who are engaged in the performance of their official duties at the time of the offense: A peace officer; a probation officer; an employee of a county, city, or village jail; an employee of the Department of Correctional Services; an employee of the secure youth confinement facility operated by the Department of Correctional Services, if the person committing the offense is committed to such facility; an employee of the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center-Geneva or the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center-Kearney; or an employee of the Department of Health and Human Services if the person committing the offense is committed as a dangerous sex offender under the Sex Offender Commitment Act.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2011, LB 226, § 2, eff. Aug. 27, 2011.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1001

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1001, 28-1002. Repealed by Laws 1990, LB 50, § 13


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1002

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1001, 28-1002. Repealed by Laws 1990, LB 50, § 13


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1003

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1003. Transferred to § 28-1010


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1004

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1004. Terms, defined


As used in this section and section 28-1005, unless the context otherwise requires:


(1) Bearbaiting shall mean the pitting of any animal against a bear;


(2) Cockfighting shall mean the pitting of a fowl against another fowl;


(3) Dogfighting shall mean the pitting of a dog against another dog; and


(4) Pitting shall mean bringing animals together in combat.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 170, § 2.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1005

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1005. Dogfighting, cockfighting, bearbaiting, or pitting an animal against another; prohibited acts; penalty


(1) No person shall knowingly:


(a) Promote, engage in, or be employed at dogfighting, cockfighting, bearbaiting, or pitting an animal against another;


(b) Receive money for the admission of another person to a place kept for such purpose;


(c) Own, use, train, sell, or possess an animal for such purpose; or


(d) Permit any act as described in this subsection to occur on any premises owned or controlled by him or her.


(2) Any person violating subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.


(3) No person shall knowingly and willingly be present at and witness as a spectator dogfighting, cockfighting, bearbaiting, or the pitting of an animal against another as prohibited in subsection (1) of this section. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 170, § 3; Laws 2003, LB 273, § 3.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1005.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1005.01. Ownership or possession of animal fighting paraphernalia; penalty


(1) No person shall knowingly or intentionally own or possess animal fighting paraphernalia with the intent to commit a violation of section 28-1005.


(2)(a) For purposes of this section, except as provided in subdivision (b) of this subsection, animal fighting paraphernalia means equipment, products, and materials of any kind that are used, intended for use, or designed for use in the training, preparation, conditioning, or furtherance of the pitting of an animal against another as defined in section 28-1004. Animal fighting paraphernalia includes, but is not limited to, the following:


(i) A breaking stick, which means a device designed for insertion behind the molars of a dog for the purpose of breaking the dog's grip on another animal or object;


(ii) A cat mill, which means a device that rotates around a central support with one arm designed to secure a dog and one arm designed to secure a cat, rabbit, or other small animal beyond the grasp of the dog;


(iii) A treadmill, which means an exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which the animal walks or runs without changing place;


(iv) A fighting pit, which means a walled area designed to contain an animal fight;


(v) A springpole, which means a biting surface attached to a stretchable device, suspended at a height sufficient to prevent a dog from reaching the biting surface while touching the ground;


(vi) A heel, which means any edged or pointed instrument designed to be attached to the leg of a fowl;


(vii) A boxing glove or muff, which means a fitted protective covering for the spurs of a fowl; and


(viii) Any other instrument commonly used in the furtherance of pitting an animal against another.


(b) Animal fighting paraphernalia does not include equipment, products, or materials of any kind used by a veterinarian licensed to practice veterinary medicine and surgery in this state.


(3) Any person violating subsection (1) of this section is guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2010, LB 252, § 2, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1006

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1006. Investigation; arrest; seizure of property; reimbursement of expenses


(1) It shall be the duty of the sheriff, a police officer, or the Nebraska State Patrol to make prompt investigation of and arrest for any violation of section 28-1005 or 28-1005.01.


(2) Any animal, equipment, device, or other property or things involved in any violation of section 28-1005 or 28-1005.01 shall be subject to seizure, and disposition may be made in accordance with the method of disposition directed for contraband in sections 29-818 and 29-820.


(3) Any animal involved in any violation of section 28-1005 or 28-1005.01 shall be subject to seizure. Distribution or disposition shall be made as provided in section 29-818 and in such manner as the court may direct. The court may give preference to adoption alternatives through humane societies or comparable institutions and to the protection of such animal's welfare. For a humane society or comparable institution to be considered as an adoption alternative under this subsection, it must first be licensed by the Department of Agriculture as having passed the inspection requirements in the Commercial Dog and Cat Operator Inspection Act and paid the fee for inspection under the act. The court may prohibit an adopting or purchasing party from selling such animal for a period not to exceed one year.


(4) In addition to any other sentence given for a violation of section 28-1005 or 28-1005.01, the sentencing court may order the defendant to reimburse a public or private agency for expenses incurred in conjunction with the care, impoundment, or disposal, including adoption, of an animal involved in the violation of section 28-1005 or 28-1005.01. Whenever the court believes that such reimbursement may be a proper sentence or the prosecuting attorney requests, the court shall order that the presentence investigation report include documentation regarding the nature and amount of the expenses incurred. The court may order that reimbursement be made immediately, in specified installments, or within a specified period of time, not to exceed five years after the date of judgment.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 170, § 4; Laws 1997, LB 551, § 1; Laws 2002, LB 82, § 5; Laws 2010, LB 252, § 3, eff. July 15, 2010; Laws 2010, LB 712, § 11, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1007

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1007. Sections, how construed


Sections 28-1004 to 28-1006 shall not be construed to amend or in any manner change the authority of the Game and Parks Commission under the Game Law, to prohibit any conduct authorized or permitted in the Game Law, or to prohibit the training of animals for any purpose not prohibited by law.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1988, LB 170, § 5; Laws 1998, LB 922, § 393; Laws 2010, LB 252, § 4, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1008

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1008. Terms, defined


For purposes of sections 28-1008 to 28-1017, 28-1019, and 28-1020:


(1) Abandon means to leave any animal in one's care, whether as owner or custodian, for any length of time without making effective provision for its food, water, or other care as is reasonably necessary for the animal's health;


(2) Animal means any vertebrate member of the animal kingdom. Animal does not include an uncaptured wild creature or a livestock animal as defined in section 54-902;


(3) Cruelly mistreat means to knowingly and intentionally kill, maim, disfigure, torture, beat, mutilate, burn, scald, or otherwise inflict harm upon any animal;


(4) Cruelly neglect means to fail to provide any animal in one's care, whether as owner or custodian, with food, water, or other care as is reasonably necessary for the animal's health;


(5) Humane killing means the destruction of an animal by a method which causes the animal a minimum of pain and suffering;


(6) Law enforcement officer means any member of the Nebraska State Patrol, any county or deputy sheriff, any member of the police force of any city or village, or any other public official authorized by a city or village to enforce state or local animal control laws, rules, regulations, or ordinances. Law enforcement officer also includes any inspector under the Commercial Dog and Cat Operator Inspection Act to the extent that such inspector may exercise the authority of a law enforcement officer under section 28-1012 while in the course of performing inspection activities under the Commercial Dog and Cat Operator Inspection Act;


(7) Mutilation means intentionally causing permanent injury, disfigurement, degradation of function, incapacitation, or imperfection to an animal. Mutilation does not include conduct performed by a veterinarian licensed to practice veterinary medicine and surgery in this state or conduct that conforms to accepted veterinary practices;


(8) Police animal means a horse or dog owned or controlled by the State of Nebraska or any county, city, or village for the purpose of assisting a law enforcement officer in the performance of his or her official enforcement duties;


(9) Repeated beating means intentional successive strikes to an animal by a person resulting in serious bodily injury or death to the animal;


(10) Serious injury or illness includes any injury or illness to any animal which creates a substantial risk of death or which causes broken bones, prolonged impairment of health, or prolonged loss or impairment of the function of any bodily organ; and


(11) Torture means intentionally subjecting an animal to extreme pain, suffering, or agony. Torture does not include conduct performed by a veterinarian licensed to practice veterinary medicine and surgery in this state or conduct that conforms to accepted veterinary practices.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1990, LB 50, § 1; Laws 1995, LB 283, § 2; Laws 2003, LB 273, § 4; Laws 2006, LB 856, § 11; Laws 2007, LB 227, § 1; Laws 2008, LB 764, § 2, eff. July 18, 2008; Laws 2008, LB 1055, § 2, eff. April 22, 2008; Laws 2009, LB 494, § 1, eff. Aug. 30, 2009; Laws 2010, LB 865, § 13, eff. July 15, 2010; Laws 2012, LB 721, § 2, eff. July 19, 2012.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1009

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1009. Abandonment; cruel neglect; harassment of a police animal; penalty


(1) A person who intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly abandons or cruelly neglects an animal is guilty of a Class I misdemeanor unless the abandonment or cruel neglect results in serious injury or illness or death of the animal, in which case it is a Class IV felony.


(2)(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this subsection, a person who cruelly mistreats an animal is guilty of a Class I misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class IV felony for any subsequent offense.


(b) A person who cruelly mistreats an animal is guilty of a Class IV felony if such cruel mistreatment involves the knowing and intentional torture, repeated beating, or mutilation of the animal.


(3) A person commits harassment of a police animal if he or she knowingly and intentionally teases or harasses a police animal in order to distract, agitate, or harm the police animal for the purpose of preventing such animal from performing its legitimate official duties. Harassment of a police animal is a Class IV misdemeanor unless the harassment is the proximate cause of the death of the police animal, in which case it is a Class IV felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1990, LB 50, § 2; Laws 1995, LB 283, § 3; Laws 2002, LB 82, § 6; Laws 2003, LB 273, § 5; Laws 2007, LB 227, § 2.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1009.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1009.01. Violence on a service animal; interference with a service animal; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of violence on a service animal when he or she (a) intentionally injures, harasses, or threatens to injure or harass or (b) attempts to intentionally injure, harass, or threaten an animal that he or she knows or has reason to believe is a service animal for a blind or visually impaired person, a deaf or hearing-impaired person, or a physically limited person.


(2) A person commits the offense of interference with a service animal when he or she (a) intentionally impedes, interferes, or threatens to impede or interfere or (b) attempts to intentionally impede, interfere, or threaten to impede or interfere with an animal that he or she knows or has reason to believe is a service animal for a blind or visually impaired person, a deaf or hearing-impaired person, or a physically limited person.


(3) Evidence that the defendant initiated or continued conduct toward an animal as described in subsection (1) or (2) of this section after being requested to avoid or discontinue such conduct by the blind, visually impaired, deaf, hearing-impaired, or physically limited person being served or assisted by the animal shall create a rebuttable presumption that the conduct of the defendant was initiated or continued intentionally.


(4) For purposes of this section:


(a) Blind person means a person with totally impaired vision or with vision, with or without correction, which is so severely impaired that the primary means of receiving information is through other sensory input, including, but not limited to, braille, mechanical reproduction, synthesized speech, or readers;


(b) Deaf person means a person with totally impaired hearing or with hearing, with or without amplification, which is so severely impaired that the primary means of receiving spoken language is through other sensory input, including, but not limited to, lip reading, sign language, finger spelling, or reading;


(c) Hearing-impaired person means a person who is unable to hear air conduction thresholds at an average of forty decibels or greater in the person's better ear;


(d) Physically limited person means a person having limited ambulatory abilities, including, but not limited to, having a permanent impairment or condition that requires the person to use a wheelchair or to walk with difficulty or insecurity to the extent that the person is insecure or exposed to danger; and


(e) Visually impaired person means a person having a visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the person's better eye with correction or having a limitation to the person's field of vision so that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angular distance not greater than twenty degrees.


(5) Violence on a service animal or interference with a service animal is a Class III misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1997, LB 814, § 1; Laws 2008, LB 806, § 11, eff. July 18, 2008.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1009.02

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1009.02, 28-1009.03. Repealed by Laws 2010, LB 865, § 17, eff. July 15, 2010


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1009.03

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1009.02, 28-1009.03. Repealed by Laws 2010, LB 865, § 17, eff. July 15, 2010


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1010

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1010. Indecency with an animal; penalty


A person commits indecency with an animal when such person subjects an animal to sexual penetration as defined in section 28-318. Indecency with an animal is a Class III misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 216; Laws 1978, LB 748, § 16; Laws 1990, LB 50, § 3; Laws 2009, LB 97, § 16, eff. May 21, 2009.


Codifications: R.S. 1943, (1989), § 28-1003.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1011

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1011. Violations; liability for expenses


(1) In addition to any other sentence given for a violation of section 28-1009 or 28-1010, the sentencing court may order the defendant to reimburse a public or private agency for expenses incurred in conjunction with the care, impoundment, or disposal of an animal involved in the violation of such section. Whenever the court believes that such reimbursement may be a proper sentence or the prosecuting attorney requests, the court shall order that the presentence investigation report include documentation regarding the nature and amount of the expenses incurred. The court may order that reimbursement be made immediately, in specified installments, or within a specified period of time, not to exceed five years after the date of judgment.


(2) Even if reimbursement for expenses is not ordered under subsection (1) of this section, the defendant shall be liable for all expenses incurred by a public or private agency in conjunction with the care, impoundment, or disposal of an animal. The expenses shall be a lien upon the animal.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1990, LB 50, § 5; Laws 1997, LB 551, § 2.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1012

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1012. Law enforcement officer; powers; immunity; seizure; court powers


(1) Any law enforcement officer who has reason to believe that an animal has been abandoned or is being cruelly neglected or cruelly mistreated may seek a warrant authorizing entry upon private property to inspect, care for, or impound the animal.


(2) Any law enforcement officer who has reason to believe that an animal has been abandoned or is being cruelly neglected or cruelly mistreated may issue a citation to the owner as prescribed in sections 29-422 to 29-429.


(3) Any animal, equipment, device, or other property or things involved in a violation of section 28-1009 or 28-1010 shall be subject to seizure and distribution or disposition shall be made under section 29-818 and in such manner as the court may direct.


(4) Any animal involved in a violation of section 28-1009 or 28-1010 shall be subject to seizure. Distribution or disposition shall be made under section 29-818 and in such manner as the court may direct. The court may consider adoption alternatives through humane societies or comparable institutions and the protection of such animal's welfare. For a humane society or comparable institution to be considered as an adoption alternative under this subsection, it must first be licensed by the Department of Agriculture as having passed the inspection requirements in the Commercial Dog and Cat Operator Inspection Act and paid the fee for inspection under the act. The court may prohibit an adopting or purchasing party from selling such animal for a period not to exceed one year.


(5) Any law enforcement officer acting under this section shall not be liable for damage to property if such damage is not the result of the officer's negligence.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1990, LB 50, § 4; Laws 1997, LB 551, § 3; Laws 2002, LB 82, § 7; Laws 2010, LB 712, § 12, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1013

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1013. Sections; exemptions


Sections 28-1008 to 28-1017 and 28-1019 shall not apply to:


(1) Care or treatment of an animal or other conduct by a veterinarian or veterinary technician licensed under the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act that occurs within the scope of his or her employment, that occurs while acting in his or her professional capacity, or that conforms to commonly accepted veterinary practices;


(2) Commonly accepted care or treatment of a police animal by a law enforcement officer in the normal course of his or her duties;


(3) Research activity carried on by any research facility currently meeting the standards of the federal Animal Welfare Act, 7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq., as such act existed on January 1, 2010;


(4) Commonly accepted practices of hunting, fishing, or trapping;


(5) Humane killing of an animal by the owner or by his or her agent or a veterinarian upon the owner's request;


(6) Use of reasonable force against an animal, other than a police animal, which is working, including killing, capture, or restraint, if the animal is outside the owned or rented property of its owner or custodian and is injuring or posing an immediate threat to any person or other animal;


(7) Killing of house or garden pests; and


(8) Commonly accepted animal training practices.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1990, LB 50, § 6; Laws 1995, LB 283, § 4; Laws 2003, LB 273, § 6; Laws 2007, LB 463, § 1127; Laws 2008, LB 764, § 5, eff. July 18, 2008; Laws 2008, LB 1055, § 4, eff. April 22, 2008; Laws 2009, LB 494, § 2, eff. Aug. 30, 2009; Laws 2010, LB 865, § 14, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1013.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1013.01, 28-1013.02. Repealed by Laws 2010, LB 865, § 17, eff. July 15, 2010


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1013.02

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1013.01, 28-1013.02. Repealed by Laws 2010, LB 865, § 17, eff. July 15, 2010


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1014

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1014. Local regulation; authorized


Any city, village, or county may adopt and promulgate rules, regulations, and ordinances which are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 28-1008 to 28-1017, 28-1019, and 28-1020 for the protection of the public, public health, and animals within its jurisdiction.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1990, LB 50, § 7; Laws 2003, LB 273, § 7; Laws 2008, LB 764, § 8, eff. July 18, 2008; Laws 2008, LB 1055, § 5, eff. April 22, 2008; Laws 2009, LB 494, § 3, eff. Aug. 30, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1015

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1015. Ownership by child; applicability of penalties


When an animal is owned by a minor child, the parent of such minor child with whom the child resides or legal guardian with whom the child resides shall be subject to the penalties provided under sections 28-1008 to 28-1017, 28-1019, and 28-1020 if the animal is abandoned or cruelly neglected.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1990, LB 50, § 8; Laws 2003, LB 273, § 8; Laws 2008, LB 764, § 9, eff. July 18, 2008; Laws 2008, LB 1055, § 6, eff. April 22, 2008; Laws 2009, LB 494, § 4, eff. Aug. 30, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1016

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1016. Game and Parks Commission; Game Law; sections, how construed


Nothing in sections 28-1008 to 28-1017, 28-1019, and 28-1020 shall be construed as amending or changing the authority of the Game and Parks Commission as established in the Game Law or to prohibit any conduct authorized or permitted by such law.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1990, LB 50, § 9; Laws 2003, LB 273, § 9; Laws 2008, LB 764, § 10, eff. July 18, 2008; Laws 2008, LB 1055, § 7, eff. April 22, 2008; Laws 2009, LB 494, § 5, eff. Aug. 30, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1017

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1017. Animal abandonment, cruel neglect, or cruel mistreatment; report required by certain employees; violation; penalty


(1) For purposes of this section:


(a) Reasonably suspects means a basis for reporting knowledge or a set of facts that would lead a person of ordinary care and prudence to believe and conscientiously entertain a strong suspicion that criminal activity is at hand or that a crime has been committed; and


(b) Employee means any employee of a governmental agency dealing with child or adult protective services, animal control, or animal abuse.


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


(3) The report of an employee shall be made within two working days of acquiring the information concerning the animal by facsimile transmission of a written report presented in the form described in subsection (6) of this section or by telephone. When an immediate response is necessary to protect the health and safety of the animal or others, the report of an employee shall be made by telephone as soon as possible.


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


(5) A report made by an employee pursuant to this section shall include:


(a) The reporter's name and title, business address, and telephone number;


(b) The name, if known, of the animal owner or custodian, whether a business or individual;


(c) A description of the animal or animals involved, person or persons involved, and location of the animal or animals and the premises; and


(d) The date, time, and a description of the observation or incident which led the reporter to reasonably suspect animal abandonment, cruel neglect, or cruel mistreatment and any other information the reporter believes may be relevant.


(6) A report made by an employee pursuant to this section may be made on preprinted forms prepared by the entity or entities that investigate reports of animal abandonment, cruel neglect, or cruel mistreatment in that jurisdiction. The form shall include space for the information required under subsection (5) of this section.


(7) When two or more employees jointly have observed or reasonably suspected animal abandonment, cruel neglect, or cruel mistreatment and there is agreement between or among them, a report may be made by one person by mutual agreement. Any such reporter who has knowledge that the person designated to report has failed to do so shall thereafter make the report.


(8) Any employee failing to report under this section shall be guilty of an infraction.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2003, LB 273, § 1; Laws 2009, LB 494, § 6, eff. Aug. 30, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1018

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1018. Sale of puppy or kitten; prohibited acts; penalty


(1) A person, other than an animal control facility, animal rescue, or animal shelter, who sells a puppy or kitten under eight weeks of age without its mother is guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.


(2) For purposes of this section:


(a) Animal control facility means a facility operated by the state or any political subdivision of the state for the purpose of impounding or harboring seized, stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwanted animals;


(b) Animal rescue means a person or group of persons who hold themselves out as an animal rescue, accept or solicit for dogs or cats with the intention of finding permanent adoptive homes or providing lifelong care for such dogs or cats, or who use foster homes as defined in section 54-626 as the primary means of housing dogs or cats; and


(c) Animal shelter means a facility used to house or contain dogs or cats and owned, operated, or maintained by an incorporated humane society, animal welfare society, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or other nonprofit organization devoted to the welfare, protection, and humane treatment of such animals.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2003, LB 17, § 5; Laws 2006, LB 856, § 12; Laws 2010, LB 910, § 1, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1019

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1019. Conviction; order prohibiting ownership, possession, or residing with animal; duration; violation; penalty; seizure of animal


(1)(a) If a person is convicted of a Class IV felony under section 28-1005 or 28-1009, the sentencing court shall order such person not to own, possess, or reside with any animal for at least five years after the date of conviction, but such time restriction shall not exceed fifteen years. Any person violating such court order shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.


(b) If a person is convicted of a Class I misdemeanor under section 28-1005.01 or subdivision (2)(a) of section 28-1009 or a Class III misdemeanor under section 28-1010, the sentencing court may order such person not to own, possess, or reside with any animal after the date of conviction, but such time restriction, if any, shall not exceed five years. Any person violating such court order shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.


(c) Any animal involved in a violation of a court order under subdivision (a) or (b) of this subsection shall be subject to seizure by law enforcement. Distribution or disposition shall be made under section 29-818.


(2) This section shall not apply to any person convicted under section 28-1005, 28-1005.01, or 28-1009 if a licensed physician confirms in writing that ownership or possession of or residence with an animal is essential to the health of such person.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2008, LB 1055, § 3, eff. April 22, 2008; Laws 2010, LB 252, § 5, eff. July 15, 2010; Laws 2010, LB 712, § 13, eff. July 15, 2010.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1020

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 10. Offenses Against Animals

28-1020. Animal abandonment, cruel neglect, or cruel mistreatment; report required by animal health care professional; immunity from liability


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


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


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


CREDIT(S)


Laws 2009, LB 494, § 7, eff. Aug. 30, 2009.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1101

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 11. Gambling

28-1101. Terms, defined


As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:


(1) A person advances gambling activity if, acting other than as a player, he or she engages in conduct that materially aids any form of gambling activity. Conduct of this nature includes, but shall not be limited to, conduct directed toward (a) the creation or establishment of the particular game, contest, scheme, device, or activity involved, (b) the acquisition or maintenance of premises, paraphernalia, equipment, or apparatus therefor, or (c) engaging in the procurement, sale, or offering for sale within this state of any chance, share, or interest in a lottery of another state or government whether or not such chance, share, or interest is an actual lottery ticket, receipt, contingent promise to pay, order to purchase, or other record of such interest except as provided in the Nebraska County and City Lottery Act, the Nebraska Lottery and Raffle Act, the Nebraska Pickle Card Lottery Act, the Nebraska Small Lottery and Raffle Act, the State Lottery Act, or section 9-701;


(2) Bookmaking shall mean advancing gambling activity by unlawfully accepting bets from members of the public as a business upon the outcome of future contingent events;


(3) A person profits from gambling activity if, other than as a player, he or she accepts or receives money or other property pursuant to an agreement or understanding with any person whereby he or she participates or is to participate in the proceeds of gambling activity;


(4) A person engages in gambling if he or she bets something of value upon the outcome of a future event, which outcome is determined by an element of chance, or upon the outcome of a game, contest, or election, or conducts or participates in any bingo, lottery by the sale of pickle cards, lottery, raffle, gift enterprise, or other scheme not authorized or conducted in accordance with the Nebraska Bingo Act, the Nebraska County and City Lottery Act, the Nebraska Lottery and Raffle Act, the Nebraska Pickle Card Lottery Act, the Nebraska Small Lottery and Raffle Act, the State Lottery Act, or section 9-701, but a person does not engage in gambling by:


(a) Entering into a lawful business transaction;


(b) Playing an amusement device or a coin-operated mechanical game which confers as a prize an immediate, unrecorded right of replay not exchangeable for something of value;


(c) Conducting or participating in a prize contest; or


(d) Conducting or participating in any bingo, lottery by the sale of pickle cards, lottery, raffle, or gift enterprise conducted in accordance with the Nebraska Bingo Act, the Nebraska County and City Lottery Act, the Nebraska Lottery and Raffle Act, the Nebraska Pickle Card Lottery Act, the Nebraska Small Lottery and Raffle Act, the State Lottery Act, or section 9-701;


(5) Gambling device shall mean any device, machine, paraphernalia, writing, paper, instrument, article, or equipment that is used or usable for engaging in gambling, whether that activity consists of gambling between persons or gambling by a person involving the playing of a machine. Gambling device shall also include any mechanical gaming device, computer gaming device, electronic gaming device, or video gaming device which has the capability of awarding something of value, free games redeemable for something of value, instant-win tickets which also provide the possibility of participating in a subsequent drawing or event, or tickets or stubs redeemable for something of value, except as authorized in the furtherance of parimutuel wagering. Supplies, equipment, cards, tickets, stubs, and other items used in any bingo, lottery by the sale of pickle cards, other lottery, raffle, or gift enterprise conducted in accordance with the Nebraska Bingo Act, the Nebraska County and City Lottery Act, the Nebraska Lottery and Raffle Act, the Nebraska Pickle Card Lottery Act, the Nebraska Small Lottery and Raffle Act, the State Lottery Act, or section 9-701 are not gambling devices within this definition;


(6) Something of value shall mean any money or property, any token, object, or article exchangeable for money or property, or any form of credit or promise directly or indirectly contemplating transfer of money or property or of any interest therein, or involving extension of a service or entertainment; and


(7) Prize contest shall mean any competition in which one or more competitors are awarded something of value as a consequence of winning or achieving a certain result in the competition and (a) the value of such awards made to competitors participating in the contest does not depend upon the number of participants in the contest or upon the amount of consideration, if any, paid for the opportunity to participate in the contest or upon chance and (b) the value or identity of such awards to be made to competitors is published before the competition begins.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 217; Laws 1978, LB 900, § 1; Laws 1979, LB 152, § 1; Laws 1983, LB 259, § 36; Laws 1983, LB 374, § 1; Laws 1984, LB 744, § 1; Laws 1984, LB 949, § 72; Laws 1986, LB 1027, § 192; Laws 1991, LB 849, § 64; Laws 1993, LB 138, § 66; Laws 1995, LB 343, § 6.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1102

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 11. Gambling

28-1102. Promoting gambling, first degree; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of promoting gambling in the first degree if he or she knowingly advances or profits from unlawful gambling activity by:


(a) Engaging in bookmaking to the extent that he or she receives or accepts in any one day one or more bets totaling one thousand dollars or more; or


(b) Receiving, in connection with any unlawful gambling scheme or enterprise, more than one thousand dollars of money played in the scheme or enterprise in any one day.


(2) Promoting gambling in the first degree is, for the first offense, a Class I misdemeanor, for the second offense, a Class IV felony, and for the third and all subsequent offenses, a Class III felony. No person shall be charged with a second or subsequent offense under this section unless the prior offense or offenses occurred after August 24, 1979.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 218; Laws 1979, LB 152, § 2.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1103

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 11. Gambling

28-1103. Promoting gambling, second degree; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of promoting gambling in the second degree if he or she knowingly advances or profits from any unlawful gambling activity by:


(a) Engaging in bookmaking to the extent that he or she receives or accepts in any one day one or more bets totaling less than one thousand dollars;


(b) Receiving, in connection with any unlawful gambling scheme or enterprise, less than one thousand dollars of money played in the scheme or enterprise in any one day; or


(c) Betting something of value in an amount of three hundred dollars or more with one or more persons in one day.


(2) Promoting gambling in the second degree is a Class II misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 219; Laws 1979, LB 152, § 3.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1104

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 11. Gambling

28-1104. Promoting gambling, third degree; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of promoting gambling in the third degree if he or she knowingly participates in unlawful gambling as a player by betting less than three hundred dollars in any one day.


(2) Promoting gambling in the third degree is a Class IV misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 220; Laws 1979, LB 152, § 4.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1105

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 11. Gambling

28-1105. Possession of gambling records; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of possession of gambling records if, other than as a player, he or she knowingly possesses any writing, paper, instrument, or article which is:


(a) Of a kind commonly used in the operation or promotion of a bookmaking scheme or enterprise and such writing, paper, instrument, or article has been used for the purpose of recording, memorializing, or registering any bet, wager, or other gambling information; or


(b) Of a kind commonly used in the operation, promotion, or playing of a lottery or mutuel scheme or enterprise or other scheme not conducted pursuant to the Nebraska Bingo Act, the Nebraska County and City Lottery Act, the Nebraska Lottery and Raffle Act, the Nebraska Pickle Card Lottery Act, the Nebraska Small Lottery and Raffle Act, the State Lottery Act, or section 9-701 and such writing, paper, instrument, or article has been used for the purpose of recording, memorializing, or registering any bet, wager, or other gambling information not permitted by such acts or section.


(2) Possession of gambling records in the first degree is a Class II misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 221; Laws 1979, LB 152, § 5; Laws 1983, LB 259, § 37; Laws 1985, LB 408, § 39; Laws 1986, LB 1027, § 193; Laws 1991, LB 849, § 65; Laws 1993, LB 138, § 67.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1105.01

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 11. Gambling

28-1105.01. Gambling debt collection; penalty


(1) A person commits the offense of gambling debt collection if he or she employs any force or intimidation or threatens force or intimidation in order to collect any debt which results from gambling as defined by sections 9-510, 28-1101 to 28-1109, and 28-1117.


(2) Gambling debt collection is a Class III felony.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1979, LB 152, § 6.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1106

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 11. Gambling

28-1106. Repealed by Laws 1979, LB 152, § 12


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1107

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 11. Gambling

28-1107. Possession of a gambling device; penalty; exemption


(1) A person commits the offense of possession of a gambling device if he or she manufactures, sells, transports, places, possesses, or conducts or negotiates any transaction affecting or designed to affect ownership, custody, or use of any gambling device, knowing that it shall be used in the advancement of unlawful gambling activity.


(2) This section shall not apply to any coin-operated mechanical gaming device, computer gaming device, electronic gaming device, or video gaming device which has the capability of awarding free games, which is intended to be played and is in fact played for amusement only, and which may allow the player the right to replay such gaming device at no additional cost, which right to replay shall not be considered money or property, except that such mechanical game (a) can be discharged of accumulated free replays only by reactivating the game for one additional play for each accumulated free replay and (b) makes no permanent record directly or indirectly of free replays so awarded. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, any mechanical game or device classified by the federal government as an illegal gambling device and requiring a federal Gambling Device Tax Stamp as required by the Internal Revenue Service in its administration of 26 U.S.C. 4461 and 4462, amended July 1, 1965, by Public Law 89-44, are hereby declared to be illegal and excluded from the exemption granted in this section.


(3) Possession of a gambling device is a Class II misdemeanor.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 223; Laws 1978, LB 900, § 2; Laws 1979, LB 152, § 7; Laws 1987, LB 523, § 4.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1108

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 11. Gambling

28-1108. Prosecution; affirmative defense


In any prosecution under this article, it shall be an affirmative defense that the writing, paper, instrument, or article possessed by the defendant was neither used nor intended to be used in the advancement of an unlawful gambling activity.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 224; Laws 1979, LB 152, § 8.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1109

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 11. Gambling

28-1109. Proof of possession of gambling device; prima facie evidence


Proof of possession of any gambling device shall be prima facie evidence of possession thereof with knowledge of its contents and character.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 225; Laws 1979, LB 152, § 9.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1110

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 11. Gambling

28-1110. Gambling; prosecution; not in violation of jurisdiction where conducted; no defense


It shall be no defense to a prosecution under any provision of this article relating to gambling that the gambling is conducted outside this state and is not in violation of the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is conducted.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 226; Laws 1986, LB 1027, § 194.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1111

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 11. Gambling

28-1111. Gambling device or record; money used as a bet or stake; forfeited to state


Any gambling device or gambling record possessed in violation of any provision of this article, or any money used as a bet or stake in gambling activity in violation of any provision of this article, shall be forfeited to the state.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 227.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1112

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 11. Gambling

28-1112. Defendant, status as a player; affirmative defense, when


In any prosecution for an offense defined in this article, when the defendant's status as a player constitutes an excusing condition, the fact that the defendant was a player shall constitute an affirmative defense.


CREDIT(S)


Laws 1977, LB 38, § 228.


Current through the 102nd Legislature Second Regular Session (2012)




Neb.Rev.St. § 28-1113

West's Revised Statutes of Nebraska Annotated Currentness

Chapter 28. Crimes and Punishments

Article 11. Gambling