Note—Opinions of the supreme court are published officially in Nebraska Reports (since 1860). Opinions of the court of appeals are published officially in Nebraska Appellate Reports (since 1992). A diagram of the state court system (called a “Court Structure Chart” and including a summary of each court’s jurisdiction) is available on the web site of the National Center for State Courts.
Additional Resources
NOTE—Some opinions of the court of appeals are not published.
See also a database of statewide ballot measures maintained by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Constitution (Neb. Const.)
To search the text, on the page that this Search button presents, select “Constitution Only” in the “Limit To” drop-down list for the “Search by Keyword” form.
Note—The official codification is Revised Statutes of Nebraska, 1943. The legislature applies a uniquely confusing method for numbering sections. The Nebraska version of the Uniform Commercial Code is presented separately on the legislature’s web site.
Additional Resources
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Industrial Relations Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-801 et seq. [Comm'n of Industrial Relations] — This version has a text-search function.
The Nebraska Supreme Court adopted a code of rules effective July 18, 2008. It was a rearrangement of the existing rules of procedure and practice and, like the Nebraska Revised Statutes, uses chapters, articles, and sections for organizing the rules. See a conversion chart showing where former rules were codified in the new scheme. For rules not linked here (below), see a table of contents for the new scheme.
Court Rules • Rules of Procedure
Local Court Rules
Rules of Practice • Judicial Rules • Professional Ethics Decisions
Ordinances are local laws, commonly organized into codes, that have been enacted by municipalities — cities, towns, etc. — and counties. Charters are organic laws (similar in function to a constitution) of those local government entities for which “home rule” is authorized by state law. For local laws not found through the links given here, try the county web sites and municipality web sites at “State and Local Government on the Net” by Piper Resources, or a publisher’s web site:
Charters
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
County Ordinances
Municipal Ordinances
Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.
See also links to state court web sites, maintained by the National Center for State Courts. Additionally, the Ballotpedia.org web site presents information about courts and judges in the state, covering both state courts and federal courts, in a Wikipedia-style format.
Business Entity Forms [Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.
Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for Nebraska Residents [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of Nebraska law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in Nebraska.
WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.
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