Nebraska

Nebraska Revised Statutes — Chapter 28, Crimes and Punishments

789 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 28-327.08 — Action for civil remedies
• § 28-327.09 — Minor; burden of proof
• § 28-327.10 — Time requirement
• § 28-327.11 — Civil action; rebuttable presumption; noneconomic damages; expert witness; physician deemed transacting business; affirmative defense; additional remedies
• § 28-327.12 — Statute of limitations; tolled; section, how construed; violations; how treated
• § 28-328 — Partial-birth abortion; prohibition; violation; penalties
• § 28-329 — Abortion; when not to be performed
• § 28-330 — Abortion procedure; protection of viable, unborn child
• § 28-331 — Care and treatment of child aborted
• § 28-332 — Violation; penalty
• § 28-333 — Repealed. Laws 1984, LB 695, § 9
• § 28-334 — Repealed. Laws 1984, LB 695, § 9
• § 28-335 — Abortion by other than licensed physician; penalty; physical presence; violation; penalty
• § 28-336 — Abortion by other than accepted medical procedures; penalty
• § 28-337 — Hospital, clinic, institution; not required to admit patient for abortion
• § 28-338 — No person required to perform an abortion; no liability for refusal
• § 28-339 — Discrimination against person refusing to participate in an abortion; violation; penalty
• § 28-340 — Discrimination against person refusing to participate in an abortion; damages
• § 28-341 — Discrimination against person refusing to participate in an abortion; injunctive relief
• § 28-342 — Aborted child; sell, transfer, distribute, give away; violation; penalty
• § 28-343 — Department of Health and Human Services; abortion reporting form; items included; confidential
• § 28-344 — Reporting form; violation; penalty
• § 28-345 — Department of Health and Human Services; permanent file; rules and regulations
• § 28-346 — Aborted infant; experimentation; prohibited; exception; penalty
• § 28-347 — Dismemberment abortion; unlawful; when; medical emergency; Board of Medicine and Surgery; hearing; findings admissible at trial; persons not liable
• § 28-347.01 — Dismemberment abortion; injunction; cause of action; who may maintain
• § 28-347.02 — Dismemberment abortion; damages; cause of action; who may maintain
• § 28-347.03 — Dismemberment abortion; cause of action; judgment; attorney's fees
• § 28-347.04 — Dismemberment abortion; penalty
• § 28-347.05 — Dismemberment abortion; action or proceeding; anonymity of woman; preserved; court order
• § 28-347.06 — Dismemberment abortion; sections, how construed
• § 28-348 — Act, how cited
• § 28-349 — Legislative intent
• § 28-350 — Definitions, where found
• § 28-351 — Abuse, defined
• § 28-352 — Adult protective services, defined
• § 28-352.01 — Adult protective services official, defined
• § 28-353 — Caregiver, defined
• § 28-354 — Cruel punishment, defined
• § 28-355 — Transferred to section 28-361.01
• § 28-356 — Department, defined
• § 28-357 — Essential services, defined
• § 28-358 — Exploitation, defined
• § 28-358.01 — Isolation, defined
• § 28-359 — Law enforcement agency, defined
• § 28-360 — Least restrictive alternative, defined
• § 28-361 — Living independently, defined
• § 28-361.01 — View Statute 28-355 Transferred to section 28-361.01
• § 28-362 — Permit, defined
• § 28-363 — Physical injury, defined
• § 28-364 — Proper supervision, defined
• § 28-365 — Registry, defined
• § 28-366 — Self-care, defined
• § 28-366.01 — Senior adult, defined
• § 28-367 — Sexual abuse, defined
• § 28-367.01 — Sexual exploitation, defined
• § 28-368 — Substantial functional impairment, defined
• § 28-369 — Substantial mental impairment, defined
• § 28-370 — Unreasonable confinement, defined
• § 28-371 — Vulnerable adult, defined
• § 28-372 — Report of abuse, neglect, or exploitation; required; contents; notification; toll-free number established
• § 28-373 — Report of abuse, neglect, or exploitation; law enforcement agency; duties
• § 28-374 — Alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation; department; duties
• § 28-374.01 — Alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation; completion of investigation; decision regarding entry into registry; notice; contents; right to amend or expunge information; appeal
• § 28-374.02 — Adult protective services official; training; requirements
• § 28-375 — Immunity from liability; when
• § 28-376 — Adult Protective Services Central Registry; established; access; name-change order; treatment
• § 28-377 — Records relating to abuse; access
• § 28-378 — Records relating to abuse; release of information; when
• § 28-379 — Report of abuse; summary by department; when provided
• § 28-380 — Amendment or expungement of records; inaccurate or inconsistent with act; procedure
• § 28-381 — Amendment or expungement of records; good cause; notice
• § 28-382 — Law concerning confidentiality; applicability
• § 28-383 — Treatment by spiritual means alone; not considered abuse
• § 28-384 — Failure to make report; penalty
• § 28-385 — Release of confidential information; penalty
• § 28-386 — Knowing and intentional abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult or senior adult; penalty
• § 28-387 — Short-term protective services; temporary placement; authorized; when; procedure
• § 28-388 — Act, how cited
• § 28-389 — Terms, defined
• § 28-390 — Applicability of sections
• § 28-391 — Murder of an unborn child in the first degree; penalty
• § 28-392 — Murder of an unborn child in the second degree; penalty
• § 28-393 — Manslaughter of an unborn child; penalty
• § 28-394 — Motor vehicle homicide of an unborn child; penalty
• § 28-395 — Act, how cited
• § 28-396 — Unborn child, defined
• § 28-397 — Assault of an unborn child in the first degree; penalty
• § 28-398 — Assault of an unborn child in the second degree; penalty
• § 28-399 — Assault of an unborn child in the third degree; penalty
• § 28-401 — Terms, defined
• § 28-401.01 — Act, how cited
• § 28-401.02 — Act; how construed
• § 28-402 — Repealed. Laws 2001, LB 398, § 97
• § 28-403 — Administering secret medicine; penalty
• § 28-404 — Controlled substances; declaration
• § 28-405 — Controlled substances; schedules; enumerated
• § 28-406 — Registration; fees
• § 28-407 — Registration required; exceptions
• § 28-408 — Registration to manufacture or distribute controlled substances; factors considered
• § 28-409 — Registrant; disciplinary action; grounds; procedure
• § 28-410 — Records of registrants; inventory; violation; penalty; storage
• § 28-411 — Controlled substances; records; by whom kept; contents; compound controlled substances; duties
• § 28-412 — Narcotic drugs; administration to narcotic-dependent person; violation; penalty
• § 28-413 — Distribution to another registrant; manner
• § 28-414 — Controlled substance; Schedule II; prescription; requirements; contents; dispensing; powers and duties
• § 28-414.01 — Controlled substance; Schedule III, IV, or V; medical order, required; prescription; requirements; contents; pharmacist; authority to adapt prescription; duties
• § 28-414.02 — Prescription created, signed, transmitted, and received electronically; records
• § 28-414.03 — Controlled substances; maintenance of records; label
• § 28-414.04 — Controlled substance; transfer
• § 28-414.05 — Controlled substance; destruction; records
• § 28-414.06 — Controlled substance; practitioner; provide information; limit on liability or penalty
• § 28-414.07 — Controlled substances; chemical analysis; admissible as evidence in preliminary hearing
• § 28-415 — Narcotic drugs; label; requirements
• § 28-416 — Prohibited acts; violations; penalties
• § 28-417 — Unlawful acts; violations; penalty
• § 28-418 — Intentional violations; penalty
• § 28-419 — Inhaling or drinking certain intoxicating substances; unlawful
• § 28-420 — Selling or offering for sale certain compounds; use; knowledge of seller; unlawful
• § 28-421 — Act, exceptions
• § 28-422 — Selling or offering for sale certain compounds; register; maintain for one year
• § 28-423 — Inducing or enticing; violation
• § 28-424 — Violations; penalty
• § 28-425 — Transferred to section 71-2510.01
• § 28-426 — Repealed. Laws 1978, LB 748, § 61
• § 28-427 — Additional penalties
• § 28-428 — Controlled premises, defined; inspection; procedure
• § 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
• § 28-430 — Department; enforce act; powers
• § 28-431 — Seized without warrant; subject to forfeitures; disposition; manner; when; accepted as evidence; court costs and expenses; report to Auditor of Public Accounts; contents
• § 28-432 — Complaint, pleading, or proceeding; burden of proof
• § 28-433 — Appeal; procedure
• § 28-434 — Education and research
• § 28-435 — Licensee; reporting and investigation duties
• § 28-435.01 — Health care facility; peer review organization or professional association; report required; contents; confidentiality; immunity; failure to report; civil penalty; disposition
• § 28-435.02 — Insurer; duty to report violations
• § 28-435.03 — Clerk of county or district court; report convictions and judgments; Attorney General or city or county prosecutor; provide information
• § 28-436 — Repealed. Laws 1993, LB 627, § 26
• § 28-437 — Uniformity of interpretation
• § 28-438 — Transferred to section 28-401.01
• § 28-439 — Drug paraphernalia, defined; enumerated
• § 28-440 — Drug paraphernalia; determination; factors considered
• § 28-441 — Drug paraphernalia; use or possession; unlawful; penalty
• § 28-442 — Drug paraphernalia; deliver or manufacture; unlawful; exception; penalty
• § 28-443 — Delivery of drug paraphernalia to a minor; penalty
• § 28-444 — Advertisement of drug paraphernalia; unlawful; penalty
• § 28-445 — Imitation controlled substance; prohibited acts; determination; penalties; seizure
• § 28-446 — Repealed. Laws 1992, LB 1019, § 130
• § 28-447 — Repealed. Laws 1992, LB 1019, § 130
• § 28-448 — Repealed. Laws 2009, LB 151, § 5
• § 28-449 — Crystalline iodine; sale; requirements
• § 28-450 — Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine; immediate precursor; prohibited acts; violation; penalty
• § 28-451 — Anhydrous ammonia; possession; penalty
• § 28-452 — Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine; possession; penalty
• § 28-453 — Methamphetamine; retailer education program
• § 28-454 — Repealed. Laws 2009, LB 151, § 5
• § 28-455 — Methamphetamine Awareness and Education Fund; created; use; investment
• § 28-456 — Phenylpropanolamine or pseudoephedrine; sold without a prescription; requirements; enforcement
• § 28-456.01 — Pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine; limitation on acquisition; violation; penalty
• § 28-457 — Methamphetamine; prohibited acts; violation; penalties
• § 28-458 — Methamphetamine precursor; terms, defined
• § 28-459 — Methamphetamine precursor; seller; duties; waiver authorized
• § 28-460 — Methamphetamine precursor; access to exchange to law enforcement
• § 28-461 — Methamphetamine precursor; seller; immunity
• § 28-462 — Methamphetamine precursor; prohibited acts; penalty
• § 28-463 — Repealed. Laws 2025, LB2, § 1
• § 28-464 — Repealed. Laws 2025, LB2, § 1
• § 28-465 — Repealed. Laws 2025, LB2, § 1
• § 28-466 — Repealed. Laws 2025, LB2, § 1
• § 28-467 — Repealed. Laws 2025, LB2, § 1
• § 28-468 — Repealed. Laws 2025, LB2, § 1
• § 28-469 — Repealed. Laws 2025, LB2, § 1
• § 28-470 — Opioid overdose reversal medication; authorized activities; immunity from administrative action, criminal prosecution, or civil liability
• § 28-471 — Lookalike substance; prohibited acts; penalty
• § 28-472 — Drug overdose; exception from criminal liability; conditions
• § 28-473 — Transferred to section 38-1,144
• § 28-474 — Transferred to section 38-1,145
• § 28-475 — Opiates; receipt; identification required
• § 28-476 — Hemp; carry or transport; requirements; peace officer; powers; violation; penalty
• § 28-501 — Building, defined
• § 28-502 — Arson, first degree; penalty
• § 28-503 — Arson, second degree; penalty
• § 28-504 — Arson, third degree; penalty
• § 28-505 — Burning to defraud insurer; penalty
• § 28-506 — Lawful burning of property; training and safety promotion purposes; permit
• § 28-507 — Burglary; penalty
• § 28-508 — Possession of burglar's tools; penalty
• § 28-509 — Terms, defined
• § 28-510 — Consolidation of theft offenses
• § 28-511 — Theft by unlawful taking or disposition
• § 28-511.01 — Theft by shoplifting; penalty; photographic evidence
• § 28-511.02 — Theft of rented or leased motor vehicle; where tried
• § 28-511.03 — Possession of security device countermeasure; penalty
• § 28-512 — Theft by deception
• § 28-513 — Theft by extortion
• § 28-514 — Theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake; penalty
• § 28-515 — Theft of services
• § 28-515.01 — Theft of telecommunications service; penalty
• § 28-515.02 — Electric current, gas, and water; avoiding meter measurement; reconnection; penalty
• § 28-516 — Unauthorized use of a propelled vehicle; affirmative defense; penalties