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.

• § 28-517 — Theft by receiving stolen property
• § 28-518 — Grading of theft offenses; aggregation allowed; when
• § 28-519 — Criminal mischief; penalty
• § 28-520 — Criminal trespass, first degree; penalty
• § 28-521 — Criminal trespass, second degree; penalty
• § 28-522 — Criminal trespass; affirmative defenses
• § 28-523 — Littering of public and private property; penalty
• § 28-524 — Graffiti; penalty
• § 28-525 — Organized retail crime; terms, defined
• § 28-526 — Organized retail crime; acts prohibited
• § 28-527 — Organized retail crime; penalty
• § 28-601 — Terms, defined
• § 28-602 — Forgery, first degree; penalty
• § 28-603 — Forgery, second degree; penalty; aggregation allowed; when
• § 28-604 — Criminal possession of a forged instrument; penalty; aggregation allowed; when
• § 28-605 — Criminal possession of written instrument forgery devices; penalty
• § 28-606 — Criminal simulation; penalty
• § 28-607 — Making, using, or uttering slugs; terms, defined; penalty
• § 28-608 — Transferred to section 28-638
• § 28-609 — Impersonating a public servant; penalty
• § 28-610 — Impersonating a peace officer; penalty
• § 28-611 — Issuing or passing a bad check or similar order; penalty; collection procedures
• § 28-611.01 — Issuing a no-account check; penalty; aggregation allowed; when
• § 28-612 — False statement or book entry; destruction or secretion of records; penalty
• § 28-613 — Commercial bribery and breach of duty to act disinterestedly; penalty
• § 28-614 — Tampering with publicly exhibited contest; penalty; contest, participant, official, defined
• § 28-615 — Identification number, obscure, and article, defined
• § 28-616 — Altering identification number; penalty
• § 28-617 — Receiving an altered article; penalty
• § 28-618 — Financial transactions; terms, defined
• § 28-619 — Issuing a false financial statement for purposes of obtaining a financial transaction device; penalties
• § 28-620 — Unauthorized use of a financial transaction device; penalties; prosecution of offense
• § 28-621 — Criminal possession of a financial transaction device; penalties
• § 28-622 — Unlawful circulation of a financial transaction device in the first degree; penalty
• § 28-623 — Unlawful circulation of a financial transaction device in the second degree; penalty
• § 28-624 — Criminal possession of a blank financial transaction device; penalties
• § 28-625 — Criminal sale of a blank financial transaction device; penalties; blank financial transaction device, defined
• § 28-626 — Criminal possession of a financial transaction forgery device; penalty
• § 28-627 — Unlawful manufacture of a financial transaction device; penalty
• § 28-627.01 — Skimmer device; installation; unlawful, when; violation; penalty
• § 28-627.02 — Skimmer device; use; unlawful, when; violation; penalty
• § 28-627.03 — Financial transaction offense; continuing criminal enterprise; violation; penalty
• § 28-627.04 — Financial transaction offense; order of forfeiture
• § 28-628 — Laundering of sales forms; penalty
• § 28-629 — Unlawful acquisition of sales form processing services; penalty
• § 28-630 — Unlawful factoring of a financial transaction device; penalty
• § 28-631 — Fraudulent insurance act; penalties
• § 28-632 — Payment cards; terms, defined
• § 28-633 — Payment cards; prohibited acts; violation; penalty
• § 28-634 — Payment cards; prohibited acts relating to scanning device or encoding machine; violation; penalty
• § 28-635 — Repealed. Laws 2019, LB7, § 7
• § 28-636 — Criminal impersonation; identity theft; identity fraud; terms, defined
• § 28-637 — Criminal impersonation; identity theft; identity fraud; venue; victim; contact local law enforcement agency
• § 28-638 — View Statute 28-608 Transferred to section 28-638
• § 28-639 — Identity theft; penalty; restitution
• § 28-640 — Identity fraud; penalty; restitution
• § 28-641 — Counterfeit airbags; act, how cited
• § 28-642 — Counterfeit airbags; terms, defined
• § 28-643 — Counterfeit airbags; prohibited acts
• § 28-644 — Counterfeit airbags; violations; penalties
• § 28-645 — Criminal impersonation by stolen valor; penalty; restitution
• § 28-701 — Bigamy; penalty; exception
• § 28-702 — Incestuous marriages; declared void
• § 28-703 — Incest; penalty
• § 28-704 — Repealed. Laws 1995, LB 22, § 1
• § 28-705 — Abandonment of spouse, child, or dependent stepchild; prohibited acts; penalty
• § 28-706 — Criminal nonsupport; penalty; exceptions
• § 28-707 — Child abuse; privileges not available; penalties
• § 28-708 — Repealed. Laws 1988, LB 463, § 50
• § 28-709 — Contributing to the delinquency of a child; penalty; definitions
• § 28-710 — Child Protection and Family Safety Act, how cited; terms, defined
• § 28-710.01 — Legislative declarations
• § 28-711 — Child subjected to abuse or neglect; report; contents; toll-free number
• § 28-711.01 — Report of child abuse or neglect; transfer or disenrollment of a student prohibited, when; notice requirements; confidentiality
• § 28-712 — Reports of child abuse or neglect; department; determination; alternative response; prevention services; referral; Nebraska Children's Commission; advisory committee; recommendations; rules and regulations
• § 28-712.01 — Reports of child abuse or neglect; alternative response assigned; criteria; Review, Evaluate, and Decide Team; duties; department; duties; Inspector General's review
• § 28-712.02 — Military family advocacy program; child abuse or neglect; notify military installation
• § 28-713 — Reports of child abuse or neglect; law enforcement agency; department; duties; rules and regulations
• § 28-713.01 — Cases of child abuse or neglect; completion of investigation; notice; when; right to appeal; right to amend or expunge information; appeal
• § 28-713.02 — Non-court-involved cases; right of parent; caregiver authority; department; powers and duties
• § 28-713.03 — Rules and regulations
• § 28-714 — Privileged communications; not grounds for excluding evidence
• § 28-715 — Tracking system; department; duties; use authorized
• § 28-716 — Person participating in an investigation or the making of a report or providing information or assistance; immune from liability; civil or criminal
• § 28-717 — Violation; penalty
• § 28-718 — Child protection cases; central registry; name-change order; treatment; fee; waiver
• § 28-719 — Child abuse and neglect records; access; when
• § 28-720 — Cases; central registry; classification; expungement; department; report; appeal
• § 28-720.01 — Unfounded reports; how treated
• § 28-721 — Central registry; record; amend, expunge, or remove; mandatory expungement hearing; waiver; department; duties
• § 28-722 — Central registry; subject of report; access to information
• § 28-723 — Subject of report; request to amend, expunge, or remove information; denied; hearing; decision; appeal
• § 28-724 — Record; amendment, expunction, or removal; notice
• § 28-725 — Information, report; confidential; violation; penalty
• § 28-726 — Information; access
• § 28-727 — Report; person making; receive summary of findings and actions; when
• § 28-728 — Legislative findings and intent; child abuse and neglect investigation team; child advocacy center; child abuse and neglect treatment team; powers and duties
• § 28-729 — Teams; members; training; child advocacy center; duties; meetings
• § 28-730 — Records and information; access; disclosure; limitation; review of cases; immunity; violation; penalty; video recording of forensic interviews; maintain; release or use; prohibited; exceptions
• § 28-731 — Teams; exempt from Open Meetings Act
• § 28-732 — Repealed. Laws 2012, LB 993, § 4
• § 28-733 — Repealed. Laws 2012, LB 993, § 4
• § 28-734 — Repealed. Laws 2008, LB 782, § 5
• § 28-735 — Repealed. Laws 2008, LB 782, § 5
• § 28-736 — Repealed. Laws 2008, LB 782, § 5
• § 28-737 — Repealed. Laws 2008, LB 782, § 5
• § 28-738 — Repealed. Laws 2008, LB 782, § 5
• § 28-739 — Repealed. Laws 2008, LB 782, § 5
• § 28-801 — Prostitution; penalty; affirmative defense; immunity from prosecution; law enforcement officer; duties
• § 28-801.01 — Solicitation of prostitution; penalty; affirmative defense
• § 28-802 — Pandering; penalty
• § 28-803 — Pandering; evidence
• § 28-804 — Keeping a place of prostitution; penalty
• § 28-804.01 — Prostitution cases; incriminating testimony; how treated
• § 28-805 — Debauching a minor; penalty
• § 28-806 — Public indecency; penalty
• § 28-807 — Terms, defined
• § 28-808 — Obscene literature and material; sale to minor, unlawful; penalty
• § 28-809 — Obscene motion picture, show, or presentation; admit minor; unlawful; penalty
• § 28-810 — Prosecution; defense
• § 28-811 — False representation; unlawful employment of minor; exceptions; penalty
• § 28-812 — Repealed. Laws 1988, LB 117, § 8
• § 28-813 — Obscene literature or material; prepares; distributes; promotes; penalty
• § 28-813.01 — Transferred to section 28-1803
• § 28-813.02 — Commercial film and photographic print processor; immune from liability; when
• § 28-814 — Criminal prosecutions; trial by jury; waiver; instructions to jury; expert witness
• § 28-815 — Prosecution; defense
• § 28-816 — Violations; declaratory judgment
• § 28-817 — Prosecution; temporary restraining order or injunction; when
• § 28-818 — Order or judgment of injunction; contents
• § 28-819 — Action; service of summons; effect
• § 28-820 — Declaratory judgment; use of
• § 28-821 — Conviction more than twice; continue business dealing in obscene work or conduct; effect
• § 28-822 — Nuisance; action to abate; punished as for contempt; when
• § 28-823 — Temporary injunction; where brought; hearing; restraining order; issuance; inventory; rights of owner of property
• § 28-824 — Trial; precedence; evidence; admissible; existence of nuisance; enjoin defendant
• § 28-825 — Nuisance; existence; order of abatement; closing order
• § 28-826 — Tenant or occupant of building; use to commit violations; conviction; right of possession in owner
• § 28-827 — Material or work; adjudicated obscene; contraband; proceeds of sale to county; other copies; disposal
• § 28-828 — Proceeding, civil or criminal; application to court for copy of material; order; contempt of court, when
• § 28-829 — Sections; uniform application; laws and regulations of political subdivisions; void
• § 28-830 — Human trafficking; forced labor or services; terms, defined
• § 28-831 — Human trafficking; labor trafficking or sex trafficking; labor trafficking of a minor or sex trafficking of a minor; prohibited acts; penalties
• § 28-832 — Repealed. Laws 2013, LB 1, § 3
• § 28-833 — Enticement by electronic communication device; penalty
• § 28-901 — Obstructing government operations; penalty
• § 28-902 — Physical injury related to criminal offense; report by health care provider; sexual assault; duties of health care provider; law enforcement agency; duties; violation; penalty
• § 28-903 — Refusing to aid a peace officer; penalty
• § 28-904 — Resisting arrest; penalty; affirmative defense
• § 28-905 — Operating a motor vehicle or a vessel to avoid arrest; penalty; revocation or impoundment of operator's license
• § 28-906 — Obstructing a peace officer; penalty
• § 28-907 — False reporting; penalty
• § 28-907.01 — Swatting; prohibited; penalties
• § 28-908 — Interfering with a fireman on official duty; penalty; fireman, defined
• § 28-909 — Falsifying records of a public utility; penalty
• § 28-910 — Filing false reports with regulatory bodies; penalty
• § 28-911 — Abuse of public records; penalty; public record, defined
• § 28-912 — Escape; official detention, defined; knowingly permitting an escape; penalty; defense to prosecution
• § 28-912.01 — Juvenile; escapes; prohibited acts; penalty
• § 28-913 — Implements for escape; other contraband; penalty
• § 28-914 — Loitering about a penal institution; penalty
• § 28-915 — Perjury; subornation of perjury; penalty
• § 28-915.01 — False statement under oath or affirmation; penalty; applicability of section
• § 28-916 — Terms, defined
• § 28-916.01 — Terms, defined
• § 28-917 — Bribery; penalty
• § 28-918 — Bribery of a witness; penalty; witness receiving bribe; penalty
• § 28-919 — Tampering with witness or informant; jury tampering; penalty
• § 28-920 — Bribery of a juror; penalty; juror receiving bribe; penalty
• § 28-921 — Repealed. Laws 1994, LB 906, § 2
• § 28-922 — Tampering with physical evidence; penalty; physical evidence, defined
• § 28-923 — Simulating legal process; penalty
• § 28-924 — Official misconduct; penalty
• § 28-925 — Misuse of official information; penalty
• § 28-926 — Oppression under color of office; penalty
• § 28-927 — Neglecting to serve a warrant; penalty; forfeiture of office
• § 28-928 — Mutilating a flag; penalty; flag, defined
• § 28-929 — Assault on an officer, an emergency responder, certain employees, or a health care professional in the first degree; penalty
• § 28-929.01 — Assault on an emergency care provider or a health care professional; terms, defined
• § 28-929.02 — Assault on a health care professional; hospital and health clinic; sign required
• § 28-930 — Assault on an officer, an emergency responder, certain employees, or a health care professional in the second degree; penalty
• § 28-931 — Assault on an officer, an emergency responder, certain employees, or a health care professional in the third degree; penalty
• § 28-931.01 — Assault on an officer, an emergency responder, certain employees, or a health care professional using a motor vehicle; penalty
• § 28-932 — Confined person; person in legal custody of Department of Correctional Services; dangerous sex offender; assault; penalty; sentence
• § 28-933 — Confined person; person in legal custody of Department of Correctional Services; dangerous sex offender; offenses against another person; penalty; sentence
• § 28-934 — Assault with a bodily fluid against a public safety officer; penalty; order to collect evidence
• § 28-935 — Fraudulently filing a financing statement, lien, or document; penalty
• § 28-936 — Electronic communication device; possession within facility; provided to inmate; penalty; seizure; disposition
• § 28-937 — Electronic monitoring device; acts prohibited; violation; penalty