Mike Hilgers

Nebraska Attorney General

Attorney General Opinions

Opinions of the Attorney General are prepared in response to a specific legal question from a state agency or state official in instances where that agency or official has need of a legal opinion in the performance of their duties.  The Attorney General may provide an opinion to state legislators on a question relating to proposed or pending legislation, or when the opinion request “pertains directly to the performance of some function or duty by the Legislature itself.”  (Op. Att’y Gen. No. 157 (December 20, 1985) at 1.)  The Attorney General may also provide opinions to county attorneys when the question posed relates to “all criminal matters and in matters relating to the public revenue.”  Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-205(3) (2014).  Attorney General Opinions issued after 1989 are available below.

The Attorney General is not authorized to give opinions to local governmental officials or private citizens.

Number Date Title PDF
00040 11/15/00 Whether a member of the State Board of Education can serve on other state commissions 00040975.47 KB
00039 11/13/00 Investigation and enforcement of alleged violations of Real Estate Appraiser Act involving § 76-2221(2) exception for realtors' price opinions 000391.35 MB
00037 10/20/00 Whether applications for teaching and administrative certificates and other records received by the Department of Education as part of the certification process are public records which may be withheld from the public under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-712.05(5) as records which constitute a part of an examination or investigation or under any other exception 000372.02 MB
00036 10/10/00 Use of CPA Designation and Related Phrases 000361.27 MB
00035 08/14/00 State Funding for Local Law Enforcement on Tribal Lands 000351.66 MB
00034 08/07/00 Is the State of Nebraska the Employer of a State Employee or is the Individual State Department, Board, or Commission the Employer? 000341.49 MB
00033 08/07/00 Ethanol Production Credits- Expansion Gallons 00033772.03 KB
00032 07/28/00 Ownership of Firms Pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §1-162.01 00032482.01 KB
00031 07/20/00 Constitutionality of various requirements of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Public Law 105-220 (Aug. 7, 1998), 29 U.S.C. § 2801, et seq. under the Nebraska Constitution 000312.46 MB
00030 06/20/00 Nebraska Investment Council; Security Arrangements for Deposit of Public Funds, Designation of a Qualified Trustee 000301.76 MB

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