Nebraska Attorney General

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
08009	11/16/2008	Whether LB 3 is within the scope of the Governor's call for a special session of the Legislature relating to child abandonment	08009
08008	11/14/2008	Whether certain proposed legislation is within the scope of the Governor's call for a special session of the Legislature relating to child abandonment	08008
08007	10/3/2008	Whether the Nebraska fireworks statutes, Neb. Rev. Stat. §§28-1239.01, 28-1241 through 28-1250, and 28-1252 are preempted by federal law	08007
08006	9/25/2008	Treatment of financing statements filed to perfect specific statutory liens as financing statements for agricultural liens under the Uniform Commercial Code	08006
08005	6/16/2008	Whether the provisions of 2008 Neb. Laws LB 1096, § 4 are retroactive to include all qualifying funds collected by volunteer fire departments prior to the effective date of LB 1096, and if so, whether those funds collected prior to the effective date of LB 1096 may be claimed by the taxing authority supporting the volunteer fire department	08005
08004	6/6/2008	Constitutional Rights Of Petition Circulators And Blockers On Private Property In Nebraska	08004
08003	2/26/2008	Enforceability Of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 53-169.01 After Amendment Of That Section Was Found To Be Unconstitutional	08003
08002	1/14/2008	If the Board of Parole is mandated to review cases annually if an offender was sentenced to the Department of Correctional Services prior to the statutory change in review schedule as set forth in LB 1241 of the 1986 Legislative session	08002
08001	1/7/2008	Use of Construction Management at Risk Method by Community Colleges	08001
07017	11/21/2007	Number of Hours That May Be Worked by Firefighters Assigned to Work Shifts of Less Than Twenty-four Hours Under Neb. Rev. Stat.§ 35-302 (2004)	07017

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08009

11/16/2008

Whether LB 3 is within the scope of the Governor's call for a special session of the Legislature relating to child abandonment