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.

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09002 01/14/09 Whether Training and Exercising by Volunteers for Disaster/Emergency Preparedness Are Immune from Liability under the Nebraska Emergency Management Act 090021.26 MB
09001 01/13/09 Authority of local political subdivisions to prohibit the carrying of concealed handguns by permitholders under the Concealed Handgun Permit Act 090012.71 MB
08009 11/16/08 Whether LB 3 is within the scope of the Governor's call for a special session of the Legislature relating to child abandonment 080091.98 MB
08008 11/14/08 Whether certain proposed legislation is within the scope of the Governor's call for a special session of the Legislature relating to child abandonment 080081.48 MB
08007 10/03/08 Whether the Nebraska fireworks statutes, Neb. Rev. Stat. §§28-1239.01, 28-1241 through 28-1250, and 28-1252 are preempted by federal law 080072.28 MB
08006 09/25/08 Treatment of financing statements filed to perfect specific statutory liens as financing statements for agricultural liens under the Uniform Commercial Code 080061.48 MB
08005 06/16/08 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 080051.07 MB
08004 06/06/08 Constitutional Rights Of Petition Circulators And Blockers On Private Property In Nebraska 080041.45 MB
08003 02/26/08 Enforceability Of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 53-169.01 After Amendment Of That Section Was Found To Be Unconstitutional 080031.32 MB
08002 01/14/08 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 08002767.9 KB

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