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
07008 04/04/07 Continued validity of Op. Att'y Gen. No. 93009 (February 19, 1993); Constitutionality of "fair share" payments by non-union employees under art. XV, § 13 of the Nebraska Constitution 07008664.15 KB
07007 02/27/07 Statute of Limitations for claims filed under the Miscellaneous Claims Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-8,294 to 81-8,301 (2003). 070071.47 MB
07006 02/20/07 LB 39 - Constitutionality of Prohibition Against the Payment of Petition Circulators Based on the Number of Signatures Collected 070061.56 MB
07005 02/15/07 Whether the Omaha Tribe's Alcoholic Beverage Control Title, Title 8 of the Omaha Tribal Code, impairs the power of the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission to regulate the sale and distribution of alcohol on tribal lands; Whether the City of Pender and certain land near Pender are part of the Omaha Indian Reservation 070051.5 MB
07004 02/09/07 Authority Of The Legislative Performance Audit Committee To Review Agency Records Subject To The Attorney/Client Privilege 070042.43 MB
07003 02/08/07 State Investment Council and State Treasurer; Policy for Distribution of Interest, Premiums, Dividends, Capital Gains, or Other Income for the Nebraska Veteran's Aid Fund, the Nebraska Cultural Preservation Endowment Fund, the Bessey Memorial Fund, the Nebraska Environmental Endowment Fund, the Permanent School Endowment Fund, the Normal School Endowment Fund, and the Agricultural Endowment Fund 070032.5 MB
07002 01/24/07 Unlicensed Assistants Under the Nebraska Veterinary Practice Act 07002933.02 KB
07001 01/16/07 Constitutionality of audiovisual court appearances conducted without a written waiver 07001492.89 KB
06015 11/21/06 "Notice of Risks" Requirement Contained in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-3522, as amended by 2006 Neb. Laws, LB 875 06015641.57 KB
06014 11/09/06 Whether the general statutes of Nebraska pertaining to the treatment and disposition of dead bodies and cemeteries prohibit the reburial of Native American skeletal remains on private or state land within the State of Nebraska with the consent of the landowner, where reburial is done pursuant to the provisions of the Unmarked Human Burial Site and Skeletal Remains Protection Act of 1989, Neb. Rev. Stat.§§ 12-1201 through 12-1212, and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 06014723.68 KB