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
07006	2/20/2007	LB 39 - Constitutionality of Prohibition Against the Payment of Petition Circulators Based on the Number of Signatures Collected	07006
07005	2/15/2007	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	07005
07004	2/9/2007	Authority Of The Legislative Performance Audit Committee To Review Agency Records Subject To The Attorney/Client Privilege	07004
07003	2/8/2007	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	07003
07002	1/24/2007	Unlicensed Assistants Under the Nebraska Veterinary Practice Act	07002
07001	1/16/2007	Constitutionality of audiovisual court appearances conducted without a written waiver	07001
06015	11/21/2006	"Notice of Risks" Requirement Contained in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-3522, as amended by 2006 Neb. Laws, LB 875	06015
06014	11/9/2006	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 1990, 25 U.S.C. §§ 3001 through 3013?	06014
06013	10/20/2006	Nebraska's Ability to Withdraw from Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Cooperative Agreement	06013
06012	8/28/2006	Whether In Light of Equal Protection Concerns, It Would Be "Prudent" to Delete the "Notice Of Risks" Requirement Added To Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-3522 (2004) By LB 875 In 2006	06012

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07006

2/20/2007

LB 39 - Constitutionality of Prohibition Against the Payment of Petition Circulators Based on the Number of Signatures Collected