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
99047 11/15/99 Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1 325 (Cum. Supp. 1998); Application Of Statutory Provisions Pertaining To Sick Leave For State Employees To Members Of Boards And Commissions; Whether State Employees May Collect Portions Of Their Unused Sick Leave Benefits Upon Retirement On Multiple Occasions 99047890.6 KB
99046 11/15/99 Whether the Department of Education's contested case hearings under the Administrative Procedure Act are subject to the requirements of the Public Meetings statutes 99046753.44 KB
99045 10/20/99 Whether the original railroad right-of-way that is now used for the MoPac hiker-biker trail is "railbanked" under federal law 99045755.92 KB
99044 10/07/99 Collection of Delinquent Taxes on Mobile Homes or Improvements Located on Leased Land 990441.48 MB
99043 09/29/99 Taxation of Motor Vehicles of Active Duty Military Personnel Stationed in Nebraska 990433.39 MB
99042 09/28/99 Whether the Department of Correctional Services' Interpretation of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-1,107(1)(b) Regarding an Inmate's Intentional Failure to Comply with The Department-approved Personalized Program Plan Is Within the Meaning of § 83-1,107(1)(b) 99042567.2 KB
99041 09/20/99 Whether volunteer firefighters are entitled to benefits under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-115(3), if they incur injuries while responding to a call, but before they have vacated the premises where they received the call 99041866.27 KB
99039 08/25/99 Whether Filing Fees Due Counties Under Portions Of The Uniform Commercial Code Should Be Remitted To County Clerks And Registers Of Deeds Or To County Treasurers 990391.33 MB
99040 08/25/99 The Statutory Authority of the Commission on Indian Affairs and the Nebraska State Historical Society to Act Under the Nebraska Unmarked Burial Sites Act and Skeletal Remains Protection Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 12-1201 through 12-1212 (1997) When Presented with Information that Local Political Subdivisions Have Approved of Changes in Zoning, Land Use or Subdivision Development on Areas that Are Known or Have an Extremely High Potential to Possess Unmarked Burial Sites 99040330.85 KB
99038 08/23/99 Authority of the Vacant Building and Excess Land Committee to Approve the Grant of Utility Easements to Political Subdivisions or Their Contractors 990381.83 MB

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