Title 6, County Organization And Administration

[§52D-12] Duty of police officer to owner. Any stolen or lost property in the custody of a police officer shall be delivered to its owner or the owner's duly authorized agent upon satisfactory proof of ownership, and if to an agent, of the agency; subject to payment by the owner …

[§52D-13] Orders of retention. No property shall be sold or delivered under sections 52D-10 to 52D-14 if the chief of police, any county attorney or corporation counsel, or any court directs that it be retained as evidence. [L 1989, c 136, pt of §2]

§52D-14 Duty and right of finders. (a) Except as provided in section 261-17.7, all money or property found shall be reported or delivered by the finder to the chief of police of the county. When so delivered, it shall be held by the chief of police for forty-five days or until cl…

[§52D-15] Off-duty police officers; benefits for personal injuries. For the purposes of chapters 88 and 386, a police officer who is injured, disabled, or killed while actually engaged in the apprehension or attempted apprehension of law violators or suspected law violators, or i…

[§52D-16] Domestic violence policies; standard of conduct policies. Each county police department shall post its policies relating to domestic violence, officer-involved domestic violence, and standards of conduct on its official website. [L 2015, c 30, §2]

[§52D-17] Citizen administrative complaints; officer-involved domestic violence. Citizen administrative complaints against a police officer that involve allegations of domestic abuse by the police officer against a family or household member shall not be required to be filed as a…

[§52D-18] Request for copy of police report by a surviving immediate family member. (a) Each surviving immediate family member of a deceased person for whom law enforcement initiated an investigation shall, upon request, be provided a copy of the closing report prepared by the in…

§52D-2 Chief of police. A chief of police shall be appointed and may be removed as prescribed by the charter of each county. The chief of police shall annually make a report to the police commission on the state of affairs and condition of the police department. [L 1989, c 136, p…

[§52D-3] Powers and duties of chief of police. The chief of police shall have the powers and duties as prescribed by law, the respective county charter, and as provided by this chapter. [L 1989, c 136, pt of §2]

§52D-3.5 Reports to legislature. (a) The chief of each county police department shall submit to the legislature no later than January 31 of each year an annual report of misconduct incidents that resulted in suspension or discharge of a police officer. The reporting period of eac…

[§52D-4] Ex officio coroner. Where there is no other county medical examiner, the chief of police or any duly authorized subordinate shall be ex officio county coroner. An ex officio county coroner shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of coroner, within that count…

[§52D-5] Powers of chief of police outside own county. The chief of police of each county and any duly authorized subordinates shall have and may exercise all powers, privileges, and authority necessary to enforce the laws of the State, in a county other than the county in and fo…

[§52D-6] Police force; employees. The chief of police may appoint officers and other employees under such rules and at such salaries as are authorized by law. Probationary appointment, suspension, and dismissal of officers and employees of the police department shall be as author…

[§52D-7] Traffic control surrounding school premises. (a) The chief of police shall have charge, direction, and control of all matters relating to preserving and protecting the public health, safety, and welfare on and about the streets surrounding any school. To perform this fun…

[§52D-8] Police officers; counsel for. Whenever a police officer is prosecuted for a crime or sued in a civil action for acts done in the performance of the officer's duty as a police officer, the police officer shall be represented and defended:

[§52D-9] Determination of scope of duty. The determination of whether an act, for which the police officer is being prosecuted or sued, was done in the performance of the police officer's duty, so as to entitle the police officer to be represented by counsel provided by the count…

PART I. URBAN REDEVELOPMENT ACT §53-1 Definitions. The following terms wherever used or referred to in part I, part II and, unless specifically indicated otherwise therein, part III of this chapter have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears…

§53-10 Appraisal of lands of agency. At any time after the approval of the redevelopment plan and before disposing of any of its lands or properties, the redevelopment agency shall appoint one or more, but not more than three competent persons to make independent appraisals of th…

§53-11 Government instrumentalities to cooperate with agency. For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of redevelopment projects located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any instrumentality of the governme…

§53-12 Sale and lease of acquired lands; preference. The redevelopment agency shall sell or lease real property acquired by it for a redevelopment project at its fair value for use in accordance with the redevelopment plan notwithstanding the value may be less than the cost of ac…

§53-13 New constructions by agency. The redevelopment agency may not erect new structures upon any of its property (except structures to be held and used by the government for public purposes), but, if it will promote the realization of the redevelopment plan, it may grade, drain…

§53-14 Agency exempt from real property taxes. The redevelopment agency shall be exempt from real property taxes upon any of its land or buildings so long as title is held by it, but not exceeding two years from the date of their acquisition; provided that the tax exemption shall…

§53-15 Financial assistance of agency and office of urban renewal coordinator; redevelopment fund. The redevelopment agency may borrow and apply for and accept advances, loans, grants, contributions, and any other form of financial assistance from the federal, state, or county go…

§53-16 Bonds of agency. (a) A redevelopment agency may issue bonds from time to time in its discretion for any of its corporate purposes including the payment of principal and interest upon any advances for surveys and plans for redevelopment projects. An agency may also issue re…

§53-17 Bonds of agency to be legal investments. Bonds issued by a redevelopment agency in connection with one or more redevelopment plans or redevelopment projects pursuant to this part shall be legal investments and security for public deposits to the same extent and for the sam…

§53-18 Investment of funds. A redevelopment agency may invest any of its funds not required for immediate disbursement in securities which constitute legal investments under state laws relating to investment of trust funds by trust companies, including those authorized by article…

§53-19 Report. Each redevelopment agency shall make an annual report of its receipts, expenditures, and activities, and of its proposed program and estimated cost thereof for the ensuing year to the council of its county, before August 1 as of the end of the preceding fiscal year…

§53-2 Redevelopment agency; creation. (a) The council of a county by resolution may create a local redevelopment agency for the county, which shall be a county agency and a public body, corporate and politic, and shall consist of five members, appointed by the mayor, with the app…

§53-20 Auxiliary redevelopment area. Where a redevelopment agency finds: then, subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, the acquisition, planning, preparation for development, or disposal of such auxiliary redevelopment area shall constitute a redevelopment project which may…

§53-21 Auxiliary redevelopment area; displaced persons. Where the redevelopment agency of a county finds: then the planning, acquisition, preparation for development or disposal of the auxiliary redevelopment area shall constitute a redevelopment project which may be undertaken b…

§53-22 Governmental advances, donations, and other appropriations. (a) The governor shall submit to the legislature at each regular session in an odd-numbered year, estimates of the amount reasonably required in the governor's judgment for administrative expenses and overhead of …

§53-23 Redevelopment corporations; how created. A redevelopment corporation may be created in the manner provided by the general corporation laws with the following additional requirements and special limitations to be included in the articles of association:

§53-24 Consent of agency to incorporation of redevelopment corporations. If any articles of association of a redevelopment corporation are presented to the state director of commerce and consumer affairs, the director shall not file the articles unless a certificate of the consen…

§53-25 Application of other corporation laws. All provisions of the general corporation laws, not inapplicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this part shall apply to redevelopment corporations. If any action with respect to which the holders of income debentures sha…

§53-26 Powers of redevelopment corporations. Each redevelopment corporation shall have and may exercise such of the powers conferred by the general corporation laws as are necessary in conducting the business of a redevelopment corporation and consistent with this part. [L 1949, …

§53-27 Limited return on investment. Subject to section 53-36, there shall be paid annually out of the earnings of the redevelopment corporation, after providing for all expenses, taxes, assessments, and depreciation in improvements, or, in the case of a lease, for amortization, …

§53-28 Consideration for issuance of stocks and bonds. No redevelopment corporation shall issue stock, bonds, or income debenture certificates except for money or property actually received for the use and lawful purposes of the redevelopment corporation. No stock, bonds, or inco…

§53-29 Minimum amount of stock and debentures. Except as provided in this section the stock and income debenture certificates issued by the redevelopment corporation shall in no event be less than the total of ten per cent of the total actual final cost, as defined in [paragraph]…

§53-3 Interest in project prohibited; disclosure of interest. No member or employee of the redevelopment agency shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any redevelopment project or in any property included or planned to be included in any such project, nor shall the me…

§53-30 Income debentures. With the approval of the redevelopment agency, the articles of association, or amended articles, may authorize the issuance of income debenture certificates bearing no greater interest than six per cent a year. The income debenture certificates and any i…

§53-31 Mortgages and mortgage bonds. Any redevelopment corporation, subject to the approval of the redevelopment agency, may borrow funds and secure the repayment thereof by bond and mortgage or by an issue of bonds under a trust indenture. Each mortgage or issue of bonds of a re…

§53-32 Limitations. In addition to limitations prescribed by this part a redevelopment corporation shall not have power to:

§53-33 Advances by redevelopment corporation. A redevelopment agency may enter into a contract with a redevelopment corporation at any time after approval of a redevelopment plan whereby the corporation will pay or agree to pay an agreed sum or sums, or such sums as may be necess…

§53-34 Regulation of redevelopment corporations. The redevelopment agency shall examine each redevelopment corporation and keep informed as to its general condition, its capitalization, and the manner in which its property is constructed, leased, operated, or managed with respect…

§53-35 Transfer of title or foreclosure of project. Until the expiration of thirty-five years from the date of acquisition of property of or in a redevelopment project by a redevelopment corporation, it shall not have power to sell the property or any interest therein without the…

§53-36 Dissolution. (a) After termination of any tax exemption granted pursuant to section 53-38, whether by expiration or by any other cause, or if prior thereto the redevelopment corporation elects to pay to the county the total of (1) all accrued taxes for which the exemption …