Chapter 18 — CITIES AND VILLAGES; LAWS APPLICABLE TO ALL
743 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-305 Telephones; free or underpriced service to city or village officers; acceptance by officer; prohibited; penalties.
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It shall be unlawful for any telephone company to furnish to any elected or appointed officer of any city or village in this state a telephone free of charge, or for a price less than is charged other customers for similar service, or for any such officer to accept such telephone…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-306 Electric or other lights; free or underpriced service to city or village officers; prohibited; penalties.
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It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation engaged in furnishing in any city or village in this state artificial light, such as electric light, gas light, or light from oil, to furnish light to any elected or appointed officer in a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-307 Electric or other lights; free or underpriced service; acceptance by officer; prohibited; penalty.
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If any elected or appointed officer in any city or village in this state accepts free of charge or for a price less than is charged other customers for similar services in such city or village electric services from any electric utility company or from any person, partnership, or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-308 Water; free or underpriced service to city or village officers; acceptance by officer; prohibited; penalties.
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Any water company engaged in furnishing water in any city or village in this state and any person, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company engaged in such services who furnishes to any elected or appointed officer in such city or village, water free of charge or fo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-309 Prosecutions for violations; evidence; immunity of witnesses.
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No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or producing books and papers, in any prosecution under sections 18-305 to 18-309, for the reason that the required testimony, documentary or otherwise, may tend to incriminate such person or subject such person to a penalt…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-310 Compensation contracts contingent upon outcome of municipal election; contrary to public policy.
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The Legislature finds and declares that it is detrimental to good government and the best interests of the state to permit payment to any person, firm, or corporation of fees or compensation in any form, other than regular salaries of duly elected or appointed officers of a city …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3101 Act, how cited.
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Sections 18-3101 to 18-3105 shall be known and may be cited as the Municipal Custodianship for Dissolved Homeowners Associations Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3102 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Municipal Custodianship for Dissolved Homeowners Associations Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Common area means lot or outlot within a plat or subdivision of real property including the improvements thereon owned or otherwise maintained, cared …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3103 Municipality; action to be appointed custodian.
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In the event a homeowners association is dissolved pursuant to section 21-19,138 and not reinstated pursuant to the Nebraska Nonprofit Corporation Act, any municipality may bring an action to be appointed as custodian to manage the affairs of the homeowners association as set for…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3104 Appointment of municipality as custodian; findings; hearing; powers; compensation; costs; lien; recording; foreclosure; termination of custodianship; withdrawal or termination of custodianship.
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(1) The district court of the county in which a dissolved homeowners association was previously existing shall, in a proceeding brought by a municipality by petition to the district court, appoint the municipality as custodian to manage the affairs of the homeowners association u…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3105 Dissolved homeowners association; reinstatement; procedure; fee; Secretary of State; duties; effect of reinstatement.
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(1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Nebraska Nonprofit Corporation Act or the articles of incorporation or bylaws of a homeowners association, a homeowners association dissolved pursuant to section 21-19,138 may, in addition to any other procedure allowed by …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-311 Compensation contracts contingent upon outcome of municipal election; prohibited.
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It shall be unlawful for the mayor and city council of any city, or the chairperson and board of trustees of any village, to contract with, retain, or employ any person, firm, or corporation upon the basis that the amount of the fees or compensation to be paid shall be contingent…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-312 Contingent compensation contracts; violations; penalty.
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Any person, firm, or corporation that shall violate any of the provisions of sections 18-310 to 18-312 shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.
Transferred to section 13-3201.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Transferred to section 13-3202.
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Transferred to section 13-3203.
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Transferred to section 13-3204.
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Transferred to section 13-3205.
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Transferred to section 13-3206.
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Transferred to section 13-3207.
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Transferred to section 13-3208.
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Transferred to section 13-3209.
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Transferred to section 13-3210.
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Transferred to section 13-3211.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3301 Contiguous land; annexation; plat; approval; recording; effect.
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(1) Whenever the owner or owners or a majority of the owners of any territory lying contiguous to the corporate limits of any city or village, whether the territory be already in fact subdivided into lots or parcels of ten acres or less or remains unsubdivided, except as provided…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3302 City or village in two or more counties; annexation; petition of owners; procedure.
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Whenever the owner, owners, or a majority of the owners of any territory lying contiguous to the corporate limits of any city or village, the corporate limits of which city or village is situated in two or more counties and, whether the territory shall be situated within or witho…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3303 State-owned land; effect of annexation.
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The extension of the corporate limits of any city or village beyond or around any lands belonging to the State of Nebraska shall not affect the status of such state land.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3304 Additions; plat; contents; duty to file.
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Every original owner of any tract or parcel of land, who shall subdivide such tract or parcel into two or more parts for the purpose of laying out any city or village or an addition to any city or village, or suburban lots, shall cause a plat of such subdivision, with references …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3305 Additions; plat; acknowledgment; filing.
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Every plat created pursuant to section 18-3304 shall contain a statement to the effect that the subdivision of (here insert a correct description of the land or parcel subdivided), as appears on this plat, is made with the free consent and in accordance with the desire of the und…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3306 Additions; plat; acknowledgment and recording; effect.
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The acknowledgment and recording of a plat created pursuant to section 18-3304 is equivalent to a deed in fee simple of such portion of the premises platted as is on such plat set apart for streets or other public use or as is on such plat dedicated to charitable, religious, or e…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3307 Additions; streets and alleys.
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Streets and alleys laid out in any addition to any city or village shall be continuous with and correspond in direction and width to the streets and alleys of the city or village to which they are in addition.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3308 Additions; plat; how vacated; approval required.
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Any plat created pursuant to section 18-3304 may be vacated at any time before the sale of any lots contained in such plat by a written instrument declaring such plat to be vacated. Such written instrument shall be approved by the city council or village board of trustees and sha…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3309 Additions; plats; vacation of part; effect.
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Any part of a plat may be vacated under section 18-3308. Such vacating does not abridge or destroy any of the rights and privileges of other property owners in such plat. Nothing contained in this section shall authorize the closing or obstructing of any public highways laid out …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3310 Additions; plat; vacation of part; rights of owners.
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When any part of a plat shall be vacated as provided in section 18-3308, the owners of the lots so vacated may enclose the streets, alleys, and public grounds adjoining such lots in equal proportions.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3311 Additions; plat; vacation; recording.
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The county clerk in whose office any vacated plats are recorded shall write in plain, legible letters across that part of such plat so vacated the word, vacated, and also make a reference on the plat to the volume and page in which such instrument of vacation is recorded.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3312 Additions; plat; vacation; right of owner to plat.
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The owner of any lots in a plat vacated under section 18-3308 may cause such lots and a proportionate part of adjacent streets and public grounds to be platted and numbered by the county surveyor. When such plat is acknowledged by such owner and is recorded in the record office o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3313 Additions; plat; failure to execute and record; power of county clerk; costs; collection.
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Whenever the original owners of any subdivision of land as provided in sections 18-3304 and 18-3305 have sold or conveyed any part of such subdivision or invested the public with any rights in such subdivision and have failed and neglected to execute and file for record a plat as…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3314 Land less than forty acres; ownership in severalty; county clerk may plat.
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Whenever any subdivision of land of forty acres or less or any lot or subdivision is owned by two or more persons in severalty, and the description of one or more of the different parts or parcels cannot, in the judgment of the county clerk, be made sufficiently certain and accur…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3315 Additions; lots; sale before platting; penalty.
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Any person who sells or offers for sale or lease any lots in any municipality or addition to any municipality, before the plat of such lots has been duly acknowledged and recorded as provided in section 18-3305, shall pay a penalty of fifty dollars for each lot or part of lot sol…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3316 Detachment of property from corporate limits; procedure.
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(1) Any person owning real property located within and adjacent to the corporate limits of a city of the first class, city of the second class, or village seeking to have such property detached from the corporate limits of such city or village may file a request with the city cou…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3401 Act, how cited.
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Sections 18-3401 to 18-3418 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Municipal Land Bank Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3402 Legislative findings and declarations.
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The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) Nebraska's municipalities are important to the social and economic vitality of the state, and many municipalities are struggling to cope with vacant, abandoned, and tax-delinquent properties; (2) Vacant, abandoned, and tax-delinq…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3403 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Nebraska Municipal Land Bank Act: (1) Board means the board of directors of a land bank; (2) Chief executive officer means the mayor, city manager, or chairperson of the board of trustees of a municipality; (3) Immediate family has the same meaning as in secti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3404 Creation of land bank; procedure; use of Interlocal Cooperation Act; join by agreement; goal of land bank.
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(1) A single municipality may create a land bank by the adoption of an ordinance which specifies the following: (a) The name of the land bank; (b) The initial individuals to serve as members of the board and the length of terms for which they are to serve; and (c) The qualificati…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3405 Board; requirements; members; qualifications; vacancy; compensation; removal; meetings; actions of board; liability; automatically accepted bid procedure; reasons.
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(1) If a land bank is created by a single municipality pursuant to subsection (1) of section 18-3404, the board of such land bank shall meet the following requirements: (a) The board shall consist of: (i) An odd number of voting members, totaling at least seven, appointed by the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3406 Agents and employees.
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A land bank may employ such agents and employees, permanent or temporary, as it may require, and may determine the qualifications and fix the compensation and benefits of such persons.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3407 Land bank; powers; no power of eminent domain; no power to levy or receive revenue from property taxes.
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(1) A land bank shall have the following powers: (a) To adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (b) To sue and be sued in its own name and plead and be impleaded in all civil actions; (c) To borrow money from private lend…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3408 Land bank; acquire property; limits; maintenance; accept transfer from land reutilization authority.
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(1) A land bank may acquire real property or interests in real property by gift, devise, transfer, exchange, foreclosure, purchase, or otherwise on terms and conditions and in a manner the land bank considers proper. (2) A land bank may acquire real property or interests in real …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3409 Exemption from taxation.
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The real property of a land bank and the land bank's income and operations are exempt from all taxation by the state or any political subdivision thereof.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3410 Land bank; hold property in own name; inventory; consideration for transfer of property; form; powers; priorities for use; limits on certain dispositions; property intended for residential development; requirements.
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(1) A land bank shall hold in its own name all real property acquired by the land bank irrespective of the identity of the transferor of such property. (2) A land bank shall maintain and make available for public review and inspection an inventory of all real property held by the…