680 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-512 Theft by deception.
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A person commits theft if he obtains property of another by deception. A person deceives if he intentionally: (1) Creates or reinforces a false impression, including false impressions as to law, value, intention, or other state of mind; but deception as to a person's intention to…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-513 Theft by extortion.
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(1) A person commits theft if he or she obtains property, money, or other thing of value of another by threatening to: (a) Inflict bodily injury on anyone or commit any other criminal offense; (b) Accuse anyone of a criminal offense; (c) Expose any secret tending to subject any p…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-514 Theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake; penalty.
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(1) A person who comes into control of property of another that he or she knows to have been lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake as to the nature or amount of the property or the identity of the recipient commits theft if, with intent to deprive the owner thereof, he or s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-515 Theft of services.
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(1) A person commits theft if he or she obtains services, which he or she knows are available only for compensation, by deception or threat or by false token or other means to avoid payment for the service. Services include labor, professional service, telephone service, electric…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-515.01 Theft of telecommunications service; penalty.
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(1) It is unlawful for any person to: (a) Knowingly make or possess any device designed to or commonly used to obtain telecommunications service fraudulently from a licensed cable television franchisee with the intent to use such device in the commission of an offense described i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-515.02 Electric current, gas, and water; avoiding meter measurement; reconnection; penalty.
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(1) It is unlawful for any person: (a) To connect any instrument, device, or contrivance with any wire supplying or intended to supply electricity or electric current or to connect any pipe or conduit supplying gas or water, without the knowledge and consent of the supplier of su…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-516 Unauthorized use of a propelled vehicle; affirmative defense; penalties.
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(1) A person commits the offense of unauthorized use of a propelled vehicle if he or she intentionally exerts unauthorized control over another's propelled vehicle by operating it without the owner's consent. (2) Propelled vehicle shall mean an automobile, airplane, motorcycle, m…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-517 Theft by receiving stolen property.
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A person commits theft if he receives, retains, or disposes of stolen movable property of another knowing that it has been stolen, or believing that it has been stolen, unless the property is received, retained, or disposed with intention to restore it to the owner.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-518 Grading of theft offenses; aggregation allowed; when.
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(1) Theft constitutes a Class IIA felony when the value of the thing involved is five thousand dollars or more. (2) Theft constitutes a Class IV felony when the value of the thing involved is one thousand five hundred dollars or more but less than five thousand dollars. (3) Theft…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-519 Criminal mischief; penalty.
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(1) For purposes of this section: (a) Tamper means to interfere with, displace, remove, damage, disable, destroy, set fire to, impair, or otherwise interfere with something without lawful authority or express permission; and (b) Rail infrastructure means any of the following that…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-520 Criminal trespass, first degree; penalty.
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(1) A person commits first degree criminal trespass if: (a) He or she enters or secretly remains in any building or occupied structure, or any separately secured or occupied portion thereof, knowing that he or she is not licensed or privileged to do so; or (b) He or she enters or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-521 Criminal trespass, second degree; penalty.
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(1) A person commits second degree criminal trespass if, knowing that he or she is not licensed or privileged to do so, he or she enters or remains in any place as to which notice against trespass is given by: (a) Actual communication to the actor; or (b) Posting in a manner pres…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-522 Criminal trespass; affirmative defenses.
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It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under sections 28-520 and 28-521 that: (1) A building or occupied structure involved in an offense under section 28-520 was abandoned; or (2) The premises were at the time open to members of the public and the actor complied with all la…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-523 Littering of public and private property; penalty.
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(1) Any person who deposits, throws, discards, or otherwise disposes of any litter on any public or private property or in any waters commits the offense of littering unless: (a) Such property is an area designated by law for the disposal of such material and such person is autho…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-524 Graffiti; penalty.
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(1) Any person who knowingly and intentionally applies graffiti of any type on any building, public or private, or any other tangible property owned by any person, firm, or corporation or any public entity or instrumentality, without the express permission of the owner or operato…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-525 Organized retail crime; terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 28-525 to 28-527: (1) Aggregated retail market value means the total combined value of all retail merchandise involved in a transaction, series of transactions, occurrence, series of occurrences, or course of conduct which constitutes a violation of secti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-526 Organized retail crime; acts prohibited.
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A person commits the offense of organized retail crime when that person, acting alone or in association with another person, does any of the following: (1) Knowingly commits an organized retail crime; (2) Organizes, supervises, finances, or otherwise manages or assists another pe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-527 Organized retail crime; penalty.
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(1) A violation of section 28-526 shall be a: (a) Class IIA felony when the aggregated retail market value of the retail merchandise involved is five thousand dollars or more; (b) Class IV felony when the aggregated retail market value of the retail merchandise involved is one th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-601 Terms, defined.
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As used in sections 28-601 to 28-605, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Written instrument shall mean any paper, document, or other instrument containing written or printed matter used for purposes of reciting, embodying, conveying, or recording information, and any mone…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-602 Forgery, first degree; penalty.
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(1) A person commits forgery in the first degree if, with intent to deceive or harm, he falsely makes, completes, endorses, alters, or utters a written instrument which is or purports to be, or which is calculated to become or to represent if completed: (a) Part of an issue of mo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-603 Forgery, second degree; penalty; aggregation allowed; when.
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(1) Whoever, with intent to deceive or harm, falsely makes, completes, endorses, alters, or utters any written instrument which is or purports to be, or which is calculated to become or to represent if completed, a written instrument which does or may evidence, create, transfer, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-604 Criminal possession of a forged instrument; penalty; aggregation allowed; when.
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(1) Whoever, with knowledge that it is forged and with intent to deceive or harm, possesses any forged instrument covered by section 28-602 or 28-603 commits criminal possession of a forged instrument. (2) Criminal possession of a forged instrument prohibited by section 28-602 is…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-605 Criminal possession of written instrument forgery devices; penalty.
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(1) A person commits criminal possession of written instrument forgery devices when: (a) He or she makes or possesses with knowledge of its character any plate, die, or other device, apparatus, equipment, or article specifically designed for use in counterfeiting, unlawfully simu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-606 Criminal simulation; penalty.
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(1) A person commits a criminal simulation when: (a) With intent to deceive or harm, he makes, alters, or represents an object in such fashion that it appears to have an antiquity, rarity, source or authorship, ingredient, or composition which it does not in fact have; or (b) Wit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-607 Making, using, or uttering slugs; terms, defined; penalty.
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(1) A person commits the offense of unlawfully using slugs, if he makes, uses, or utters a slug or slugs with intent to deprive a supplier of property or service sold or offered by means of a coin machine or with knowledge that he is facilitating such a deprivation by another per…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-609 Impersonating a public servant; penalty.
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(1) A person commits the offense of impersonating a public servant if he falsely pretends to be a public servant other than a peace officer and performs any act in that pretended capacity. (2) It is no defense to a prosecution under this section that the office the actor pretende…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-610 Impersonating a peace officer; penalty.
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(1) A person commits the offense of impersonating a peace officer if he or she falsely pretends to be a peace officer and performs any act in that pretended capacity. (2) Impersonating a peace officer is a Class IV felony.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-611 Issuing or passing a bad check or similar order; penalty; collection procedures.
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(1) Whoever obtains property, services, child support credit, spousal support credit, or present value of any kind by issuing or passing a check, draft, assignment of funds, or similar signed order for the payment of money, knowing that he or she does not have sufficient funds in…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-611.01 Issuing a no-account check; penalty; aggregation allowed; when.
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(1) Whoever issues or passes a check, draft, assignment of funds, or similar signed order for the payment of money, knowing that he or she has no account with the drawee at the time the check, draft, assignment of funds, or order is issued, commits the offense of issuing a no-acc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-612 False statement or book entry; destruction or secretion of records; penalty.
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(1) A person commits a Class IV felony if he or she: (a) Willfully and knowingly subscribes to, makes, or causes to be made any false statement or entry in the books of an organization; or (b) Knowingly subscribes to or exhibits false papers with the intent to deceive any person …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-613 Commercial bribery and breach of duty to act disinterestedly; penalty.
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(1) A person commits a Class I misdemeanor if he or she solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit as consideration for knowingly violating or agreeing to violate a duty of fidelity to which he or she is subject as: (a) Agent or employee; or (b) Trustee, guardian, or othe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-614 Tampering with publicly exhibited contest; penalty; contest, participant, official, defined.
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(1) A person commits the offense of tampering with a publicly exhibited contest if: (a) He confers, or offers or agrees to confer, directly or indirectly, any benefit upon: (i) A contest participant with intent to influence him not to give his best efforts in a publicly exhibited…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-615 Identification number, obscure, and article, defined.
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As used in sections 28-615 to 28-617: (1) Identification number shall mean a serial or motor number placed by a manufacturer upon an article as a permanent individual identifying mark; (2) Obscure shall mean to destroy, remove, alter, conceal, or deface so as to render illegible …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-616 Altering identification number; penalty.
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(1) A person commits the offense of altering an identification number if, with the intent to deceive or harm, he obscures an identification number or in the course of business he sells, offers for sale, leases or otherwise disposes of an article knowing that an identification num…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-617 Receiving an altered article; penalty.
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(1) A person commits the offense of receiving an altered article if, with the intent to deceive or harm another, he buys or receives any article knowing that an identification number thereon is obscured, without first ascertaining that the person so selling or delivering the same…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-618 Financial transactions; terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 28-618 to 28-630: (1) Account holder means the person or business entity named on the face of a financial transaction device for whose benefit the financial transaction device is issued by an issuer; (2) Acquirer means any business organization, financial…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-619 Issuing a false financial statement for purposes of obtaining a financial transaction device; penalties.
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(1) A person commits the offense of issuing a false financial statement for purposes of obtaining a financial transaction device if, upon filing an application for a financial transaction device with an issuer, such person (a) knowingly makes or causes to be made a statement or r…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-620 Unauthorized use of a financial transaction device; penalties; prosecution of offense.
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(1) A person commits the offense of unauthorized use of a financial transaction device if such person uses such device in an automated banking device, to imprint a sales form, or in any other manner: (a) For the purpose of obtaining money, credit, property, or services or for mak…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-621 Criminal possession of a financial transaction device; penalties.
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(1) A person commits the offense of criminal possession of a financial transaction device if, with the intent to defraud, such person has in his or her possession or under his or her control any financial transaction device issued to a different account holder or which he or she …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-622 Unlawful circulation of a financial transaction device in the first degree; penalty.
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(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful circulation of a financial transaction device in the first degree if such person sells or has in his or her possession or under his or her control with the intent to deliver, circulate, or sell two or more financial transaction devices…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-623 Unlawful circulation of a financial transaction device in the second degree; penalty.
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(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful circulation of a financial transaction device in the second degree if such person sells or has in his or her possession or under his or her control with the intent to deliver, circulate, or sell any financial transaction device which h…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-624 Criminal possession of a blank financial transaction device; penalties.
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(1) A person commits the offense of criminal possession of a blank financial transaction device if, without the authorization of the issuer or manufacturer, such person has in his or her possession, has under his or her control, or receives from another person a blank financial t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-625 Criminal sale of a blank financial transaction device; penalties; blank financial transaction device, defined.
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(1) A person commits the offense of criminal sale of a blank financial transaction device if, without the authorization of the issuer or manufacturer, such person has in his or her possession, has under his or her control, or receives from another person a blank financial transac…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-626 Criminal possession of a financial transaction forgery device; penalty.
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(1) A person commits the offense of criminal possession of a financial transaction forgery device if (a) such person possesses any tool, photographic equipment, printing equipment, or any other device or group or combination of devices adapted, designed, or commonly used for comm…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-627 Unlawful manufacture of a financial transaction device; penalty.
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(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful manufacture of a financial transaction device if, with intent to defraud, such person: (a) Falsely makes or manufactures, by printing, embossing, or magnetically encoding, a financial transaction device; (b) Falsely alters or adds serv…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-627.01 Skimmer device; installation; unlawful, when; violation; penalty.
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(1) It shall be unlawful to install a skimmer device, without authorization, on an automated banking device or a point-of-sale terminal, including any fuel pump, for the purpose of obtaining money, credit, property, or anything of value, and with the intent to defraud. (2) Instal…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-627.02 Skimmer device; use; unlawful, when; violation; penalty.
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(1) It shall be unlawful to use a skimmer device on an automated banking device or any point-of-sale terminal, including any fuel pump, for the purpose of obtaining money, credit, property, or anything of value, and with the intent to defraud. (2) A violation of this section shal…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-627.03 Financial transaction offense; continuing criminal enterprise; violation; penalty.
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(1) For purposes of this section: (a) Financial transaction offense means any violation of sections 28-618 to 28-630 for which the punishment is a felony; and (b) Leadership position means a position in which a person acts as a principal administrator, organizer, supervisor, or m…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-627.04 Financial transaction offense; order of forfeiture.
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In addition to the existing penalties available for a violation of sections 28-618 to 28-630, a sentencing court may order forfeiture as provided in sections 28-1601 to 28-1603.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-628 Laundering of sales forms; penalty.
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A person other than a sales form processor commits the offense of laundering of sales forms if such person presents for payment to any sales form processor a sales form which was not originated as a result of a sales transaction between such person and the account holder named on…