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430 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-301 Herd laws; stock grower, cattle drover, defined.
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Every person who shall keep neat cattle, horses, mules, sheep, or goats, for their growth or increase within the state, shall be deemed a stock grower. Any person who shall drive or bring neat cattle into or through this state shall be deemed a cattle drover.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-302 Driving off another's livestock; penalty.
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Any cattle drover, or his employee, who shall drive off any neat cattle, horses, mules, or sheep belonging to another person, intentionally or through neglect, shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-303 Herd laws; actions; proof of ownership.
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In any indictment or complaint under sections 54-301 to 54-310, the description of any kind or class of neat cattle shall be deemed sufficient if described as cattle; and the proof of brand shall be deemed to be prima facie evidence of ownership of such stock.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-304 Male animal running at large; liability of owner.
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The owner of any stallion, jack, bull, buck, or boar shall restrain the same, and any person may take possession of any such animal running at large in the county in which such person resides, or in which he or she occupies or uses real estate. He or she shall give notice thereof…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-305 Cattle drover; duty to prevent trespassing animals.
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Any person owning or having charge of any drove of cattle, horses or sheep, numbering one head or more, who shall drive the same into or through any county of Nebraska of which the owner is not a resident, or landowner, or stock grower, and when the land in said county is occupie…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-306 Cattle drover; trespassing; penalty; liability for damages.
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If any owner or person in charge of any drove of cattle, horses or sheep shall willfully, carelessly or negligently injure any resident within the state by driving such drove from the public highways and herding the same on the lands occupied and improved by persons in possession…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-307 Cattle drover; driving off another's livestock; liability.
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When the stock of any person shall be driven off its range within Nebraska against his will by the drovers of any drove, and the same shall be found in such drove, every person engaged as drover of such drove shall be liable for damages to the party injured to the amount of the f…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-308 Cattle drover; mixing of cattle; duty to separate; penalty.
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When the stock of any resident of the State of Nebraska shall mix with any drove of any animals, it shall be the duty of the drover or drovers, or person in charge of such drove, to cut out and separate such stock from such droves immediately. Every person, either owner or drover…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-309 Cattle or sheep; hides; removal by other than owner; prohibited; exception.
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It shall be unlawful for any person other than the owner or his agent or employee, to skin or remove from the carcass the skin, hide or pelt of any neat cattle or sheep found dead, except when such stock is killed by railroad trains, when the employees of such railroads may remov…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-310 Herd laws; violations; rewards; authorized.
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The county boards of the several counties may offer and pay rewards for the detection of those violating sections 54-301 to 54-309.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-311 Wells and pitfalls; prohibited acts.
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It shall be unlawful for the owner or holder of any real estate in the State of Nebraska to leave uncovered any well or other pitfall into which any person or animal may fall or receive injury. Every pitfall shall be filled, adequately covered, or enclosed so as not to constitute…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-315 Wells and pitfalls; violation; penalty.
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Any person who violates section 54-311 shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-401 Estrays, trespassing animals; damages; liability.
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The owners of cattle, horses, mules, swine, sheep, and goats in this state are liable for all damages done by such stock upon the lands of another in this state as provided by section 54-402 if the damages to the lands are not the result of negligent or willful damage to the divi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-402 Trespassing animals; damages; lien.
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All damages to property so committed by such stock running at large shall be paid by the owners of such stock; and the person, whose property is so damaged thereby, may have a lien upon such trespassing animals for the full amount of damages and costs, and may enforce the collect…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-403 Trespassing animals; distraint; notice.
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When any such stock is found upon the lands of another, it is lawful for the owner or person in possession of such lands to impound such stock. If the owner of the stock can be found, and is known to the distrainor, it is the duty of the distrainor to notify the owner by leaving …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-404 Trespassing animals; distraint; damages; owner's failure to pay; sale.
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If the owner of such stock shall refuse, within forty-eight hours after having been notified in writing, to pay the damages claimed or appoint an arbitrator to represent his interests, the animal or animals shall be sold upon execution as required by law, when the amount of damag…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-405 Distraint; arbitrators; number; powers.
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In case the parties interested cannot agree as to the amount of damages and costs sustained, each party may choose a man, and, in case the two men chosen cannot agree, they shall choose a third man, and, after being duly sworn for the purpose herein named, the three shall proceed…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-406 Distraint; arbitration award; enforcement; appeal.
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The arbitrators shall make an award in writing, which, if not paid within five days after the award has been made, may be filed with the county court and shall operate as a judgment, which judgment shall be a lien upon the stock so distrained, and execution may issue upon such st…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-407 Estrays; owner unknown; procedure.
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In case the owner of such stock is not known or found in the county, the distrainor of the stock so trespassing upon lands shall proceed as provided by law regulating estrays and the stock shall be held liable for all damages and costs.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-415 Estrays; report; sale; procedure; disposition of proceeds; violations; penalty.
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Any person taking up an estray within the brand inspection area or brand inspection service area shall report the same within seven days thereafter to the Nebraska Brand Committee. Any person taking up an estray in any other area of the state shall report the same to the county s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-416 Feral swine; applicability of sections; destruction; when.
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The duties and liabilities imposed by sections 54-401 to 54-415 do not apply in the case of estray or trespass of feral swine as defined in section 37-524.01. Feral swine may be destroyed as provided in section 37-524.01.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-501 Act, how cited.
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Sections 54-501 to 54-508 shall be known and may be cited as the Food Supply Animal Veterinary Incentive Program Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-502 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Food Supply Animal Veterinary Incentive Program Act: (1) Department means the Department of Agriculture; (2) Food supply animal includes cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, and poultry; (3) Food supply animal veterinarian means a veterinarian who is engaged in general…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-503 Program; participation; incentives.
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Each year the department shall select from a pool of applicants up to four veterinarians to participate in the program. The selected veterinarians are eligible to receive up to eighty thousand dollars under the program as an incentive to locate in rural Nebraska and practice food…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-504 Applicant; eligibility; preference.
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(1) To be eligible for funds under the program, an applicant shall: (a) Be a graduate of an approved veterinary medical school; (b) Be licensed to practice veterinary medicine in this state; (c) Enter into a contract with the department to provide full-time veterinary medicine se…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-505 Distribution of program funds.
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(1) To the extent that funds are available, program funds shall be distributed as follows: (a) After completing the first year of service under the contract, the veterinarian is eligible to receive up to fifteen thousand dollars; (b) After completing the second year of service un…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-506 Release from program; when; recovery of payments.
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(1) A veterinarian shall be released from the program contract without penalty if: (a) The veterinarian has completed the service requirements of the contract; (b) The veterinarian is unable to complete the service requirements of the contract because of a permanent physical disa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-507 Food Supply Animal Veterinary Incentive Fund; created; use; investment.
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The Food Supply Animal Veterinary Incentive Fund is created. The fund may be used to carry out the purposes of the Food Supply Animal Veterinary Incentive Program Act. The State Treasurer shall credit to the fund any money appropriated to the fund by the Legislature and any money…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-508 Rules and regulations.
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The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Food Supply Animal Veterinary Incentive Program Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-601 Dogs; personal property; owner liable for damages; exceptions.
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(1) Dogs are hereby declared to be personal property for all intents and purposes, and, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the owner or owners of any dog or dogs shall be liable for any and all damages that may accrue (a) to any person, other than a trespasser,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-602 Dogs owned by different persons; joint liability.
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If two or more dogs owned by different persons shall kill, wound, chase or worry any sheep or other domestic animal, such persons shall be jointly and severally liable for all damage done by such dogs.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-603 License tax; amount; service animal; license; additional fee; county, city, or village; collect fee; disposition.
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(1) Any county, city, or village shall have authority by ordinance or resolution to impose a license tax, in an amount which shall be determined by the appropriate governing body, on the owner or harborer of any dog or dogs, to be paid under such regulations as shall be provided …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-604 Dogs; killing; when permitted.
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Any person shall have the right to kill any dog found doing any damage as mentioned in sections 54-601 and 54-602 to any sheep or domestic animal, or if he shall have just and reasonable ground to believe that such dog has been killing, wounding, chasing or worrying such sheep or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-605 Dogs; collar required.
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It shall be the duty of every owner or owners of any dog or dogs to securely place upon the neck of such dog or dogs a good and sufficient collar with a metallic plate thereon. The plate shall be plainly inscribed with the name of such owner.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-606 Dogs; collarless; who deemed owner.
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Every person who shall harbor about his or her premises a collarless dog for the space of ten days shall be taken and held as the owner, and shall be liable for all damages which such dog shall commit.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-607 Dogs; running at large; penalty.
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The owner of any dog running at large for ten days without a collar as required in section 54-605 shall be fined an amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-608 Dogs in counties having a population of 80,000 inhabitants or more; responsibilities of owners.
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In counties having a population of eighty thousand or more inhabitants and cities of the first class contained in such counties, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation to have any dog which is owned, kept, harbored, or al…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-610 Dogs in counties having a population of 80,000 inhabitants or more; poundmaster; duties; filing complaint.
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In counties having a population of eighty thousand or more inhabitants and cities of the first class contained in such counties, whenever complaints are made to the poundmaster or the person or corporation performing the duties of poundmaster that a dog is at large, it shall be t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-611 Dogs in counties having a population of 80,000 inhabitants or more; convictions; disposition of offending dog; costs.
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In counties having a population of eighty thousand or more inhabitants and cities of the first class contained in such counties, if upon final hearing the defendant is adjudged guilty of any violation of section 54-601 or 54-608, the court may, in addition to the penalty provided…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-613 Violations; penalties.
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Any person in violation of section 54-601 or 54-608 shall be deemed guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-614 County; license tax; regulate dogs running at large; appeal process.
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(1) A county may collect a license tax in an amount which shall be determined by the appropriate governing body from the owners and harborers of dogs and may enforce such tax by appropriate penalties. A county may impound any dog if the owner or harborer shall refuse or neglect t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-615 County; impound dog; cost and penalties.
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A county may impound any dog deemed to be running at large. The owner of such dog shall pay the reasonable cost and penalties provided for the violation of such prohibition, including the expense of impounding and keeping the dog.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-616 County; pounds; erection; keepers; compensation; rules and regulations.
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A county may provide for the erection of any pounds needed within the county, appoint and compensate keepers thereof, and establish and enforce rules governing such pounds.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-617 Dangerous dogs; terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 54-617 to 54-624: (1) Animal control authority means an entity authorized to enforce the animal control laws of a county, city, or village or this state and includes any local law enforcement agency or other agency designated by a county, city, or village…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-618 Dangerous dogs; actions required; costs; limitations on transport; permanent relocation; procedure.
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(1) A dangerous dog that has been declared as such shall be spayed or neutered and implanted with a microchip identification number by a licensed veterinarian within thirty days after such declaration. The cost of both procedures is the responsibility of the owner of the dangerou…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-619 Dangerous dogs; confinement required; warning signs.
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(1) No person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation shall own, keep, or harbor or allow to be in or on any premises occupied by him, her, or it or under his, her, or its charge or control any dangerous dog without such dog being confined so as to protect t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-620 Dangerous dogs; confiscation; when; costs.
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Any dangerous dog may be immediately confiscated by an animal control officer if the owner is in violation of sections 54-617 to 54-624. The owner shall be responsible for the reasonable costs incurred by the animal control authority for the care of a dangerous dog confiscated by…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-621 Dangerous dogs; disposal by court order.
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In addition to any other penalty, a court may order the animal control authority to dispose of a dangerous dog in an expeditious and humane manner.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-622 Dangerous dogs; violation; penalty.
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Except as provided in section 54-622.01, any owner who violates sections 54-617 to 54-621 shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-622.01 Dangerous dogs; serious bodily injury; penalty; defense.
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(1) Any owner whose dangerous dog inflicts on a human being a serious bodily injury as defined in section 28-109 is guilty of a Class I misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class IV felony for a second or subsequent offense, whether or not the same dangerous dog is involved. (…