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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-603 (2026)

Chief of police; jurisdiction for service of process; bail

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The chief of police of a city of the metropolitan class shall be the principal ministerial officer of the city. His or her jurisdiction and that of his or her officers in the service of process in all criminal cases and in cases for the violation of city ordinances shall be coextensive with the county. The chief of police or his or her officers shall take bail in all bailable cases for the appearance before the county court of persons under arrest, but such bail shall be subject to the approval of the county court.

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Cited in 2 cases, 1962–1991 · leading case: State v. Tingle, 477 N.W.2d 544 (Neb. 1991).
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State v. Tingle, 477 N.W.2d 544 (Neb. 1991). · cites it 4× “Neb. Rev.Stat. § 14-603 (Reissue 1987) provides that the chief of police's "jurisdiction and that of his or her officers in the service of process in all criminal cases and in cases *549 for the violation of city ordinances shall be coextensive with the county.”
Koop v. City of Omaha, 114 N.W.2d 380 (Neb. 1962). “” The proceedings being by a state complaint, sections 14-603 and 14-610, R. R. S. 1943, have no applicability to the instant case for the reason that these sections apply to the violation of city ordinances, and not to cases brought in the name of the state as was done in the…”
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