Nebraska Revised Statutes

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-1203 (2026)

Opinions; civil cases; additional counsel; compensation

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The county attorney shall without fee or reward give opinions and advice to the board of county commissioners and other civil officers of their respective counties, when requested so to do by such board or officers, upon all matters in which the state or county is interested, or relating to the duty of the board or officers in which the state or county may have an interest; Provided, in all counties of this state the county board may employ such additional counsel in civil matters as it may deem necessary. Such attorney or attorneys shall counsel the board or county officers on such civil matters as the board may lay before him or them, and shall prosecute or defend, on behalf of the county or any of its officers, such civil actions or proceedings as the interests of the county may in their judgment require, and shall receive such reasonable compensation in each case as the board and such counsel may agree upon.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1946–2013 · leading case: Strawn v. Cnty. of Sarpy, 21 N.W.2d 597 (Neb. 1946).
Strawn v. Cnty. of Sarpy, 21 N.W.2d 597 (Neb. 1946). · cites it 2× “Plaintiffs further alleged that thereafter the defendant county commissioners on May 28, 1940, acting under and pursuant to section 23-1203, R. S. 1943, unanimously passed two .”
Lang v. Howard Cnty. (Neb. 2013). · cites it 2× “Other jurisdictions similarly look to the duties of the position in question in determining whether a job is a major nontenured policymaking or advisory position.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.