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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-1703 (2026)

Jailer; duty of sheriff; certain counties

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Except in counties where a county board of corrections exists and has assumed responsibility over the jail pursuant to sections 23-2801 to 23-2806, the sheriff shall have charge and custody of the jail, and the prisoners of the same, and is required to receive those lawfully committed and to keep them himself or herself, or by his or her deputy jailer, until discharged by law.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1947–2023 · leading case: State v. Dailey, 990 N.W.2d 523 (Neb. 2023).
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State v. Dailey, 990 N.W.2d 523 (Neb. 2023). · cites it 29× “Dailey argued that the prisoner was not lawfully committed to a jail for purposes of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-1703 (Reissue 2022), because no court order directed the prisoner to jail.”
O'DELL v. Goodsell, 41 N.W.2d 123 (Neb. 1950). · cites it 4× “1943, and that those duties did not devolve upon the sheriff. The trial court then gave the challenged instruction, followed by this instruction: "The provisions of the statute with reference to the duties of a sheriff in the supervision and confinement of prisoners placed in…”
O'Dell v. Goodsell, 30 N.W.2d 906 (Neb. 1948). “§ 23-1703, R. S. 1943. The sheriff is obligated to faithfully discharge all duties required of him by law and he and the surety on his official bond are required to respond in damages to any person for a breach of this duty.”
Dorrance v. Cnty. of Douglas, 32 N.W.2d 202 (Neb. 1948). “§§ 23-1703 and 47-105, R. S. 1943. If he elects to do so he may act as jailer, and if not, the jailer must be a deputy appointed by the sheriff.”
Flint v. Mitchell, 26 N.W.2d 816 (Neb. 1947). “The determination of the questions involved in this case depends upon the proper meaning, interpretation, and application of certain statutory provisions.”
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