Nebraska Revised Statutes

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-301.02 (2026)

District court judicial districts; described; number of judges

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The State of Nebraska shall be divided into the following twelve district court judicial districts:

District No. 1 shall contain the counties of Saline, Jefferson, Gage, Thayer, Johnson, Pawnee, Nemaha, Fillmore, Richardson, and Otoe;

District No. 2 shall contain the counties of Sarpy and Cass;

District No. 3 shall contain the county of Lancaster;

District No. 4 shall contain the county of Douglas;

District No. 5 shall contain the counties of Merrick, Platte, Colfax, Boone, Nance, Hamilton, Polk, York, Butler, Seward, and Saunders;

District No. 6 shall contain the counties of Dixon, Dakota, Cedar, Burt, Thurston, Dodge, and Washington;

District No. 7 shall contain the counties of Knox, Cuming, Antelope, Pierce, Wayne, Madison, and Stanton;

District No. 8 shall contain the counties of Cherry, Keya Paha, Brown, Rock, Blaine, Loup, Custer, Boyd, Holt, Garfield, Wheeler, Valley, Greeley, Sherman, and Howard;

District No. 9 shall contain the counties of Buffalo and Hall;

District No. 10 shall contain the counties of Adams, Phelps, Kearney, Harlan, Franklin, Webster, Clay, and Nuckolls;

District No. 11 shall contain the counties of Hooker, Thomas, Arthur, McPherson, Logan, Keith, Perkins, Lincoln, Dawson, Chase, Hayes, Frontier, Gosper, Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow, and Furnas; and

District No. 12 shall contain the counties of Sioux, Dawes, Box Butte, Sheridan, Scotts Bluff, Morrill, Garden, Banner, Kimball, Cheyenne, Grant, and Deuel.

In the fourth district there shall be eighteen judges of the district court. In the third district there shall be eight judges of the district court. In the second, fifth, ninth, eleventh, and twelfth districts there shall be four judges of the district court. In the first and sixth districts there shall be three judges of the district court. In the seventh, eighth, and tenth districts there shall be two judges of the district court.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2006–2025 · leading case: Hawk v. Hawk, 319 Neb. 120 (Neb. 2025).

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Hawk v. Hawk, 319 Neb. 120 (Neb. 2025). · cites it 2× “See, also, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-301.02 (Cum. Supp. 2024) (“District No.”

Burns v. Burns, 296 Neb. 184 (Neb. 2017). · cites it 2× “It provides: (1) The judges of the district court shall, the last two months in each year, fix the time of holding terms of court in the counties composing their respective districts during the ensuing year, and cause the same to be pub- lished throughout the district, if the…”

In Re Interest of Michael U., 720 N.W.2d 403 (Neb. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-301.02 (Cum. Supp. 2004).”

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