Nebraska Revised Statutes

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-506 (2026)

Lawful burning of property; training and safety promotion purposes; permit

✓ current as of July 2026
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Property may be lawfully destroyed by burning such structures as condemned by law, structures no longer having any value for habitation or business or no longer serving any useful value in the area in which situated, and any other combustible material that will serve to be used for test fires to educate and train members of organized fire departments and promote fire safety anywhere in Nebraska. Before any structure may be destroyed by fire for training and educational purposes it must be reported to the State Fire Marshal and a permit issued for that purpose. Any expense incurred in burning a structure shall be assumed by the organized fire department requesting this type of training for members of its department.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases, 1951–1983 · leading case: State v. Redding, 331 N.W.2d 811 (Neb. 1983).
State v. Redding, 331 N.W.2d 811 (Neb. 1983). · cites it 4× “Neb.Rev.Stat. § 28-506 (Reissue 1975) provided in part that "Whoever steals .”
State v. Weik, 292 N.W.2d 289 (Neb. 1980). · cites it 5× “Weik was charged with a violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-506 (Reissue 1975), which provides, in pertinent part: Whoever steals any money or goods and chattels of any kind whatever, whether the same be wholly money, or wholly in other property, or partly in money and partly in…”
Huskinson v. Vanderheiden, 251 N.W.2d 144 (Neb. 1977). · cites it 2× “In order to commit a larceny as defined in section 28-506, R. R. S. 1943, the person must steal goods or chattels “the property of another.”
State v. Mays, 279 N.W.2d 146 (Neb. 1979). · cites it 2× “Section 28-506, R. R. S. 1943, permits aggregating the value of money or property stolen by a series of acts from the same owner.”
Hoffman v. State, 83 N.W.2d 357 (Neb. 1957). · cites it 3× “Section 28-506, R.R.S.1943. Petit larceny is the stealing of property of less value than $100.”
Spreitzer v. State, 50 N.W.2d 516 (Neb. 1951). · cites it 2× “*72 The statute involved, section 28-506, R. R. S. 1943, provides: “Whoever steals any money or goods and chattels of any kind whatever, whether the same be wholly money, or wholly in other property, or partly in money and partly in other property, the property of another, of…”
State v. Trout, 257 N.W.2d 703 (Neb. 1977). · cites it 2× “The sentence imposed in this case was within the statutory limits of one to seven years as set forth in section 28-506, R. R. S. 1943. The serious nature of the crime to which defendant pled guilty, and the factors referred to by the trial court at the time of sentencing,…”
Stanosheck v. State, 95 N.W.2d 197 (Neb. 1959). · cites it 2× “Thereupon defendant orally responded, but the court decided that he had shown no good cause, whereupon he was sentenced to be imprisoned in the penitentiary of the State of Nebraska at Lincoln for a period of not less than 3 years nor more than 5 years, as authorized by the…”
State v. Webb, 250 N.W.2d 625 (Neb. 1977). “§ 28-506, R. R. S. 1943. Defendant was sentenced to a term of 18 months to 6 years in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex.”
State v. Carroll, 181 N.W.2d 436 (Neb. 1970). “In answer to separate questions as to the fair and reasonable value or market price of tires, wheels, and rims of the specific kind involved, his answers were that the cost of the tires to the dealer was $30 each; dealer cost of the rally-type wheels was $21 each; and the dealer…”
Leistritz v. State, 85 N.W.2d 318 (Neb. 1957). · cites it 2× “The information charged that the defendant did “unlawfully, feloniously steal, take and carry away one hereford steer, branded Bar Shoe on left side, the personal property of the Lakeside Ranch Co.”
State v. Burkhardt, 231 N.W.2d 354 (Neb. 1975). “§ 28-506, R. S. Supp., 1974. It is true that the sentence imposed upon defendant Burkhardt of from 2 to 6 years falls within those statutory limits.”
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