Nebraska Revised Statutes
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-2403 (2026)
Person sentenced to county jail; commitment procedure
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When any person convicted of an offense is sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail, the court or magistrate shall order the defendant into the custody of the sheriff or other proper officer and shall issue to such officer a warrant of commitment. The officer shall deliver the convict, together with a copy of the warrant, to the jailer, in whose custody he or she shall remain in the jail of the proper county until the term of his or her confinement shall have expired or he or she shall have been pardoned or otherwise legally discharged.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2019–2024 · leading case: Mullins v. Box Butte Cnty., 13 N.W.3d 67 (Neb. 2024).
Mullins v. Box Butte Cnty., 13 N.W.3d 67 (Neb. 2024). “Our Williams opinion also explained the Legislature’s concern with “‘serv[ing] less time for a higher crime than the people that went to the county institutions.”
State v. Becker, 936 N.W.2d 505 (Neb. 2019). “The written sentencing order, signed and dated by the county court on July 31, 2018, stated that Becker was “sentenced to the Scotts Bluff County Jail” for consecutive sentences of 180 days for each of the 21 misdemeanor convictions, for a total of 3,780 days.”
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