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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-3908 (2026)

Indigent; reimburse county for costs; when

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Whenever any court finds subsequent to its appointment of the public defender or other counsel to represent a felony defendant that its initial determination of indigency was incorrect or that during the course of representation by appointed counsel the felony defendant has become no longer indigent, the court may order such felony defendant to reimburse the county for all or part of the reasonable cost of providing such representation.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1994–2020 · leading case: State v. Wood, 511 N.W.2d 90 (Neb. 1994).
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State v. Wood, 511 N.W.2d 90 (Neb. 1994). · cites it 5× “However, the court’s authority to impose restitution of fees for court-appointed attorneys is limited by Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-3908 (Cum. Supp. 1992), formerly § 29-1804.”
State v. Fredrickson, 939 N.W.2d 385 (Neb. 2020). · cites it 3× “counsel to represent a felony defendant that its initial determination of indigency was incorrect or that during the course of representation by appointed counsel the felony defendant has become no longer indigent, the court may order such felony defendant to reimburse the…”
State v. Fredrickson, 943 N.W.2d 701 (Neb. 2020). · cites it 2× “We also noted that the order was not a final determination obligating the payment of Fredrickson’s appellate attorney fees, because Fredrickson’s indigency can subsequently be challenged through Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-3908 (Reissue 2016), which provides: Whenever any court finds…”
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