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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 31-732 (2026)

District; body corporate; powers

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Such district shall be a body corporate and politic by name of Sanitary and Improvement District Number ........... of ........... County and shall have the power and authority to take and hold real and personal property necessary for its use, to make contracts, to sue and be sued, to have and use a corporate seal, and to exercise any and all other powers, as a corporation, necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 31-727 to 31-762.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1985–2021 · leading case: Rexroad, Inc. v. Sanitary & Improvement Dist. No. 66, 386 N.W.2d 433 (Neb. 1986).
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Rexroad, Inc. v. Sanitary & Improvement Dist. No. 66, 386 N.W.2d 433 (Neb. 1986). “After a sanitary and improvement district becomes a “body corporate and politic,” § 31-732, trustees for such district must be owners of real estate within the district and must have been elected by resident owners or owners of real estate, voters eligible by virtue of property…”
State ex rel. Scherer v. Madison Cnty. Commissioners, 527 N.W.2d 615 (Neb. 1995). · cites it 2× “Neb. Rev. Stat. § 31-732 (Reissue 1993). Considering the meaning of “village” in Nebraska law and given the ordinary meaning of “unincorporated,” we find the legislative intent of an “unincorporated village” in § 39-1405(1) to be that described by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in…”
Sanitary & Improvement Dist. No. 347 v. City of Omaha, 589 N.W.2d 160 (Neb. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 3× “347 because of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 31-732 (Reissue 1998), which the district court characterized as “very broad in that regard.”
SID No. 67 v. State, 309 Neb. 600 (Neb. 2021). · cites it 2× “45 Neb. Rev. Stat. § 31-732 (Reissue 2016). 46 S.”
State Ex Rel. Lanman v. Bd. of Cty. Comm'rs of Dawson Cty., 763 N.W.2d 392 (Neb. 2009). “[29] § 31-732. [30] Id. [31] State ex. rel . Scherer v.”
State v. Commissioners of Madison Cnty., 527 N.W.2d 615 (Neb. 1995). · cites it 2× “Neb.Rev.Stat. § 31-732 (Reissue 1993). Considering the meaning of "village" in Nebraska law and given the ordinary meaning of "unincorporated," we find the legislative intent of an "unincorporated village" in § 39-1405(1) to be that described by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in…”
Sanitary & Improvement Dist. No. 95 v. City of Omaha, 365 N.W.2d 398 (Neb. 1985). “is specifically described by statute as “a body corporate and politic,” and has power and authority to take and hold real and personal property necessary for its use, to make contracts, to sue and be sued, to have and use a corporate seal, and to exercise any and all other…”
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