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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 47-502 (2026)

Person sentenced to or confined in jail; sentence or sanction reduction

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Any person sentenced to or confined in a city or county jail, including any person serving a custodial sanction imposed in response to a parole or probation violation, shall, after the fifteenth day of his or her confinement, have the aggregate of his or her remaining term, including the sum of all consecutive sentences the person receives, whether received at the same time or at any time during such sentence or confinement, reduced one day for each day of his or her sentence or sanction during which he or she has not committed any breach of discipline or other violation of jail regulations.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 21 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1988–2024 · leading case: Mullins v. Box Butte Cnty., 13 N.W.3d 67 (Neb. 2024).
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Mullins v. Box Butte Cnty., 13 N.W.3d 67 (Neb. 2024). · cites it 28× “§ 47-502 (Reissue 2021) applies separately to each sentence imposed to a county jail. 13. Legislature: Intent. The intent of the Legislature is generally expressed by omission as well as by inclusion.”
State v. Atkins, 549 N.W.2d 159 (Neb. 1996). · cites it 13× “The resolution of this appeal is controlled by Neb. Rev. Stat. § 47-502 (Reissue 1993), which provides: Any person sentenced to a city or county jail shall have his or her term reduced seven days for each fourteen consecutive days during which he or she has not committed any…”
Williams v. Hjorth, 430 N.W.2d 52 (Neb. 1988). · cites it 18× “§ 29-2915 (Reissue 1985) regarding incarceration as an MDSO was amended to mandate good time credit for time spent in the regional center, only the issue of good time credit for presentence confinement, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 47-502 (Reissue 1984), remains.”
State v. Lobato, 611 N.W.2d 101 (Neb. 2000). · cites it 15× “Lobato asserts that she should be allowed to earn good time credits while incarcerated under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 47-502 (Reissue 1998). Section 47-502 states that a person incarcerated in a city or county jail shall receive 7 days of good time credit for every *582 14 consecutive…”
State v. Knight, 973 N.W.2d 356 (Neb. 2022). · cites it 21× “An appellate court has the power on direct appeal to remand a cause for the imposition of a lawful sentence where an erroneous one has been pronounced.”
State v. Kantaras, 885 N.W.2d 558 (Neb. 2016). · cites it 2× “1094 also added new subsections (3) and (4) to § 29-2262, which now provide: (3) When jail time is imposed as a condition of proba- tion under subdivision (2)(b) of this section, the court shall advise the offender on the record the time the offender will serve in jail assuming…”
State v. Kennedy, 908 N.W.2d 69 (Neb. 2018). · cites it 2× “2 See Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 47-502 and 47-503 (Reissue 2010).”
State v. Salyers, 480 N.W.2d 173 (Neb. 1992). · cites it 6× “) The defendant argues that the intermittent incarceration imposed as a condition of his probation denies him the opportunity to reduce his sentence pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 47-502 (Reissue 1988), which provides: Any person sentenced to a city or county jail shall have his…”
State v. Hibler, 923 N.W.2d 398 (Neb. 2019). · cites it 2× “HIBLER In Atkins, we concluded it was unnecessary to reach the merits of the equal protection claim because we determined, as a threshold matter, that inmates in state prisons were not similarly situated to inmates in county jails.”
State v. Texel, 433 N.W.2d 541 (Neb. 1989). · cites it 4× “It should also be noted that the intermittent nature of Texel's sentences thwarts the good-time scheme embodied in Neb. Rev.Stat. § 47-502 (Reissue 1988), which provides: Any person sentenced to a city or county jail shall have his or her term reduced seven days for each…”
State v. Alford, 578 N.W.2d 885 (Neb. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “See § 47-502. However, we find no guidance in this statutory scheme for determining whether the sentence reduction is to be applied to the minimum or maximum term of an indeterminate sentence.”
State v. Cook, 463 N.W.2d 573 (Neb. 1990). · cites it 2× “If the defendant is sentenced to a county jail as a misdemeanant, he or she shall be entitled to have his or her jail sentence reduced while in the county jail or regional center pursuant to section 47-502. If the defendant is discharged from the regional center prior to the…”
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