Nebraska LB 1198: Provide for the withholding of the residential address of a county attorney or deputy county attorney from the public in county records

Bill Text

LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE BILL 1198

Introduced by Moser, 22.
Read first time January 16, 2024
Committee: Government, Military and Veterans Affairs
A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to county records; to amend section 23-3211,1
Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska; to provide for withholding the2
residential address of a county attorney or deputy county attorney3
from the public; and to repeal the original section.4
Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,5
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Section 1. Section 23-3211, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is1
amended to read:2
23-3211 (1) Unless requested in writing, the county assessor and3
register of deeds shall withhold from the public the residential address4
of a law enforcement officer, a member of the Nebraska National Guard5
acting pursuant to subdivision (3) of section 55-182, or a judge, county6
attorney, or deputy county attorney who applies to the county assessor in7
the county of his or her residence.8
(2) The application shall be in a form prescribed by the county9
assessor and shall include the applicant's name and address and the10
parcel identification number for his or her residential address. A law11
enforcement officer shall include in the application his or her law12
enforcement identification number. A member of the Nebraska National13
Guard shall include in the application proof of his or her status as a14
member, in a manner prescribed by the county assessor. A judge shall15
include in the application the name of the specific court of which he or16
she is a judge. A county attorney or deputy county attorney shall include17
in the application the county in which he or she acts as a county18
attorney or deputy county attorney.19
(3) The county assessor shall notify the register of deeds regarding20
the receipt of a complete application. The county assessor and the21
register of deeds shall withhold the address of a law enforcement22
officer, member of the Nebraska National Guard, or judge, county23
attorney, or deputy county attorney who complies with this section for24
five years after receipt of a complete application. The officer, member,25
or judge, county attorney, or deputy county attorney may renew his or her26
application every five years upon submission of an updated application.27
(4) (2) For purposes of this section, judge includes the judge or28
magistrate judge of any court located in this state, including any county29
court, any district court, the Court of Appeals, the Nebraska Workers'30
Compensation Court, any separate juvenile court, the Supreme Court, and31
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any federal court.1
Sec. 2. Original section 23-3211, Reissue Revised Statutes of2
Nebraska, is repealed.3
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