(1) Any person violating the Child Care Licensing Act by providing unlicensed child care when a license is required is guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor. Each day the violation continues shall be a separate offense.

Attorney's Note

Under the Nebraska Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class IV misdemeanorup to $500
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Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-1914.03

  • Attorney: shall mean attorney at law. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(2) The county attorney of the county in which any provision of unlicensed child care in violation of the act is occurring shall, when notified of such violation by the department or a law enforcement agency, cause appropriate proceedings under subsection (1) of this section to be instituted and pursued in a court of competent jurisdiction.

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