§ 31-901 Declaration of policy
§ 31-902 Terms, defined
§ 31-903 Drainage assistance; petition by landowners; contents; county board; investigation
§ 31-904 Drainage assistance; petition; denial; approval; county board; assist in drainage
§ 31-905 Drainage fund; tax; levy; purpose
§ 31-906 Drainage fund; levy; special fund
§ 31-907 Drainage improvement; petition; county board; order
§ 31-908 Drainage improvement; proposed plan; contents
§ 31-909 Proposed drainage improvement plan; file with county clerk; hearing; notice; contents
§ 31-910 Proposed drainage improvement plan; hearing; objections
§ 31-911 Proposed drainage improvement plan; order; appeal; procedure
§ 31-912 Proposed drainage improvement plan; county board; proceed with plan
§ 31-913 Drainage improvements; work completed; payment
§ 31-914 Drainage improvements; cost; payment; warrant
§ 31-915 Drainage improvements; borrowing from county general fund permitted
§ 31-916 Drainage improvements; assessments; interest; due date; lien; public lands; collection
§ 31-917 Drainage improvements; assessments; installments; limitation
§ 31-918 Drainage improvements; damages; county board; claim; limitation; hearing
§ 31-919 Drainage improvements; assessment of benefits; award of damages, when final; appeal
§ 31-920 Drainage improvements; damages; additional assessments of benefits; payment
§ 31-921 Drainage improvements; additional assessments
§ 31-922 County board; drainage assistance and regulation; general powers
§ 31-922.01 County board; rights-of-way; manner of acquisition
§ 31-923 Cleaning project; county road; benefits; payment; county road fund
§ 31-924 Cleaning project; road ditch, ditch, or watercourse; installation and maintenance of bridge or culvert; payment; county road funds
§ 31-925 Cleaning project; ditch or watercourse; state highway; contract with Department of Transportation
§ 31-926 County board; engineers; attorneys; employees; payment from drainage fund
§ 31-927 County board; limitation on powers; contract with other districts
§ 31-928 Cities of first or second class or villages; included in improvement district
§ 31-929 Drainage improvements; damages; immunity
§ 31-930 County board; enjoin or restrain; when
§ 31-931 Sections; supplemental effect
§ 31-932 Drainage district; dissolution; right-of-way interest becomes property of county
§ 31-933 Act, how cited

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes > County Drainage Act

  • Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Attorney: shall mean attorney at law. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Month: shall mean calendar month. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Process: shall mean a summons, subpoena, or notice to appear issued out of a court in the course of judicial proceedings. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Sworn: shall include affirmed in all cases in which an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • United States: shall include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801