§ 71-1201 Act, how cited
§ 71-1202 Purpose of act
§ 71-1203 Terms, defined
§ 71-1204 Emergency protective custody; dangerous sex offender determination; written certificate; contents
§ 71-1205 Person believes another to be a dangerous sex offender; notify county attorney; petition; when; contents
§ 71-1206 Mental health board proceedings; commencement; petition; custody of subject; conditions; dismissal; when
§ 71-1207 Petition; summons; hearing; sheriff; duties; failure to appear; warrant for custody
§ 71-1208 Hearing; mental health board; duties
§ 71-1209 Burden of proof; mental health board; hearing; orders authorized; conditions; rehearing
§ 71-1210 Subject; custody pending entry of treatment order
§ 71-1211 Dangerous sex offender; board; issue warrant; contents; immunity
§ 71-1212 Inpatient treatment; subject taken to facility; procedure
§ 71-1213 Mental health board; execution of warrants; costs; procedure
§ 71-1214 Treatment order of mental health board; appeal; final order of district court; appeal
§ 71-1215 Treatment order; individualized treatment plan; contents; copy; filed; treatment; when commenced
§ 71-1216 Person responsible for subject’s individualized treatment plan; periodic progress reports; copies; filed and served
§ 71-1217 Outpatient treatment provider; duties; investigation by county attorney; warrant for immediate custody of subject; when
§ 71-1218 Outpatient treatment; hearing by board; warrant for custody of subject; subject’s rights; board determination
§ 71-1219 Mental health board; review hearing; order discharge or change treatment disposition; when
§ 71-1220 Regional center or treatment facility; administrator; discharge of involuntary patient; notice
§ 71-1221 Mental health board; notice of release; hearing
§ 71-1222 Mental health board; person released from treatment; compliance with conditions of release; conduct hearing; make determination
§ 71-1223 Escape from treatment facility or program; notification required; contents; warrant; execution; peace officer; powers
§ 71-1224 Rights of subjects
§ 71-1225 Mental health board hearings; closed to public; exception; where conducted
§ 71-1226 Hearings; rules of evidence applicable
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Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes > Sex Offender Commitment 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
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • 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.
  • Grantee: shall include every person to whom any estate or interest passes in or by any conveyance. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Grantor: shall include every person from or by whom any estate or interest passes in or by any conveyance. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Peace officer: shall include sheriffs, coroners, jailers, marshals, police officers, state highway patrol officers, members of the National Guard on active service by direction of the Governor during periods of emergency, and all other persons with similar authority to make arrests. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • 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
  • 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
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • 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
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • 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