Except when otherwise provided specifically by law for substitute service by a deputy, a sheriff may appoint an employee of his or her department to serve any summons or writ, by endorsement thereon substantially as follows: "I hereby appoint ........ to serve the within writ;" which shall be dated and signed by the sheriff.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-1704.02
Sheriff; appoint employee
Laws 1879, § 125, p. 386; R.S.1913, § 5739; C.S.1922, § 5068; C.S.1929, § 84-805; R.S.1943, (1981), § 84-805; Laws 1987, LB 223, § 2.
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