When a sheriff goes out of office he or she shall deliver to his or her successor all books and papers pertaining to the office, all property attached or levied upon, and all prisoners in jail and shall take a receipt specifying the same. The receipt shall be sufficient indemnity to the person taking it.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-1709
Term of office; expiration; transfers to successor
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Huff v. Brown (2020)
Most recently applied in Huff v. Brown (April 2020)
Laws 1879, § 124, p. 386; R.S.1913, § 5661; C.S.1922, § 4988; C.S.1929, § 26-1409; R.S.1943, § 23-1709; Laws 1990, LB 872, § 2.
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