All county officers may be charged, tried, and removed from office, in the manner hereinafter provided, for (1) habitual or willful neglect of duty, (2) extortion, (3) corruption, (4) willful maladministration in office, (5) conviction of a felony, (6) habitual drunkenness, or (7) official misconduct as defined in section 28-924 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2001
County officers; removal by judicial proceedings; grounds
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Hynes v. Hogan (1997)
Most recently applied in State ex rel. Peterson v. Shively (August 2021)
R.S.1866, c. 45, § 1, p. 297; R.S.1913, § 5698; C.S.1922, § 5028; C.S.1929, § 26-1701; Laws 1937, c. 55, § 1, p. 222; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 26-1701; R.S.1943, § 23-2001; Laws 1972, …
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