(1) A person, eighteen years of age or over, commits public indecency if such person performs or procures, or assists any other person to perform, in a public place and where the conduct may reasonably be expected to be viewed by members of the public: (a) An act of sexual penetration; or (b) An exposure of the genitals of the body done with intent to affront or alarm any person; or (c) A lewd fondling or caressing of the body of another person of the same or opposite sex. (2) Public indecency is a Class II misdemeanor. (3) It shall not be a violation of this section for an individual to breast-feed a child in a public place.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-806
Public indecency; penalty
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case State v. Ludwig (1985)
Most recently applied in 10 Neb. Ct. App. 199 - State v. Hookstra (May 2001)
Laws 1977, LB 38, § 162; Laws 2019, LB209, § 4.
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