Whenever any court finds subsequent to its appointment of the public defender or other counsel to represent a felony defendant that its initial determination of indigency was incorrect or that during the course of representation by appointed counsel the felony defendant has become no longer indigent, the court may order such felony defendant to reimburse the county for all or part of the reasonable cost of providing such representation.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-3908
Indigent; reimburse county for costs; when
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State v. Wood (1994)
Most recently applied in State v. Fredrickson (June 2020)
Laws 1972, LB 1463, § 9; R.S.1943, (1989), § 29-1804.10; Laws 1990, LB 822, § 26.
Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.