The Board of Regents shall have full power to appoint its own presiding officer and secretary. It shall constitute a body corporate, to be known as the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, and as such may sue and be sued and may make and use a common seal and alter the same at pleasure. It may acquire real and personal property for the use of the university and may dispose of the same whenever the university can be benefited thereby, except that it shall never dispose of grounds upon which a building of the university having a market value in excess of one million dollars is located without the consent of the Legislature.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 85-105
Board of Regents; organization; property; powers
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Snyder v. Nebraska (In Re Snyder) (1998)
Most recently applied in Powers v. Board of Directors of Elmwood Tower (March 2026)
Laws 1869, § 5, p. 173; Laws 1877, § 1, p. 56; R.S.1913, § 7085; C.S.1922, § 6717; C.S.1929, § 85-105; R.S.1943, § 85-105; Laws 1987, LB 656, § 1; Laws 2003, LB 68, § 1.
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