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3rd County Court Judicial District, Nebraska

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The Nebraska 3rd Judicial District County Court resides in Nebraska and serves Lancaster County. Click on the links below to learn more about the court's...

Jurisdiction

This court holds the following jurisdiction:This court holds the following jurisdiction:[1]

“ The county courts are trial courts with specified limited jurisdiction. All small claims, probate, guardianship, conservatorship, adoption, and municipal ordinance violation cases are filed in the county courts. Except in Douglas, Lancaster, and Sarpy Counties, where juvenile cases are handled by Separate Juvenile Courts, most juvenile matters are handled by the county courts. County courts conduct preliminary hearings in felony criminal cases. The county courts have concurrent jurisdiction with the district courts in some divorce cases and other civil cases involving $57,000 or less. They also have concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in misdemeanor criminal and traffic infraction cases, but nearly all of those cases are prosecuted in the county courts.[2] ”

Judges


Elections

Nebraska is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Nebraska, click here.

Selection method

See also: Judicial selection in the states
See also: Assisted appointment

Judges of the Nebraska County Courts are each appointed to six-year terms.[3] Judges are re-elected in retention elections. To serve on this court, a judge must be a U.S. citizen, a district resident, 30 years of age or older, and a member of the state bar. They must also have five years of experience in state practice.[4]

Judicial elections in Nebraska

See also: Nebraska judicial elections

Nebraska is one of six states that use retention elections to determine whether judges should remain on the bench without using another type of election as an initial selection method. To read more about how states use judicial elections to select judges across the country, click here.

Retention election

In Nebraska's retention elections, voters are asked whether they think a judge should be retained, and they indicate this with either a "yes" or "no" vote. If the judge has more "yes" than "no" votes, the judge is retained for a new term. Judges do not face opponents in retention elections. Judges face retention elections every six years, except for newly appointed judges, who must face retention in the first general election occurring more than three years after their appointment.[5]

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External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ State of Nebraska Judicial Branch, "County Courts," accessed May 18, 2023
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. ↑ Nebraska Secretary of State, "Sample Ballot," November 2, 2010
  4. ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Nebraska; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 3, 2014
  5. ↑ State of Nebraska Judicial Branch, "Voters’ guide to Nebraska’s judicial retention elections," February 14, 2014, accessed April 24, 2014

Nebraska courts

Federal courts:

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Nebraska • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Nebraska

State courts:

Nebraska Supreme Court • Nebraska Court of Appeals • Nebraska District Courts • Nebraska County Courts • Nebraska Separate Juvenile Courts • Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court • Nebraska Problem-Solving Courts

State resources:

Courts in Nebraska • Nebraska judicial elections • Judicial selection in Nebraska


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