Nebraska § 83-422 - Delivering prisoners to chief executive officer; documents.
Full text of Nebraska Revised Statutes of Nebraska § 83-422 — Delivering prisoners to chief executive officer; documents., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 83-422. Delivering prisoners to chief executive officer; documents.
When any convicted prisoner is delivered to the chief executive officer, the officer having the prisoner in charge shall deliver to the chief executive officer a certified copy of the sentence received by the officer from the clerk of the district court and shall take from the chief executive officer a certificate of the delivery of the prisoner. The certified copy of the sentence shall be evidence of the facts contained therein.
When the certified copy of judgment or sentence includes a statement of the nature of the imprisonment imposed and the duration thereof, it fulfills all purposes contemplated by this section. Dunham v. O'Grady, 137 Neb. 649, 290 N.W. 723 (1940).
Provisions hereof, relative to delivery of convicts to penitentiary, are equally applicable to state reformatory for men. Myers v. Fenton, 121 Neb. 56, 236 N.W. 143 (1931).
Source: official Nebraska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 83-422 ("Delivering prisoners to chief executive officer; documents.") is part of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, the codified statutory law of Nebraska. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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