33-140.03. Unclaimed witness fees; duty of county board to make examination; failure of clerk to pay; suit authorized to recover.
The county board shall examine the books and records of the clerk of the county and district courts of the county. If the board finds that a clerk has failed to report or pay over any of the fees required by section 33-140 to be paid over or reported, the board shall notify the clerk to pay over the fees at once. If the clerk fails to pay over such fees to the county treasurer, the county board shall commence suit in any court having jurisdiction against the clerk and the person who issued the clerk's bond. The action shall be commenced in the name of the county for the benefit of the common schools of the county.
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Legislature may impose condition that witness fees and costs shall be called for within a certain specified time. Douglas County v. Moores, 66 Neb. 284, 92 N.W. 199 (1902).
Structure Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 33 - Fees and Salaries
33-101 - Secretary of State; fees.
33-103 - Court of Appeals or Supreme Court; docketing and clerk's fees.
33-103.01 - Court of Appeals; review by Supreme Court; docket fee.
33-104 - Board of Educational Lands and Funds; fees.
33-105 - Department of Natural Resources; fees.
33-106 - Clerk of the district court; fees; enumerated.
33-106.01 - Clerk of the district court; costs; record.
33-106.02 - Clerk of the district court; fees; report; disposition.
33-106.03 - Dissolution of marriage; additional fees.
33-107 - Transferred to section 24-350.
33-107.01 - Legal services fee; taxed as costs; when.
33-107.03 - Court automation fee.
33-108 - Transferred to section 23-1223.
33-109 - Register of deeds; county clerk; fees.
33-111 - County clerks; compiling transfers; fees.
33-114 - County treasurer; fees.
33-116 - County surveyor; compensation; fees; mileage; equipment furnished.
33-117 - Sheriffs; fees; disposition; mileage; report to county board.
33-118 - Transferred to section 23-1704.04.
33-119 - Sheriffs and constables; fees for serving process.
33-120 - Fees; payment or security in advance; who may require.
33-121 - Writs of attachment; fees; expenses; taxed as costs.
33-122 - Attachment; appraisers; compensation.
33-123 - County court; civil matters; fees.
33-124 - County court; criminal cases; fee.
33-125 - County court; probate fees; how determined.
33-126.02 - County court; guardianships; conservatorships; fees; how determined.
33-126.03 - County court; inheritance tax proceedings; fees; by whom paid.
33-126.04 - County court; adoption; fees.
33-126.05 - County court; miscellaneous fees.
33-126.06 - County court; matters relating to trusts; fees.
33-129 - Transferred to section 77-401.02.
33-131 - County officers; records; duties.
33-132 - Violations; penalties.
33-133 - Notaries public; fees; governmental employee; limitation.
33-135.01 - Constables; fees; mileage.
33-136 - Sheriffs; fees; audit and allowance.
33-138 - Juror; compensation; mileage.
33-139 - Witnesses; compensation; mileage.
33-139.01 - Witness; certain employees; compensated for actual and necessary expenses; when.
33-140 - Unclaimed witness fees; report to county board by clerk; when filed.
33-140.01 - Unclaimed witness fees; notice by county board; publication.
33-140.02 - Unclaimed witness fees; payment to county treasurer; credited to school fund.
33-141 - Legal notices; rates.
33-142 - Legal notices; separate contract rate; authorized.
33-143 - Legal notice; substitute notice; authorized.
33-145 - Court costs; how taxed and entered.
33-146 - Fees; refusal to pay; when justified.
33-147 - Illegal fees; taking; penalty.
33-148 - Fees; schedule; failure to post; penalty.
33-151 - Fees of state boards and agencies; amount available for use of each.
33-152 - Fees of state boards and agencies; withdrawal.
33-154 - Additional court cost; training fee.
33-155 - Additional court cost; dispute resolution fee.