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Nebraska Revised Statutes Chapter 25. Courts; Civil Procedure § 25-2209. Clerk of district court; required records enumerated

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) The clerk of the district court shall keep records, to be maintained on the court's electronic case management system, called the register of actions, the trial docket, the judge's docket notes, the financial record, the general index, the judgment index, and the case file. Retention and disposition of the records shall be determined by the State Records Administrator pursuant to the Records Management Act.

(2) The case file, numbered in chronological order, shall contain the complaint or petition and subsequent pleadings in the case file. The case file may be maintained as an electronic document through the court's electronic case management system, on microfilm, or in a paper volume and disposed of when determined by the State Records Administrator pursuant to the Records Management Act.

(3) For purposes of this section:

(a) Financial record means the financial accounting of the court, including the recording of all money receipted and disbursed by the court and the receipts and disbursements of all money held as an investment;

(b) General index means the alphabetical listing of the names of the parties to the suit, both direct and inverse, with the case number where all proceedings in such action may be found;

(c) Judge's docket notes means the notations of the judge detailing the actions in a court proceeding and the entering of orders and judgments;

(d) Judgment index means the alphabetical listing of all judgment debtors and judgment creditors;

(e) Register of actions means the official court record and summary of the case; and

(f) Trial docket means a list of pending cases as provided in section 25-2211.

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