Opinion No. (1992)

REQUESTED BY: Allan L. Abbott, Director-State Engineer QUESTION 1: If the road is not included in the legal description of the annexation, does it automatically become a legal part of the municipalities annexation?

All highways that are adjacent and abutting to the corporate limits of a city or village are a part of that city or village if they are contiguous and abut thereon, even though they were not brought into the city by the legal description in the annexation. Neb. Rev. Stat. §18-1716.01 (1991) is applicable and all roads that are adjacent or abutting to any city or village are…