Opinion No. (1977)

REQUESTED BY: James W. Slavik, Dawes County Attorney, Chadron, Nebraska. 1. Do Nebraska statutes require a county to establish and maintain a law library?

1. No.

2. Can a county make a gift of the county law library to a state college?

2. Probably not.

You have stated that Dawes County is contemplating making a gift of its county law library to Chadron State College. You then ask whether Nebraska statutes require a county to establish and maintain a law library and whether such a gift may be made by a county.

Nebraska statutes do not require a county to establish and maintain a law library.…