{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-23-1901.02","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-1901.02","heading":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-1901.02","body":"The county surveyor may appoint a deputy for whose acts he or she will be responsible. The surveyor may not appoint the county treasurer, sheriff, register of deeds, or clerk as deputy.\n\nIn counties having a population of one hundred thousand but less than one hundred fifty thousand, if the county surveyor is a professional engineer, he or she shall appoint as deputy a professional land surveyor or, if the county surveyor is a professional land surveyor, he or she shall appoint as deputy a professional engineer. This requirement shall not apply if the county surveyor is both a professional engineer and a professional land surveyor.\n\nThe appointment shall be in writing and revocable in writing by the surveyor. Both the appointment and revocation shall be filed and kept in the office of the county clerk.\n\nThe deputy shall take the same oath as the surveyor which shall be endorsed upon and filed with the certificate of appointment. The surveyor may require a bond of the deputy.\n\nIn the absence or disability of the surveyor, the deputy shall perform the duties of the surveyor pertaining to the office, but when the surveyor is required to act in conjunction with or in place of another officer, the deputy cannot act in the surveyor's place.","path":["NE Code","Chapter 23"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=23-1901.02","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:21Z","sha256":"3836709579e1302e465ea4c8b1be2fc84d6c852a30e6a3cee1d2011383f5640e","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-23-1901.01","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-23-1903"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}