{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-29-2246","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-2246","heading":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-2246","body":"For purposes of the Nebraska Probation Administration Act, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n(1) Association means the Nebraska District Court Judges Association;\n\n(2) Court means a district court, county court, or juvenile court as defined in section 43-245 ;\n\n(3) Office means the Office of Probation Administration;\n\n(4) Probation means a sentence under which a person found guilty of a crime upon verdict or plea or adjudicated delinquent or in need of special supervision is released by a court subject to conditions imposed by the court and subject to supervision. Probation includes post-release supervision and supervision ordered by a court pursuant to a deferred judgment under section 29-2292 or 29-4803 ;\n\n(5) Probationer means a person sentenced to probation or post-release supervision;\n\n(6) Probation officer means an employee of the system who supervises probationers and conducts presentence, predisposition, or other investigations as may be required by law or directed by a court in which he or she is serving or performs such other duties as authorized pursuant to section 29-2258 , except unpaid volunteers from the community;\n\n(7) Juvenile probation officer means any probation officer who supervises probationers of a separate juvenile court;\n\n(8) Juvenile intake probation officer means an employee of the system who is called upon by a law enforcement officer in accordance with section 43-250 to make a decision regarding the furtherance of a juvenile's detention;\n\n(9) Chief probation officer means the probation officer in charge of a probation district;\n\n(10) System means the Nebraska Probation System;\n\n(11) Administrator means the probation administrator;\n\n(12) Non-probation-based program or service means a program or service established within the district, county, or juvenile courts and provided to individuals not sentenced to probation who have been charged with or convicted of a crime for the purpose of diverting the individual from incarceration or to provide treatment for issues related to the individual's criminogenic needs. Non-probation-based programs or services include, but are not limited to, problem solving courts established pursuant to section 24-1302 and the treatment of problems relating to substance abuse, mental health, sex offenses, or domestic violence;\n\n(13) Post-release supervision means the portion of a split sentence following a period of incarceration under which a person found guilty of a crime upon verdict or plea is released by a court subject to conditions imposed by the court and subject to supervision by the office; and\n\n(14) Rules and regulations means policies and procedures written by the office and approved by the Supreme Court.","path":["NE Code","Chapter 29"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=29-2246","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:21Z","sha256":"0949ab3da7d35085b14caae56c7c21ce7770a5f6fbb1fc86a6058b7bf87ca1e3","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-29-2245","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-29-2247"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}