After the first courtroom technology upgrades were completed in Cedar County in October, the installation phase of the Nebraska Judicial Branch courtroom technology upgrade project is slowly starting to gather steam. Shared courtrooms in Dixon, Pierce, Thurston, and Wayne counties had their new...

Awarded to: Bert Meschke, County Court Clerk Magistrate for Garfield, Wheeler, and Valley Counties. The Employee of the Year recognition is based on performance, professionalism, loyalty, and other accomplishments that exemplify the values and professional standards of the Judicial Branch. The...

Ronald L. Werkmeister passed away on December 22, 2022. He served as an elected non-lawyer judge in Frontier County beginning January 1969, and, at the age of 26, was the youngest to hold the position of judge in Nebraska. (Currently, each person must be a U.S. citizen, be at least 30 years of age...

Retired Lancaster County Judge Janice Lindquist Gradwohl died December 27, 2022, at her home in Lincoln. Appointed to the bench in 1974, she was the fourth woman to serve on the state court bench and the first female judge in Lancaster County. She retired in 1990. Gradwohl was instrumental in the...

Retired Judge Stephen A. Davis, Omaha, died in Omaha at age 87. In 1982, he was appointed as Judge of the Douglas County District Court. He retired from the bench in 2002. Full obituary through the Chapel of Memories: Judge Stephen A. Davis

Court and Probation offices will be closed on 1/2/23.

Court and Probation offices will be closed on 12/26/22.

A swearing-in ceremony for Dana Richheart as Clerk Magistrate of Otoe County Court was held on December 19, 2022, in the Otoe County Courthouse in Nebraska City, Nebraska. Judge David Partsch hosted the ceremony with remarks by State Court Administrator Corey Steel. Richheart began her duties as...

The Douglas County Young Adult Court celebrated graduation at the Douglas County Courthouse in Omaha on December 14, 2022. For the graduate, Yiel Chotyiel, the ceremony marks the completion of an intensive program of comprehensive mental health treatment, intensive community supervision, and full...

For a graphic explanation of where the ticket money goes, download the updated fines and fees chart online: Where the Ticket Money Goes Infographic - 2022 On July 1, 2023, the chart will again be updated to reflect changes to the retirement and State Government account distribution.