§ 1-808. Court records and information excluded from public access; duty not to disclose.

§ 1-808. Court records and information excluded from public access; duty not to disclose.

   The following information in a court record may not be accessed by the public:

   (A) Information enumerated in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-712.05.

   (B) Information or records not accessible to the public pursuant to state law, court rule, or case law, including, but not limited to, the following:

   (1) Criminal History Information as set forth in the Security, Privacy, and Dissemination of Criminal History Information Act. See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-3501.

   (2) Adoption case records. See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-113.

   (3) Court records sealed pursuant to statute or by court order.

   (C) If a public entity or person, as defined in § 1-802(D), obtains court record(s) via access with the court-authorized service provider and furnishes that record to third parties either for or not for profit, the public entity or person who obtained court record(s) via the court-authorized service provider has a duty to periodically update any court record(s) to determine if the court record(s) and any information therein have been sealed pursuant to statute and/or court order. If such court record(s) have been sealed, the public entity or person who obtained the record(s) shall not further disclose the sealed court record(s) for any purpose and shall remove such sealed record(s) from further access. Disclosure of sealed court records and information therein may result in civil or criminal penalties as provided for by law.

   (D) A lawyer or party as defined under § 1-802(E)(4) who has possession of a sealed court record that was filed in a court case prior to the record being sealed does not violate this rule if the lawyer or party does not make new or further disclosures of the sealed record. Unlawful disclosure of sealed court records and information therein may result in civil or criminal penalties as provided for by law.

§ 1-808(B)(3) amended May 15, 2013; § 1-808(B)(4) deleted May 15, 2013; § 1-808(B)(3) deleted June 11, 2014, effective October 15, 2015; § 1-808 amended June 6, 2018.