§ 25-2701.Rules of procedure; county court power to seal records; applicability of rules of civil procedure to Uniform Probate Code.

Section 25-2701 sets the default rule for procedure in Nebraska’s county courts. Whenever a statute does not specifically address how a matter proceeds in county court, the section directs the same civil and criminal procedure that governs the district court to apply there instead. That default yields whenever the Legislature has written a rule aimed at county court practice specifically — a statute written for county court always controls over this general fallback.

The section also gives county courts authority to seal the records of a person, following the sealing procedure set out in sections 43-2,108.01 to 43-2,108.05. That sealing power stands apart from the procedural fallback described above; it is a separate grant tied to those sections.

Finally, the section reaches into probate practice. Unless the Nebraska Uniform Probate Code specifically provides otherwise, or unless the civil procedure rules would conflict with the Code’s own provisions, the rules and codes of civil procedure — including the rules on vacating orders and on appellate review — govern proceedings under the Code. A person handling a probate matter starts with the Uniform Probate Code’s own provisions, then looks to ordinary civil procedure to fill any gap the Code leaves open, so long as nothing in the Code points the other way.