§ 25-510.02.Service on state or political subdivision.

Suing the government takes a different path than suing a private party, and section 25-510.02 lays out three tracks. For the State of Nebraska itself, a state agency, or a state employee sued in an official capacity, service goes to the Attorney General’s office — left with the Attorney General, a deputy attorney general, or someone the Attorney General designates in writing, or sent by certified mail or designated delivery service to that office.

Counties, cities, and villages follow a different rule: they can be served through personal, residence, certified mail, or designated delivery service upon the chief executive officer or clerk. That mirrors ordinary individual or corporate service but directs it to the local government’s top officer or the office that keeps its records.

Other political subdivisions — the kind defined in section 13-903 that are not a county, city, or village, such as many special-purpose districts — get a broader list of acceptable recipients: the chief executive officer, clerk, secretary, or other official responsible for the entity’s official records, any member of its governing board, or certified mail or designated delivery service sent to its principal office. That flexibility reflects how varied these smaller governmental bodies can be in how they are organized and staffed.