The rules of the district court in the same county shall govern the procedure for exhibits.
§ 6-1427.Exhibit procedure.
Article 14: Uniform County Court Rules of Practice and Procedure · Not amended since adoption on record · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentenceThe broader procedure for offering, objecting to, and handling exhibits at a county court trial follows the same practice the district court in that county already uses.
Full Text of § 6-1427
Plain-English Summary
Once an exhibit is identified for the record under § 6-1426, § 6-1427 picks up the rest of the process: offering it into evidence, ruling on objections, and moving it through trial. That fuller procedure, like identification itself, isn’t spelled out separately for county court — it follows the district court’s established practice in the same county.
This keeps trial mechanics consistent within a county even though district court and county court are separate benches. A lawyer who knows how a county’s district court handles exhibits already knows how that county’s county court will handle them too.
Section 6-1427 sets the stage for what comes after trial as well. Once exhibits have been offered and admitted under this borrowed procedure, §§ 6-1428 through 6-1430 take over with rules on withdrawing, returning, or destroying those same exhibits once the case is over.
Frequently Asked Questions
What procedure governs offering exhibits into evidence in county court?
Section 6-1427 adopts the exhibit procedure used by the district court in the same county.
Is this the same as the rule on identifying exhibits?
No. Section 6-1426 covers marking and labeling exhibits for the record; § 6-1427 covers the broader trial procedure for offering and handling them.
Why do county court exhibit rules keep pointing to the district court?
Rather than build a separate exhibit procedure for county court, the drafters chose to reuse the district court’s existing local practice for consistency within each county.
What happens to exhibits after the trial is over?
Does this rule apply to both civil and criminal trials in county court?
It’s written generally to exhibit procedure in county court trials without limiting itself to a particular case type.
Source & verification. Section text is
reproduced verbatim from the Nebraska Judicial Branch, adopted by the
Supreme Court of Nebraska. Last verified July 22, 2026. ·
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