§ 6-1472.Probable cause affidavits, orders for arrest without warrant, and orders for identification procedures under Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 29-3301 through 29-3307.

A warrantless arrest still needs a judge to find probable cause, and this rule governs how that finding gets supported and recorded. Sworn testimony backing a probable cause determination must be in an affidavit, or, with the court’s consent, given verbally and recorded instead; sworn testimony supporting an order for an identification procedure must be in affidavit form under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-3303. An affidavit becomes public record once a criminal complaint is filed, unless the judge seals it on a party’s request or on the court’s own motion, citing specific good cause — and defense counsel, appointed or retained, is entitled to a copy on request.

Verbal sworn testimony follows the same public-access logic but with its own retention rule: the recording gets kept under Records Retention Schedule 18 for County Courts, becomes public (as a recording or transcript) upon the complaint’s filing unless the judge seals it for specific cause, and copies are available under § 6-1405 unless the record is sealed.

The judge’s resulting order — granting or addressing the probable cause finding or identification procedure — is likewise part of the public court file once issued, subject to the same sealing standard: the judge must cite specific cause, on a party’s request or on the court’s own motion, to keep it out of public view.