The purpose of § 6-1905 is to provide the courts with a procedure to ensure that fees, filings, custodial sanctions, and appointment of counsel on transferred Interstate Compact cases pursuant to the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision are recorded in JUSTICE, thus promoting uniform, statewide recordkeeping. See Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 29-2639 and 29-2640.
§ 6-1905.Interstate Compact and JUSTICE.
Article 19: Nebraska Court Rules for Probation Practices · Last amended December 16, 2015 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentence§ 6-1905 sets five-judicial-day deadlines for forwarding and entering interstate compact transfer paperwork into Nebraska’s JUSTICE case-management system and bars filing fees or court costs on those transfer cases.
Full Text of § 6-1905
(A) Upon receipt of the signed Nebraska Interstate Compact Offender Agreement, the Nebraska Compact Office shall forward, within 5 judicial days, the following to the District or County Court Clerk in the county in which the probationer will be supervised:
(1) The probation terms and conditions from the sending state.
(2) The Nebraska Interstate Compact Agreement signed by both the probationer and the supervising probation officer.
(B) Upon receipt of the signed Nebraska Interstate Compact Offender Agreement, and within 5 judicial days, the Court Clerk in the receiving county shall enter the transferred case details into JUSTICE and assign the case a distinguishing case number denoting the case is an Interstate Compact transfer case.
(C) Unless otherwise expressly provided by law, no filing fees or court costs shall be assessed in an Interstate Compact transfer case.
Amendment History
§ 6-1905 adopted December 16, 2015.
Plain-English Summary
When another state transfers a probationer to Nebraska under the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision, § 6-1905 makes sure the paperwork moves fast and lands in the same statewide database every other Nebraska case uses. Once the signed Nebraska Interstate Compact Offender Agreement comes in, the Nebraska Compact Office has five judicial days to send the sending state’s probation terms and the signed compact agreement to the district or county court clerk in the county where the probationer will be supervised.
From there, that clerk has its own five-judicial-day clock: enter the case into JUSTICE and assign it a case number that flags it as an interstate compact transfer. Tagging the case this way keeps it recognizable in the statewide system, distinct from cases that originated in Nebraska.
The rule closes with a cost rule that matters to the probationer directly: unless some other law expressly says otherwise, an interstate compact transfer case carries no filing fees or court costs. The stated goal is uniform statewide recordkeeping, and Nebraska Revised Statutes §§ 29-2639 and 29-2640 are the statutory hook that requires it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How quickly does Nebraska have to process an incoming interstate compact transfer?
The Nebraska Compact Office has five judicial days to forward the paperwork to the receiving court clerk, who then has another five judicial days to enter the case into JUSTICE.
What is JUSTICE?
JUSTICE is the statewide case-management system Nebraska courts use to record case information, including interstate compact transfer cases entered under this rule.
Does a probationer transferred to Nebraska have to pay filing fees?
No, unless some other law expressly requires it. § 6-1905 bars filing fees or court costs in an interstate compact transfer case.
Why does a transfer case get a special case number?
The distinguishing case number flags the matter as an interstate compact transfer case, which promotes uniform, statewide recordkeeping of these cases.
What triggers the Nebraska Compact Office’s five-day deadline?
Receiving the signed Nebraska Interstate Compact Offender Agreement starts the five-judicial-day clock to forward the probation terms and agreement to the local court clerk.
Source & verification. Section text and amendment history are
reproduced verbatim from the Nebraska Judicial Branch, adopted by the
Supreme Court of Nebraska. Last verified July 22, 2026. ·
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