Nebraska Brand Introduces Waivable Citations

Continuing implementation of Nebraska Legislative Bill 572 will include the waivable citations for statue violations which becomes effective November 1, 2021.

June 16, 2020 - Surcharge for local inspections has increased from $10 to $20 per visit.

The Nebraska Brand Committee approved several fee increases at their last quarterly meeting held in North Platte, NE on December 9th

The Nebraska Brand Committee has selected John Widdowson of Kearney, Nebraska as its new Executive Director.

An issue arising from the COVID-19 situation is the matter of quarantined producers that require inspections OR producers that do not want direct contact with Inspectors so we have come up with the following solution. We have created a Signature Authorization Form that when completed and scanned by the ipads and attached to your local will meet the requirements of the needed authorized signature. This form can be copied and delivered to the producer directly or indirectly via email, land mail or whatever safe form of delivery is available.

Alliance, NE– The Nebraska Legislature earlier this year passed LB 768, which created a brand inspection service area in the non-brand inspection area of Nebraska.  This brand inspection service area includes all Nebraska counties and areas of Nebraska counties contiguous with the brand inspection area of Nebraska. The specific counties involved are eastern Knox, Antelope, Pierce, Boone, Nance, Merrick, Hall, Adams, Webster, and Furnas.

Alliance, NE — Levi A. Hollenbeck of Ainsworth, NE was sentenced on August 25, 2014 by the District Court of Holt County, NE to 180 days in the Holt County Jail and 3 years probation following his adjudged guilty charge on July 14, 2014 of sell, trade or dispose of livestock without a bill of sale, a Class III Felony.  

On Tuesday, May 20, 2014 John H Ortmeier, 70, of Omaha, NE pleaded not guilty in Dawson county District Court in Lexington, Nebraska on three counts of theft by deception. According to court documents, he allegedly purchased 278 head of cattle for $285,072.00 on three different occasions from Lexington Livestock Company. A June 27, 2014 pre-trial conference is scheduled followed by a July 8, 2014 trial.  Also, Ortmeier is being charged as a habitual criminal, as he has convictions dating back to 1992.

The Nebraska Cattlemen has renewed its Theft Reward program and offers up to a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of any person(s) stealing cattle from a member of the Nebraska Cattlemen.

Alliance, NE – On March 27, 2014, James J Henderson of Verdel, NE entered a plea of guilty in the County Court of Knox County, NE for violation of Nebraska’s Livestock Brand Act, Leaving the Nebraska Brand Inspection Area Without Brand Inspection, a Class II Misdemeanor.