Nebraska Criminal Records

Start with the court case or the State Patrol RAP

JUSTICE provides Nebraska trial-court case information. A Nebraska State Patrol Record of Arrest and Prosecution, or RAP sheet, is a repository response about reported fingerprint-based Nebraska arrests and dispositions. Choose JUSTICE for a particular prosecution and NSP for a state-history request. The Judicial Branch also lists a separate appellate service; an appeal is not the same file as its trial-court case.

In JUSTICE, County Court and District Court are separate sources. Misdemeanors are generally at county level; felony matters can involve both. Keep the court level and county with every case number, particularly if the proceeding moved between courts. A name match identifies a candidate record, not proof that it belongs to the person you mean.

Budget the court search and save the results

A JUSTICE one-time name search costs $15 by Visa or Mastercard, returns up to 30 cases and provides three days of access. You can narrow by party name, birth date, case type or year; the fee still applies if nothing matches. Save the case details and register of actions while access remains available, then identify any underlying order you need.

The FAQ describes nightly updates and a possible 24-hour lag after data entry. Historical coverage and the detail entered vary by case, and nonpublic information is excluded. Its subscriber option instead charges $2 per case detail viewed, under a separate Nebraska.gov subscription arrangement. Compare the full subscription terms if considering repeated research rather than treating that $2 as a standalone one-time search price.

Complete the online history request accurately

NSP’s online search costs $45 per person, non-refundable regardless of outcome. Provide the requester’s name, address and email, then the subject’s first and last name, birth date, sex and race. The service treats Social Security number, driver’s-license number and residence as optional, although additional identifiers may help. Check the identity fields before paying.

A no-record result can be downloaded immediately; a result requiring research may take up to three business days after a complete request. Retain the receipt number and use Search Previous Orders to retrieve the response. NSP says you may receive no email when there is no history to report, so return to the system rather than waiting indefinitely for notification.

Reports remain available for 14 days from when they become available. Missing that window requires a new request and another fee. An incorrect name, birth date or Social Security number in an already-submitted online request cannot simply be edited into a corrected search; NSP says to submit and pay for a new request. Save both receipt and report securely once obtained.

Use the paper route or request a full release

For a paper request, use NSP form 752 and enclose $45 by check or money order payable to Nebraska State Patrol. Mail it to Criminal Identification Division, 4600 Innovation Drive, Lincoln, NE 68521, or follow NSP’s in-person Troop Area office route. The form lists results by fax or mail, not email, and gives 402-479-4971 for questions.

A public response may omit information that a full release can include. On the paper form the subject must sign before a notary to authorize that fuller release to the named recipient; without notarization the public record is released. The form also requires a specific request for NSP certification/notarization. The online service describes its own result as certified with the NSP seal, so distinguish the delivery product you are actually ordering.

Understand what the public RAP omits

The RAP depends on Nebraska arrests supported by fingerprints and information submitted by criminal-justice agencies; other states’ events are outside it. NSP explains that missing fingerprints or an agency’s unsubmitted arrest card can produce a no-record response. Juvenile court matters, minor traffic violations and citation-only events are outside the online service’s stated public scope.

NSP describes statutory public-release limits for specified no-charge arrests after one year, completed-diversion no-charge arrests after two years, and qualifying dismissed or acquitted charges immediately. A public response can therefore differ from a complete-history release or a court docket. Read the stated disposition and release type; neither an arrest nor a remaining case entry is automatically a conviction.

Obtain the judgment and correct its source

For a certified judgment or a missing filing, contact the County or District Court that heard the case through the Judicial Branch’s court resources. Give the case number, court level, document title/date, number of copies and certification requirement. Ask for copying, certification and delivery charges. The $15 JUSTICE search and $45 NSP response do not purchase a court’s certified file copies.

For a substantive error in NSP history, contact the agency that supplied the information, such as the court, county attorney or law-enforcement agency. NSP can help identify that source, but it requires corrected information from the source to update the repository. Keep the challenged report and supporting disposition. This differs from fixing a typo you entered in a paid online request, which requires a new search.