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LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE BILL 919
Introduced by Sanders, 45.
Read first time January 09, 2026
Committee: Government, Military and Veterans Affairs
A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to public records; to amend sections1
23-1517.01, 23-1527, and 84-1208, Reissue Revised Statutes of2
Nebraska, and section 77-3903, Revised Statutes Cumulative3
Supplement, 2024; to allow for the use of durable accessible mediums4
as prescribed; and to repeal the original sections.5
Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,6
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Section 1. Section 23-1517.01, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska,1
is amended to read: 2
23-1517.01 (1) The recording of all instruments by the roll form of3
microfilm or other accessible durable medium may be substituted for the4
method of recording instruments in books, and the filing of all documents5
by the roll form of microfilm or other accessible durable medium may be6
substituted for the method of filing original documents. If this method7
of recording instruments on microfilm or filing documents on microfilm is8
used, the original instruments so recorded and the original documents so9
filed need not be retained after the microfilm or other accessible10
durable medium has been verified for accuracy and quality, and a security11
copy shall on silver negative microfilm in roll form must be maintained12
and filed off premises under safe conditions to insure the protection of13
the records and shall meet the microfilm standards as prescribed by the14
State Records Administrator as provided in sections 84-1201 to 84-1220.15
The fee books shall provide the proper index information as to the16
microfilm roll and numerical sequence of all such recorded instruments17
and of all such filed documents. The internal reference copies or work18
copies of the instruments recorded on microfilm and of documents filed on19
microfilm may be in any photographic form to provide the necessary20
information as may be determined by the official in charge.21
(2) For purposes of this section, a medium is accessible if it is22
able to be retrieved through intellectual, digital, or physical means23
within institutional or legal parameters. 24
Sec. 2. Section 23-1527, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is25
amended to read: 26
23-1527 A certified copy of a petition, with schedules omitted,27
commencing a proceeding under the laws of the United States relating to28
bankruptcy or a certified copy of the decree of adjudication or a29
certified copy of an order approving the bond of the trustee appointed in30
such proceedings shall be filed, indexed, and recorded in the office of31
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the register of deeds of the county in which is located real property in1
which the bankrupt has an interest in the same manner as federal liens2
are filed, indexed, and recorded pursuant to the Uniform Federal Lien3
Registration Act. The filing fee for such recording shall be the same as4
the fee for filing and recording as set forth in section 9-525, Uniform5
Commercial Code. The register of deeds shall file the notices in a file6
kept for such purpose and designated Notice of Bankruptcy Proceedings,7
except that in offices filing by the roll form of microfilm or other8
accessible durable medium pursuant to section 23-1517.01, the original9
notices need not be retained. 10
Sec. 3. Section 77-3903, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement,11
2024, is amended to read: 12
77-3903 (1)(a) A notice of lien provided for in the Uniform State13
Tax Lien Registration and Enforcement Act upon real property shall be14
presented in the office of the Secretary of State. Such notice of lien15
shall be transmitted by the Secretary of State to and filed in the office16
of the register of deeds by the register of deeds of the county or17
counties in which the real property subject to the lien is situated as18
designated in the notice of lien. The register of deeds shall enter the19
notice in the alphabetical state tax lien index, showing on one line the20
name and residence of the person liable named in such notice, the last21
four digits of the social security number or the federal tax22
identification number of such person, the Tax Commissioner's or23
Commissioner of Labor's serial number of such notice, the date and hour24
of filing, and the amount due. Such presentments to the Secretary of25
State may be made by direct input to the Secretary of State's database or26
by other electronic means. All such notices of lien shall be retained in27
numerical order in a file designated state tax lien notices, except that28
in offices filing by the roll form of microfilm or other accessible29
durable medium pursuant to section 23-1517.01, the original notices need30
not be retained. A lien subject to this subsection shall be effective31
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upon real property when filed by the register of deeds as provided in1
this subsection. 2
(b) A notice of lien provided for in the Uniform State Tax Lien3
Registration and Enforcement Act upon personal property shall be filed in4
the office of the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall enter5
the notice in the state's central tax lien index, showing on one line the6
name and residence of the person liable named in such notice, the last7
four digits of the social security number or the federal tax8
identification number of such person, the Tax Commissioner's or9
Commissioner of Labor's serial number of such notice, the date and hour10
of filing, and the amount due. Such filings with the Secretary of State11
may be filed by direct input to the Secretary of State's database or by12
other electronic means. All such notices of lien shall be retained in13
numerical order in a file designated state tax lien notices.14
(2) The uniform fee, payable to the Secretary of State, for15
presenting for filing, releasing, continuing, or subordinating or for16
filing, releasing, continuing, or subordinating each tax lien pursuant to17
the Uniform State Tax Lien Registration and Enforcement Act shall be two18
times the fee required for recording instruments with the register of19
deeds as provided in section 33-109. There shall be no fee for the filing20
of a termination statement. The uniform fee for each county more than one21
designated pursuant to subdivision (1)(a) of this section shall be the22
fee required for recording instruments with the register of deeds as23
provided in section 33-109. The Secretary of State shall remit each fee24
received pursuant to this subsection to the State Treasurer for credit to25
the Secretary of State Cash Fund, except that of the fees received26
pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary of State shall remit the fee27
required for recording instruments with the register of deeds as provided28
in section 33-109 to the register of deeds of a county for each29
designation of such county in a filing pursuant to subdivision (1)(a) of30
this section. 31
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(3) The Secretary of State shall bill the Tax Commissioner or1
Commissioner of Labor on a monthly basis for fees for documents presented2
to or filed with the Secretary of State. No payment of any fee shall be3
required at the time of presenting or filing any such lien document.4
Sec. 4. Section 84-1208, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is5
amended to read: 6
84-1208 (1) The administrator may make or cause to be made7
preservation duplicates of essential records or may designate as8
preservation duplicates existing copies thereof. A preservation duplicate9
shall be durable, accurate, complete, and clear and, if made by means of10
photography, microphotography, photocopying, film, microfilm, optical11
imagery, or similar processes using a durable accessible medium, shall be12
prepared in conformity to standards prescribed and approved by the board.13
(2) A preservation duplicate made by a photographic, photostatic,14
microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic, optical imagery, or similar15
process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable accessible medium16
for so reproducing the original shall have the same force and effect for17
all purposes as the original record, whether the original is in existence18
or not. A transcript, exemplification, or certified copy of such19
preservation duplicate shall for all purposes be deemed a transcript,20
exemplification, or certified copy of the original record.21
(3) No copy of an essential record shall be used as a preservation22
duplicate unless, under the general laws of the state, the copy has the23
same force and effect for all purposes as the original record.24
(4) A medium is accessible if it is able to be retrieved through25
intellectual, digital, or physical means within institutional or legal26
parameters. 27
Sec. 5. Original sections 23-1517.01, 23-1527, and 84-1208, Reissue28
Revised Statutes of Nebraska, and section 77-3903, Revised Statutes29
Cumulative Supplement, 2024, are repealed. 30
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