16-129 Annexation; disconnection; procedure. - Nebraska Statutes

16-129. Annexation; disconnection; procedure.Whenever any person or persons owning any real property within and adjacent to the corporate limits of any city of the first class or whenever the owner or owners of any unoccupied territory so situated owning land of not less than twenty acres shall desire to have the same disconnected therefrom, they may file request with the city council, asking that such territory be detached therefrom. The request shall contain the legal description of the property sought to be detached. If the city council determines that the property meets the requirements of this section and that part or all thereof ought to be detached, it shall by a majority vote of its members order such property detached from the city. A certified copy of such order shall be filed by the city clerk in the office of the register of deeds. SourceLaws 1971, LB 478, § 2.