76-547 Certificates; term; renewal; requirements; fees. - Nebraska Statutes

76-547. Certificates; term; renewal; requirements;fees.(1) All certificates of authority issued pursuant tosection 76-545 shall expire on April 1 of each even-numbered year irrespective of when issued.Such certificates shall be renewed, as provided in this section, for a two-year period upon payment of a renewal feeof not less than fifty dollars or more than four hundred dollars. The board shall establishsuch fee based on the administrative costs of the board.(2) All certificates of registration, including duplicate certificatesof registration, issued pursuant to section 76-543 shall expire on April 1of each even-numbered year irrespective of when issued. Such certificatesshall be renewed, as provided in this section, for a two-year period uponpayment of a renewal fee of not less than twenty dollars or more than twohundred dollars. The board shall establish such fee based on the administrativecosts of the board. The board shall not renew the certificate of registrationor duplicate certificate of registration for any registered abstracter whohas failed to complete the professional development requirements set forthin section 76-544, unless the registered abstracter has shown good cause whyhe or she was unable to comply with such requirements. If the board determinesthat good cause was shown for not completing the professional developmentrequirements, the board shall permit the registered abstracter to make upall outstanding hours of professional development within six months of therenewal of such certificates. If the hours are not completed in six months,such certificates shall be revoked.(3) Thirty to sixty days prior to the expiration date of the certificates,the board shall cause a notice of expiration and application for renewal,including a statement for the fee for each certificate, to be mailed to eachof the holders of such certificates. The notice and application shall be ina form prepared by the board. SourceLaws 1965, c. 453, § 15, p. 1442; Laws 1973, LB 330, § 4; R.S.1943, (1981), § 76-523; Laws 1985, LB 47, § 17; Laws 2002, LB 1071, § 7; Laws 2005, LB 640, § 1; Laws 2010, LB1051, § 2.Effective Date: April 2, 2010Annotations"Preparing written reports of title to real property" constitutes the "business of abstracting" for purposes of the Abstracters Act only when done in exchange for a fee or other valuable consideration. So construed, the Abstracters Act is not unconstitutionally overbroad on its face. State v. Rabourn, 269 Neb. 499, 693 N.W.2d 291 (2005).