Change log

NE penalty: short label Nebraska (UDTPA § 87-303.11 civil not more than $2,000 per violation; § 87-303.08 Class II misdemeanor for any person) → Nebraska (Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act: Class IV felony for a willful violation of an injunction or an assurance of voluntary compliance per § 87-303.09; a violation of the Act is a Class II misdemeanor per § 87-303.08); source url https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=87-303.08&print=true → https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=87-303.09; source cite Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 87-302(a)(21), 87-303.08, 87-303.11 → Neb. Rev. Stat. § 87-303.09; risk class civil → felony; source quote replaced

NE conditional duty added: condition kind nonprofit_corporation; source url https://sos.nebraska.gov/business-services/annualbiennial-reporting; verification status verified

NE penalty: mechanism Consumer Protection Act damages framework, discretionary increase capped at $1,000 → UDTPA civil penalty of not more than $2,000 per violation; Class II misdemeanor for any person; description Nebraska does not require general charitable solicitation registration (the registration law was repealed in 1996) but enforces charity fraud under the Consumer Protection Act. Per Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1609, injured persons may bring civil action and the court may increase the award of damages "to an amount bearing a reasonable relation to actual damages, except that such increased award shall not exceed one thousand dollars." Per-plaintiff cap of $1,000 increase; not a fixed per-violation civil fine — among the smaller penalty regimes of audited states. NE AG Consumer Protection enforces. → Nebraska has no general charitable-solicitation registration (Laws 1996, LB 972, § 4 repealed §§ 28-1440 to 28-1449). Charity-fraud solicitation is a deceptive trade practice under the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act § 87-302(a)(21). The Attorney General may seek a civil penalty of not more than $2,000 for each violation (§ 87-303.11). Any person who violates the Act is guilty of a Class II misdemeanor (§ 87-303.08). Willful violation of an injunction, declaratory judgment, or written assurance of voluntary compliance is a Class IV felony (§ 87-303.09). Person includes a natural person, a corporation, and other legal entities (§ 87-301(19)). Nebraska Attorney General Consumer Protection enforces.; short label Nebraska (Consumer Protection Act damages with discretionary increase capped at $1,000 per plaintiff per § 59-1609) → Nebraska (UDTPA § 87-303.11 civil not more than $2,000 per violation; § 87-303.08 Class II misdemeanor for any person); source url https://law.justia.com/codes/nebraska/chapter-59/statute-59-1609/ → https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=87-303.08&print=true; source cite Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1609 → Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 87-302(a)(21), 87-303.08, 87-303.11; criminal scope none → both; source quote replaced