23-1704.02. Sheriff; appoint employee.
Except when otherwise provided specifically by law for substitute service by a deputy, a sheriff may appoint an employee of his or her department to serve any summons or writ, by endorsement thereon substantially as follows: "I hereby appoint ........ to serve the within writ;" which shall be dated and signed by the sheriff.
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Authority is conferred upon a sheriff to depute a person to serve any summons. Forbes v. Bringe, 32 Neb. 757, 49 N.W. 720 (1891).
Constables cannot appoint deputies. Gilbert and Artist v. Brown & Brother, 9 Neb. 90, 2 N.W. 376 (1879).