Public Conduct in Lincoln, NE (2026)
8 verified public conduct rules for Lincoln, Nebraska, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Aggressive Panhandling
Lincoln bans aggressive panhandling citywide, covering touching, blocking, following, and repeated requests after a refusal.
Lincoln Aggressive Panhandling Ban
Some RestrictionsLincoln Municipal Code § 9.20.080(d)
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly or intentionally engage in an act of panhandling by aggressive solicitation. Aggressive solicitation shall mean: 1. Touching the solicited person without the solicited person's consent. ... 4. Following a person who walks away from the panhandler after being solicited if that conduct is intended to or is likely to cause a reasonable person to be ...
Public Urination
Lincoln makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate on any public or private property that's open or visible to the public, with an exception for using a restroom as designed.
Lincoln Bans Public Urination, Defecation
Heavy RestrictionsLincoln Municipal Code § 9.16.210
It shall be unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate on a public street, alley, or any other property, public or private, open to or visible to the public. This section shall not apply to urinating or defecating in any restroom facility in a manner for which that facility was designed.
Skateboarding Rules
Skateboards are banned from Lincoln streets except at crosswalks, and sidewalk riders assume their own risk and must yield to pedestrians.
Lincoln Skateboard Street and Sidewalk Rules
Some RestrictionsLincoln Municipal Code § 10.24.010
It shall be unlawful for any person to use or permit the use of any skates, skateboard, scooter, toy vehicle, or similar conveyance, not to include bicycles, upon the streets or public ways of the city, except while crossing a street at a crosswalk. Any person operating skates, skateboards, scooters, toy vehicles, or similar conveyances upon a sidewalk, where not otherwise prohibited, shall do ...
Loitering Rules
Lincoln bans loitering or remaining on another's property once the owner has given notice against trespass through direct communication, posted signs, or an excluding fence.
Lincoln Loitering & Trespass Law
Significant RestrictionsLincoln Municipal Code § 9.24.190
It shall be unlawful for anyone to loiter, enter, or remain upon the property of another, knowing he or she is not licensed or privileged to do so, with notice against trespass given by: 1. Actual communication to the actor by the owner or other authorized person; 2. Posting in a manner prescribed by law or reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders; or 3. Fencing or other enclosur...
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Lincoln bans smoking and vaping in every place of employment and public place, including outdoor patios and other public areas covered by the definition, unless a proprietor designates a narrow exception.
Lincoln Public Smoking and Vaping Ban
Heavy RestrictionsLincoln Municipal Code § 8.50.210
It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke or vape in a place of employment or a public place, except as designated by a proprietor pursuant to this Chapter.
Jaywalking
Lincoln requires pedestrians to use crosswalks between signaled intersections, in congested districts, and on arterial streets: crossing mid-block elsewhere in those areas is a violation.
Lincoln Jaywalking and Crosswalk Rules
Some RestrictionsLincoln Municipal Code § 10.30.010
a. Between adjacent intersections at which traffic control signals are in operation, pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a crosswalk. b. No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than in a crosswalk in a congested district. c. No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than in a crosswalk upon any arterial street.
Public Marijuana Use
Lincoln makes possessing marijuana, including smoking it in public, a punishable offense under Municipal Code § 9.48.090, with fines up to $500 and jail time for repeat offenders.
Lincoln Marijuana Possession & Public Use Ban
Significant RestrictionsLincoln Municipal Code § 9.48.090
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly or intentionally possess marijuana weighing one ounce or less. b. Penalty. 1. For the first offense, be guilty of an infraction, receive a citation, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a $300.00 fine, and be assigned to attend a course as prescribed in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-433 if the judge determines that attending such course is ...
Public Alcohol Use
Drinking alcohol on Lincoln streets, alleys, parking areas, or public property is a misdemeanor unless the property owner and a state liquor license authorize it.
Lincoln Open Container Ban
Significant RestrictionsLincoln Municipal Code § 9.48.050
It shall be unlawful for any person to consume alcoholic liquor in or on the public streets, alleys, parking areas, roads or highways within the city, or upon property within the city owned by the state or any political subdivision thereof, unless authorized by the governing body having jurisdiction over such property and by the provisions of a license issued by the Nebraska Liquor Control Comm...
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