Section 28-904 - Resisting arrest; penalty; affirmative defense(1) A person commits the offense of resisting arrest if, while intentionally preventing or attempting to prevent a peace officer, acting under color of his or her official authority, from effecting an arrest of the actor or another, he or she:(a) Uses or threatens to use physical force or violence against the peace officer or another; or(b) Uses any other means which creates a substantial risk of causing physical injury to the peace officer or another; or(c) Employs means requiring substantial force to overcome resistance to effecting the arrest.(2) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section if the peace officer involved was out of uniform and did not identify himself or herself as a peace officer by showing his or her credentials to the person whose arrest is attempted.(3) Resisting arrest is (a) a Class I misdemeanor for the first such offense and (b) a Class IIIA felony for any second or subsequent such offense.(4) Resisting arrest through the use of a deadly or dangerous weapon is a Class IIIA felony.Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 28-904
Laws 1977, LB 38, § 189; Laws 1982, LB 465, § 2; Laws 1997, LB 364, § 10.