(A) Rules. Hearings need not be conducted according to the technical rules relating to evidence and witnesses.
(B) Oral evidence. Oral evidence shall be taken only on oath or affirmation.
(C) Hearsay evidence. Hearsay evidence may be used for the purpose of supplementing or explaining any direct evidence, but shall not be sufficient itself to support a finding unless it would be admissible over the objection in civil actions in courts of competent jurisdiction in this state.
(D) Admissibility of evidence. Any relevant evidence shall be admitted if it is the type of evidence on which responsible persons are accustomed to rely in the conduct of serious affairs, regardless of the existence of any common law or statutory rule which might make improper the admission of such evidence over objection in civil actions in courts of competent jurisdiction in this state.
(E) Exclusion of evidence. Irrelevant and unduly repetitious evidence shall be excluded.
(Ord. 2007-4, passed 11-14-2007)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. Rev. Stat. 18-1720, 18-1722, and 18-1722.01