Nebraska Revised Statutes Chapter 76 Article 14 — Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
Nebraska's core residential landlord-tenant statute: security deposits (§ 76-1416), habitability duties (§ 76-1419), landlord entry (§ 76-1423), tenant remedies (§§ 76-1425–76-1431), retaliation bar (§ 76-1439), and summary-possession procedure (§§ 76-1440–76-1449). 49 sections. Verified 2026-10-05.
Provisions (49)
§ 76-1401
Act, how cited.
§ 76-1402
Purposes; rules of construction.
§ 76-1403
Supplementary principles of law applicable.
§ 76-1404
Construction against implicit repeal.
§ 76-1405
Remedies; administration and enforcement; duty to mitigate damages.
§ 76-1406
Settlement; authorized.
§ 76-1407
Jurisdiction; territorial application.
§ 76-1408
Exclusions from application of act.
§ 76-1409
Courts; jurisdiction.
§ 76-1410
Terms, defined.
§ 76-1411
Obligation of good faith.
§ 76-1412
Unconscionability.
§ 76-1413
Notice; give; receive; notice or document; means of delivery.
§ 76-1414
Terms and conditions of rental agreement; death of tenant; removal of personal property; liability.
§ 76-1415
Prohibited provisions in rental agreements.
§ 76-1416
Security deposits; prepaid rent.
§ 76-1417
Disclosure.
§ 76-1418
Landlord to supply possession of dwelling unit.
§ 76-1419
Landlord to maintain fit premises.
§ 76-1420
Limitation of liability.
§ 76-1421
Tenant to maintain dwelling unit.
§ 76-1422
Rules and regulations.
§ 76-1423
Access.
§ 76-1424
Tenant to use and occupy.
§ 76-1425
Noncompliance by landlord.
§ 76-1426
Failure to deliver possession.
§ 76-1427
Wrongful failure to supply heat, water, hot water, or essential services.
§ 76-1428
Landlord's noncompliance as defense to action for possession.
§ 76-1429
Fire or casualty damage.
§ 76-1430
Tenant's remedies for landlord's unlawful ouster, exclusion, or diminution of service.
§ 76-1431
Noncompliance; failure to pay rent; effect; violent criminal activity upon premises; landlord; powers; exceptions.
§ 76-1432
Remedies for absence, nonuse, and abandonment.
§ 76-1433
Waiver of landlord's right to terminate.
§ 76-1434
Landlord liens; distraint of property; prohibited.
§ 76-1435
Remedy for termination.
§ 76-1436
Recovery of possession limited.
§ 76-1437
Periodic tenancy; holdover remedies.
§ 76-1438
Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access or entry.
§ 76-1439
Retaliatory conduct prohibited.
§ 76-1440
Action for possession.
§ 76-1441
Complaint for restitution; filing; contents.
§ 76-1442
Summons; contents; issuance; service; when; affidavit of service.
§ 76-1443
Continuance; when.
§ 76-1444
Default of defendant.
§ 76-1445
Defendant may appear and answer.
§ 76-1446
Trial; judgment; limitation; writ of restitution; issuance.
§ 76-1447
Appeal; effect.
§ 76-1448
Act; applicability.
§ 76-1449