Nebraska Statutes > Chapter 76 Nebraska Statutes > Chapter 76 – Real Property Current as of: 2023 | Check for updates | Other versions Uniform Property Act Conservation and Preservation Easements Act Abstracters Act Carbon Monoxide Safety Act Condominium Property Act Nebraska Condominium Act Nebraska Trust Deeds Act Relocation Assistance Act Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Act Self-Service Storage Facilities Act Nebraska Time-Share Act Farm Homestead Protection Act Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities Act Membership Campground Act Real Property Appraiser Act One-Call Notification System Act Nebraska Plane Coordinate System Act Uniform Environmental Covenants Act Nebraska Foreclosure Protection Act Nebraska Security Instrument Satisfaction Act Private Transfer Fee Obligation Act Nebraska Appraisal Management Company Registration Act Oil Pipeline Reclamation Act Nebraska Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act Radon Resistant New Construction Act § 76-201 Real estate, defined § 76-202 Purchaser, defined § 76-203 Deed, defined § 76-204 Deed; instrument not included § 76-205 Instruments; construction; intent of parties; duty of courts § 76-206 Covenant for title; effective words § 76-207 Covenants; breach; constructive eviction; acts constituting § 76-208 Covenants for title; who may enforce § 76-209 Deed; after-acquired interest; effect § 76-210 Estates in future; recognized § 76-211 Deeds; execution; record § 76-212 Private seals; use abolished § 76-213 Deeds and other instruments; executed without seal; validated § 76-214 Deed, memorandum of contract, or land contract; recorded; death certificate filed; statement required; access § 76-215 Statement; failure to furnish; penalty § 76-216 Deeds; acknowledgment required § 76-217 Acknowledgment; before whom taken in this state § 76-217.01 Acknowledgment; defective seal; validity § 76-218 Acknowledgment and recording of instruments; violations; penalty § 76-219 Acknowledgment; before whom taken in any other state or territory § 76-226 Deeds; execution in foreign country; laws governing; acknowledgment § 76-227 Acknowledgment before army officers; validity § 76-228 Proof in lieu of acknowledgment; when authorized § 76-229 Proof in lieu of acknowledgment; power of officer to subpoena witnesses § 76-230 Proof in lieu of acknowledgment; witness; disobedience to subpoena; penalty § 76-231 Proof in lieu of acknowledgment; by handwriting; when authorized § 76-232 Proof in lieu of acknowledgment; filing § 76-233 Proof in lieu of acknowledgment; certificate of officer § 76-234 Acknowledgment; duty of officer § 76-235 Deed; receipt in evidence; recording; proof § 76-236 Acknowledgment or certificate of genuineness; duty to record; failure; effect § 76-237 Deeds; how recorded; when considered recorded § 76-238 Deeds and other instruments; recording; when effective as notice; possession of real estate; not effective as notice; when § 76-238.01 Mortgages;interest in real estate included; debts that may be secured; future advances; optimal future advance; notice; filing;limitation § 76-239 Deed of trust, mortgage, or real estate sale contract; record; effect as notice; when expires; extension; exceptions § 76-239.01 Construction finance; proceeds to apply payment of lawful claims for labor and material furnished; duty of contractor § 76-239.02 Contractor receiving loan disbursement; agent of borrower; exception § 76-239.03 Sections shall not affect validity of mortgage rights of lender § 76-239.04 Acceptance of proceeds without paying lawful claims or obtaining lien waiver; prima facie evidence of intent to deprive or defraud § 76-239.05 Violations; penalty § 76-239.06 Contractor, defined § 76-241 Deeds and other instruments; when not lawfully recorded § 76-242 Acknowledgment in another state; recording; what constitutes sufficient authentication § 76-243 Deed; record; absence of seal of person taking acknowledgment; when not objectionable § 76-244 Lost deed or instrument; how proved § 76-245 Deeds and other instruments; where recorded § 76-246 Conveyances; powerof attorney; how revoked § 76-247 Conveyances; power of attorney; copies, penalty § 76-248 Wills; recording; how, when, and where authorized § 76-248.01 Certificate of dissolution of marriage § 76-249 Judgment in partition; decree in equity; recording; effect § 76-250 Wills; judgment in partition; decree in equity; certificate of dissolution of marriage; recording; how indexed § 76-251 Deed intended as mortgage; recording; effect § 76-252 Release of mortgage; mortgagee’s obligation and liability § 76-253 Mortgage; record; certificate of discharge or satisfaction § 76-254 Mortgage; record; certificate of discharge or satisfaction; how indexed § 76-256 Mortgage; assignment; recording not notice to mortgagor § 76-257 Deeds and other instruments; recording; duty of register of deeds to reference on instrument § 76-258 Deeds and other instruments; formal defects; recorded for more than ten years; validated § 76-259 Deeds and other instruments; formal defects; what constitutes § 76-260 Deeds and other instruments; recorded for more than ten years; effective as notice despite formal defects § 76-264 Deeds executed in another state; omission of private seal, validated § 76-266 Trust deeds executed prior to 1917; failure to name beneficiary and record; presumption of authority of trustee to convey § 76-267 Trust deeds executed prior to 1917; failure to record; presumption of authority of trustee to convey; filing of notice by beneficiary; effect § 76-268 Trust deeds executed after 1917; failure to name beneficiary and record; presumption of authority of trustee to convey; filing of notice by beneficiary § 76-269 Instrument recorded more than fifteen years without contest; validity § 76-269.01 Deed of conveyance executed by a personal representative; validity § 76-270 Grantee represented as corporation; conveyance more than ten years from recording; validity § 76-271 Affidavits to correct defects; recording; effect § 76-272 Affidavits to correct defects; validity § 76-274 Merger of lien with fee; when presumed § 76-275 Merger of lien with fee; subsequent conveyance; presumption; action to enforce lien, when barred § 76-275.01 Conveyance by married persons to themselves prior to August 24, 1941, as joint tenants; validity § 76-275.02 Conveyance by married persons to themselves prior to August 24, 1941, as joint tenants; limitation of action § 76-275.03 Vacation of street or alley for more than ten years; effect of conveyance of adjoining platted lots § 76-275.04 Recitals; intent § 76-275.05 Recitals; validity; requirements § 76-275.06 Plat of city or village lots; validity § 76-275.07 Cotenancy; when presumed § 76-276 Mortgages; mortgagor retains legal title, when; security interest in rents; effect § 76-277 Conveyances; claimsand improvements upon public lands; law applicable § 76-278 United States patents and certificates; where recorded § 76-279 Public lands; improvements; conveyances; effect § 76-280 Public lands; improvements; contracts to sell authorized § 76-281 Patent issued to deceased person; effect § 76-282 Public lands; entry by purchaser at sale by county court; rights under patent issued to original claimant § 76-283 Town lots; equitable owners; failure to demand deed within three years; effect § 76-284 Town lots; section, how construed § 76-285 Public lands; occupation as townsite; entry, when authorized § 76-286 Public lands; entry as townsite; deeds; to whom made § 76-287 Public lands; occupation as townsite; deeds validated § 76-288 Marketable record title; unbroken chain of title of record twenty-two years or longer; exceptions § 76-289 Unbroken chain of title; title transaction, defined § 76-290 Marketable record title; claim; limitation § 76-291 Claim; notice; who may file § 76-292 Claim; requisites; recorded § 76-293 Notices; recording § 76-294 Possession; proof by affidavit; recording § 76-295 Statutes of limitations; not extended; applicability of sections § 76-296 Notices; slander of title; damages § 76-297 Sections; how construed § 76-298 Sections; applicability § 76-299 Reverter or rights of entry for breach of condition subsequent; not alienable or devisable § 76-2,100 Reverter or rights of entry; termination of trust; succession § 76-2,101 Reverter or rights of entry; dissolution of corporation; ceases and determines § 76-2,102 Reverter or rights of entry; limitation § 76-2,103 Reverter or rights of entry; commencement of action for breach; limitation § 76-2,104 Reverter or rights of entry; other rights; sections; applicability § 76-2,105 Reverter or rights of entry; sections; severability § 76-2,106 Terms, defined § 76-2,107 Dual contracts; substituting one instrument for another; fraudulent instrument; unlawful § 76-2,108 Violations; penalty § 76-2,109 Joint tenancy; no severance of real estate; exception § 76-2,110 Instruments to subdivide real estate; defective; validation; procedure § 76-2,119 Notation on deed; required § 76-2,120 Written disclosure statement required, when; contents; delivery; liability; noncompliance; effect; State Real Estate Commission; rules and regulations § 76-2,121 Real estate closing agents; terms, defined § 76-2,122 Real estate closing agents; requirements; exemptions; enforcement; violation; penalty § 76-2,123 Real estate closing agents; regulating entities; rules and regulations § 76-2,124 Water resources update notice; Department of Natural Resources; powers and duties § 76-2,125 Master form instrument; use § 76-2,126 Certain conveyances; filingof death certificate and attached cover sheet with register of deeds § 76-2,127 Short title § 76-2,128 Definitions § 76-2,129 Scope; exclusions § 76-2,130 Right of servient estate owner to relocate easement § 76-2,131 Commencement of civil action § 76-2,132 Required findings; order § 76-2,133 Expenses of relocation § 76-2,134 Duty to act in good faith § 76-2,135 Relocation affidavit § 76-2,136 Limited effect of relocation § 76-2,137 Nonwaiver § 76-2,138 Uniformity of application and construction § 76-2,139 Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act § 76-2,140 Act; applicability § 76-301 Occupant or claimant; eviction by holder of better title; reimbursement for improvements and taxes paid § 76-302 Occupant or claimant, defined; taxes paid, how proved § 76-303 Appraisers; oath; compensation § 76-304 Appraisers; powers and duties § 76-305 Appraisers; report; objections; reappraisal § 76-306 Decree of eviction; judgment for amount due claimant § 76-307 Decree of eviction; rights of better title holder § 76-308 Writ of possession; issuance; when § 76-309 Election by better title holder to accept value of unimproved land; neglect or refusal to pay; effect § 76-310 Failure of better title holder to make election; right of occupant § 76-311 Demand for reimbursement, when allowed; scope of sections § 76-401 Escheats; when title vests in state § 76-402 Aliens and foreign corporations; real estate; ownership prohibited § 76-403 Widow or heirs of aliens; right to land § 76-404 Oil and gas leases permitted § 76-405 Land acquired by devise or descent; sale within five years required § 76-406 Corporations; board of directors; election of aliens; restrictions § 76-407 Corporations; violations; penalties § 76-408 Forfeiture of land; duty of county attorney to enforce; procedure; costs § 76-409 Forfeiture of land; sale at request of heirs; title of purchaser § 76-410 Owners of land in 1889; sale during lifetime required § 76-411 Liens upon real estate; acquisition of such real estate; duty to sell within ten years § 76-412 Sections; not applicable to real estate of railroads, public utilities, and common carriers § 76-413 Sections; not applicable to manufacturing or industrial establishments or establishments for storage, sale, and distribution of petroleum products § 76-414 Sections; not applicable to real estate within cities and villages or within three miles of cities and villages; not applicable to manufacturing or industrial establishments § 76-415 Sections; not applicable to real estate acquired by aliens before 1889 § 76-502 Abstracting; district or county judges ineligible § 76-504 Abstracting; counties over 5,000 population; county officers ineligible; exception § 76-505 Violations; penalty § 76-701 Terms, defined § 76-702 Condemner; enter upon land; inventory; furnish to condemnee § 76-703 Damages; ascertainment; procedure § 76-704 Petition of condemner § 76-704.01 Petition of condemner; contents § 76-705 Acquisition of property; damages; petition of condemnee § 76-706 Appointment of appraisers; qualifications; notice to condemnee § 76-707 Appraisers; disqualifications; vacancies; appointment § 76-708 Appraisers; oath § 76-709 Appraisers; duties § 76-710 Appraisers; assessment of damages; additional damages; copy of report to condemnee; failure to transmit; effect § 76-710.01 Damages; effect of reimbursement by federal government; severance damages; other considerations § 76-710.02 Land situated in irrigation district; damages payable to district § 76-710.03 Land devoted to agricultural purposes; acquisition to construct power transmission lines; route selected § 76-710.04 Economicdevelopment purpose; restriction on use of eminent domain § 76-711 Condemner; interest in property; deposit of awards; abandonment; appeal; interest; writ of assistance; removal of property; liability § 76-712 Condemnation award; certification; filing; state or federal-aid highways; failure to make deposit within sixty days; effect § 76-713 Condemnation award; recording; effect § 76-714 Condemnation; interest acquired; when effective § 76-715 Assessment of damages; appeal; procedure § 76-715.01 Assessment of damages; appeal notice; contents; filing § 76-716 Appeal; bond; conditions § 76-717 Appeal; transcript; fees; filing; delay in acquisition of property; deposit of award, effect § 76-718 Judgment on appeal; certified copy sent to county judge § 76-719 Appeal from district court; procedure; money on deposit; disposition § 76-719.01 Deposit of award; payment of amount to condemnee; remainder; how treated; waiver of appeal, effect; judgment against condemnee for overpayment; interest § 76-720 Appeal; fees and costs; payment § 76-720.01 Appeal; allowance of fees and costs; applicable to pending cases § 76-721 Joinder of causes of action on appeal § 76-723 Appraisers; fees; appeal; costs; mileage § 76-724 Property of minor, mentally incompetent person, married person whose spouse is under guardianship or conservatorship; authority of guardian or conservator § 76-725 State; lands necessary for state use; right of eminent domain; procedure § 76-726 Costs, expenses, fees; awarded; when § 76-824 Existing condominium property regimes; amendments to Condominium Property Act; effect § 76-824.01 Applicability of sections § 76-901 Tax on grantor; rate § 76-902 Tax; exemptions § 76-903 Design; collectionof tax; refund; procedure; disbursement § 76-904 Deeds; filing without stamps; prohibited; removal of stamps from deed; prohibited § 76-905 Register of deeds; recording deed with insufficient tax paid; penalty § 76-906 Rules and regulations § 76-907 Sections; operative date § 76-908 Documentarystamp tax; refund; procedure § 76-1101 Corporations; real and personal property; Secretary of State; filed with; effect § 76-1102 Corporations; personal property; Secretary of State; financing statement; filed with; effect § 76-1103 Secretary of State; duties; fee § 76-1104 Prior mortgages of corporation; validity § 76-1301 Declaration of purpose § 76-1302 Terms, defined § 76-1303 State Real Estate Commission; administer sections; advisory group § 76-1304 Application of sections; exceptions § 76-1305 Offering or disposition; requirements; right to cancel; escrow § 76-1306 Registration; record; contents; fee § 76-1307 Public-offering statement; contents § 76-1308 Statement of record; examination by agency § 76-1309 Effective date of registration; statement of record; suspension; when; hearing; when § 76-1310 Annual report; contents § 76-1311 Rules and regulations; investigations § 76-1312 Agency; powers § 76-1313 Developer or association; representatives on governing body; separate advisory committee; selection; powers § 76-1314 Agency order; appeal § 76-1315 Prohibited acts; violations; penalty; injunction; cease and desist order § 76-1507 Definitions, sections found § 76-1508 Agricultural land, defined § 76-1509 Farming, defined § 76-1510 Fiduciary capacity, defined § 76-1511 Trust, defined § 76-1512 Family trust, defined § 76-1513 Authorized trust, defined § 76-1514 Testamentary trust, defined § 76-1515 Agricultural land; restrictions on ownership; exceptions § 76-1516 Violations; penalty; injunction;Attorney General, county attorney, duties § 76-1520 Interest in real estate used for farming or ranching; reports required § 76-1521 Reports; form; contents; Secretaryof State; duties § 76-1523 Corporate trustee;fine; when § 76-1524 Secretary of State; Attorney General; powers § 76-2401 Legislative findings § 76-2402 Definitions, where found § 76-2403 Adverse material fact, defined § 76-2404 Affiliated licensee, defined § 76-2404.01 Asset management company, defined § 76-2405 Brokerage relationship, defined § 76-2406 Confidential information, defined § 76-2407 Client, defined § 76-2408 Commission, defined § 76-2409 Customer, defined § 76-2410 Designated broker, defined § 76-2411 Dual agent, defined § 76-2412 Licensee, defined § 76-2413 Limited agent, defined § 76-2414 Single agent, defined § 76-2415 Subagent, defined § 76-2416 Licensee; act as agent, when; agencyrelationships authorized; compensation, when § 76-2417 Seller’s agent or landlord’s agent;powers and duties; confidentiality; immunity; disclosures required § 76-2418 Buyer’s agent or tenant’s agent;powers and duties; confidentiality; immunity; disclosures required § 76-2419 Dual agent; powers and duties; confidentiality; immunity; imputation of knowledge or information § 76-2420 Designated broker; written policy; relationships § 76-2421 Licensee offering brokerage services;duties § 76-2422 Written agreements for brokerageservices; when required § 76-2422.01 Licensee; asset management companyclient; exempt from certain requirements § 76-2423 Representation; commencement andtermination; when § 76-2424 Compensation; payment § 76-2425 Violation; unfair trade practice;commission; powers § 76-2426 Misrepresentation; liability § 76-2427 Designated broker; appointment oflimited agent; effect § 76-2428 Affiliated licensees; powers and duties; immunity § 76-2429 Sections; supersede common law; extent;construction § 76-2430 Commission; rules and regulations § 76-2901 Manufactured home or mobile home; deemed real property § 76-3001 Terms, defined § 76-3002 Wind agreement; limit on term; termination, when § 76-3003 Wind agreement; compliance with other law § 76-3004 Interest in wind or solar resource; restrictionon severance from surface estate § 76-3601 Terms, defined § 76-3602 Registration; required, when; signature requirements; registration, contents; renewal; term § 76-3603 Fee; certificate of insurance § 76-3604 Required information; report changes § 76-3605 Violation; penalty § 76-3606 Rules and regulations Need help reviewing a real estate contract?Have it reviewed by a lawyer, get answers to your questions and move forward with confidence.Connect with a lawyer now Ask a question, get an answer ASAP!
