Nebraska Statutes 76-1456. Jurisdiction and service of process
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The district or county court of this state may exercise jurisdiction over any landlord or tenant with respect to any conduct in this state governed by the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Act or with respect to any claim arising from a transaction subject to the act for a dwelling unit located within its jurisdictional boundaries. Service outside this state may be made in the manner provided in section 25-540.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 76-1456
- Dwelling unit: shall mean a mobile home or the part of a mobile home that is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place by one person who maintains a household or by two or more persons who maintain a common household but shall not include any real property used to accommodate a mobile home. See Nebraska Statutes 76-1459
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Landlord: shall mean the mobile home park owner and any agent authorized to act on the owner's behalf in matters relating to tenancy in the park and shall include the manager of a mobile home park who fails to disclose as required by sections 76-1479 to 76-1482. See Nebraska Statutes 76-1462
- Mobile home: shall mean a movable or portable dwelling constructed to be towed on its own chassis, connected to utilities, and designed with or without a permanent foundation for year-round living. See Nebraska Statutes 76-1463
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Tenant: shall mean an owner of a mobile home who leases or rents space in a mobile home park, but shall not include a person who rents or leases a mobile home. See Nebraska Statutes 76-1471