§ 52-125 Act, how cited
§ 52-126 Sections, purpose
§ 52-127 Terms, defined
§ 52-128 Contracting owner; presumption of agency
§ 52-129 Protected party, residential real estate, defined
§ 52-130 Real estate improvement contract, defined
§ 52-131 Construction lien; existence; amount; priority; enforcement
§ 52-132 Public property; exempt from lien
§ 52-133 Real estate subject to construction lien
§ 52-134 Lien for materials; conditions; limitations
§ 52-135 Notice of right to assert lien; contents; optional notice to contracting owner; notice, when effective; applicability of section
§ 52-136 Amount of lien
§ 52-137 Attachment and enforcement of lien; recording required; time limitation; attachment, when
§ 52-138 Priority among lien claimants
§ 52-139 Priority of construction liens as against claims other than construction lien claims
§ 52-140 Duration of lien; demand to institute judicial proceedings; continuation of lien during pendency of proceeding
§ 52-141 Surety bond; notice recorded; no lien attaches to real estate; bond, requirements; copy to claimant; action against surety
§ 52-142 Substitution of collateral; release of lien; procedure
§ 52-143 Obligation of claimant to furnish information to other lien claimant; damages; applicability of section
§ 52-144 Waiver of construction lien rights; what constitutes; validity; effect
§ 52-145 Notice of commencement; by whom filed; contents; recording; duration; extension
§ 52-146 Termination of notice of commencement; procedure
§ 52-147 Lien recording; contents
§ 52-148 Amendment of recorded lien
§ 52-149 Assignment of lien rights; recording; effect
§ 52-150 Notice of surety bond; recording; contents
§ 52-151 Substitution of collateral; certificate; recording; contents
§ 52-152 Demand to institute judicial proceedings; recording; claimant’s statement; recording
§ 52-153 Owner’s statement of apportionment of lien; recording; contents
§ 52-154 Discharge of lien; partial release; procedure
§ 52-155 Proceeding to enforce lien
§ 52-156 Recording of notice of termination before abandonment or completion; owner; liability
§ 52-157 Remedies for wrongful conduct
§ 52-159 Substitution of terms; Revisor of Statutes; duties
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Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes > Nebraska Construction Lien Act

  • Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Attorney: shall mean attorney at law. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Domestic: when applied to corporations shall mean all those created by authority of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Grantee: shall include every person to whom any estate or interest passes in or by any conveyance. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • 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.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Person shall: include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Process: shall mean a summons, subpoena, or notice to appear issued out of a court in the course of judicial proceedings. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • 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
  • United States: shall include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801