§ 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
§ 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
§ 76-1431.01 Tenant; victim of an act of domestic violence; release from rental agreement; conditions; effect
§ 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
§ 76-1442.01 Summons; alternative method of service; affidavit; contents
§ 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 Transactions entered into before effective date; effect
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Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes > Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act

  • Acquire: when used in connection with a grant of power or property right to any person shall include the purchase, grant, gift, devise, bequest, and obtaining by eminent domain. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Action shall: include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Administrator: means any certified employee such as superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal, assistant principal, school nurse, or other supervisory or administrative personnel who do not have as a primary duty the instruction of pupils in the public schools. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
  • 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.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attorney: shall mean attorney at law. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • 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.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • 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.
  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • 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.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Domestic: when applied to corporations shall mean all those created by authority of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • 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.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Month: shall mean calendar month. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • 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.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Permanent school fund: means the fund described in section 79-1035. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • 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.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • School: means a school under the jurisdiction of a school board authorized by Chapter 79. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
  • School board: means the governing body of any school district. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
  • School lands: means the lands described in section 79-1035. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
  • School year: means (a) for elementary grades other than kindergarten, the time equivalent to at least one thousand thirty-two instructional hours and (b) for high school grades, the time equivalent to at least one thousand eighty instructional hours. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Teach: means and includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities: (a) The organization and management of the classroom or the physical area in which the learning experiences of pupils take place. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
  • Teacher: means any certified employee who is regularly employed for the instruction of pupils in the public schools. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
  • Temporary school fund: means the fund described in section 79-1035. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: shall include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
  • Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801