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Renting and the landlord, and when the police may come inside.
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Renting
- Getting The Deposit BackNeb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1416 — one month's rent at most, and the balance with an itemization within fourteen days
- When The Landlord Will Not Fix ItNeb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1419 and Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1425 — a fit and habitable place, and written notice with fourteen days to remedy
- Being EvictedNeb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1431 and Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1446 — seven days to pay after written notice, and a trial ten to fourteen days after the summons
- Notice To End A TenancyNeb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1437 — seven days for a week-to-week tenancy, thirty days before the rental date for month-to-month
- When The Landlord Can Come InNeb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1423 — twenty-four hours' written notice, at reasonable times, and at once only in an emergency
- Retaliatory EvictionNeb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1439 — no rent increase, cut in service or eviction for a code complaint or a tenants' union
- Locked Out By The LandlordNeb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1430 — possession back or the lease ended, and three months' rent as liquidated damages
- What A Lease Cannot SayNeb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1415 — no waiver of the act, no confession of judgment, no attorney's fee clause
- Renting The Lot, Owning The HomeNeb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1490 — sixty days' notice of a rent increase, a sale at the owner's price, and no retaliation
The police at the door
- TrespassNeb. Rev. Stat. § 28-520 and Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-521 — a building without license, or posted or fenced land after noticealso here
- Reading A Search WarrantNeb. Rev. Stat. § 29-815 and Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-411 — ten days to execute it, a copy and a receipt, and notice before forcing a dooralso here
- When Police Are Called To A HouseNeb. Rev. Stat. § 29-404.02 and Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-439 — an arrest without a warrant for household violence, and the predominant aggressoralso here
Family, children and school
- Grandparents And VisitationNeb. Rev. Stat. § 43-1802 — a death, a divorce or unmarried parents, and clear and convincing evidence of a beneficial relationship
- What Parents Answer ForNeb. Rev. Stat. § 43-801 — property a child willfully destroys, and medical bills up to one thousand dollars for an injury
- Who The Father Is On PaperNeb. Rev. Stat. § 43-1409 — a notarized acknowledgment, sixty days to rescind, then a legal finding
- Turning NineteenNeb. Rev. Stat. § 43-2101 — minors are those under nineteen, though at eighteen a person may sign a lease or contract
- A Protection OrderNeb. Rev. Stat. § 26-103 — a domestic abuse protection order, granted ex parte in danger, with no filing feealso here
- Getting DivorcedNeb. Rev. Stat. § 42-349 — one year of residence, an irretrievably broken marriage, and sixty days after servicealso here
- Reporting Child AbuseNeb. Rev. Stat. § 28-711 — every person who has reasonable cause reports, with immunity for a report made in good faithalso here
- School AttendanceNeb. Rev. Stat. § 79-201 — every child from six to eighteen, unless withdrawn at sixteen with an exit interviewalso here
Debt, buying and money
Owning a home, land and animals
- The Break On Your Tax BillNeb. Rev. Stat. § 77-3507 — a homestead exemption for owners sixty-five and older by household income, filed after February 1 and by June 30
- When The Taxes Go UnpaidNeb. Rev. Stat. § 77-1824 — redemption until the buyer applies for a tax deed, and three months' notice before that
- When The House Is ForeclosedNeb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1012 — a month to cure after the notice of default, and five weeks of published notice before a trustee's sale
- The Form That Comes With The HouseNeb. Rev. Stat. § 76-2,120 — a written statement of the home's condition from the seller, before the buyer is bound
- The Fence Between NeighborsNeb. Rev. Stat. § 34-102 — each neighbor builds and keeps up a just proportion of the division fence
- A Lien On Your HouseNeb. Rev. Stat. § 52-137 and Neb. Rev. Stat. § 52-140 — recorded within one hundred twenty days, and enforceable for two yearsalso here
- When A Dog BitesNeb. Rev. Stat. § 54-601 — the owner is liable for a bite, except to a trespasseralso here
Health, aging and estates
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- No Heat Or WaterNeb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1427 — written notice, then buying it and deducting, damages, or substitute housing
- The No Contact PeriodNeb. Rev. Stat. § 26-202 — after an arrest for domestic or sexual assault, no contact until the third day endsalso here
- Domestic AssaultNeb. Rev. Stat. § 28-323 — first, second and third degree against an intimate partner, and a felony on the second convictionalso here
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