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Turning Nineteen

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-2101 — minors are those under nineteen, though at eighteen a person may sign a lease or contract

Nineteen. All persons under nineteen are minors, though a person who marries younger stops being one.

  • Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-2101
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  • Enter a binding contract or lease, and be legally responsible for it.
  • Sign a promissory note, mortgage or security agreement.
  • Buy or sell real estate.
  • Consent to mental health services.
  • Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-2101

Those are among what a person eighteen or older may do before nineteen, apart from wards of the state. Other ages are set elsewhere, such as twenty-one for alcohol.

  • Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-2101
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  1. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-2101 — Persons under nineteen years of age declared minors; marriage, effect; person eighteen years of age or older; rights and responsibility

Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Nebraska attorney.

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