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Pick the situation that is yours and put in each date once, on the stage it belongs to. The page shows the stage you are at and the period the statutes set after it, with whose period it is and the section it comes from. It says what the law sets, never what to do about it.

All of it runs in this browser. The dates are the same ones Your clock and your case file hold, and nothing you type is sent anywhere. What this site records.

Which situation is yours

Seven calendar days to pay after the written notice, a summons served within three days, the trial ten to fourteen days out, and the writ after.

An eviction for unpaid rent. 4 stages, from Paying after a notice of nonpayment.

  1. Stage 1 · What the statutes set next

    Paying after a notice of nonpayment

    Period
    7 calendar days
    From
    The landlord's written notice of nonpayment and intent to end the agreement
    Whose
    The tenant

    A tenant who does not pay within seven calendar days may have the rental agreement ended by the landlord.

    The whole of it: Being Evicted →Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1431

  2. Stage 2 · Later in the statutes

    Serving the eviction summons

    Period
    3 days
    From
    The summons issuing in an action for possession
    Whose
    The landlord's process server

    The summons is served within three days from issuance, not counting nonjudicial days.

    The whole of it: Being Evicted →Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1442

  3. Stage 3 · Later in the statutes

    The earliest eviction trial

    The date of: The summons issuing in an action for possessionThe same date as stage 2, so it is counted from there once that date is in.

    Period
    At least 10 days
    From
    The summons issuing in an action for possession
    Whose
    The court

    The trial is held not less than ten nor more than fourteen days after the summons issues, before the court without a jury.

    The whole of it: Being Evicted →Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1446

  4. Stage 4 · Later in the statutes

    Possession under a writ of restitution

    Period
    10 days
    From
    The writ of restitution issuing
    Whose
    The court

    Possession is restored to the landlord on a date not more than ten days after the writ issues.

    The whole of it: Being Evicted →Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1446

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What the law asks of each side between them, a step at a time: The Notice On The Door

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