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NE Code § 52-151 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-151 - Substitution of collateral; certificate; recording; contents.

52-151.  Substitution of collateral; certificate; recording; contents.(1) A person who has deposited money or a surety bond with the clerk of the district court in substitution of collateral as provided in section 52-142 may record a certificate of the clerk of the district court showing the deposit.(2) The certificate, which shall be signed by the clerk of the district court, shall state the amount deposited, if money, or, if a surety bond, the amount of the bond and the name and address of the surety company.(3) The certificate also shall state, on the basis of information supplied by the person making the deposit:(a) The real estate being improved with a description thereof sufficient for identification;(b) The name and address of the person in whose behalf the deposit was made;(c) If a surety bond is deposited, the name and address of a person on whom service of process may be made; and(d) The name of the claimants for whom the deposit is made, the amount of their claims, and the record location of their liens.Source  Laws 1981, LB 512, § 27.
NE Code § 52-152 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-152 - Demand to institute judicial proceedings; recording; claimant's statement; recording.

52-152.  Demand to institute judicial proceedings; recording; claimant's statement; recording.(1) A person giving a demand to institute judicial proceedings to enforce a lien, after giving the demand, may record a copy of the demand in the office in which the lien was recorded. The demand must refer by record location to the recorded lien under which it was given, and state the date demand was given to institute judicial proceedings and the names of the owner and the claimant.(2) A claimant who has received demand to institute judicial proceedings may record, in the office in which the lien was recorded, a statement that the total contract price is not yet due under the contract for which the lien was recorded. The statement must refer to the recorded lien by its record location and give the names of the owner and the claimant.Source  Laws 1981, LB 512, § 28.
NE Code § 52-153 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-153 - Owner's statement of apportionment of lien; recording; contents.

52-153.  Owner's statement of apportionment of lien; recording; contents.An owner who is entitled to apportion a lien among lots of a platted subdivision of record may record a statement making the apportionment. The statement must refer to the record location of the lien being apportioned, state the name of the owner and the claimant, state the date on which the demand to apportion was made on the claimant and that he or she has not apportioned, and make the apportionment.Source  Laws 1981, LB 512, § 29.
NE Code § 52-154 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-154 - Discharge of lien; partial release; procedure.

52-154.  Discharge of lien; partial release; procedure.(1) A lien provided by sections 52-125 to 52-159 may be discharged of record by:(a) Recording a signed statement of the record claimant stating that the lien is released;(b) Failing to record, within the time prescribed in the provisions on duration of lien under section 52-140, an affidavit that the total contract price is not yet due;(c) Recording the original or certified copy of a final judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction so providing; or(d) Recording, as provided in section 52-151, a certificate of the clerk of the district court showing the deposit of substitute collateral.(2) The lien claimant of record by partial release may reduce the amount of the lien claimed in the notice of lien or limit the notice of lien to a portion of the real estate described in the notice of commencement by recording an amendment to his or her lien showing the reduction in amount or limited portion of the real estate against which a lien is claimed.(3) A statement under subdivision (1)(a) of this section or a judgment under subdivision (1)(c) of this section must refer by record location to the notice of lien to which it applies.Source  Laws 1981, LB 512, § 30.
NE Code § 52-155 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-155 - Proceeding to enforce lien.

52-155.  Proceeding to enforce lien.(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the rules applicable to a civil action apply to a proceeding to foreclose liens under sections 52-125 to 52-159.(2) In a proceeding to foreclose a lien, all claimants having recorded liens may join as plaintiffs and those who do not join as plaintiffs may be joined as defendants. Any person who records a lien or acquires an interest in real estate after the commencement of the foreclosure proceeding may be made a defendant before judgment.(3) The court shall determine the amount due or owing to each claimant and direct foreclosure of the liens against the real estate. Foreclosure may be by any method available for foreclosure of security interests in real estate, or otherwise, as ordered by the court.Source  Laws 1981, LB 512, § 31. Annotations This section does not limit foreclosure on a construction lien to the mortgage foreclosure statutes, but instead provides that the court may utilize any method available for foreclosure, including but not limited to the mortgage foreclosure statutes. Tilt-Up Concrete, Inc. v. Star City/Federal, Inc., 261 Neb. 64, 621 N.W.2d 502 (2001).
NE Code § 52-156 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-156 - Recording of notice of termination before abandonment or completion; owner; liability.

52-156.  Recording of notice of termination before abandonment or completion; owner; liability.(1) If a contracting owner records a notice of termination before abandonment or substantial completion of all the improvements covered by the notice of commencement being terminated, he or she is personally liable to any lien claimant to the extent that the claimant is unable to realize on a lien because the notice of termination was recorded before abandonment or substantial completion.(2) A notice of termination is effective even though the owner, under subsection (1) of this section, may be personally liable to lien claimants by reason of his or her recording the notice of termination.Source  Laws 1981, LB 512, § 32.
NE Code § 52-157 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-157 - Remedies for wrongful conduct.

52-157.  Remedies for wrongful conduct.(1) If a person is wrongfully deprived of benefits to which he or she is entitled under sections 52-125 to 52-159 by conduct other than that described in section 52-156:(a) He or she is entitled to damages; and(b) The court may make orders restraining the owner or other person, or ordering them to proceed on appropriate terms and conditions.(2) If in bad faith a claimant records a lien, overstates the amount for which he or she is entitled to a lien, or refuses to execute a release of a lien, the court may:(a) Declare his or her lien void; and(b) Award damages to the owner or any other person injured thereby.(3) Damages awarded under this section may include the costs of correcting the record and reasonable attorney's fees.Source  Laws 1981, LB 512, § 33. Annotations  To act with bad faith, one must know his or her lien is invalid or overstated or act with reckless disregard as to such facts. Chicago Lumber Co. of Omaha v. Selvera, 282 Neb. 12, 809 N.W.2d 469 (2011). While this section states that damages awarded may include reasonable attorney fees, it does not mandate the award of such fees. Model Interiors v. 2566 Leavenworth, LLC, 19 Neb. App. 56, 809 N.W.2d 775 (2011).
NE Code § 52-159 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-159 - Substitution of terms; Revisor of Statutes; duties.

52-159.  Substitution of terms; Revisor of Statutes; duties.Whenever in the statutes of Nebraska, unless the context otherwise requires, the term mechanic's lien or words referring to such term occur they shall be taken to mean and apply to construction lien as used in sections 52-125 to 52-159. The Revisor of Statutes shall substitute the appropriate term or words in the statutes necessitated by this section.Source  Laws 1981, LB 512, § 35.
NE Code § 52-202 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-202 - Lien; perfection; financing statement; filing.

52-202.  Lien; perfection; financing statement; filing.Any person who makes, alters, repairs, or in any way enhances the value of any vehicle, automobile, machinery, or farm implement or tool or shoes any horse or mule, at the request of or with the consent of the owner or owners thereof, has a lien upon such property, in cases when he or she has parted with the possession of such property, for his or her reasonable or agreed charges for the work performed or material furnished. A lien created under this section shall be perfected as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code. Any financing statement filed to perfect such lien shall be filed within sixty days after performing such work or furnishing such material and shall contain or have attached thereto (1) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number of the person claiming the lien, (2) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number, if known, of the person for whom the work was performed or material furnished, (3) a description of the work performed or material furnished, (4) a description of the property upon which such work was performed or material furnished, and (5) the amount due for such work performed or material furnished. The failure to include the social security number or federal tax identification number shall not render any filing unperfected. At the time the lien is filed, the lienholder shall send a copy to the person for whom the work was performed or material furnished.Source   Laws 1913, c. 123, § 2, p. 310;   R.S.1913, § 3842;   C.S.1922, § 3226;   C.S.1929, § 52-202;   R.S.1943, § 52-202;   Laws 1988, LB 943, § 1;   Laws 1998, LB 1321, § 79;  Laws 2001, LB 54, § 1.  Annotations Under this section, an artisan's lien attaches if the necessary documents are filed within 60 days of the furnishing of an item of labor or material which is part of a simple contract or undertaking. Cool v. Sahling Trucks, Inc., 237 Neb. 541, 466 N.W.2d 796 (1991).
NE Code § 52-203 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-203 - Lien; effect; priority; limitation; enforcement; fee.

52-203.  Lien; effect; priority; limitation; enforcement; fee.A lien created under section 52-202 is in force from and after the date it is filed and is prior and paramount to all other liens upon such property except those previously filed against such property. Such lien shall be treated in all respects as an agricultural lien as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code, and may be enforced in the manner and form provided for the enforcement of secured transactions as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code, except that such enforcement proceedings shall be instituted within one year after the filing of such lien. The lien is subject to the rights of purchasers of the property against which the lien is filed when the purchasers acquired the property prior to the filing of the lien without knowledge or notice of the rights of the persons performing the work or furnishing material. The fee for filing, amending, or releasing such lien shall be the same as set forth in section 9-525, Uniform Commercial Code. Effective January 1, 2015, this section applies to a lien created under section 52-202 regardless of when the lien was created.Source   Laws 1913, c. 123, § 3, p. 311;   R.S.1913, § 3843;   C.S.1922, § 3227;   C.S.1929, § 52-203;   R.S.1943, § 52-203;   Laws 1969, c. 436, § 1, p. 1463;   Laws 1984, LB 808, § 1;   Laws 1998, LB 1321, § 80;  Laws 1999, LB 550, § 11;  Laws 2001, LB 54, § 2;  Laws 2014, LB750, § 2.
NE Code § 52-204 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-204 - Lien satisfied; financing statement; termination.

52-204.  Lien satisfied; financing statement; termination.When a lien created under section 52-202 is satisfied, any financing statement filed to perfect that lien shall be terminated in the manner and form provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code.Source   Laws 1988, LB 943, § 2;  Laws 1999, LB 550, § 12;  Laws 2001, LB 54, § 3;  Laws 2014, LB750, § 3.
NE Code § 52-301 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-301 - Lien; scope.

52-301.  Lien; scope.Upon all articles left or given to jewelers, silversmiths, or watch and clock repairers, for repairs, parts or work thereon, the jeweler, silversmith, watch or clock repairer, shall have a lien on such article for the cost of repairs, parts or work thereon and material put on or in such article.Source   Laws 1921, c. 175, § 1, p. 673;   C.S.1922, § 3230;   C.S.1929, § 52-301;   R.S.1943, § 52-301.
NE Code § 52-302 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-302 - Verified statement; filing.

52-302.  Verified statement; filing.When one year has elapsed after completion of repairs, work upon or material put on or in such article, if the indebtedness remains due, unpaid or owing, such jeweler, silversmith, watch or clock repairer may file with the county clerk of the county in which such jeweler, silversmith, watch or clock repairer resides, a list showing the name, the address if known, the article and the amount of the bill against the same, duly signed and sworn to before a person authorized to administer oaths.Source   Laws 1921, c. 175, § 2, p. 673;   C.S.1922, § 3231;   C.S.1929, § 52-302;   R.S.1943, § 52-302.
NE Code § 52-303 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-303 - Foreclosure; limitation; joinder of claims.

52-303.  Foreclosure; limitation; joinder of claims.If within thirty days after the filing of such lien with the county clerk as required by section 52-302, the owner fails to pay such charges, the lien shall be treated in all respects as a secured transaction as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code, and may be foreclosed in the manner and form provided for the foreclosure of secured transactions as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code, except that more than one article and charge may be filed in the same lien and foreclosed in the same proceeding, and a publication of a list of several articles and charges published together shall be deemed sufficient notice. Such foreclosure shall be instituted within one year after the filing of the lien.Source   Laws 1921, c. 175, § 3, p. 673;   C.S.1922, § 3232;   C.S.1929, § 52-303;   R.S.1943, § 52-303;   Laws 1969, c. 436, § 2, p. 1463;  Laws 1999, LB 550, § 13.
NE Code § 52-304 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-304 - Foreclosure; sale; proceeds; excess; disposition.

52-304.  Foreclosure; sale; proceeds; excess; disposition.If the property sold under foreclosure shall bring more than the charges and costs of foreclosure, the excess shall be paid to the county treasurer of the county in which the foreclosure is had, and a statement shall be made to the county treasurer of the amount of excess due to the owners of the articles sold, which sum may be procured by the owner by filing a claim with the county board in the usual manner.Source   Laws 1921, c. 175, § 4, p. 674;   C.S.1922, § 3233;   C.S.1929, § 52-304;   R.S.1943, § 52-304.
NE Code § 52-402 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-402 - Physician, defined.

52-402.  Physician, defined.The term physician shall include surgeon, and shall mean one legally authorized to practice his profession within the State of Nebraska and in good standing in his profession at the time.Source   Laws 1915, c. 210, § 3, p. 469;   C.S.1922, § 3236;   C.S.1929, § 52-402;   R.S.1943, § 52-402. Annotations Under established rules of statutory construction, chiropractors are excluded by omission as health care professionals entitled to file a physician lien. Nelsen v. Grzywa, 9 Neb. App. 702, 618 N.W.2d 472 (2000).
NE Code § 52-502 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-502 - Lien; effect; not assignable; landlord's share exempt.

52-502.  Lien; effect; not assignable; landlord's share exempt.A lien created under section 52-501 shall not attach to such grain, seed, or corn in the hands of an innocent purchaser or dealer in the usual course of trade unless all the notices provided for in such section shall have been given. In the event the threshing, combining, hulling, picking, husking, or shelling was done on rented or leased land, the lien shall not apply to the landlord's or lessor's share of the grain, seed, or corn. The lien shall not be assignable.Source   Laws 1923, c. 117, § 2, p. 279;   C.S.1929, § 52-502;   Laws 1939, c. 63, § 2, p. 267;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 52-502;   R.S.1943, § 52-502;   Laws 1945, c. 126, § 2, p. 408;  Laws 2001, LB 54, § 5.
NE Code § 52-504 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-504 - Lien satisfied; financing statement; termination.

52-504.  Lien satisfied; financing statement; termination.When a lien created under section 52-501 is satisfied, any financing statement filed to perfect that lien shall be terminated in the manner and form provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code.Source   Laws 1985, LB 606, § 11;   Laws 1988, LB 943, § 4;  Laws 1999, LB 550, § 15;  Laws 2001, LB 54, § 6;  Laws 2014, LB750, § 5.
NE Code § 52-601.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-601.01 - Services performed upon personal property; disposition of property; when; notice.

52-601.01.  Services performed upon personal property; disposition of property; when; notice.A person who shall perform work or labor, or exert care or diligence, or who shall advance money or material upon personal property under a contract, expressed or implied, and who holds such property for a period of ninety days, may dispose of the property by sale or other manner. Such disposition shall not occur until thirty days after the mailing of a written notice of the intended disposition by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last-known address of the owner of the personal property to be disposed of, and to any lien or security interest holder of record.Source   Laws 1974, LB 960, § 4;   Laws 1994, LB 1061, § 1.
NE Code § 52-603 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-603 - Lien; how satisfied; sale.

52-603.  Lien; how satisfied; sale.In accordance with the terms of the notice given as provided by section 52-601.01, a sale of the goods for reasonable value may be had to satisfy any valid claim of the claimant for which the claimant has a lien on the goods. Such sale shall extinguish any lien or security interest in the goods of a lienholder or security interest holder to which notice of sale was mailed pursuant to section 52-601.01.Source   Laws 1923, c. 118, § 3, p. 281;   C.S.1929, § 52-603;   R.S.1943, § 52-603;   Laws 1974, LB 960, § 2;  Laws 2014, LB851, § 2.
NE Code § 52-604 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-604 - Sale; proceeds; distribution.

52-604.  Sale; proceeds; distribution.From the proceeds of such sale the claimant shall make application in the following order: (1) To satisfy his or her lien, including the reasonable charges of notice, advertisement, and sale; and (2) to satisfy the obligations secured by the lien or security interest of any lienholder or security interest holder of record. The balance, if any, of such proceeds shall be delivered to the county treasurer of the county in which the sale was made. The treasurer of the county in which the property was sold shall issue his or her receipt for the balance of such proceeds. The county treasurer shall make proper entry in the books of his or her office of all such proceeds paid over to him or her, and shall hold the money for a period of five years, and immediately thereafter pay the same into the school fund of the proper county, to be appropriated for the support of the schools, unless the owner of the property sold, his or her legal representatives, or any lienholder or security interest holder of record whose lien or security interest has not previously been satisfied shall, within such period of five years after such proceeds have been deposited with the treasurer, furnish satisfactory evidence of the ownership of such property or satisfactory evidence of the lien or security interest, in which event he, she, or they shall be entitled to receive from the county treasurer the amount so deposited with him or her.Source   Laws 1923, c. 118, § 4, p. 281;   C.S.1929, § 52-604;   R.S.1943, § 52-604;   Laws 1974, LB 960, § 3;  Laws 2005, LB 82, § 1;  Laws 2014, LB851, § 3.
NE Code § 52-605 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-605 - Redemption.

52-605.  Redemption.At any time before the goods are so sold, any person claiming a right of property or possession therein may pay the claimant the amount necessary to satisfy his lien, and pay the reasonable expenses and liabilities incurred in serving notices of advertising and preparing for sale up to the time of such payment. The claimant shall deliver the goods to the person making such payment if he is a person entitled to the possession of the goods on the payment of charges thereon.Source   Laws 1923, c. 118, § 5, p. 282;   C.S.1929, § 52-605;   R.S.1943, § 52-605.
NE Code § 52-701 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 52 - Liens|52-701 - Lien; perfection; financing statement; filing; enforcement; fee.

52-701.  Lien; perfection; financing statement; filing; enforcement; fee.Whenever any person procures, contracts with, or hires any person licensed to practice veterinary medicine and surgery to treat, relieve, or in any way take care of any kind of livestock, such veterinarian shall have a first, paramount, and prior lien upon such livestock so treated for the contract price agreed upon or, in case no price has been agreed upon, for the reasonable value of the services and any medicines or biologics furnished. A lien created under this section shall be treated in all respects as an agricultural lien as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code, and may be enforced in the manner and form provided for the enforcement of secured transactions as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code. A lien created under this section shall be perfected as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code. Any financing statement filed to perfect such lien shall be filed within ninety days after the furnishing of the services and any medicines or biologics and shall contain or have attached thereto (1) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number of the veterinarian claiming the lien, (2) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number, if known, of the person to whom the services and medicines or biologics were furnished, (3) a correct description of the livestock to be charged with the lien, and (4) the amount of the services and any medicines or biologics furnished. The failure to include the social security number or federal tax identification number shall not render any filing unperfected. At the time the lien is filed, the lienholder shall send a copy to the person to whom the services and medicines or biologics were furnished. The fee for filing, amending, or releasing such lien shall be the same as set forth in section 9-525, Uniform Commercial Code. Effective January 1, 2015, this section applies to a lien created under this section regardless of when the lien was created.Source   Laws 1935, c. 117, § 1, p. 432;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 52-701;   R.S.1943, § 52-701;   Laws 1969, c. 436, § 4, p. 1465;   Laws 1984, LB 808, § 3;   Laws 1988, LB 943, § 5;   Laws 1998, LB 1321, § 82;  Laws 1999, LB 550, § 16;  Laws 2001, LB 54, § 7;  Laws 2014, LB750, § 6.