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2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1477 - Prohibited provisions in oral rental agreements.

76-1477.
Prohibited provisions in oral rental agreements.
(1) Unless otherwise agreed in writing between the landlord and tenant, an oral rental agreement may not provide that the tenant or landlord:
(a) Agrees to waive or to forego rights or remedies under the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Act;
(b) Agrees to pay the other party's attorney's fees;
(c) Agrees to the exculpation or limitation of any liability of the other party arising under law or to indemnify the other party for that liability or the related costs; or
(d) Agrees to a designated agent for the sale of the tenant's mobile home.
(2) A provision prohibited by subsection (1) of this section included in a rental agreement shall be unenforceable. If a landlord or tenant knowingly uses a rental agreement containing provisions known to be prohibited, the other party may recover actual damages sustained, reasonable attorney's fees, and court costs.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 28.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1478 - Receipt of rent free of obligation; prohibited.

76-1478.
Receipt of rent free of obligation; prohibited.
A rental agreement, assignment, conveyance, trust deed, or security instrument may not permit the receipt of rent free of the obligation to comply with section 76-1492.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 29.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1479 - Disclosure.

76-1479.
Disclosure.
A landlord may offer a tenant the opportunity to sign a written rental agreement for a mobile home space. The landlord or any person authorized to enter into a rental agreement on his or her behalf shall disclose to the tenant in writing at or before entering into the rental agreement the name and address of:
(1) The person authorized to manage the mobile home park; and
(2) The owner of the mobile home park or a person authorized to act for and on behalf of the owner for the purpose of service of process and for the purpose of receiving and receipting for notices and demands.
The information required to be furnished by this section shall be kept current and refurnished to the tenant at the tenant's request. Upon termination of a landlord's interest in a mobile home park, the provisions of this section relating to disclosure and any written rental agreements in effect at the time of the termination shall extend to and be enforceable against any successor landlord, owner, or manager.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 30.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1480 - Failure to disclose; effect.

76-1480.
Failure to disclose; effect.
A person who fails to disclose as required by section 76-1479 shall be deemed an agent of the landlord for the purpose of:
(1) Service of process and receiving and receipting for notices and demands; and
(2) Performing the obligations of the landlord under the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Act and rental agreement.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 31.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1481 - Written rental agreement; delivery.

76-1481.
Written rental agreement; delivery.
If there is a written rental agreement, the landlord shall tender and deliver a signed copy of the rental agreement to the tenant and the tenant shall sign and deliver to the landlord one fully executed copy of the rental agreement. Failure to comply with this section shall be deemed a material noncompliance with the rental agreement by the landlord or the tenant, as the case may be.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 32.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1482 - Explanation of utility charges and services; required; when.

76-1482.
Explanation of utility charges and services; required; when.
The landlord or any person authorized to enter into a rental agreement on the landlord's behalf shall provide a written explanation of utility rates, charges, and services to the prospective tenant before the rental agreement is signed unless the utility charges are to be paid by the tenant directly to the utility company.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 33.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1484 - Rental deposit; how handled.

76-1484.
Rental deposit; how handled.
All rental deposits shall be held by the landlord for the tenant. Rental deposits may be held in a trust account, which may be a common trust account and which may be an interest-bearing account. Any interest earned on a rental deposit shall be the property of the landlord.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 35.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1485 - Rental deposit; return; withholdings; considered abandoned property; when.

76-1485.
Rental deposit; return; withholdings; considered abandoned property; when.
(1) A landlord shall, within fourteen days from the date of termination of the tenancy, return the rental deposit to the tenant or furnish to the tenant a written statement showing the specific reason for withholding all or any portion of the rental deposit. If no mailing address or delivery instructions are provided by the tenant to the landlord, the landlord shall mail, by first-class mail, the balance of the rental deposit to be returned, if any, and the written statement regarding any amounts withheld to the tenant's last-known mailing address. If the mailing is returned as undeliverable, or if the returned balance of the rental deposit remains outstanding for one year, it shall be considered abandoned property to be reported to the State Treasurer in accordance with the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. The landlord may withhold from the rental deposit only such amounts as are reasonable:
(a) To remedy a tenant's default in the payment of rent or of other funds due to the landlord pursuant to the rental agreement; and
(b) To restore the mobile home space to its condition at the commencement of the tenancy, ordinary wear and tear excepted.
(2) In an action concerning the rental deposit, the burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, the reason for withholding all or any portion of the rental deposit shall be on the landlord.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 36;
Laws 2021, LB320, § 10.
Cross References
Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, see section 69-1329.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1486 - Rental deposit; failure to provide written statement; effect.

76-1486.
Rental deposit; failure to provide written statement; effect.
A landlord who fails to provide a written statement as required by section 76-1485 shall forfeit all rights to withhold any portion of the rental deposit.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 37;
Laws 2021, LB320, § 11.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1487 - Termination of landlord's interest in park; deposit; how treated.

76-1487.
Termination of landlord's interest in park; deposit; how treated.
Upon termination of a landlord's interest in a mobile home park, the landlord or his or her agent shall, within a reasonable time, (1) transfer the rental deposit, or any remainder after any lawful deductions, to the landlord's successor in interest and notify the tenant in writing of the transfer and of the transferee's name and address or (2) return the deposit, or any remainder after any lawful deductions, to the tenant. The notice shall state the amount of rental deposit being transferred or assumed and shall be given by mail or personal service.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 38.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1488 - Landlord's successor in interest; rights and obligations.

76-1488.
Landlord's successor in interest; rights and obligations.
Upon the termination of a landlord's interest in a mobile home park and compliance with section 76-1487, the landlord shall be relieved of any further liability with respect to the rental deposit. The landlord's successor in interest shall have all the rights and obligations of the landlord with respect to the rental deposits, except that if the tenant does not object to the amount stated in the notice required by subdivision (1) of section 76-1487 within twenty days after receipt of the notice, the obligations of the landlord's successor to return the deposit shall be limited to the amount contained in the notice.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 39.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1489 - Rental deposit; unlawful retention; damages.

76-1489.
Rental deposit; unlawful retention; damages.
If a landlord retains all or any portion of a rental deposit in violation of sections 76-1483 to 76-1488, the tenant may recover the amount of the rental deposit due to the tenant, court costs, and reasonable attorney's fees. In addition, if the landlord's retention of the rental deposit or any portion thereof is willful and not in good faith, the tenant may recover an amount equal to one month's periodic rent or two times the amount of the rental deposit, whichever is less, as liquidated damages.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 40;
Laws 2021, LB320, § 12.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1491 - Landlord deliver possession of mobile home space.

76-1491.
Landlord deliver possession of mobile home space.
At the commencement of the term of tenancy, the landlord shall deliver possession of the mobile home space to the tenant in compliance with the rental agreement and section 76-1492. The landlord may bring an action for possession against any person wrongfully in possession and may recover the damages provided in section 76-14,105.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 42.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1492 - Landlord; duties; powers.

76-1492.
Landlord; duties; powers.
(1) A landlord shall:
(a) Make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the mobile home park in a fit and habitable condition;
(b) Keep all common areas of the mobile home park in a clean and safe condition;
(c) Maintain in good and safe working order and condition all facilities supplied or required to be supplied by the landlord;
(d) Provide for the removal of garbage, rubbish, and other waste from the mobile home park; and
(e) Furnish outlets for provided utilities.
(2) A landlord shall not impose any condition connected with the rental or occupancy of a mobile home space which requires the tenant's exclusive use of a seller of fuel, furnishings, goods, services, or mobile homes unless such condition is necessary to protect the health, safety, aesthetic value, or welfare of mobile home tenants in the park. A landlord may impose reasonable requirements designed to standardize methods of utility connection and hookup. If any such conditions are imposed which result in charges for the goods or services, the charges shall not exceed the actual cost incurred in providing the tenant with the goods or services.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 43.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1493 - Tenant; duties.

76-1493.
Tenant; duties.
A tenant shall maintain his or her mobile home space in as good a condition as when the tenant took possession and shall:
(1) Comply with all obligations primarily imposed upon tenants by applicable provisions of city, county, and state housing codes materially affecting health and safety;
(2) Keep the mobile home space that the tenant occupies and uses reasonably clean and safe;
(3) Dispose from the tenant's mobile home space all rubbish, garbage, and other waste in a clean and safe manner;
(4) Not deliberately or negligently destroy, deface, damage, impair, or remove any part of the mobile home park or knowingly permit any guest or invitee to do so; and
(5) Conduct himself or herself and require any guests or invitees to conduct themselves in a manner that will not disturb the tenant's neighbors' peaceful enjoyment of the mobile home park.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 44.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1494 - Landlord; rules and regulations.

76-1494.
Landlord; rules and regulations.
A landlord may adopt rules or regulations, however described, concerning the tenant's use and occupancy of the mobile home park. The rules and regulations shall be enforceable against the tenant only if they are written and if:
(1) Their purpose is to promote the convenience, safety, or welfare of the tenants in the mobile home park, preserve the landlord's property from abuse, make a fair distribution of services and facilities held out for the tenants generally, or facilitate reasonable mobile home park management;
(2) They are reasonably related to the purpose for which adopted;
(3) They apply to all tenants in the mobile home park in a fair manner;
(4) They are sufficiently explicit in prohibition, direction, or limitation of the tenant's conduct to fairly inform him or her of what must or must not be done to comply;
(5) They are not for the purpose of evading the obligations of the landlord; and
(6) The prospective tenant is given a copy of any existing rules and regulations before entering into the rental agreement.
Notice of all additions, changes, deletions, or amendments to the rules and regulations shall be given to all mobile home tenants sixty days before they become effective. The landlord may change, add, delete, or amend the rules and regulations without sixty days' notice only with the written consent of at least one adult resident from a minimum of sixty percent of the households in the mobile home park. Adult resident shall mean a resident who has achieved the age of majority as defined in section 43-2101. Any rule or condition of occupancy which does not conform to the requirements of the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Act shall be unenforceable. A rule or regulation adopted after the tenant enters into the rental agreement shall be enforceable against the tenant only if it does not conflict with or contradict the tenant's rental agreement. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a landlord from adopting rules and regulations applicable to new tenants only and not to persons who are tenants prior to the effective date of the rules and regulations.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 45;
Laws 1988, LB 790, § 32.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1495 - Landlord; prohibited acts.

76-1495.
Landlord; prohibited acts.
A landlord may not:
(1) Deny rental on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin;
(2) Require any person, as a precondition to renting, leasing, or otherwise occupying or removing from a mobile home space in a mobile home park, to pay an entrance or exit fee of any kind unless for services actually rendered or pursuant to a written agreement. A landlord may restrict the movement of mobile homes to reasonable hours and may require that all work in connection with the removal or installation of a mobile home, including, but not limited to, the hookup or disconnection of utilities, be done in a good and workmanlike manner;
(3) Deny any resident of a mobile home park the right to sell that person's mobile home at a price of his or her own choosing. The tenant shall, prior to selling the mobile home, give notice to the landlord, including, but not limited to, the name of the prospective purchaser. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the landlord may reserve the right to approve or disapprove the prospective purchaser of the mobile home as a tenant within ten days after receiving notice of the intended sale. Any disapproval shall be in writing and shall be delivered to such tenant pursuant to section 76-1474. The landlord shall not unreasonably refuse or restrict the sale by a tenant of a mobile home located in his or her mobile home park, but the landlord may consider the size, ages, and composition of the prospective purchaser's family in determining if the mobile home purchaser may leave the home in the park. The landlord may also, in order to upgrade the quality of the mobile home park, prescribe reasonable requirements governing the age, physical appearance, size, or quality of the mobile home. In the event of a sale to a third party or mutual termination of the rental agreement, the landlord may within ten days after receiving written notice of the pending sale or mutual termination require that any mobile home that is no longer appropriate for the mobile home park or that is in disrepair be repaired to the landlord's satisfaction or removed from the park within sixty days. The landlord shall specify in writing the reasons for disapproval of the mobile home;
(4) Exact a commission or fee with respect to the price realized by the tenant selling the mobile home, unless the park owner or operator has acted as agent for the mobile home owner pursuant to a written agreement; or
(5) Require a tenant to furnish permanent improvements which cannot be removed by the tenant without damage to the mobile home or mobile home space at the expiration of the rental agreement.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 46.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1496 - Landlord; access.

76-1496.
Landlord; access.
(1) A landlord shall not have the right of access to a mobile home owned by a tenant unless such access is necessary to prevent substantial damage to the mobile home space or is in response to an emergency situation.
(2) A landlord may at reasonable times enter onto a mobile home space in order to inspect the mobile home space, make necessary or agreed repairs or improvements, supply necessary or agreed services, or exhibit the mobile home space to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workers, or contractors.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 47.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1497 - Tenant; authority to rent to another.

76-1497.
Tenant; authority to rent to another.
A tenant may rent the mobile home to another only upon written agreement with the mobile home park management. The landlord may require a guarantee from the tenant for the sublessee's mobile home space rent.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 48.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1498 - Noncompliance by landlord; tenant's rights.

76-1498.
Noncompliance by landlord; tenant's rights.
(1) If there is a material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or a noncompliance with section 76-1492 materially affecting health and safety, the tenant may deliver a written notice to the landlord specifying the acts and omissions constituting the breach and that the rental agreement will terminate upon a date not less than thirty days after receipt of the notice if the breach is not remedied or if reasonable steps to remedy the breach have not been taken in fourteen days. The rental agreement shall terminate and the mobile home space shall be vacated as provided in the notice subject to the following:
(a) If the breach is remediable by repairs or the payment of damages or otherwise and the landlord adequately remedies the breach or takes reasonable steps to remedy it prior to the date specified in the notice, the rental agreement will not terminate; and
(b) The tenant may not terminate for a condition caused by the deliberate or negligent act or omission of the tenant, a member of the tenant's family, or other person in the mobile home park with the tenant's consent.
(2) A tenant may recover damages and obtain injunctive relief for any material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or section 76-1492.
(3) The remedy provided in subsection (2) of this section shall be in addition to any right of the tenant arising under subsection (1) of this section.
(4) If the rental agreement is terminated, the landlord shall return any prepaid rent and any rental deposit, less any allowable deductions, recoverable by the tenant under section 76-1485.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 49.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1499 - Landlord; failure to deliver possession; remedies.

76-1499.
Landlord; failure to deliver possession; remedies.
If a landlord fails to deliver physical possession of the mobile home space to the tenant as provided in section 76-1491, rent shall abate until possession is delivered and the tenant may:
(1) Upon written notice to the landlord, terminate the rental agreement and upon termination the landlord shall return all deposits; or
(2) Demand performance of the rental agreement by the landlord and, if the tenant elects, maintain an action for possession of the mobile home space against the landlord and recover the damages sustained by the tenant. If the failure by the landlord to deliver possession of the mobile home space is willful, the tenant may recover reasonable attorney's fees and court costs.
If the landlord delivers physical possession to the tenant but fails to comply with section 76-1492 at the time of delivery, rent shall not abate. The tenant may also proceed with the remedies provided in section 76-1498.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 50.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-14,100 - Landlord; removal or exclusion of tenant; failure to supply services; tenant; remedies.

76-14,100.
Landlord; removal or exclusion of tenant; failure to supply services; tenant; remedies.
If a landlord unlawfully removes or excludes a tenant from a mobile home park or willfully diminishes services to a tenant by interrupting or causing the interruption of electric, gas, water, or other essential service to the tenant, the tenant may recover possession, require the restoration of essential services, or terminate the rental agreement and, in any case, recover an amount not to exceed one and one-half months' periodic rent as liquidated damages and reasonable attorney's fees. If the rental agreement is terminated, the landlord shall return any prepaid rent and any rental deposit recoverable by the tenant under section 76-1485.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 51.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-14,101 - Noncompliance by tenant; landlord's rights.

76-14,101.
Noncompliance by tenant; landlord's rights.
(1) If there is a noncompliance with section 76-1493 materially affecting health and safety or a material noncompliance by the tenant with the rental agreement, the landlord may deliver a written notice to the tenant specifying the acts and omissions constituting the breach and that the rental agreement will terminate upon a date not less than thirty days after receipt of the notice. Only in the event the breach is remediable by repairs or the payment of damages and the tenant adequately remedies the breach or takes reasonable steps to remedy it prior to the date specified in the notice, the rental agreement shall not terminate.
(2) If rent is unpaid when due and the tenant fails to pay rent within seven days after written notice by the landlord of nonpayment and of the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if the rent is not paid within that period of time, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement.
(3) A landlord may recover damages, obtain injunctive relief, or recover possession of the mobile home space by an action in forcible detainer for any material noncompliance by the tenant with the rental agreement or section 76-1493 by bringing an action for possession in the manner described in sections 76-1440 to 76-1447.
(4) The remedy provided in subsection (3) of this section shall be in addition to any right of a landlord arising under subsection (1) of this section.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 52;
Laws 2021, LB320, § 13.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-14,102 - Noncompliance by tenant affecting health and safety; landlord's rights.

76-14,102.
Noncompliance by tenant affecting health and safety; landlord's rights.
If there is noncompliance by a tenant with section 76-1493 materially affecting health and safety or any condition which is ordered to be changed by the State Fire Marshal, the State Electrical Board, the Department of Health and Human Services, or any other regulatory body with jurisdiction over either the park or the mobile home space that can be remedied by repair, replacement of a damaged item, or cleaning, and the tenant fails to comply as promptly as conditions require in case of emergency or within fourteen days after written notice by the landlord specifying the breach and requesting that the tenant remedy the breach or take reasonable steps to remedy it within that period of time, the landlord may enter the mobile home space, cause the work to be done in a skillful manner, and submit an itemized bill for the actual and reasonable cost or the fair and reasonable value as additional rent on the next date when periodic rent is due or, if the rental agreement has been terminated, for immediate payment. If the landlord is assessed any fine, cost, or charge as a result of the tenant's failure to comply with an order issued by the State Fire Marshal, the State Electrical Board, the Department of Health and Human Services, or any other regulatory body with jurisdiction over either the park or the mobile home space, the landlord may require the tenant to pay such fine, cost, or charge.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 53;
Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 794;
Laws 2007, LB296, § 701.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-14,103 - Failure to enforce rights; effect on subsequent enforcement.

76-14,103.
Failure to enforce rights; effect on subsequent enforcement.
Failure to enforce any portion of the rental agreement or to enforce any violation of the rules or regulations shall not constitute a waiver of the right to enforce the agreement against a subsequent violation.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 54.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-14,104 - Termination of tenancy; action for possession and damages.

76-14,104.
Termination of tenancy; action for possession and damages.
(1) A landlord may terminate a tenancy only by means of the procedures provided in the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Act.
(2) If a tenant remains in possession without the landlord's consent after expiration of the term of the rental agreement or its termination, the landlord may bring an action for possession and recover actual damages. If the tenant's holdover is willful and in bad faith, the landlord in addition may recover an amount not to exceed one and one-half months' periodic rent as liquidated damages and reasonable attorney's fees.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 55.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-14,105 - Violation of access rights; remedies.

76-14,105.
Violation of access rights; remedies.
(1) If a tenant refuses to allow reasonable lawful access to the mobile home space, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement and recover actual damages.
(2) If a landlord makes an unlawful entry or makes repeated demands for entry otherwise lawful but which have the effect of unreasonably harassing the tenant, the tenant may obtain injunctive relief to prevent the recurrence of the conduct or terminate the rental agreement. In either case, the tenant may recover actual damages not less than an amount equal to one month's rent and reasonable attorney's fees.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 56.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-14,106 - Retaliatory conduct prohibited; remedies; landlord action for possession; when.

76-14,106.
Retaliatory conduct prohibited; remedies; landlord action for possession; when.
(1) Except as provided in this section, a landlord may not retaliate by increasing rent, decreasing services, bringing or threatening to bring an action for possession, or failing to renew a rental agreement after any of the following:
(a) A tenant has complained in good faith to a government agency charged with responsibility for enforcement of any code of a violation applicable to the mobile home park materially affecting health and safety;
(b) A tenant has complained to the landlord of a violation of section 76-1492;
(c) A tenant has organized or become a member of a tenants' union or similar organization; or
(d) A tenant has exercised any of the rights or remedies provided by the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Act or otherwise available at law.
(2) If a landlord acts in violation of subsection (1) of this section, the tenant shall be entitled to the remedies provided in section 76-1498 and shall have a defense in an action for possession.
(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) of this section, a landlord may bring an action for possession if:
(a) The violation of any applicable housing code was caused primarily by lack of reasonable care by the tenant or other person in the tenant's household or upon the premises with the tenant's consent; or
(b) The tenant is in default in rent five days after rent is due unless otherwise agreed to by the landlord and tenant.
The maintenance of the action shall not release the landlord from liability under subsection (2) of section 76-1498.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 57.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-14,107 - Landlord, manager; relieved of liability; when.

76-14,107.
Landlord, manager; relieved of liability; when.
(1) A landlord, who conveys a mobile home park in a good faith sale to a bona fide purchaser shall be relieved of liability under the rental agreement and the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Act as to events occurring subsequent to written notice to the tenant of the conveyance.
(2) A manager of a mobile home park shall be relieved of liability under the rental agreement and the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Act as to events occurring after written notice to the tenant of the termination of his or her management, except that such notice shall not terminate any agreement or legal liability arising prior to the notice.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 58.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-14,108 - Death of tenant; effect.

76-14,108.
Death of tenant; effect.
(1) If a tenant who is not the sole owner of a mobile home dies during the term of a rental agreement, the surviving joint tenant or tenant in common in the mobile home shall have all rights, privileges, and liabilities the same as the deceased tenant had.
(2) If a tenant who is the sole owner of a mobile home dies during the term of a rental agreement, the tenant's heirs or legal representative, or the landlord, may cancel the tenant's lease by giving thirty days' notice to the other, and the heirs or legal representative shall have the same rights, privileges, and liabilities as the tenant had.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 59.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-14,109 - Removal of abandoned mobile home; conditions.

76-14,109.
Removal of abandoned mobile home; conditions.
If a tenant abandons a mobile home on a mobile home space, the mobile home may not be removed from the mobile home space by the tenant or his or her agent without a signed written authorization from the landlord granting clearance for removal, showing all money due and owing paid in full, or an agreement reached with the legal owner and the landlord. A mobile home shall be considered to be abandoned if the tenant has defaulted in rent and has, by absence of at least thirty days or by words or actions, reasonably indicated an intention not to continue the tenancy.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit a landlord from removing an abandoned mobile home from the mobile space and placing it in storage at the owner's expense or from utilizing any other legal remedy.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 60;
Laws 1985, LB 313, § 26.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-14,110 - Landlord; assessment contract authorized.

76-14,110.
Landlord; assessment contract authorized.
Nothing in the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Act shall prohibit a landlord from contracting with tenants in order to provide services or facilities on an assessment basis.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 916, § 61.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1507 - Definitions, sections found.

76-1507.
Definitions, sections found.
For purposes of sections 76-1507 to 76-1516, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions found in sections 76-1508 to 76-1514 shall be used.
Source
Laws 1981, LB 9, § 1;
Laws 2011, LB160, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1509 - Farming, defined.

76-1509.
Farming, defined.
Farming shall mean the cultivation of land for the production of agricultural crops, the raising of poultry, the production of eggs, the production of milk, the production of fruit or other horticultural crops, and grazing or the production of livestock. Farming shall not include the production of timber, forest products, nursery products, or sod, and farming shall not include a contract under which a processor or distributor of farm products or supplies provides spraying, harvesting, or other farm services.
Source
Laws 1981, LB 9, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1511 - Trust, defined.

76-1511.
Trust, defined.
Trust shall mean a fiduciary relationship with respect to property, subjecting the person by whom the property is held to equitable duties to deal with the property for the benefit of another person, which arises as a result of a manifestation of an intention to create it. Trust does not include a person acting in a fiduciary capacity, as defined in section 76-1510. A trust includes a legal entity holding property as trustee, agent, escrow agent, attorney in fact, and in any similar capacity.
Source
Laws 1981, LB 9, § 5.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1512 - Family trust, defined.

76-1512.
Family trust, defined.
Family trust shall mean a trust:
(1) In which a majority interest in the trust is held by and the majority of the beneficiaries are persons related to each other as spouse, parent, grandparent, lineal descendants of grandparents or their spouses and other legal descendants of the grandparents or their spouses, or persons acting in a fiduciary capacity for persons so related; and
(2) In which all the beneficiaries are natural persons, who are not acting as a trustee or in a similar capacity for a trust, as defined in section 76-1511, or persons acting in a fiduciary capacity, or nonprofit corporation.
Source
Laws 1981, LB 9, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1513 - Authorized trust, defined.

76-1513.
Authorized trust, defined.
Authorized trust shall mean a trust other than a family trust in which:
(1) The beneficiaries do not exceed twenty-five in number;
(2) The beneficiaries are all natural persons, who are not acting as a trustee or in a similar capacity for a trust as defined in section 76-1511, or persons acting in a fiduciary capacity, or nonprofit corporation; and
(3) Its income is not exempt from taxation under the laws of either the United States or the State of Nebraska, except that its income may be exempt from taxation under sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Source
Laws 1981, LB 9, § 7.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1514 - Testamentary trust, defined.

76-1514.
Testamentary trust, defined.
Testamentary trust shall mean a trust created by devising or bequeathing property in trust in a will as such terms are used in the Nebraska Probate Code.
Source
Laws 1981, LB 9, § 8.
Cross References
Nebraska Probate Code, see section 30-2201.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1515 - Agricultural land; restrictions on ownership; exceptions.

76-1515.
Agricultural land; restrictions on ownership; exceptions.
No trust, other than a family trust, authorized trust, or testamentary trust, shall either directly or indirectly acquire or otherwise obtain or lease any agricultural land in this state, except that the restrictions set forth in this section shall not apply to the following:
(1) A bona fide encumbrance taken for purposes of security;
(2) Agricultural land acquired by a trust for research or experimental purposes, if the commercial sales from such agricultural land are incidental to the research or experimental objectives of the trust, and agricultural land acquired for the purpose of testing, developing, or producing seeds, animals, or plants for sale or resale to farmers or for purposes incidental to such purposes. Commercial sales are incidental to the research or experimental objectives of the trust when they are less than twenty-five percent of the gross sales of the primary product of the research;
(3) Agricultural land which is acquired by a trust company or bank in a fiduciary capacity or as trustee for a family trust, authorized trust, or testamentary trust;
(4) Agricultural land held or leased by a trust on August 30, 1981, as long as the trust holding or leasing such land on such date continues to hold or lease such agricultural land;
(5) Agricultural land acquired by a trust for immediate use in nonfarming purposes; and
(6) Any property held by the State of Nebraska.
Source
Laws 1981, LB 9, § 9.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1516 - Violations; penalty; injunction; Attorney General, county attorney, duties.

76-1516.
Violations; penalty; injunction; Attorney General, county attorney, duties.
Any trust, other than a family trust, authorized trust, or testamentary trust, violating sections 76-1507 to 76-1516 shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars and shall divest itself of any land acquired in violation of sections 76-1507 to 76-1516 within one year after conviction. The courts of this state may prevent and restrain violations of this section through the issuance of an injunction. The Attorney General or a county attorney shall institute suits on behalf of the state to prevent and restrain violations of sections 76-1507 to 76-1516.
Source
Laws 1981, LB 9, § 10;
Laws 2011, LB160, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1520 - Interest in real estate used for farming or ranching; reports required.

76-1520.
Interest in real estate used for farming or ranching; reports required.
(1) A person serving as the president, a general partner, any other officer, or an authorized representative of a corporation, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, or limited liability company or a corporate trustee of a trust shall report to the Secretary of State:
(a) Any interest in real estate held by the corporation, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, or trust used for farming or ranching in this state as defined under Article XII, section 8, of the Constitution of Nebraska;
(b) Any activity or enterprise performed, conducted, or engaged in by the corporation, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, or trust defined as farming or ranching in this state under Article XII, section 8, of the Constitution of Nebraska; and
(c) Whether the corporation, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, or trust contracts with others engaged in farming or ranching for the care or production of agricultural commodities, including livestock.
(2) The reports required by this section shall be open to the public.
(3) For purposes of sections 76-1520 to 76-1524, interest in real estate used for farming or ranching includes legal, beneficial, and other interests, including interests held by a corporation, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, or trust in a general partnership holding real estate used for farming or ranching, but does not include an interest in real estate used for farming or ranching acquired by a corporation, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, or trust by process of law in the collection of debts or by any procedures for the creation or enforcement of a lien, encumbrance, or claim on the real estate, whether created by mortgage or otherwise.
Source
Laws 1998, LB 1193, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1521 - Reports; form; contents; Secretary of State; duties.

76-1521.
Reports; form; contents; Secretary of State; duties.
(1) The report required by section 76-1520 shall be on a form provided by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State may incorporate the form with other forms required to be filed by entities identified in subsection (1) of section 76-1520. If there has been no change in the information contained in the previous report filed by the reporting entity, the reporting entity may so indicate in a space provided on the reporting form for that purpose.
(2) The Secretary of State shall include a list of exemptions to the prohibitions contained in Article XII, section 8, of the Constitution of Nebraska and a means by which persons filing the form may indicate, if applicable, which exemptions apply to the reporting entity. The reporting entity may include or attach a statement indicating the basis upon which the reporting entity claims exemption from the prohibitions contained in Article XII, section 8, of the Constitution of Nebraska.
(3) The Secretary of State shall annually prepare a report indicating the total number of entities reporting under sections 76-1520 to 76-1524, the number of entities reporting as a corporation, as a limited partnership, as a limited liability partnership, as a limited liability company, and as a trust and the basis upon which the reporting entities claim exemption from the prohibitions contained in Article XII, section 8, of the Constitution of Nebraska. The Secretary of State shall deliver the report electronically to the Clerk of the Legislature on or before January 1 each year.
Source
Laws 1998, LB 1193, § 2;
Laws 2012, LB782, § 134.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1523 - Corporate trustee; fine; when.

76-1523.
Corporate trustee; fine; when.
(1) Any corporate trustee failing to report the information required by section 76-1520 or filing false information shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
(2) Any fines received pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for distribution in accordance with Article VII, section 5, of the Constitution of Nebraska.
Source
Laws 1998, LB 1193, § 4;
Laws 2011, LB160, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1524 - Secretary of State; Attorney General; powers.

76-1524.
Secretary of State; Attorney General; powers.
The Secretary of State and the Attorney General, for the enforcement of both sections 76-1520 to 76-1524 and Article XII, section 8, of the Constitution of Nebraska, shall have the authority to subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, examine them under oath, and require the production of documents, records, or tangible things deemed relevant to the proper performance of their duties. Service of any subpoena shall be made in the manner prescribed by the rules of civil procedure.
Source
Laws 1998, LB 1193, § 5.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1602 - Terms, defined.

76-1602.
Terms, defined.
For purposes of the Self-Service Storage Facilities Act:
(1) Commercially reasonable sale means a sale that (a) is conducted at the self-service storage facility or on a publicly accessible website that conducts lien sales and (b) is attended by at least three persons who appear personally, online, by telephone, or by any other method;
(2) Default means the failure to perform on time any obligation or duty set forth in a rental agreement;
(3) Electronic mail means an electronic message or an executable program or computer file that contains an image of a message that is transmitted between two or more computers or electronic terminals and includes electronic messages that are transmitted within or between computer networks;
(4) Emergency means any sudden, unexpected occurrence or circumstance at or near a self-service storage facility that requires immediate action to avoid injury to persons or property at or near the self-service storage facility, including, but not limited to, a fire;
(5) Last-known address means the postal address or electronic mail address provided by an occupant in a rental agreement or the postal address or electronic mail address provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice of a change of address;
(6) Leased space means the individual storage space at a self-service storage facility which is rented to an occupant pursuant to a rental agreement;
(7) Occupant means a person entitled to the use of leased space at a self-service storage facility under a rental agreement or his or her successors or assigns;
(8) Operator means the owner, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a self-service storage facility or an agent or any other person authorized to manage the facility. Operator does not include a warehouseman if the warehouseman issues a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title for the personal property stored;
(9) Personal property means movable property not affixed to land. Personal property includes, but is not limited to, goods, wares, merchandise, motor vehicles, watercraft, household items, and furnishings;
(10) Property which has no commercial value means property offered for sale in a commercially reasonable sale that receives no bid or offer;
(11) Rental agreement means any written agreement or lease that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, or rules concerning the use and occupancy of a self-service storage facility;
(12) Self-service storage facility means any real property used for renting or leasing individual storage spaces in which the occupants customarily store and remove their own personal property on a self-service basis; and
(13) Verified mail means any method of mailing offered by the United States Postal Service that provides evidence of the mailing.
Source
Laws 2017, LB492, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1603 - Operator; duty.

76-1603.
Operator; duty.
(1) An operator shall not knowingly permit a leased space at a self-service storage facility to be used for residential purposes.
(2) An occupant shall not use a leased space for residential purposes.
Source
Laws 2017, LB492, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1604 - Entry for inspection or repair.

76-1604.
Entry for inspection or repair.
An occupant, upon reasonable request from the operator, shall allow the operator to enter a leased space for the purpose of inspection or repair. If an emergency occurs, an operator may enter a leased space for inspection or repair without notice to or consent from the occupant.
Source
Laws 2017, LB492, § 4.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 76 - Real Property › 76-1605 - Operator; lien on personal property; rental agreement; contents.

76-1605.
Operator; lien on personal property; rental agreement; contents.
(1) The operator of a self-service storage facility and the operator's heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns shall have a lien upon all of an occupant's personal property located at the self-service storage facility for delinquent rent, late fees, labor, or other charges incurred pursuant to a rental agreement and for expenses incurred for preservation, sale, or disposition of the personal property. The lien established by this subsection shall have priority over all other liens except for tax liens and liens or security interests of any lienholder or security interest holder of record on such personal property that are perfected or recorded prior to, on, or after the date on which the personal property is placed in a leased space.
(2) The lien described in subsection (1) of this section attaches on the date on which personal property is placed in a leased space.
(3) The rental agreement shall contain a statement, in bold type, advising the occupant:
(a) Of the existence of the lien; and
(b) That personal property stored in the leased space may be sold to satisfy the lien if the occupant is in default.
(4) If the rental agreement specifies a limit on the value of personal property that the occupant may store in the leased space, such limit shall be deemed to be the maximum value of the personal property in the occupant's leased space.
Source
Laws 2017, LB492, § 5.