Nebraska Eviction Notice

2The Nebraska deadlines, notice by notice

Official statute text read on October 4, 2026 from an archived copy of nebraskalegislature.gov dated May 21, 2026. The live legislature site was unreachable from our location. The notice type available in the tool depends on the reason:

• 7-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Terminate (nonpayment) — Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1431(2).
• 30-Day Notice to Remedy or Terminate (material noncompliance) — Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1431(1).
• 5-Day Notice of Termination (violent criminal activity, illegal drug sale, threat to health or safety) — Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1431(4).
• 30-Day Notice of Termination (month-to-month tenancy) — Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1437.

3How the Nebraska notice period is counted

• The nonpayment period is expressly calendar days: seven calendar days after written notice by the landlord of nonpayment and of the intention to terminate (§ 76-1431(2)). The other periods run from the tenant's receipt of the notice (§ 76-1431(1), (4)) — keep dated proof of delivery.
• The violation notice runs two clocks: a remedy window of fourteen days and a termination date not less than thirty days after receipt. Adequate remedy before the stated date stops the termination (§ 76-1431(1)).
• A recurrence of substantially the same act or omission within six months of a prior noticed noncompliance shortens the notice to at least fourteen days, with no right to cure (§ 76-1431(1)).
• If the tenant does not pay, remedy or leave, the landlord files a complaint for restitution in district or county court; the summons and its service follow §§ 76-1441 and 76-1442.

4Mistakes that get a Nebraska eviction notice thrown out

• Counting the seven days as business days. Nebraska statute says seven calendar days for nonpayment (§ 76-1431(2)); weekends count.
• Setting the termination date too early. For a material noncompliance, the termination date must be not less than thirty days after receipt of the notice, even though the tenant only has fourteen days to remedy (§ 76-1431(1)).
• Giving cure time on a five-day notice. For violent criminal activity, the illegal sale of a controlled substance, or threats to health or safety, the statute allows no right to cure — the notice is a plain five-day termination notice (§ 76-1431(4)).
• Omitting the breach description. The thirty-day notice must specify the acts and omissions constituting the breach (§ 76-1431(1)).
• Accepting a holdover's rent without a plan: a willful holdover not in good faith can cost up to three months' periodic rent or threefold actual damages plus attorney's fees (§ 76-1437(3)) — but any eviction still starts with the notice, then a court action.