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Nebraska Eviction Notice

Nebraska eviction notice: the 7-day pay-or-quit and 14-day cure-or-quit rules under Section 76-1431. Free template, statute cites. Attorney review available.

Introduction

Nebraska's eviction statute recognizes four separate notice tracks, not the three most states use. A 7-day pay-or-quit notice handles unpaid rent. A 14-day cure-or-quit notice handles a fixable lease or health-and-safety violation, with the tenancy set to terminate 30 days after the tenant receives it if the problem isn't corrected. That same 14-day period reappears with no cure option attached the second time substantially the same violation happens within six months. And a 5-day unconditional notice, the shortest and harshest of the four, applies only to violent conduct, an illegal drug sale, or a genuine threat to health or safety, with no fix-it chance offered at all. The document built into this page is one of those four notices, filled in and ready to serve; treat it as the deliverable itself rather than a guide to how Nebraska's eviction process works from start to finish. The delivery rules for all four notices changed recently, too. Laws 2025, LB185, took effect September 3, 2025 and added consented electronic delivery to Neb. Rev. Stat. Section 76-1413's list of acceptable methods, so hand delivery, mail to the address the tenant has designated, and now email, only with the tenant's affirmative consent, sit on equal footing with no required order among them. Layer onto that a second Nebraska-specific detail: the 7-day nonpayment count runs in calendar days, weekends and court holidays included, unlike a count that excludes them. One statute range covers everything here, Neb. Rev. Stat. Sections 76-1401 through 76-1449, and none of it comes with a government-issued form; the content required on the page changes by notice type instead. Pick the wrong track, miscount the days, or leave out required content, and a Nebraska court can dismiss the case before it reaches a hearing.

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Key Things to Know

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    This page's documentText section functions as the actual Nebraska eviction notice, built to be filled in and handed to a tenant, not a general compliance explainer; state law requires serving one of four notice types below before a landlord can file a forcible entry and detainer action in court.

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    Unlike the three-track structure common elsewhere, Nebraska runs four separate notice periods depending on the reason for termination. The shortest of the curable tracks is nonpayment of rent: 7 calendar days to pay the full amount owed, counted straight through weekends and holidays rather than skipping them. (Neb. Rev. Stat. Section 76-1431(2))

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    Fixable lease or health-and-safety problems get more room: 14 days to correct them, paired with a termination date that has to sit at least 30 days past the tenant's receipt of the notice. Curing inside that 14-day window keeps the tenancy in place. (Neb. Rev. Stat. Section 76-1431(1))

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    That fix-it chance is a one-time offer. Let substantially the same violation happen again within six months of the earlier notice, and the landlord skips straight to a 14-day notice that states the breach and termination date with no cure option attached. (Neb. Rev. Stat. Section 76-1431(1))

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    The fourth track is the fastest and harshest: violent criminal activity, an illegal sale of a controlled substance, or conduct that threatens health or safety on the premises draws a 5-day notice, unconditional, with no opportunity to cure written into the statute at all. (Neb. Rev. Stat. Section 76-1431(4))

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    One statute chapter holds all four tracks together along with the court process that follows noncompliance: the Nebraska Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. Sections 76-1401 through 76-1449.

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    No agency publishes a mandatory notice form for this step, so a landlord fills in the required statutory content instead of a government blank. Delivery itself got an update in 2025: Laws 2025, LB185, effective September 3, added consented electronic delivery alongside hand delivery and mail, all equally valid under Neb. Rev. Stat. Section 76-1413 with no order of preference required.

Key decisions before you file

Before you file a Eviction Notice in Nebraska, a few decisions shape the document: which option to choose and what each one means. The Eviction Notice guide walks through them.

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NEBRASKA EVICTION NOTICE

[7-DAY NOTICE TO PAY RENT OR QUIT / 14-DAY NOTICE TO CURE OR QUIT / 14-DAY NOTICE TO QUIT (REPEAT VIOLATION, NO CURE) / 5-DAY UNCONDITIONAL NOTICE TO QUIT]

Date of Notice: [DATE]

1. LANDLORD AND TENANT

Landlord/Property Manager: [LANDLORD'S FULL LEGAL NAME] Landlord's Address: [STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP] Landlord's Phone: [PHONE NUMBER]

Tenant(s): [FULL LEGAL NAME(S) OF ALL TENANTS ON LEASE]

2. PREMISES

Rental Address: [STREET ADDRESS, UNIT/APT NUMBER, CITY, NEBRASKA, ZIP CODE]

3. REASON FOR NOTICE

[SELECT ONE:]

  • Nonpayment of rent: Default in the amount of $[AMOUNT DUE] for the period(s) of [DATES]. Pay in full within the notice period to stop termination.
  • Curable violation: Violation of the following lease term or Section 76-1421 health-and-safety duty: [DESCRIBE VIOLATION]. Correct within the notice period to keep the tenancy.
  • Repeat violation (no cure offered): Substantially the same act or omission noticed on [DATE OF PRIOR NOTICE] has recurred within 6 months: [DESCRIBE]. No second cure chance is required.
  • Violent criminal activity, illegal drug sale, or health/safety threat (no cure offered): [DESCRIBE INCIDENT]. No opportunity to cure applies to this conduct.

4. CURE OR VACATE PERIOD

You have [7 / 14 / 5] days from your receipt of this notice, as applicable above, to pay, cure, or vacate.

Note (include only for a curable violation under Section 76-1431(1)): This tenancy will terminate on the date stated in Section 5 below, which is not less than 30 days after you receive this notice, unless you cure the violation within 14 days.

5. COMPLY-OR-VACATE-BY DATE

Deadline: [DATE, calculated per Section 4 above]

6. STATUTORY BASIS

Served under the Nebraska Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. Section 76-1431. Failure to comply by the deadline may result in a forcible entry and detainer action filed in the county court for the county where the property is located.

Note (include only if this is a no-cause termination of a periodic tenancy, not a for-cause notice): This notice is served under Neb. Rev. Stat. Section 76-1437 instead, giving 30 days' notice (month-to-month) or 7 days' notice (week-to-week), with no cause required.

7. SERVICE / PROOF OF SERVICE

Method of service (Neb. Rev. Stat. Section 76-1413, no required order of preference):

  1. Hand delivery to the tenant, OR
  2. Mail to the address the tenant has designated for receiving communications, OR
  3. Electronic delivery (email or portal), only if the tenant has affirmatively consented to receive notices this way.

Served by: [NAME OF PERSON SERVING NOTICE] Date served: [DATE] Method used: [HAND DELIVERY / MAIL / ELECTRONIC]

Landlord Signature: _________________________ Date: [DATE]

Issued under the Nebraska Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. Sections 76-1401 to 76-1449. This is a template; consult the current statute or an attorney to confirm details for your situation, attorney review is available and optional. For the full national Eviction Notice template covering all notice types, see the full Eviction Notice template.

Nebraska Requirements for Eviction Notice

Notice Period for Nonpayment of Rent (Nebraska Revised Statute Section 76-1431(2))

7-calendar-day pay-or-quit notice (not excluding weekends or holidays). The notice must state the nonpayment and the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if the rent is not paid within that 7-day period. Paying the full amount due within the 7 days stops termination.

Notice Delivery Methods (Nebraska Revised Statute Section 76-1413)

No mandatory hierarchy like a personal-then-substituted-then-post sequence. Section 76-1413 treats hand delivery to the tenant, mail to the address the tenant has designated, and electronic delivery (only with the tenant's affirmative consent) as equally valid methods of giving notice. Electronic delivery was added by a 2025 amendment, Laws 2025 LB185, effective September 3, 2025. A landlord cannot require electronic delivery as a condition of the rental agreement.

Notice Period for Curable Lease Violations (Nebraska Revised Statute Section 76-1431(1))

14 days to cure a material noncompliance with the rental agreement or a Section 76-1421 health-and-safety duty. The notice must specify the acts and omissions constituting the breach and state a termination date not less than 30 days after the tenant receives the notice. The rental agreement does not terminate if the tenant remedies the breach within the 14 days.

Notice Period for Repeat Violations, No Cure (Nebraska Revised Statute Section 76-1431(1))

If substantially the same act or omission that was the subject of a prior notice recurs within 6 months, the tenant's right to cure is forfeited. The landlord may terminate on at least 14 days' written notice specifying the breach and the termination date, with no opportunity to fix the problem a second time.

Unconditional Quit Notice for Violent or Drug-Related Activity (Nebraska Revised Statute Section 76-1431(4))

5-day notice with no cure option, for violent criminal activity, illegal sale of a controlled substance, or other conduct that threatens the health or safety of other tenants, the landlord, or the landlord's employees or agents, by the tenant, a household member, a guest, or another person under the tenant's control or present with the tenant's consent. A statutory exception withholds this remedy where the conduct is by a third party and the tenant seeks a protective order, reports it to law enforcement, or (for domestic violence) obtains third-party certification.

Governing Nebraska Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (Nebraska Revised Statute Sections 76-1401 to 76-1449)

The statutory basis for every notice type on this page and the forcible entry and detainer process that follows if the tenant does not comply: the Nebraska Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, Nebraska Revised Statute Sections 76-1401 through 76-1449.

No Prescribed Form, Mandatory Content (Nebraska Revised Statute Section 76-1431)

No Nebraska agency or court publishes a mandated fill-in-the-blank form for the pre-filing termination notice itself. Specific content is nonetheless required by statute for each notice type: amount owed and payment deadline for a nonpayment notice, described breach and termination date for a cure-or-quit notice, and described conduct for the 5-day unconditional quit notice.

Frequently Asked Questions

It depends on the reason. Nonpayment of rent gets 7 calendar days to pay in full. A curable lease or health-and-safety violation gets 14 days to fix, with the tenancy ending 30 days after the tenant received the notice if it isn't fixed. A repeat of the same violation within 6 months drops to a 14-day notice with no chance to cure. Violent criminal activity, an illegal drug sale, or a threat to health or safety gets a 5-day notice with no cure option.

No. Nebraska law requires a written notice of the applicable type before filing a forcible entry and detainer action for any of the causes in Neb. Rev. Stat. Section 76-1431, including the fastest track, the 5-day unconditional quit notice for violent or drug-related conduct. Skipping the notice, or serving the wrong one, can get the case dismissed.

The 7-day notice is for nonpayment of rent only (Section 76-1431(2)). The 14-day notice applies two ways: as a cure period for a first-time lease or health-and-safety violation (with a 30-day termination date attached), or, without any cure chance, for a repeat of that same violation within 6 months. The 5-day notice is reserved for violent criminal activity, an illegal drug sale, or conduct threatening health or safety, and never offers a chance to cure. (Section 76-1431(1), (4))

At minimum, the notice must be in writing and state what triggered it. A nonpayment notice must state the amount owed and the landlord's intent to terminate if it isn't paid within 7 days. A cure-or-quit notice must specify the acts or omissions that constitute the breach and the date the rental agreement will terminate. A 5-day unconditional notice must state the termination and the underlying conduct, since no cure language applies. (Neb. Rev. Stat. Section 76-1431)

No. Nebraska's landlord-tenant statute doesn't publish or require a government notice-to-quit form for this pre-filing step, unlike the complaint and summons forms used once a case is filed in county court. A landlord can write their own notice as long as it contains the content the applicable subsection of Section 76-1431 requires.

Nebraska doesn't rank service methods in a strict order the way some states do. Under Neb. Rev. Stat. Section 76-1413, a landlord may deliver the notice by hand, by mail to the address the tenant has designated, or by email if the tenant has affirmatively consented to electronic notices, a method added by a 2025 amendment effective September 3, 2025. A landlord cannot require electronic delivery as a lease condition.

A curable violation, like most lease breaches or a first-time health-and-safety issue, gives the tenant 14 days to fix the problem and keep the tenancy. An incurable violation offers no such chance: that includes a repeat of substantially the same violation within 6 months (14-day notice, no cure) and violent criminal activity, an illegal drug sale, or a health-or-safety threat (5-day notice, no cure). Choosing the wrong category on the notice is a common drafting mistake.

If the tenant hasn't paid, cured, or vacated by the date stated on the notice, the landlord may file a forcible entry and detainer complaint in the county court for the county where the property is located. The landlord cannot remove the tenant or shut off utilities without a court order; Nebraska law makes that kind of self-help unlawful and exposes the landlord to liquidated damages.