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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-840 (2026)

Claims; how submitted and allowed

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All liquidated and unliquidated claims and accounts payable against a city of the primary class shall: (1) Be presented in writing; (2) state the name of the claimant and the amount of the claim; and (3) fully and accurately identify the items or services for which payment is claimed or the time, place, nature, and circumstances giving rise to the claim. The city finance director shall be responsible for the preauditing and approval of all claims and accounts payable, and no warrant in payment of any claim or account payable shall be drawn or paid without such approval. In order to maintain an action for a claim, other than a tort claim as defined in section 13-903, it shall be necessary, as a condition precedent, that the claimant file such claim within one year of the accrual of such claim, in the office of the city clerk, or other official whose duty it is to maintain the official records of a city of the primary class.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14 cases, 1968–2017 · leading case: Rauscher v. City of Lincoln, 691 N.W.2d 844 (Neb. 2005).
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Rauscher v. City of Lincoln, 691 N.W.2d 844 (Neb. 2005). · cites it 9× “On February 28, Rauscher filed a claim with the City for unpaid wages pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-840 (Reissue 1997). The claim was later amended on July 16.”
Bauers v. City of Lincoln, 514 N.W.2d 625 (Neb. 1994). · cites it 20× “We will separately discuss the firefighters’ § 1983 actions following our consideration of the application of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-840 (Reissue 1991) to the other theories of recovery raised by the firefighters.”
Bauers v. City of Lincoln, 586 N.W.2d 452 (Neb. 1998). · cites it 6× “In Bauers I, we held that the plaintiffs were barred from asserting their claims for the return of their entire contributions under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-840 (Reissue 1991) but that certain claims under 42 U.”
Andrews v. City of Lincoln, 401 N.W.2d 467 (Neb. 1987). · cites it 9× “Among its defenses, the city asserted that Andrews had failed to comply with the filing requirement of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-840 *749 (Reissue 1983) concerning liquidated or unliquidated contract claims against a city of the primary class.”
BECTON, DICKINSON & Co. v. Nebraska Dept. of Revenue, 756 N.W.2d 280 (Neb. 2008). · cites it 4× “We held that the first two claims had to be filed with the city within 1 year of accrual pursuant to Neb.Rev.Stat. § 15-840 (Reissue 1991). Because the firefighters had missed that deadline, those claims were barred.”
Copple v. City of Lincoln, 315 N.W.2d 628 (Neb. 1982). “Section 15-1201 provides: “Any person or persons, jointly or severally aggrieved by any final administrative or judicial order or decision of the board of zoning appeals, the board of equalization, the city council, or any officer or department or board of a city of the primary…”
Sinn v. City of Seward, 523 N.W.2d 39 (Neb. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “The Supreme Court held that Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-840 (Reissue 1991) prescribes a “procedural prerequisite concerning contract claims, liquidated or unliquidated, against a city of the primary class.”
Hooper v. City of Lincoln, 163 N.W.2d 117 (Neb. 1968). · cites it 3× “Its position is that a fireman claiming disability benefits under the pension act must file a claim against the city pursuant to the provisions of sections 15-840 and 15-842, R. R. S. 1943, and if dissatisfied with the, disposition of it, his remedy is limited to an appeal by…”
McCorison v. City of Lincoln, 359 N.W.2d 775 (Neb. 1984). “§ 15-1201 (Reissue 1983) provides: Any person or persons, j ointly or severally aggrieved by any final administrative or judicial order or decision of the board of zoning appeals, the board of equalization, the city council, or any officer or department or board of a city of the…”
Craw v. City of Lincoln, 24 Neb. Ct. App. 788 (Neb. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 14× “(Reissue 2012), is not sufficient to satisfy the filing requirements of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-840 (Reissue 2012) for pur- poses of the application of the Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act, because the two underlying claims are separate and distinct.”
City of Lincoln v. Soukup, 340 N.W.2d 420 (Neb. 1983). “§ 15-1201 (Reissue 1977) reads as follows: “Any person or persons, jointly or severally aggrieved by any final administrative or judicial order or decision of the board of zoning appeals, the board of equalization, the city council, or any officer or department or board of a…”
Smith v. State, 549 N.W.2d 149 (Neb. 1996). · cites it 2× “The court found that the claims accrued on the first date each of the firefighters was placed on the pension roll and that none of them had filed their claims with the employer within 1 year of the accrual of their claims, as required by Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-840 (Reissue 1991).…”
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