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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4017.01 (2026)

Terms, defined

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For purposes of the Business Improvement District Act:

(1) Assessable unit means front foot, square foot, equivalent front foot, or other unit of assessment established under the proposed method of assessment set forth in the ordinance creating a business improvement district;

(2) Business area means an established area of the city zoned for business, public, or commercial purposes;

(3) Record owner means the fee owner of real property as shown in the records of the register of deeds office in the county in which the business area is located. A contract purchaser of real property shall be considered the record owner and the only person entitled to petition pursuant to section 19-4026 or 19-4029.03 or protest pursuant to section 19-4027 or 19-4029.04, if the contract is recorded in the register of deeds office in the county in which the business area is located; and

(4) Space means the square foot space wherein customers, patients, clients, or other invitees are received and space from time to time used or available for use in connection with a business or profession of a user, excepting all space owned or used by political subdivisions.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2013–2014 · leading case: Gibbs Cattle Co. v. Bixler, 831 N.W.2d 696 (Neb. 2013).
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Gibbs Cattle Co. v. Bixler, 831 N.W.2d 696 (Neb. 2013). · cites it 8× “The court noted that the dormant mineral statutes did not define the term “record owner,” but that it was defined in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4017.01 (Reissue 2012) as being “‘the fee owner of real property as shown in the records of the reg- ister of deeds office in the county in…”
WTJ Skavdahl Land v. Elliott, 830 N.W.2d 488 (Neb. 2013). · cites it 2× “The court noted that the dormant mineral statutes did not define the term “record owner,” but that it was defined in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4017.01 (Reissue 2012) as being “the fee owner of real property as shown in the records of the register of deeds office in the county in…”
Rice v. Bixler (Neb. 2014). · cites it 2× “The person recording the verified claim must be the record owner. In Gibbs Cattle Co., the surface owner asked us to limit the definition of “record owner” to the fee owner of real property as shown in the records of the register of deeds office in the county in which the…”
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