Nebraska Revised Statutes

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1542 (2026)

Judgment lien; when lost

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No judgment on which execution has not been taken out and levied before the expiration of five years after its entry shall operate as a lien upon the estate of any debtor to the preference of any other bona fide judgment creditor or purchaser, but when judgment has been or may be rendered in the Court of Appeals or Supreme Court and any special mandate awarded to the district court to carry the same into execution, the lien of the judgment creditor shall continue for five years after the first day of the next term of the district court to which such mandate may be directed. Nothing in this section shall be construed to defeat the lien of any judgment creditor who fails to take out execution and cause a levy to be made as provided in this section when such failure is occasioned by appeal, proceedings in error, or injunction or by a vacancy in the office of sheriff and coroner or the inability of such officers until one year after such disability is removed.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1958–2019 · leading case: Hein v. WT Rawleigh Co., 92 N.W.2d 185 (Neb. 1958).

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Hein v. WT Rawleigh Co., 92 N.W.2d 185 (Neb. 1958). · cites it 3× “1943, which was code section 482, R.S. p. 473. In order to preserve the priority of the judgment lien as against a bona fide creditor or purchaser, it is required that an actual levy of the execution be made.”

Freis v. Harvey, 563 N.W.2d 363 (Neb. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “See, also, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1542 (Reissue 1995).”

City of Beatrice v. Meints, 27 Neb. Ct. App. 325 (Neb. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 4× “In support of his contention, Meints cites Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1542 (Reissue 2016) of the rules governing executions on civil judgments, which rules entitle him to certain exemptions from execution, and argues that the judgments obtained against him are civil in nature.”

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