Nebraska Revised Statutes

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2162 (2026)

Alternative writ; answer

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On the return day of the alternative writ, or such further day as the court may allow, the party on whom the writ shall have been served may show cause, by answer made, in the same manner as an answer to a complaint in a civil action.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1960–2020 · leading case: State ex rel. Unger v. State, 878 N.W.2d 540 (Neb. 2016).
State ex rel. Unger v. State, 878 N.W.2d 540 (Neb. 2016). · cites it 2× “Under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2162 (Reissue 2008), the parties on whom the alternative writ is served “may show cause, by answer made, in the same manner as an answer to a complaint in a civil action.”
State ex. rel. Malone v. Baldonado-Bellamy, 307 Neb. 549 (Neb. 2020). “See §§ 25-2162 and 25-2164 . . . . If no answer is filed to an alternative writ then a peremptory writ must be allowed.”
State Ex Rel. Krieger v. Bd. of Supervisors, 105 N.W.2d 721 (Neb. 1960). “See §§ 25-2162 and 25-2164, R. R. S. 1943. If no answer is filed to an alternative writ then a peremptory writ must be allowed.”
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