Except as may be otherwise more specifically provided, the period of time within which an act is to be done in any action or proceeding shall be computed by excluding the day of the act, event, or default after which the designated period of time begins to run. The last day of the period so computed shall be included unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a day during which the offices of courts of record may be legally closed as provided in this section, in which event the period shall run until the end of the next day on which the office will be open.
All courts and their offices may be closed on Saturdays, Sundays, days on which a specifically designated court is closed by order of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and these holidays: New Year's Day, January 1; Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., the third Monday in January; President's Day, the third Monday in February; Arbor Day, the last Friday in April; Memorial Day, the last Monday in May; Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 19; Independence Day, July 4; Labor Day, the first Monday in September; Indigenous Peoples' Day and Columbus Day, the second Monday in October; Veterans Day, November 11; Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November; the day after Thanksgiving; Christmas Day, December 25; and all days declared by law or proclamation of the Governor to be holidays. Such days shall be designated as nonjudicial days. If any such holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday shall be a holiday. If any such holiday falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be a holiday. Court services shall be available on all other days. If the date designated by the state for observance of any legal holiday pursuant to this section, except Veterans Day, is different from the date of observance of such holiday pursuant to a federal holiday schedule, the federal holiday schedule shall be observed.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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10 in the last 5 years), 1950–2025 · leading case:
State v. Phillips, 302 Neb. 686 (Neb. 2019).
State v. Phillips, 302 Neb. 686 (Neb. 2019).
· cites it 7× “30 However, we must also consider Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2221 (Reissue 2016), which provides in part as follows: "Except as may be otherwise more specifically provided, the period of time within which an act is to be done in any action or proceeding shall be computed by excluding…”
State v. Hassan, 309 Neb. 644 (Neb. 2021).
· cites it 28× “Hassan argues that the 3-day period must be determined with reference to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2221 (Reissue 2016), a stat- ute setting out a method for the computation of time.”
Geddes v. York Cnty., 729 N.W.2d 661 (Neb. 2007).
· cites it 8× “Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2221 (Cum. Supp. 2006) provides in relevant part: Except as may be otherwise more specifically provided, the period of time within which an act is to be done in any action or proceeding shall be computed by excluding the day of the act, event, or default…”
Komar v. State, 299 Neb. 301 (Neb. 2018).
· cites it 2× “33 See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2221 (Reissue 2016).”
Schuemann v. Timperley, 989 N.W.2d 921 (Neb. 2023).
· cites it 5× “The only specific date mentioned in Schuemann’s complaint is April 2, 2018, a date on which Schuemann alleged that Timperley negligently performed cata- ract surgery on Schuemann’s right eye. But if the act or omis- sion upon which Schuemann’s action is based occurred on April…”
State v. Galvan, 305 Neb. 513 (Neb. 2020).
· cites it 2× “12 Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2221 (Reissue 2016).”
State v. Hirsch, 511 N.W.2d 69 (Neb. 1994).
· cites it 2× “Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2221 (Reissue 1989); State v.”
State v. Thompson, 507 N.W.2d 253 (Neb. 1993).
· cites it 2× “See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2221 (Reissue 1989).”
State v. Jones, 305 N.W.2d 355 (Neb. 1981).
· cites it 2× “§ 25-2221 (Reissue *645 1979), which provides in part as follows: “Except as may be otherwise more specifically provided, the period of time within which an act is to be done in any action or proceeding, shall be computed by excluding the day of the act, event, or default after…”
State v. Craig, 739 N.W.2d 206 (Neb. Ct. App. 2007).
· cites it 2× “See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2221 (Cum. Supp. 2006).”
Wanha v. Long, 587 N.W.2d 531 (Neb. 1998).
· cites it 2× “” Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2221 (Reissue 1995) prescribes the method for computing the 10-day period: [T]he period of time within which an act is to be done in any action or proceeding shall be computed by excluding the day of the act, event, or default after which the designated…”
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