Nebraska Revised Statutes

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 57-230 (2026)

Mineral interests; severed; abandoned; judgment

✓ current as of July 2026
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If the court shall find that the severed mineral interest has been abandoned, it shall enter judgment terminating and extinguishing it, canceling it of record, and vesting the title thereto in the owner or owners of the interest in the surface from which it was originally severed in the proportions in which they own such interest in the surface.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1978–2010 · leading case: Wheelock v. Heath, 272 N.W.2d 768 (Neb. 1978).
Wheelock v. Heath, 272 N.W.2d 768 (Neb. 1978). · cites it 2× “” Section 57-230, R. R. S. 1943: ‘‘If the court shall find that the severed mineral interest has been abandoned, it shall enter judgment terminating and extinguishing it, canceling it of record, and vesting the title thereto in the owner or owners of the interest in the surface…”
Ricks v. Vap, 784 N.W.2d 432 (Neb. 2010). “[9] See, Dowd, supra note 5; Polston, supra note 5; Polston, supra note 7.”
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