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Every source behind the Nebraska guide

5 primary records, quoted verbatim and checked against 14 named presence or absence conditions that must pass against the live government text. Open the record, read the words the publishing body actually used, and confirm the current rule for yourself.

Last full re-fetch September 15, 2026

What each source establishes

The Nebraska guide rests on the source-backed rules this site can verify for the state: which simplified procedure exists and what it limits, what the court charges, how the person administering the estate may be paid, and the statutory creditor-deadline clocks the official text states.Every published rule below is quoted in the publisher’s own words rather than summarised.

Simplified-procedure rule

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-24,125

Nebraska Legislature · Section history through Laws 2025, LB85, § 1 · Verified August 7, 2026

(1) the value of all of the personal property in the decedent's estate, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars; (2) thirty days have elapsed since the death of the decedent

What was published from this source

  • smallEstate.threshold = 100000
  • smallEstate.waitingDays = 30
  • smallEstate.valueBasis = net-of-liens
  • smallEstate.assetScope = personal-only

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • 30-day wait
  • $100,000 ceiling
  • less liens and encumbrances
  • personal property scope

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Court cost rule

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 33-125(1)(a)(i)

Nebraska Legislature · Section history through Laws 2021, LB17, § 8 · Verified August 7, 2026

(1) In probate matters the county court shall be entitled to receive the following fees: (a)(i) Twenty-two dollars for probate proceedings commenced and closed informally.

What was published from this source

  • filingFee.amount = 22 (informal commenced-and-closed track)

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • $22 fee for informally commenced and closed probate proceedings
  • county court fee section

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Executor compensation rule

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2480

Nebraska Legislature · Section history through Laws 1974, LB 354, § 158, UPC § 3-719 · Verified August 7, 2026

A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for his services.

What was published from this source

  • executorCompensation.kind = reasonable

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • section identity is 30-2480 compensation
  • reasonable compensation standard
  • personal representative subject

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Creditor deadline rule

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2485

Nebraska Legislature · Section history through Laws 2009, LB35, § 20 · Verified August 7, 2026

unless presented as follows: (1) Within two months after the date of the first publication of notice to creditors if notice is given in compliance with sections 25-520.01 and 30-2483

What was published from this source

  • creditorClaims.publication = two months after first publication when notice given
  • creditorClaims.outerLimit = three years after death when no notice given

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • two months from first publication when notice given
  • three years from death if no notice given
  • up to thirty additional days on good cause

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Creditor deadline rule

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2483(a)

Nebraska Legislature · Section history through Laws 2019, LB593, § 1 · Verified August 7, 2026

the clerk of the court upon the appointment of a personal representative shall publish a notice once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county announcing the appointment and the address of the personal representative, and notifying creditors of the estate to present their claims within two months after the date of the first publication of the notice or be forever barred. The first publication shall be made within thirty days after the appointment.

What was published from this source

  • creditorClaims.appointment = notice published within thirty days of appointment; two-month claim period

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • first publication within thirty days of appointment
  • two-month claim period announced in the notice

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Statutes read in full for Nebraska

These are the Nebraska provisions read end to end on the enacting state’s own site, rather than summarised from a secondary source. The middle column is what reading each one actually established for Nebraska — not a restatement of the topic — and the last column records the date the wording was read, so a later amendment can be spotted by comparing dates.

CitationWhat reading it establishedRead on
Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 33-125, 33-126.03Nebraska’s county court probate fees are flat, small, and charged per filing — court and filing cost note2026-09-17
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-24,125Nebraska counts only personal property, and wants the death proved on the affidavit — small estate route note2026-09-17
Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 30-2480, 30-2482Nebraska is one of the few uniform states that wrote the fee factors into the statute — representative pay note2026-09-17

Nebraska source decision map

How the Nebraska records fit together

The source record is most useful when each citation has a job. This map links the Nebraska procedure, cost, compensation, and deadline records to the decision each one can and cannot answer.

QuestionRecorded Nebraska answerCarry into the case
What route is being screened?Affidavit for collection of personal propertyConfirm that the will, prior appointment, family facts, and asset titles fit this route.
What property and basis count?personal probate property only; net of enforceable liens and encumbrances.Keep real property, liens, beneficiary transfers, and survivorship transfers classified separately.
What is the amount screen?$100,000Use the counted property, not a bank-balance shortcut.
What is the time or deadline record?30 days after death; Nebraska bars pre-death creditor claims two months after first publication of notice (triggered by appointment and due within thirty days of it), or three years after death where no notice is given. The clocks run from different events and are published separately.Keep the event that starts each clock with the date; do not combine separate periods into one number.
What does the cost record establish?$22 is the recorded statewide amount.Ask the County Court about local surcharges, copies, publication, bond, and later filings.
What does compensation use?Nebraska uses a reasonable-compensation standard rather than a fixed percentage. The relevant base is the estate accounting.Keep the will, task log, receipts, and accounting base together; extraordinary work is separate.

Decision boundary

What the Nebraska source set does not silently decide

The Nebraska records establish the rules listed above, but they do not turn a source citation into advice about title, family priority, tax filing, contested proceedings, or the exact clerk practice in every county. Those questions stay with the official court or a qualified adviser. The useful next step is to match the question to the citation rather than treating the longest quote as the answer to every estate problem.

Arithmetic illustration

See the Nebraska amount screen without mistaking it for a result

The recorded Nebraska ceiling is $100,000, and it is tested against personal probate property only, on a basis this site records as net of enforceable liens and encumbrances. Counted that way, $75,000 sits below the Nebraska figure and $125,000 sits above it. Both are comparisons to a published number rather than legal outcomes: two estates holding the same total can land on opposite sides of this line, because what Nebraska counts and how it values it are decided before the comparison is made.

Illustrative counted amountComparison to the Nebraska ceilingWhat it does not decide
$75,000Below $100,000Title, liens, waiting period, appointment, or creditor duties
$125,000Above $100,000Whether another statutory route or court process applies

Next evidence to collect

Open the quoted record for the row you rely on and check the publisher's current text before filing.

  1. Record the date of death, the county, and the exact proceeding or affidavit being considered.
  2. Classify each asset by title, beneficiary, trust, real-property status, and the value basis shown above.
  3. Open the official court material below and keep its form or schedule with the estate record.
  4. Do not distribute property until the route, creditor position, and required approvals are resolved.

Official material

Nebraska publishes separate statewide affidavits for personal property and for real property, so the route depends on what the decedent owned.

Source trail

Records used by this Nebraska map

What Nebraska courts publish

The statutes on this page state the rule. These are the documents the court itself publishes. Every link is probed before release, and any link that stops resolving fails the build rather than staying on the page.

Limits on court material

  • Nebraska publishes separate statewide affidavits for personal property and for real property, so the route depends on what the decedent owned.

Checking these Nebraska records against the publishers

Every citation above links to the body that publishes it, and every quoted sentence is reproduced exactly, so a text search on the publisher’s own page should land on it. Where the publisher’s current wording differs from what is recorded here, the publisher governs and this page is wrong; naming the citation and the language you see maps the difference onto a specific condition rather than a general complaint. The full procedure, including how a source qualifies in the first place and what disqualifies one, is set out once on the methodology page instead of being restated on each of the254 state records.

These records cover the cost and route questions this site answers for Nebraska. They do not cover intestate succession shares, spousal and family allowances, creditor priority, tax filing obligations, real-property transfer mechanics, or contested proceedings. Where an answer would require one of those, the site says so rather than estimating.

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