Nebraska route screening
The value of all probate personal property, less liens and encumbrances, must not exceed $100,000.
Sources reviewed August 7, 2026. Latest primary-source re-fetch October 3, 2026.
Threshold evidence and currency
Currency: No later session-law supersession is recorded in the reviewed source set for this threshold. The edition/currentness label below is the basis for the published figure.
Controlling citation: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-24,125 — Section history through Laws 2025, LB85, § 1.
Verbatim threshold text from that source:
(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
| Procedure | Affidavit for collection of personal property |
|---|---|
| What counts | Personal property only; real property is outside this route |
| Value basis | Value less enforceable liens and encumbrances |
| Waiting period | 30 days after death |
The Nebraska caveats that can change this answer are listed once, on the Nebraska overview.
What a small-estate screen can and cannot decide, and which assets never enter it, is explained once in small-estate affidavit or probate and what counts as a probate asset.
Nebraska’s affidavit ceiling is $100,000, but the figure alone is misleading, because it is not measured against the same thing every state measures. Section 30-24,125 asks the successor to swear that “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.” Real property is outside the count entirely. North Dakota and Idaho publish the same $100,000 figure but apply it to the whole probate estate, so an identical estate can clear the Nebraska ceiling and fail theirs.
Nebraska also asks for more on the face of the affidavit than the uniform text does. The thirty days since death must be “shown in a certified or authenticated copy of the decedent’s death certificate, or in the event of a delay in the production of a certified death certificate, an abstract of death as defined in section 71-601.01, attached to the affidavit.” The affidavit must state the claiming successor’s relationship to the decedent or, where there is no relationship, the basis of the successor’s claim to the property, and the successor must swear that every statement in it is true and material.
The practical consequence is that a Nebraska affidavit can be refused for a documentation gap rather than a valuation one. Obtaining the certified death certificate, or the section 71-601.01 abstract if the certificate is delayed, is part of qualifying here in a way it is not everywhere.
Source: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-24,125, read from the enacting state’s own published code on 2026-09-17. Quoted wording is the statute’s; the surrounding explanation is this site’s reading of it and is not legal advice.
Reviewed source note: (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
Nebraska record: 5/5 verified, 14 matched checks, latest source re-fetch October 3, 2026. Source record · method · report a correction