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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 October 3, 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

Read on the enacting state’s own site, with the date each was read.

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

What Nebraska courts publish

Every link is probed before each release.

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 the267 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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