Nebraska Landlord-Tenant Laws
Nebraska Security deposits
Nebraska caps security deposits at one month's rent, plus a pet deposit of up to one-quarter of a month's rent, and the landlord must return the balance with a written itemization within 14 days after the tenancy ends.
Nebraska Rent increase notice
Nebraska has no statute requiring advance notice of a rent increase — the 30-day convention for month-to-month tenancies is derived from Neb.
Nebraska Late fees
Nebraska sets no cap on residential late fees and mandates no grace period — the state's landlord-tenant act never mentions late fees at all, and rent is 'payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties' (Neb.
Nebraska Entry notice
Nebraska landlords must give tenants at least 24 hours' written notice before entering a rental unit, and the notice must be delivered to each individual unit, state the purpose of the entry, and give a reasonable window of time when the landlord expects to enter — content requirements added by LB 320 in 2021 that older guides miss.
How this record was verified: Direct read of statute text on the official Nebraska Legislature site (nebraskalegislature.gov): sections 76-1416, 76-1423, 76-1437, and 13-331 each fetched twice in independent reads (standard and print views) with all load-bearing figures matching verbatim (one-month deposit cap, one-quarter-month pet deposit, 14-day return keyed to the date of termination of the tenancy, lesser-of one month's rent/2x deposit penalty, 24 hours' written entry notice with purpose and anticipated-window content requirements, 30-day/7-day periodic termination notice, rent-control preemption text), and each additionally reconciled character-for-character against the official enacted slip laws downloaded from nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs: LB 433 (2019) and LB 532 (2021) for 76-1416, LB 320 (2021) for 76-1423, LB 266 (2025) for 13-331 — so every amendment claim is pinned from the session law itself. Also read: 76-1408 (exclusions), 76-1414 (rent terms), 76-1432(2) (absence entry), 76-1410(13) (rent definition), 76-1412 (unconscionability), 76-1431(2) (7-day pay-or-quit). FindLaw mirror (current through 2024) matched 76-1423 verbatim; Justia/LegiScan returned 403 and were not needed. Negative checks (no late-fee or grace-period provision, no deposit interest, no escrow/trust account, no rent-increase notice or frequency rule) run twice against the full act text via the legislature's consolidated display (76-1401 through 76-14,111). Pending-bill check 2026-07-11 on official bill pages: LB 17 (fee limits, late-fee cap) indefinitely postponed 2026-04-17; LB 587 (tenant remedies) indefinitely postponed 2026-04-17; LB 980 and LB 469 (2026 eviction-procedure bills) not enacted — no slip law exists; 109th Legislature 2nd session adjourned sine die 2026-04-17.