Lincoln, NE HOA Rules: Assessment & Dues (2026)

Nebraska Revised Statute 52-2001. Lien; foreclosure; notice; priority; costs and attorney's fees; homeowners' association; furnish statement; restrictions on lien; payments to escrow account; use. (1) A homeowners' association has a lien on a member's real estate for any assessment levied against real estate from the time the assessment becomes due and a notice containing the dollar amount of such lien is recorded in the office where mortgages or deeds of trust are recorded. The homeowners' association's lien may be foreclosed in like manner as a mortgage on real estate but the homeowners' association shall give reasonable notice of its action to all lienholders of real estate whose interest would be affected. Unless the homeowners' association declaration or agreement otherwise provides, fees, charges, late charges, and interest charged are enforceable as assessments under this section. If an assessment is payable in installments, the full amount of the assessment may be a lien from the time the first installment thereof becomes due. (2) A lien under this section is prior to all other liens and encumbrances on real estate except (a) liens and encumbrances recorded before the recordation of the declaration or agreement, (b) a first mortgage or deed of trust on real estate recorded before the notice required under subsection (1) of this section has been recorded for a delinquent assessment for which enforcement is sought, and (c) liens for real estate taxes and other governmental assessments or charges against real estate. [...] (4) A lien for unpaid assessments is extinguished unless proceedings to enforce the lien are instituted within three years after the full amount of the assessments becomes due. [...] (7) The homeowners' association, upon written request, shall furnish to a homeowners' association member a recordable statement setting forth the amount of unpaid assessments against his or her real estate. The statement must be furnished within ten business days after receipt of the request and is binding on the homeowners' association, the governing board, and every homeowners' association member.