Nebraska's Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act sets no statutory cap on late rent fees and mandates no grace period. A landlord may charge a late fee only if the lease provides for it, and the amount must be reasonable to be enforceable.
The URLTA (Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-1401 to 76-1449) contains no provision limiting the dollar amount or percentage of a late fee, and no statute requires a grace period before a late fee applies. A late fee is a contractual term: it is enforceable only if it appears in the rental agreement, and Nebraska courts will treat an unreasonable or punitive fee as an unenforceable penalty rather than a valid liquidated-damages charge. Because rent is due 'at the time and place agreed upon by the parties' under Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-1414, the lease itself governs when rent is late and what fee applies. There is no statutory maximum.
No specific statutory penalty. A fee not stated in the lease, or one a court finds unreasonable or punitive, is unenforceable as an illegal penalty.
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