Nebraska URLTA prohibits Lincoln landlords from using lockouts, utility shutoffs, or harassment to force tenants to leave. Retaliation for code complaints or protected activity is also prohibited and remediable in Lancaster County Court.
Nebraska Revised Statutes §§76-1430 through 76-1439 provide the anti-harassment and anti-retaliation framework that applies in Lincoln. Landlords may not deliberately disconnect heat, water, or electricity; change locks without judicial process; remove tenant property; or engage in repeated abusive contact intended to drive a tenant out. Retaliatory rent increases or termination within six months of a tenant filing a code complaint are presumptively unlawful. Tenants may recover actual damages, equitable restoration of services, and reasonable attorney fees. Lincoln has no separate harassment ordinance, so URLTA remedies are the primary tool.
Lockouts, deliberate utility shutoffs, removing belongings, or filing retaliatory rent increases can produce statutory damages, tenant-side attorney fees, and orders restoring possession or services in Lancaster County Court.
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