Nebraska Ordinances (2026)

Nebraska adopts the 2018 International Residential Code as the statewide minimum building standard under Neb. Rev. Stat. 71-6403. Tiny homes built on permanent foundations must meet…

Nebraska does not license backyard beekeeping, but the Nebraska Apiary Act makes it unlawful to knowingly keep untreated diseased colonies and requires owners to report contagious bee…

Under Nebraska's herd law, owners of cattle, horses, mules, swine, sheep, and goats are liable for all damage their stock does when it runs at large onto another person's land (Neb…

Nebraska law prohibits keeping wolves, skunks, bears, and most non-domestic cats statewide regardless of city ordinance. Wild birds and mammals require a captive wildlife permit from…

Nebraska's animal cruelty law applies uniformly across all cities and counties. Hoarding cases are prosecuted under the cruel neglect provisions of section 28-1009, which carries…

Nebraska regulates electronic nicotine delivery system retailers under the Nebraska Tobacco Products Tax Act and Neb. Rev. Stat. 28-1418. Retailers must verify customers are 21 and…

Nebraska prohibits all marijuana cultivation statewide for recreational and medical purposes. State Uniform Controlled Substances Act preempts any local attempt to authorize home…

Nebraska voters approved Initiative 436 in 2024, creating statewide paid sick leave effective October 1, 2025. The Healthy Families and Workplaces Act sits in Neb. Rev. Stat. chapter…

Nebraska Revised Statute 81-1506(2)(a) makes it unlawful to discharge pollutants into waters of the state without an NPDES permit. Construction disturbing one acre or more must obtain…

Nebraska requires participating communities to adopt floodplain management ordinances meeting state and federal minimums. The Department of Water, Energy, and Environment (DWEE)…

Nebraska law requires adjoining landowners to share equitably in the construction and maintenance of division fences between properties. The statute applies statewide and establishes…

Nebraska law defines permissible consumer fireworks, restricts sale dates, and bans aerial display fireworks for general public use. Cities and villages may impose additional…

Nebraska law requires written authorization from the local fire chief before any open burning, with the State Fire Marshal authorizing any chief who delegates the function. The…

Nebraska's State Fire Marshal Act and LP-Gas regulations preempt local rules on container design, installation, and inspection. Municipalities may zone tank locations but cannot impose…

Nebraska imposes a statewide open burning ban on bonfires, outdoor rubbish fires, and land-clearing fires under Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-520.01. Only a local fire chief can waive it by…

Since LB 77 took effect September 2, 2023, any Nebraska resident 21 or older who is not a prohibited person may carry a concealed handgun without a permit. Optional Concealed Handgun…

Nebraska law preempts cities, villages, and counties from adopting most firearms regulations. Neb. Rev. Stat. 17-556 and 18-1703, broadened by LB 77 in 2023, reserve gun policy to the…

Nebraska does not require a permit to openly carry a firearm by adults who can lawfully possess one. State preemption under Neb. Rev. Stat. 18-1703 limits local restrictions, but…

Nebraska allows lawful adults to carry handguns in vehicles, openly or concealed, without a permit after LB 77 (2023). Neb. Rev. Stat. 28-1202 and 69-2441 govern vehicle carry, with…

Nebraska requires every mobile food establishment to hold a valid permit from the Department of Agriculture under the Nebraska Pure Food Act. Section 81-2,270 makes operating without…

Nebraska bans casino-style games of chance everywhere except inside a licensed racetrack enclosure under the Racetrack Gaming Act. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-1102 permits games of chance…

Nebraska's Charitable Gaming Division, created inside the Department of Revenue by Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-1,101, is the single regulator for every form of nonprofit gambling in the state…

Nebraska's gambling statute defines the offense so broadly that a private poker night or friendly bet counts: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1101(4) exempts only lawful business deals…

Nebraska's Racetrack Gaming Act allows sports wagering only inside licensed racetrack casinos: every bet has to go through a sportsbook window or wagering kiosk in the designated…

Nebraska has no general HOA assessment statute. For condominiums, the Nebraska Condominium Act gives the association a lien for unpaid common expenses that may be foreclosed like a…

For condominiums, the Nebraska Condominium Act governs the executive board (Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-861) and requires records to be 'reasonably available for examination by any unit…

Nebraska sets no dollar ceiling on association fines. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-860(a)(11) lets a condominium unit owners association levy "reasonable fines" for violations of the…

Nebraska's Cottage Food Act lets home producers sell many foods directly to consumers without a license. LB262 (2024) expanded it to include some refrigerated foods. Producers must…

Nebraska requires state licensing for family child care homes serving four or more unrelated children. The Department of Health and Human Services administers uniform standards that…

Nebraska issues no microenterprise home kitchen permit, and it does not need to, because the Nebraska Pure Food Act simply writes small home meal operations out of the definition of a…

The Nebraska Legislature has never enacted a sobriety checkpoint statute. A keyword search of the entire Nebraska Revised Statutes and the state Constitution on the Legislature's own…

Nebraska has no statute that creates an express right to record police, and equally none that makes recording an offense or imposes a stand-back distance. What governs is the…

Neb. Rev. Stat. 29-829 lets a peace officer stop any person in a public place whom the officer reasonably suspects of committing, having committed or being about to commit a crime, and…

No Nebraska statute obliges a driver to consent to a search, and none makes refusal an offense or evidence of anything. Neb. Rev. Stat. 29-817 is the provision that matters: it…

Nebraska Revised Statute 2-952 places an affirmative legal duty on every person who owns or controls land in the state to control the spread of noxious weeds, using methods the…

Nebraska runs golf carts and low-speed vehicles on two separate statutory tracks and the difference is large. A golf car vehicle may only be driven on a public street where the city…

Nebraska law defines an abandoned vehicle as one left more than six hours on public property or more than seven days on private property without consent. State statute provides uniform…

Nebraska regulates tows from private restricted parking lots at Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 60-2401 to 60-2411. You may be charged only the reasonable cost of towing and storage, the tower must…

Under Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-1431, nonpayment of rent requires a 7-day written notice to pay or vacate before a landlord may terminate. A material lease breach requires written notice…

Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-1419 requires landlords to keep rentals fit and habitable: comply with housing codes, make repairs, maintain common areas and essential systems, and supply running…

Under Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-1423 a landlord may enter a rental only at reasonable times after giving the tenant at least one day's notice of intent to enter. Entry is allowed for…

Under Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-1437, either party may end a month-to-month tenancy with at least 30 days' written notice before the periodic rental date, and a week-to-week tenancy with at…

Nebraska preempts local rent control. Neb. Rev. Stat. 13-331, enacted by LB266 in 2025, bars any city, village, county, or other political subdivision from enacting or enforcing an…

Nebraska caps a security deposit at one month's rent, plus a pet deposit of up to one-fourth of a month's rent. Under Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-1416, a landlord must mail the balance and a…

Nebraska requires 10 years of adverse possession to claim title under Neb. Rev. Stat. 25-202. A squatter must hold the land in an actual, continuous, exclusive, open and notorious, and…

Nebraska counties zone agricultural land under Neb. Rev. Stat. 23-114 to 23-114.05 and the Livestock Operation Siting and Expansion Act, while the Right to Farm Act protects existing…

Nebraska's Right to Farm Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. 2-4401 to 2-4404, presumes that established farm and livestock operations are not nuisances if they were lawful when started and…

Nebraska imposes a 5.5% state sales tax and 1% state lodging tax on rentals of less than 30 days, plus any local option sales tax. Marketplace facilitators must collect on hosts'…

Nebraska state law prohibits placing political campaign signs or any signs on state highway and interstate right-of-way. The Department of Transportation enforces this rule statewide…

Nebraska does not impose a statewide plastic bag ban or fee. Local authority over plastic carryout bags is shaped by general municipal home rule and recycling statutes; legislative…

Nebraska has no solar rights statute that overrides a homeowners association or condominium covenant. Its solar access law, Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 66-901 to 66-914, works on local zoning…

Nebraska's net metering law guarantees interconnection for customer-generators whose solar systems are rated at or below 25 kilowatts. The local distribution utility must sign an…

Every public swimming pool in Nebraska must be completely surrounded by a barrier at least 6 feet high, with self-closing, self-latching, lockable gates and openings too small for a…

Public pools, including those at hotels, apartments, and municipal facilities, must obtain a state construction permit and operating permit from the Nebraska Department of Water…

Nebraska prohibits selling or furnishing cigarettes, vape products, and other tobacco to anyone under age 21. Neb. Rev. Stat. 28-1419 makes such a sale a Class III misdemeanor…

Nebraska's Integrated Solid Waste Management Act sets statewide waste-reduction goals, bans certain materials from landfills, and requires permitted disposal. Local recycling programs…

Nebraska allows a motor vehicle no more than two auxiliary driving lights, mounted on the front between twelve and forty-two inches above the surface the vehicle stands on, and each…

Nebraska has no statute naming dash cams, camera mounts or navigation screens. A windshield-mounted camera is governed by Neb. Rev. Stat. 60-6,256, which bans an object placed or hung…

Lane splitting and lane filtering are both illegal in Nebraska. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,308(3) says no person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent…

Nebraska has no statute naming license plate covers, and it does not need one. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-399(3) requires every letter, numeral and identification mark on the plate to be…

Nebraska's device statute, Neb. Rev. Stat. 60-6,274 to 60-6,277, reaches a radar transmission device, which section 60-6,274(1) defines as a mechanism designed to interfere with the…

Nebraska permits metal or metal-type tire studs only between November 1 and April 1. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-6,250(2) starts from a flat ban on any stud, cleat, spike or other non-rubber…

Nebraska requires at least 35 percent light transmission through the front side windows and at least 20 percent through the rear window and the side windows behind the front seat, and…