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Housing Laws

Laws current as of October 22, 2025

What actions by the abuser qualify for eviction under this law?

The landlord has the right to evict any tenant or occupant if they do any of the following in the rented home:

  1. violent criminal activity;
  2. illegal sale of any drug (“controlled substance”); or
  3. any other activity that threatens the health or safety of:
  • the other tenants;
  • the landlord;
  • the landlord’s employees; or
  • the landlord’s agents.1

“Activity” in #3 above includes but is not limited to:

  • actual or threatened physical assault;
  • actual or threatened illegal use of a firearm or other weapon;
  • possession of a drug other than one prescribed by a doctor, if the tenant knew or should have known it was there; or
  • any other actual or threatened activity that would threaten the health or safety of any person or damage to the property.1

1 Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1431(4)

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