Whenever any laborer upon any railroad, canal, viaduct, bridge, ditch, or other similar improvement in this state, shall have just claim or demand for labor performed on any such railroad, canal, bridge, ditch, viaduct, or other similar improvement against any person or persons who are, or any company which is a contractor on such railroad, canal, viaduct or bridge, or against any person or persons who are subcontractors with any person or persons or company contracting with any such railroad, bridge, viaduct, or ditching company for the construction of any part of any such railroad, bridge, canal, viaduct or ditch of any such company, every such railroad, canal, bridge or ditch company shall be liable to pay such laborer the amount of such claim or demand with ten percent interest thereon; Provided, such laborer shall have given notice within sixty days after the last item of labor shall have been performed, that he or she has such claim or demand. Such notice shall be given in writing and shall specify the nature and amount of the claim or demand, and shall be delivered to the president or vice president, superintendent, agent or the managing director or chief engineer in charge of that portion of the work, or any portion of the railroad, canal, viaduct, bridge or ditch upon which such labor is performed.

When material shall have been furnished, or labor performed in the construction, repair, and equipment of any railroad, canal, bridge, viaduct or other similar improvement, such laborer and materialman, contractor, or subcontractor, shall have a lien therefor, and such lien therefor shall extend and attach to the erections, excavations, embankments, bridges, roadbed, and all land upon which the same may be situated, including the rolling stock thereto appertaining and belonging, all of which, including the right-of-way, shall constitute the excavation, erection or improvement provided for and mentioned in sections 52-115 to 52-117.

Every person, whether contractor or subcontractor or materialman, who wishes to avail himself of the provisions of section 52-116 shall file with the register of deeds of the county in which the building, erection, excavation or other similar improvement to be charged with the lien, is situated, a just and true statement or account of the demand due him after allowing all credits, setting forth the time when such material was furnished or labor performed, and when completed, containing a correct description of the property to be charged with the lien and verified by affidavit. Such verified statement or account must be filed by a principal contractor within ninety days, and by a subcontractor within sixty days from the date on which the last of the material shall have been furnished, or the last of the labor is performed; but a failure or omission to file the same within the periods last aforesaid shall not defeat the lien, except against purchasers or encumbrancers in good faith without notice, whose rights accrued after the sixty or ninety days, as the case may be, and before any claim for the lien was filed; Provided, when a lien is claimed upon a railway, the subcontractor shall have sixty days from the last day of the month in which such labor was done or material furnished within which to file his claim therefor. Such lien shall continue for the period of two years, and any person holding such lien may proceed to obtain a judgment for the amount of his account thereon by civil action. When any suit or suits shall be commenced on such accounts within the time of such lien, the lien shall continue until such suit or suits are finally determined and satisfied.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, it shall be the duty of the State of Nebraska or any department or agency thereof, the county boards, the contracting board of all cities, villages, and school districts, all public boards empowered by law to enter into a contract for the erecting, furnishing, or repairing of any public building, bridge, highway, or other public structure or improvement, and any officer or officers so empowered by law to enter into such contract, to which the general provisions of the mechanics' lien laws do not apply and when the mechanics and laborers have no lien to secure the payment of their wages and suppliers who furnish material and who lease equipment for such work have no lien to secure payment therefor, to take from the person as defined in section 49-801 to whom the contract is awarded a payment bond or bonds in a sum not less than the contract price with a corporate surety company and agent selected by such person, conditioned for the payment of all laborers and mechanics for labor that is performed and for the payment for material and equipment rental which is actually used or rented in the erecting, furnishing, or repairing of the public structure or improvement or in performing the contract.

(2) The labor and material payment bond or bonds referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall not be required for (a) any project bid or proposed by the State of Nebraska or any department or agency thereof which has a total cost of fifteen thousand dollars or less or (b) any project bid or proposed by any county board, contracting board of any city, village, or school district, public board, or officer referred to in subsection (1) of this section which has a total cost of ten thousand dollars or less unless the state, department, agency, board, or officer includes a bond requirement in the specifications for the project.

(3) The bond or bonds referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be to, filed with, approved by, and safely kept by the State of Nebraska, department or agency thereof, officer or officers, or board awarding the contract. No contract referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be entered into by the State of Nebraska, department or agency thereof, officer or officers, or board referred to in subsection (1) of this section until the bond or bonds referred to in subsection (1) of this section has been so made, filed, and approved.

(4) The bond or bonds referred to in subsection (1) of this section may be taken from the person to whom the contract is awarded by the owner and owner's representative jointly as determined by the owner. The corporate surety company referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall have a rating acceptable to the owner as the owner may require.

Every person who has furnished labor or material in the prosecution of the work provided for in the contract set out in subsection (1) of section 52-118, in respect of which a bond is or bonds are furnished under such section, and who has not been paid in full therefor before the expiration of a period of ninety days after the day on which the last of the labor was done or performed by him or her or material was furnished or supplied by him or her for which such claim is made shall have the right to sue on such bond or bonds for the amount or the balance thereof unpaid at the time of the institution of such suit and to prosecute the action to final execution and judgment for the sum or sums justly due him or her. Any person having a direct contractual relationship with a subcontractor but no contractual relationship, express or implied, with the contractor furnishing such bond or bonds shall have a right of action upon the bond or bonds upon giving written notice to the contractor within four months from the date on which such person did or performed the last of the labor or furnished or supplied the last of the material for which such claim is made, stating with substantial accuracy the amount claimed and the name of the party to whom the material was furnished or supplied or for whom the labor was done or performed. Such notice shall be served by mailing the same by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, in an envelope addressed to the contractor at any place he or she maintains an office or conducts his or her business or his or her residence or in any other manner in which a notice may be served.

Every suit instituted under section 52-118.01 shall be brought by any person entitled to the benefit of this action, but no such suit shall be commenced after the expiration of one year after the date of final settlement of the principal contract. The action shall be in the name of the party claiming the benefits of this action.

For the purposes of subsection (1) of section 52-118, equipment which is rented for a project covered by such subsection under a lease with an option to purchase shall be considered to be equipment rented under a straight lease agreement not to exceed the reasonable rental value of the equipment during the period such equipment is actually used on such project and unless and until the option to purchase is validly exercised under the contract.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation who has taken a contract for the erection, improvement, repair, or removal of any house, mill, manufactory, or building of any kind for another, and has received payment in whole or in part upon such contract, to fail to apply the money so received, or so much thereof as may be necessary for that purpose, in payment of the lawful claims of such laborers or materialmen as could otherwise have a right to file a laborers' or materialmen's lien against such house or other structure, with the intent thereby to deprive or defraud the owner or person so paying the person, firm or corporation receiving payment, of his funds without discharging the liens, unless such person, firm, or corporation, taking such contract, shall have received and delivered to the owner of the property the written waiver of lien from all persons who otherwise would have a right to file a lien thereon. In any prosecution under sections 52-123 and 52-124 of the person, firm, or corporation so receiving payment, when it shall be shown in evidence that any lien for labor or materials existed in favor of any laborer or materialman and that such lien has been filed within the time and at the place as provided by law for the filing of such liens and that such person, firm, or corporation charged has received payment without discharging the lien to the extent of the funds received by him, the fact of acceptance of such payment without having discharged the lien within ten days after receipt of such payment shall be prima facie evidence of intent to deprive or defraud on the part of the person, firm, or corporation so receiving payment.

Any person, firm, or corporation, the members of any firm, or the officers of any corporation, violating the provisions of section 52-123 shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.

Sections 52-125 to 52-159 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Construction Lien Act.

Sections 52-125 to 52-159 creates, and provides for the attachment and enforceability of, a lien against real estate in favor of a person furnishing services or materials under a real estate improvement contract. Except as provided in sections 52-125 to 52-159, no nonconsensual lien arises against real estate by reason of improvements made thereon.

As used in sections 52-125 to 52-159, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Claimant shall mean a person having a right to a lien under sections 52-125 to 52-159 upon real estate and includes his or her successor in interest;

(2) Contract price shall mean the amount agreed upon by the contracting parties for performing services and furnishing materials covered by the contract, increased or diminished by the price of change orders or extras, amounts attributable to altered specifications, or breach of contract, including but not limited to defects in workmanship or materials. Liquidation of damages between the owner and a prime contractor does not diminish the contract price as to other claimants. If no price is agreed upon by the contracting parties, contract price shall mean the reasonable value of all services or materials covered by the contract;

(3) Contracting owner shall mean a person who owns real estate and who, personally or through an agent, enters into a contract, express or implied, for the improvement of the real estate;

(4) Construction lien or lien shall mean a lien arising under sections 52-125 to 52-159, and shall not include a security interest;

(5) Notice of commencement shall mean the notice specified in section 52-145, whether recorded by an owner or by a claimant;

(6) Notice of termination shall mean a notice terminating a notice of commencement;

(7) Prime contract shall mean any real estate improvement contract made between the contracting owner and a prime contractor;

(8) Prime contractor shall mean any person who makes a real estate improvement contract with a contracting owner;

(9) Services shall not include financing or activities in connection with financing;

(10) Construction security interest shall mean a security interest created by a security agreement that contains a legend on the first page clearly stating that it is a Construction Security Agreement and that secures an obligation which the debtor incurred for the purpose of making an improvement of the real estate in which the security interest is given if the instrument recorded to perfect the interest states that it is a construction security interest;

(11) Good faith shall mean honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable standards of fair dealing in the conduct or transaction involved;

(12) Judicial proceeding shall mean action at law or suit in equity, and any other proceeding in which rights are judicially determined;

(13) To record shall mean to present to the register of deeds for the county where the land is situated a document which he or she accepts and either enters in a daily log or notes thereon an identifying number, regardless of whether under applicable law the register of deeds is directed to file the document or otherwise to maintain a record of it. Recorded and recording have corresponding meanings;

(14) Record location shall mean the location, whether book and page, document number, electronic retrieval code, or other specific place, of a document in the public records accessible in the same recording office where the document containing the reference to the location is found; and

(15) Security interest shall mean a consensual interest in real estate which secures payment or performance of an obligation.

For the purpose of determining whether an owner is a contracting owner, agency is presumed, in the absence of clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, between employer and employee, between spouses, between joint tenants, and among tenants in common.

(1) Protected party shall mean:

(a) An individual who contracts to give a real estate security interest in, or to buy or to have improved, residential real estate all or a part of which he or she occupies or intends to occupy as a residence;

(b) A person obligated primarily or secondarily on a contract to buy or have improved residential real estate or on an obligation secured by residential real estate if, at the time he or she becomes obligated, he or she is related to an individual who occupies or intends to occupy all or a part of the real estate as a residence; or

(c) With respect to a security agreement, a person who acquires residential real estate and assumes or takes subject to the obligation of a prior protected party under the real estate security agreement.

(2) Residential real estate shall mean, in relation to a protected party, real estate, improved or to be improved, containing not more than four dwelling units and no nonresidential uses for which the protected party is a lessor. A condominium unit that is otherwise residential real estate remains so even though the condominium development contains more than four dwelling units or units used for nonresidential purposes.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, real estate improvement contract shall mean an agreement to perform services, including labor, or to furnish materials for the purpose of producing a change in the physical condition of land or of a structure including:

(a) Alteration of the surface by excavation, fill, change in grade, or change in a shore, bank, or flood plain of a stream, swamp, or body of water;

(b) Construction or installation on, above, or below the surface of land;

(c) Demolition, repair, remodeling, or removal of a structure previously constructed or installed;

(d) Seeding, sodding, or other landscaping operation;

(e) Surface or subsurface testing, boring, or analyzing; and

(f) Preparation of plans, surveys, or architectural or engineering plans or drawings for any change in the physical condition of land or structures whether or not used incident to producing a change in physical condition of the real estate.

(2) A contract for the mining or removal of timber, minerals, gravel, soil, sod, or things growing on land, or other similar contracts in which the activity is primarily for the purpose of realizing upon the disposal or removal of the objects removed, or a contract for the planting, cultivation, or harvesting of crops or for the preparation of the soil for planting of crops, is not a real estate improvement contract.

(1) A person who furnishes services or materials pursuant to a real estate improvement contract has a construction lien, only to the extent provided in the Nebraska Construction Lien Act, to secure the payment of his or her contract price.

(2) A lien arises under the act only if the claimant records a lien within the time specified by section 52-137.

(3) Real estate to which a construction lien attaches is specified by section 52-133, and limitations on the existence of a lien for materials are specified by section 52-134.

(4) The amount of a claimant's lien is specified by section 52-136. The content of the notice of the right to assert a lien to be given to the owner under section 52-136 is specified by section 52-135.

(5) The priority of a claimant's lien as against other construction-lien claimants is specified in section 52-138, and priority as against claimants other than construction-lien claimants is specified in section 52-139.

(6) Foreclosure of a lien under the act is governed by section 52-155, and the time within which an action to foreclose must be brought by section 52-140.

Notwithstanding the provisions on existence of a construction lien of section 52-131, no lien attaches under sections 52-125 to 52-159 to real estate owned by the state, a county, a municipality, or other governmental agency or political subdivision.

(1) If at the time a construction lien is recorded there is a recorded notice of commencement covering the improvement pursuant to which the lien arises, the lien is on the contracting owner's real estate described in the notice of commencement.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, if at the time a construction lien is recorded there is no recorded notice of commencement covering the improvement pursuant to which the lien arises, the lien is on the contracting owner's real estate being improved or directly benefited.

(3) If a claimant who recorded a lien while there was no recorded notice of commencement covering the real estate later records a notice of commencement, his or her lien is on the contracting owner's real estate described in the notice of commencement.

(4) If as a part of an improvement on his or her real estate or for the purpose of directly benefiting his or her real estate an owner contracts for improvements on real estate not owned by him or her, persons who furnish services or materials in connection with that improvement have a lien against the contracting owner's real estate being improved or directly benefited to the same extent as if the improvement had been on the contracting owner's real estate.

(5) If a recorded notice of commencement covers more than one lot in a platted subdivision of record, a claimant may apportion his or her lien to the various lots covered by the notice of commencement in any proportion he or she chooses and states in his or her recorded lien, including assigning all his or her lien to a particular lot.

(6) If a recorded lien does not contain an apportionment as provided in subsection (5) of this section, the owner may make demand on the claimant to make an apportionment and, if the claimant does not, within thirty days after the demand, make an apportionment by recording an amendment of the recorded lien, the owner may make a good faith apportionment by recording an owner's statement of apportionment. Notwithstanding the fact that the owner did not in fact give the notice to apportion referred to in this subsection or for any other reason was not entitled to record a statement of apportionment, or did not make a good faith apportionment, the apportionment is conclusive in favor of persons acquiring interests in the real estate after the statement of apportionment is recorded.

(1) A lien for furnishing materials arises only if:

(a) They are supplied with the intent, shown by the contract of sale, the delivery order, delivery to the site by the claimant or at his or her direction, or by other evidence, that they be used in the course of construction of, or incorporated into, the improvement in connection with which the lien arises; and

(b) They are either:

(i) Incorporated in the improvement or consumed as normal wastage in construction operations;

(ii) Specially fabricated for incorporation in the improvements and not readily resalable in the ordinary course of the fabricator's business even though not actually incorporated in the improvement;

(iii) Used for the construction or for the operation of machinery or equipment used in the course of construction and not remaining in the improvement, subject to diminution by the salvage value of those materials; or

(iv) Tools, appliances, or machinery used on the particular improvement, but a lien for supplying tools, appliances, or machinery used on the improvement is limited as provided by subsection (3) of this section.

(2) The delivery of materials to the site of the improvement, whether or not by the claimant, creates a presumption that they were used in the course of construction or were incorporated into the improvement.

(3) A lien arising for the supplying of tools, appliances, or machinery under subdivision (1)(b)(iv) of this section is limited as follows:

(a) If they are rented, the lien is for the reasonable rental value for the period of actual use and any reasonable periods of nonuse taken into account in the rental contract; and

(b) If they are purchased, the lien is for the price but arises only if they were purchased for use in the course of the particular improvement and have no substantial value to the purchaser after the completion of the improvement on which they were used.

(1) At any time after a claimant has entered into the contract under which he or she may claim a lien under the Nebraska Construction Lien Act, he or she may give notice of the right to assert a lien to the contracting owner. The notice of the right to assert a lien must be in writing, state that it is a notice of a right to assert a lien against real estate for services or materials furnished in connection with improvement of the real estate, and contain:

(a) The name of the claimant and the address to which the owner or others may send communications to the claimant;

(b) The name and address of the person with whom the claimant contracted;

(c) The name of the owner against whom a lien is or may be claimed;

(d) A general description of the services or materials provided or to be provided;

(e) A description sufficient to identify the real estate against which the lien is or may be claimed;

(f) A statement that the claimant is entitled to record a lien;

(g) The amount unpaid to the claimant for services or materials, whether or not due, or if no amount is fixed by the contract, a good faith estimate of the amount designated as an estimate; and

(h) The following statement in type no smaller than that used in providing the information required by subdivisions (1)(a) through (1)(g) of this subsection:

Warning. If you did not contract with the person giving this notice, any future payments you make in connection with this project may subject you to double liability.

(2) A claimant may notify the contracting owner, either in the notice of the right to assert a lien or separately, that the claimant must be notified of the recording of any termination of the notice of commencement. The notice to the owner must be in writing and, if not part of the notice of the right to assert a lien, shall contain the information specified in subdivisions (1)(a) through (1)(e) of this section. In addition, the notice shall state that a written notice of the recording of any notice of termination must be given to the claimant at least three weeks before the effective date of the notice of termination.

(3) The claimant shall send a copy of a recorded lien to the contracting owner within ten days after recording, and the recording shall be within the time specified for the filing of liens under section 52-137.

(4) If the contracting owner has held out another person as contracting owner, either by naming that person in the notice of commencement or otherwise, a notice directed to and received by that person is effective against the contracting owner.

(5) If the contracting owner has held out a fictitious or nonexisting person as contracting owner either by naming that person in the notice of commencement or otherwise, a notice to that fictitious or nonexisting person delivered at an address held out by the contracting owner as the address of the fictitious or nonexisting person is effective against the contracting owner.

(6) This section shall apply to a lien claimant only when the contracting owner is a protected party.

(1) Subject to subsection (3) of this section:

(a) The lien of a prime contractor is for the unpaid part of his or her contract price; and

(b) Except as against a protected party contracting owner, the lien of a claimant other than a prime contractor is for the amount unpaid under the claimant's contract.

(2) Except as modified by subsections (4) and (5) of this section, as against a protected party contracting owner, the lien of a claimant other than a prime contractor is for the lesser of:

(a) The amount unpaid under the claimant's contract; or

(b) The amount unpaid under the prime contract through which the claimant claims at the time the contracting owner receives the claimant's notice of the right to assert a lien.

(3) The lien of a claimant is reduced by the sum of the liens of claimants who claim through him or her.

(4) If a protected party contracting owner's lien liability under a particular prime contract as provided in subsection (5) of this section is less than the sum of claims of all claimants claiming through that particular prime contractor:

(a) Lien claimants whose liens attach at different times have liens in the order of attachment until the owner's lien liability is exhausted; and

(b) Among claimants whose liens attach, or may attach, at the same time, each claimant's lien is for his or her pro rata portion of the amount of the contracting owner's lien liability to claimants whose liens attach at that time.

(5) A protected party contracting owner's lien liability under a particular prime contract is the prime contract price less payments properly made thereon. A payment is properly made on a prime contract to the extent that the payment:

(a) Is made in good faith before the receipt by the contracting owner of a copy of a recorded lien or of a notice of the right to assert a lien; or

(b) If made after receipt by the contracting owner of a copy of a recorded lien or of a notice of the right to assert a lien, is made in good faith and leaves unpaid a part of the prime contract price sufficient to satisfy the unpaid claims of all claimants who have provided a copy of a recorded lien or who have given notice of the right to assert a lien and whose claims are not being satisfied by the payment.

(1) A claimant's lien does not attach and may not be enforced unless, after entering into the contract under which the lien arises and not later than one hundred twenty days after his or her final furnishing of services or materials, he or she has recorded a lien.

(2) If a lien is recorded while a notice of commencement is effective as to the improvement in connection with which the lien arises, the lien attaches as of the time the notice is recorded, even though visible commencement occurred before the notice is recorded. A notice of commencement is not effective until recording and, after recording, is effective until its lapse. A notice of commencement lapses at the earlier of its expiration as provided in subsection (2) of section 52-145 or the date it is terminated by a notice of termination as provided in section 52-146.

(3) If a lien is recorded while there is no recorded notice of commencement covering the improvement in connection with which the lien arises, the lien attaches at the earlier of visible commencement of the improvement or the recording of the lien, but if visible commencement has occurred before or within thirty days after the lapse of the last notice of commencement covering the improvement:

(a) The lien attaches at the time the lien is recorded if the lien is recorded within thirty days after lapse of the last effective notice of commencement; or

(b) The lien relates back to and attaches thirty-one days after the termination date if the lien is recorded more than thirty days after lapse of the last effective notice of commencement.

(4) If new construction is the principal improvement involved and the materials, excavation, preparation of an existing structure, or other preparation are readily visible on a reasonable inspection of the real estate, visible commencement occurs when:

(a) Materials are delivered to the real estate to which the lien attaches preparatory to construction;

(b) Excavation on the real estate to which the lien attaches is begun; or

(c) Preparation of an existing structure to receive the new construction, or other preparation of the real estate to which the lien attaches, is begun.

(5) In all cases not covered by subsection (4) of this section the time visible commencement occurs is to be determined by the circumstances of the case.

(1) All liens attaching at the same time have equal priority and share the amount received upon foreclosure of the liens and available for distribution to construction lien claimants in the same ratio as the ratio of the particular lien bears to the total of all liens attaching at the same time.

(2) Except as provided by subsection (3) of this section, liens attaching at different times have priority in the order of attachment.

(3) A claimant who records a notice of commencement after he or she has recorded a lien has only equal priority with claimants who record a lien while the notice of commencement is effective. Any priority which the claimant gained over third parties by recording his or her notice of lien is preserved for the benefit of all claimants having equal priority under this subsection.

(1) Except as provided in this section, a construction lien has priority over adverse claims against the real estate as if the construction-lien claimant were a purchaser for value without knowledge who had recorded at the time his or her lien attached.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a construction lien has priority over subsequent advances made under a prior recorded security interest if the subsequent advances are made with knowledge that the lien has attached.

(3) Notwithstanding knowledge that the construction lien has attached, or the advance exceeds the maximum amount stated in the recorded security agreement and whether or not the advance is made pursuant to a commitment, a subsequent advance made under a security agreement recorded before the construction lien attached has priority over the lien if:

(a) The subsequent advance is made under a construction security agreement and is made in payment of the price of the agreed improvements;

(b) The subsequent advance is made or incurred for the reasonable protection of the security interest in the real estate, such as payment for real property taxes, hazard insurance premiums, or maintenance charges imposed under a condominium declaration or other covenant; or

(c) The subsequent advance was applied to the payment of any lien or encumbrance which was prior to the construction lien.

(4) To the extent that a subsequent security interest is given to secure funds used to pay a debt secured by a security interest having priority over a construction lien under this section, the subsequent security interest is also prior to the construction lien.

(5) Even though notice of commencement has been recorded, a buyer who is a protected party takes free of all construction liens that are not of record at the time his or her title document is recorded.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a lien that has become enforceable as provided in sections 52-125 to 52-159 continues enforceable for two years after recording of the lien.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, if an owner, holder of a security interest, or other person having an interest in the real estate gives the claimant written demand to institute a judicial proceeding within thirty days, the lien lapses unless within thirty days after receipt of the written demand, the claimant institutes judicial proceedings or records an affidavit that the total contract price is not yet due under the contract for which he or she recorded the lien.

(3) If a judicial proceeding to enforce a lien is instituted while a lien is effective under subsection (1) or (2) of this section, the lien continues during the pendency of the proceeding.

(1) A lien does not attach to the real estate on behalf of any claimant claiming through a particular prime contractor if the owner or the prime contractor has procured from a surety company authorized to do business in this state a bond meeting the requirements of this section and has recorded a notice of surety bond.

(2) The bond must obligate the surety company, to the extent of the penal sum of the bond, to pay all sums due to construction lien claimants other than the prime contractor for services and materials supplied pursuant to the contract under which the lien would otherwise arise.

(3) The penal sum of the bond shall be not less than:

(a) Fifty percent of the contract price, if the prime contract price is not more than one million dollars;

(b) Forty percent of the contract price, if the prime contract price is more than one million dollars and not more than five million dollars;

(c) Two million, five hundred thousand dollars, if the prime contract price is more than five million dollars.

(4) The person procuring the bond shall furnish on request a true copy at cost of reproduction to any claimant and is liable to the requesting claimant for any damages caused by failure, without justification, to furnish a copy.

(5) A claimant may not recover under the bond provided for in this section unless he or she:

(a) Institutes suit against the surety within one year after the completion of his or her performance or within any longer period of time permitted by the terms of the bond; and

(b) If he or she is a claimant not having a direct contract relationship with the prime contractor, within ninety days after completion of his or her performance gives the prime contractor written notice of the amount due.

(6) A claimant having a claim under the bond may proceed directly against the surety. A judicial proceeding on the bond may be maintained separately from and without bringing a judicial proceeding against the prime contractor and without complying with the notice and recording procedures of sections 52-125 to 52-159. In any judicial proceeding brought on the bond the court shall award to the prevailing party reasonable attorney's fees and court costs.

(7) The obligation of a surety under this section is not affected by any change or modification of the contract between the prime contractor and the contracting owner, but the total liability of the surety may not exceed the penal sum of the bond.

(1) Any person having an interest in real estate may release the real estate from liens which have attached to it by:

(a) Depositing in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county in which the lien is recorded a sum of money in cash, certified check, or other bank obligation, or a surety bond issued by a surety company authorized to do business in this state, in an amount sufficient to pay the total of the amounts claimed in the liens being released plus fifteen percent of such total; and

(b) Recording, as provided in section 52-151, a certificate of the clerk of the district court showing that the deposit has been made.

(2) The clerk of the district court has an obligation to accept the deposit and issue the certificate.

(3) Upon release of the real estate from a lien under this section, the claimant's rights are transferred from the real estate to the deposit or surety bond and the claimant may establish his or her claim under sections 52-125 to 52-159, and upon determination of the claim the court shall order the clerk of the district court to pay the sums due or render judgment against the surety company on the bond, as the case may be.

(1) A prime contractor, on request, is obligated to furnish the following information within a reasonable time, not exceeding ten days, to any person entitled to claim a lien through him or her:

(a) A description of the real estate being improved sufficient to identify it;

(b) The name and address of the contracting owner with whom the prime contractor contracted; and

(c) Whether there is a surety bond and, if so, the name of the surety.

(2) At the request of any person who may claim a lien through him or her, any claimant other than a prime contractor must furnish, within a reasonable time not exceeding five days, the name of the person who contracted for the furnishing by the claimant of the materials or services in connection with which the lien claim may arise.

(3) A person who fails to furnish information as required by this section is liable to the requesting party for actual damages or two hundred dollars as liquidated damages.

(4) This section shall apply only when the real estate improvement contract is with a protected party.

(1) A written waiver of construction lien rights signed by a claimant requires no consideration and is valid and binding, whether signed before or after the materials or services were contracted for or furnished. Ambiguities in a written waiver are construed against the claimant.

(2) A written waiver waives all construction lien rights of the claimant as to the improvement to which the waiver relates unless the waiver is specifically limited to a particular lien right or a particular portion of the services or materials furnished.

(3) A waiver of lien rights does not affect any contract rights of the claimant otherwise existing.

(4) Acceptance of a promissory note or other evidence of debt is not a waiver of lien rights unless the note or other instrument expressly so declares.

(1) A notice of commencement must be signed by the contracting owner, be denominated notice of commencement, and state:

(a) The real estate being or intended to be improved or directly benefited, with a description thereof sufficient for identification;

(b) The name and address of the contracting owner, his or her interest in the real estate, and the name and address of the fee simple title holder, if other than the contracting owner; and

(c) That if, after the notice of commencement is recorded, a lien is recorded as to an improvement covered by the notice of commencement, the lien has priority from the time the notice of commencement is recorded.

(2) The notice of commencement may state its duration, but if a duration is stated of less than six months from the time of recording, the duration of the notice is six months. If no duration is stated, the duration of the notice is one year after the recording.

(3) The notice of commencement may state that it is limited to a particular improvement project, or portion thereof, on the real estate. But the limitation is not effective unless the particular improvement, or portion thereof, to which it applies is stated with sufficient specificity that a claimant, by reasonable inquiry, can determine whether his or her contract is covered by the notice of commencement.

(4) A contracting owner may extend the duration of a notice of commencement by recording before the lapse thereof a continuation statement signed by him or her which refers to the record location and date of recording of the notice of commencement and states the date to which the notice of commencement's duration is extended.

(5) If no notice of commencement applies to an improvement, any claimant who is entitled to record a lien may record a notice of commencement denominated notice of commencement, claimant recording, signed by him or her, stating:

(a) In accordance with subsection (10) of this section, the real estate being or intended to be improved or directly benefited, with a description thereof sufficient for identification;

(b) The name and address of the contracting owner against whom the notice of commencement is effective;

(c) The name and address of the claimant recording the notice of commencement;

(d) The name and address of the person with whom the claimant contracted with respect to the improvement;

(e) A brief description of the services or materials provided, or to be provided, by the claimant for the improvement; and

(f) That if, after the notice of commencement is recorded, a lien is recorded as to an improvement covered by the notice of commencement, the lien has priority from the time the notice of commencement is recorded.

(6) A claimant recording a notice of commencement, not later than the day it is recorded, must send a copy thereof to the contracting owner. The claimant is liable to the contracting owner for any damages caused by failure to comply with this subsection.

(7) Sections 52-125 to 52-159 apply equally to all notices of commencement, but as to a notice of commencement recorded by a claimant:

(a) Notwithstanding any stated duration, the duration is one year after the recording; and

(b) The limitation under subsection (3) of this section is not effective.

(8) Unless a notice of commencement is limited to a particular improvement project, or portion thereof, it covers all improvements made on the real estate described therein whether or not they were contemplated at the time of the recording.

(9) Unless a notice of commencement provides otherwise, it covers improvements made on real estate not owned by the contracting owner if, under subsection (4) of section 52-133, a lien arises against the contracting owner's real estate described in the notice of commencement as a result of the improvements.

(10) A notice of commencement recorded by a claimant under subsection (5) of this section may describe all or any part of the contracting owner's real estate being improved or directly benefited.

(1) A contracting owner may terminate a notice of commencement as to all or any identified portion of the real estate subject to the notice of commencement by:

(a) Recording a notice of termination denominated termination of notice of commencement and containing:

(i) The information required by subdivisions (1)(a) and (1)(b) of section 52-145 for a notice of commencement;

(ii) A reference to the recorded notice of commencement by its record location and a statement of its date of recording;

(iii) A statement of the date as of which the notice of commencement is terminated which date may not be earlier than thirty days after the notice of termination is recorded; and

(iv) If the notice of termination is to apply only to a portion of the real estate subject to the notice of commencement, a statement of that fact and a description of the portion of the real estate to which the notice of termination applies;

(b) Sending, at least three weeks before the effective date of the notice of termination, a copy of the notice of termination, showing the date it was recorded, to all claimants who have requested that the owner notify them of the recording of a notice of termination;

(c) Publishing a notice of the recording of the notice of termination, which notice must comply with the provisions of subsection (2) of this section and be published at least once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the county where the recording occurs, the last publication of which must be at least five days before the stated termination date; and

(d) Recording an affidavit stating that notice of the recorded notice of termination has been sent to all claimants who have requested notice and that publication has been made. The affidavit must state the newspaper and dates of publication and include a copy of the published notice.

(2) The published notice of the recording of the notice of termination must contain the information required for the notice of termination under subsection (1) of this section, a statement of the date on which the notice of termination was recorded, and a statement that all lien claims for which a notice of lien is not recorded by the termination date may be defeated by a transfer of the real estate.

(3) A purchaser, judgment creditor, or other person having a lien against the real estate may rely on the affidavit without obligation to inquire as to its accuracy, and is not prejudiced by its inaccuracy.

(1) A claimant may record a lien which shall be signed by the claimant and state:

(a) The real estate subject to the lien, with a description thereof sufficient for identification;

(b) The name of the person against whose interest in the real estate a lien is claimed;

(c) The name and address of the claimant;

(d) The name and address of the person with whom the claimant contracted;

(e) A general description of the services performed or to be performed or materials furnished or to be furnished for the improvement and the contract price thereof;

(f) The amount unpaid, whether or not due, to the claimant for the services or materials or if no amount is fixed by the contract a good faith estimate of the amount designated as an estimate; and

(g) The time the last services or materials were furnished or if that time has not yet occurred, an estimate of the time.

(2) The name given in the lien in accordance with the requirement of subdivision (1)(b) of this section may be the name of the contracting owner or the name of the record holder of the contracting owner's interest at the time of recording the lien.

(1) A recorded lien may be amended by an additional recording at any time during the period allowed for recording the original lien. An amendment adding real estate or increasing the amount of lien claimed is effective as to the additional real estate or increased amount only from the time the amendment is recorded.

(2) A recorded lien may be amended after the period allowed for recording the original lien for the purpose of:

(a) Reducing the amount of the lien;

(b) Reducing the real estate against which the lien is claimed; or

(c) Making an apportionment of the lien among lots of a platted subdivision of record.

(3) An amendment shall state the record location and date of recording of the notice of lien being amended and shall state the respects in which it is being amended.

(1) A claimant having a recorded lien, or his or her assignee, may record an assignment signed by the claimant which sets forth the name of the claimant, the name and address of the assignee, the person against whom the lien is claimed, the real estate affected with a description thereof sufficient for identification, and the record location and date of the recording of the notice of lien.

(2) Even though an assignment has been recorded, an owner may continue to deal with the original claimant as to the claim until the owner receives notice of the assignment and a direction that no arrangements or payments may be made without the assignee's consent. If requested by the owner, the assignee must furnish reasonable proof that an assignment has been made and unless he or she does so, the owner may pay the assignor.

(3) Unless a statement of assignment is recorded, the assignee need not be a party to any judicial proceeding to foreclose a security interest, lien, or other encumbrance.

(4) The failure to record an assignment does not otherwise affect its validity.

(1) If a prime contractor or owner has secured a surety bond a notice of surety bond may be recorded.

(2) The notice shall be signed by the contractor or owner and by the surety company and state:

(a) The real estate being improved with a description thereof sufficient for identification;

(b) The names and addresses of the owner and the prime contractor;

(c) The name and address of the surety company and the name and address of a person on whom service of process may be made;

(d) The total sum of the bond and that the bond meets the requirements of section 52-141; and

(e) That the bond is for the purpose of relieving the real estate from construction liens arising under the contract between the named prime contractor and contracting owner.

(1) A person who has deposited money or a surety bond with the clerk of the district court in substitution of collateral as provided in section 52-142 may record a certificate of the clerk of the district court showing the deposit.

(2) The certificate, which shall be signed by the clerk of the district court, shall state the amount deposited, if money, or, if a surety bond, the amount of the bond and the name and address of the surety company.

(3) The certificate also shall state, on the basis of information supplied by the person making the deposit:

(a) The real estate being improved with a description thereof sufficient for identification;

(b) The name and address of the person in whose behalf the deposit was made;

(c) If a surety bond is deposited, the name and address of a person on whom service of process may be made; and

(d) The name of the claimants for whom the deposit is made, the amount of their claims, and the record location of their liens.

(1) A person giving a demand to institute judicial proceedings to enforce a lien, after giving the demand, may record a copy of the demand in the office in which the lien was recorded. The demand must refer by record location to the recorded lien under which it was given, and state the date demand was given to institute judicial proceedings and the names of the owner and the claimant.

(2) A claimant who has received demand to institute judicial proceedings may record, in the office in which the lien was recorded, a statement that the total contract price is not yet due under the contract for which the lien was recorded. The statement must refer to the recorded lien by its record location and give the names of the owner and the claimant.

An owner who is entitled to apportion a lien among lots of a platted subdivision of record may record a statement making the apportionment. The statement must refer to the record location of the lien being apportioned, state the name of the owner and the claimant, state the date on which the demand to apportion was made on the claimant and that he or she has not apportioned, and make the apportionment.

(1) A lien provided by sections 52-125 to 52-159 may be discharged of record by:

(a) Recording a signed statement of the record claimant stating that the lien is released;

(b) Failing to record, within the time prescribed in the provisions on duration of lien under section 52-140, an affidavit that the total contract price is not yet due;

(c) Recording the original or certified copy of a final judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction so providing; or

(d) Recording, as provided in section 52-151, a certificate of the clerk of the district court showing the deposit of substitute collateral.

(2) The lien claimant of record by partial release may reduce the amount of the lien claimed in the notice of lien or limit the notice of lien to a portion of the real estate described in the notice of commencement by recording an amendment to his or her lien showing the reduction in amount or limited portion of the real estate against which a lien is claimed.

(3) A statement under subdivision (1)(a) of this section or a judgment under subdivision (1)(c) of this section must refer by record location to the notice of lien to which it applies.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the rules applicable to a civil action apply to a proceeding to foreclose liens under sections 52-125 to 52-159.

(2) In a proceeding to foreclose a lien, all claimants having recorded liens may join as plaintiffs and those who do not join as plaintiffs may be joined as defendants. Any person who records a lien or acquires an interest in real estate after the commencement of the foreclosure proceeding may be made a defendant before judgment.

(3) The court shall determine the amount due or owing to each claimant and direct foreclosure of the liens against the real estate. Foreclosure may be by any method available for foreclosure of security interests in real estate, or otherwise, as ordered by the court.

(1) If a contracting owner records a notice of termination before abandonment or substantial completion of all the improvements covered by the notice of commencement being terminated, he or she is personally liable to any lien claimant to the extent that the claimant is unable to realize on a lien because the notice of termination was recorded before abandonment or substantial completion.

(2) A notice of termination is effective even though the owner, under subsection (1) of this section, may be personally liable to lien claimants by reason of his or her recording the notice of termination.

(1) If a person is wrongfully deprived of benefits to which he or she is entitled under sections 52-125 to 52-159 by conduct other than that described in section 52-156:

(a) He or she is entitled to damages; and

(b) The court may make orders restraining the owner or other person, or ordering them to proceed on appropriate terms and conditions.

(2) If in bad faith a claimant records a lien, overstates the amount for which he or she is entitled to a lien, or refuses to execute a release of a lien, the court may:

(a) Declare his or her lien void; and

(b) Award damages to the owner or any other person injured thereby.

(3) Damages awarded under this section may include the costs of correcting the record and reasonable attorney's fees.

Whenever in the statutes of Nebraska, unless the context otherwise requires, the term mechanic's lien or words referring to such term occur they shall be taken to mean and apply to construction lien as used in sections 52-125 to 52-159. The Revisor of Statutes shall substitute the appropriate term or words in the statutes necessitated by this section.

(1) Any person who makes, alters, repairs, or in any way enhances the value of any vehicle, automobile, machinery, farm implement, or tool or shoes a horse or mule at the request of or with the consent of the owner or owners thereof shall have a lien on such vehicle, automobile, machinery, farm implement, tool, horse, or mule while in such person's possession for the reasonable or agreed charges for the work done or material furnished and shall have the right to retain such property until such charges are paid.

(2) Any person who exercises the right to retain such property shall not assess any additional fee beyond the reasonable or agreed charges for the work done or material furnished unless the person first sends, by certified mail, (a) a notice of possession of such property, intent to assess an additional reasonable fee beginning with the date that the notice is sent, and the amount or rate of the additional reasonable fee to the owner or owners for whom the work was performed and (b) a copy of such notice to any lienholder noted on the certificate of title if applicable.

Any person who makes, alters, repairs, or in any way enhances the value of any vehicle, automobile, machinery, or farm implement or tool or shoes any horse or mule, at the request of or with the consent of the owner or owners thereof, has a lien upon such property, in cases when he or she has parted with the possession of such property, for his or her reasonable or agreed charges for the work performed or material furnished. A lien created under this section shall be perfected as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code. Any financing statement filed to perfect such lien shall be filed within sixty days after performing such work or furnishing such material and shall contain or have attached thereto (1) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number of the person claiming the lien, (2) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number, if known, of the person for whom the work was performed or material furnished, (3) a description of the work performed or material furnished, (4) a description of the property upon which such work was performed or material furnished, and (5) the amount due for such work performed or material furnished. The failure to include the social security number or federal tax identification number shall not render any filing unperfected. At the time the lien is filed, the lienholder shall send a copy to the person for whom the work was performed or material furnished.

A lien created under section 52-202 is in force from and after the date it is filed and is prior and paramount to all other liens upon such property except those previously filed against such property. Such lien shall be treated in all respects as an agricultural lien as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code, and may be enforced in the manner and form provided for the enforcement of secured transactions as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code, except that such enforcement proceedings shall be instituted within one year after the filing of such lien. The lien is subject to the rights of purchasers of the property against which the lien is filed when the purchasers acquired the property prior to the filing of the lien without knowledge or notice of the rights of the persons performing the work or furnishing material. The fee for filing, amending, or releasing such lien shall be the same as set forth in section 9-525, Uniform Commercial Code. Effective January 1, 2015, this section applies to a lien created under section 52-202 regardless of when the lien was created.

When a lien created under section 52-202 is satisfied, any financing statement filed to perfect that lien shall be terminated in the manner and form provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code.

Upon all articles left or given to jewelers, silversmiths, or watch and clock repairers, for repairs, parts or work thereon, the jeweler, silversmith, watch or clock repairer, shall have a lien on such article for the cost of repairs, parts or work thereon and material put on or in such article.

When one year has elapsed after completion of repairs, work upon or material put on or in such article, if the indebtedness remains due, unpaid or owing, such jeweler, silversmith, watch or clock repairer may file with the county clerk of the county in which such jeweler, silversmith, watch or clock repairer resides, a list showing the name, the address if known, the article and the amount of the bill against the same, duly signed and sworn to before a person authorized to administer oaths.

If within thirty days after the filing of such lien with the county clerk as required by section 52-302, the owner fails to pay such charges, the lien shall be treated in all respects as a secured transaction as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code, and may be foreclosed in the manner and form provided for the foreclosure of secured transactions as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code, except that more than one article and charge may be filed in the same lien and foreclosed in the same proceeding, and a publication of a list of several articles and charges published together shall be deemed sufficient notice. Such foreclosure shall be instituted within one year after the filing of the lien.

If the property sold under foreclosure shall bring more than the charges and costs of foreclosure, the excess shall be paid to the county treasurer of the county in which the foreclosure is had, and a statement shall be made to the county treasurer of the amount of excess due to the owners of the articles sold, which sum may be procured by the owner by filing a claim with the county board in the usual manner.

(1) Whenever any person employs a physician, nurse, chiropractor, hospital, or provider of emergency medical service to perform professional services of any nature, in the treatment of or in connection with an injury, and such injured person claims damages from the party causing the injury, such physician, nurse, chiropractor, hospital, or provider of emergency medical service, shall have a lien upon any sum awarded the injured person in judgment or obtained by settlement or compromise on the amount due for the usual and customary charges of such physician, nurse, chiropractor, hospital, or provider of emergency medical service applicable at the time services are performed, except that no such lien shall be valid against anyone covered under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act. For persons covered under private medical insurance or another private health benefit plan, the amount of the lien shall be reduced by the contracted discount or other limitation which would have been applied had the claim been submitted for reimbursement to the medical insurer or administrator of such other health benefit plan. The measure of damages for medical expenses in personal injury claims shall be the private party rate, not the discounted amount.

(2) In order to prosecute such lien, it shall be necessary for such physician, nurse, chiropractor, hospital, or provider of emergency medical service to serve a written notice upon the person or corporation from whom damages are claimed that such physician, nurse, chiropractor, hospital, or provider of emergency medical service claims a lien for such services and stating the amount due and the nature of such services, except that whenever an action is pending in court for the recovery of such damages, it shall be sufficient to file the notice of such lien in the pending action.

(3) A physician, nurse, chiropractor, hospital, or provider of emergency medical service claiming a lien under this section shall not be liable for attorney's fees and costs incurred by the injured person in securing the judgment, settlement, or compromise, but the lien of the injured person's attorney shall have precedence over the lien created by this section.

(4) Upon a written request and with the injured person's consent, a lienholder shall provide medical records, answers to interrogatories, depositions, or any expert medical testimony related to the recovery of damages within its custody and control at a reasonable charge to the injured person.

(5) For purposes of this section, provider of emergency medical service means a public entity that provides emergency medical service as defined in section 38-1207.

The term physician shall include surgeon, and shall mean one legally authorized to practice his profession within the State of Nebraska and in good standing in his profession at the time.

(1)(a) The owner or operator of any threshing machine or combine used in threshing, combining, or hulling grain or seed, (b) the owner or operator of any mechanical cornpicker or mechanical cornhusker used in picking or husking corn, and (c) the owner or operator of any cornsheller used in shelling corn shall have and hold a lien upon such grain, seed, or corn which he or she shall thresh, combine, hull, pick, husk, or shell with such machine to secure the payment to him or her of the charges agreed upon by the person for whom the threshing, combining, hulling, picking, husking, or shelling was done or, if no charges are agreed upon, for such charges as may be reasonable for such threshing, combining, hulling, picking, husking, or shelling.

(2) A lien created under this section shall be perfected as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code. Any financing statement filed to perfect such lien shall contain or have attached thereto (a) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number of the owner or operator claiming the lien, (b) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number, if known, of the person for whom the threshing, combining, hulling, picking, husking, or shelling was done, (c) the amount due for such threshing, combining, hulling, picking, husking, or shelling, (d) the amount of grain, seed, or corn covered by the lien, (e) the place where the grain, seed, or corn is located, and (f) the date on which the threshing, combining, hulling, picking, husking, or shelling was done. Such financing statement shall be filed within thirty days after the threshing, combining, hulling, picking, husking, or shelling was done. The failure to include the social security number or federal tax identification number shall not render any filing unperfected. At the time the lien is filed, the lienholder shall send a copy to the person for whom the threshing, combining, hulling, picking, husking, or shelling was done.

(3) In the event the person for whom the threshing, combining, hulling, picking, husking, or shelling was done desires to sell or deliver the grain, seed, or corn so threshed, combined, hulled, picked, husked, or shelled to a grain elevator or to any other person, such person desiring to sell or deliver the grain, seed, or corn shall notify the consignee or purchaser that the threshing, combining, hulling, picking, husking, or shelling bill has not been paid, and the lien created under this section on such grain, seed, or corn shall shift to the purchase price thereof in the hands of the purchaser or consignee. In the event the grain, seed, or corn is sold or consigned with the consent or knowledge of the person entitled to a lien created under this section within thirty days after the date of such threshing, combining, hulling, picking, husking, or shelling, such lien shall not attach to the grain, seed, or corn or to the purchase price thereof unless the person entitled to the lien notifies the purchaser in writing of the lien.

(4) A lien created under this section shall be treated in all respects as an agricultural lien as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code, and may be enforced in the manner and form provided for the enforcement of secured transactions as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code, except that such enforcement shall be instituted within thirty days after the filing of the lien. The fee for filing, amending, or releasing such lien shall be the same as set forth in section 9-525, Uniform Commercial Code.

(5) Effective January 1, 2015, this section applies to a lien created under this section regardless of when the lien was created.

A lien created under section 52-501 shall not attach to such grain, seed, or corn in the hands of an innocent purchaser or dealer in the usual course of trade unless all the notices provided for in such section shall have been given. In the event the threshing, combining, hulling, picking, husking, or shelling was done on rented or leased land, the lien shall not apply to the landlord's or lessor's share of the grain, seed, or corn. The lien shall not be assignable.

When a lien created under section 52-501 is satisfied, any financing statement filed to perfect that lien shall be terminated in the manner and form provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code.

A person who shall perform work or labor, or exert care or diligence, or who shall advance money or material upon personal property under a contract, expressed or implied, and who holds such property for a period of ninety days, may dispose of the property by sale or other manner. Such disposition shall not occur until thirty days after the mailing of a written notice of the intended disposition by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last-known address of the owner of the personal property to be disposed of, and to any lien or security interest holder of record.

In accordance with the terms of the notice given as provided by section 52-601.01, a sale of the goods for reasonable value may be had to satisfy any valid claim of the claimant for which the claimant has a lien on the goods. Such sale shall extinguish any lien or security interest in the goods of a lienholder or security interest holder to which notice of sale was mailed pursuant to section 52-601.01.

From the proceeds of such sale the claimant shall make application in the following order: (1) To satisfy his or her lien, including the reasonable charges of notice, advertisement, and sale; and (2) to satisfy the obligations secured by the lien or security interest of any lienholder or security interest holder of record. The balance, if any, of such proceeds shall be delivered to the county treasurer of the county in which the sale was made. The treasurer of the county in which the property was sold shall issue his or her receipt for the balance of such proceeds. The county treasurer shall make proper entry in the books of his or her office of all such proceeds paid over to him or her, and shall hold the money for a period of five years, and immediately thereafter pay the same into the school fund of the proper county, to be appropriated for the support of the schools, unless the owner of the property sold, his or her legal representatives, or any lienholder or security interest holder of record whose lien or security interest has not previously been satisfied shall, within such period of five years after such proceeds have been deposited with the treasurer, furnish satisfactory evidence of the ownership of such property or satisfactory evidence of the lien or security interest, in which event he, she, or they shall be entitled to receive from the county treasurer the amount so deposited with him or her.

At any time before the goods are so sold, any person claiming a right of property or possession therein may pay the claimant the amount necessary to satisfy his lien, and pay the reasonable expenses and liabilities incurred in serving notices of advertising and preparing for sale up to the time of such payment. The claimant shall deliver the goods to the person making such payment if he is a person entitled to the possession of the goods on the payment of charges thereon.

Whenever any person procures, contracts with, or hires any person licensed to practice veterinary medicine and surgery to treat, relieve, or in any way take care of any kind of livestock, such veterinarian shall have a first, paramount, and prior lien upon such livestock so treated for the contract price agreed upon or, in case no price has been agreed upon, for the reasonable value of the services and any medicines or biologics furnished. A lien created under this section shall be treated in all respects as an agricultural lien as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code, and may be enforced in the manner and form provided for the enforcement of secured transactions as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code. A lien created under this section shall be perfected as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code. Any financing statement filed to perfect such lien shall be filed within ninety days after the furnishing of the services and any medicines or biologics and shall contain or have attached thereto (1) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number of the veterinarian claiming the lien, (2) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number, if known, of the person to whom the services and medicines or biologics were furnished, (3) a correct description of the livestock to be charged with the lien, and (4) the amount of the services and any medicines or biologics furnished. The failure to include the social security number or federal tax identification number shall not render any filing unperfected. At the time the lien is filed, the lienholder shall send a copy to the person to whom the services and medicines or biologics were furnished. The fee for filing, amending, or releasing such lien shall be the same as set forth in section 9-525, Uniform Commercial Code. Effective January 1, 2015, this section applies to a lien created under this section regardless of when the lien was created.

When a lien created under section 52-701 is satisfied, any financing statement filed to perfect that lien shall be terminated in the manner and form provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code.

Any garment, clothing, wearing apparel, or household goods on which cleaning, pressing, glazing, or washing has been done, upon which alterations or repairs have been made, or on which materials or supplies have been used or furnished, remaining in the possession of a person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation for a period of ninety days or more, may be sold to pay the reasonable or agreed charges and the costs of notifying the owner or owners. The person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation to whom such charges are payable and owing shall first notify the owner or owners of the time and place of such sale. Property that is to be placed in storage after any of the services or labors mentioned in this section shall not be affected by the provisions of this section.

All garments, clothing, wearing apparel, or household goods placed in storage or on which any of the services or labors mentioned in section 52-801 have been performed and then placed in storage by agreement and remaining in the possession of a person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation without the reasonable or agreed charges having been paid for a period of twelve months may be sold to pay the charges. The person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation to whom the charges are payable shall first notify the owner or owners thereof of the time and place of such sale. Persons, firms, partnerships, limited liability company, or corporations operating as warehouses or warehousemen shall not be affected by this section.

The posting or mailing of either a registered or certified letter, with a return address marked thereon, addressed to the owner or owners at his, her, its, or their address, given at the time of the delivery of the article or articles to a person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation to render any of the services or labors as set out in sections 52-801 to 52-806, stating the time and place of sale, shall constitute notice under such sections. The notice shall be posted or mailed at least thirty days before the date of sale. The costs of posting or mailing the letter shall be added to the charges.

The person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation to whom the charges are payable shall (1) deduct the charges due plus the costs of notifying the owner and the costs, if any, of publishing the notice of sale from the proceeds of such sale, (2) hold the overplus, if any, subject to the order of the owner, (3) immediately thereafter mail to the owner or owners thereof at such owner's or owners' address, if known, a notice stating the sale has been had, and (4) the amount of overplus, if any, due such owner or owners and, at any time within twelve months, upon demand by the owner or owners pay to the owner or owners the balance or overplus in the hands of such person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation.

All persons, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies, or corporations taking advantage of sections 52-801 to 52-806 must keep posted at all times in a prominent place in their receiving office or offices two notices which shall read as follows: All articles cleaned, pressed, glazed, laundered, washed, altered, or repaired and not called for in ninety days will be sold to pay charges. All articles which are stored by agreement and upon which the charges are not paid for twelve months will be sold to pay charges.

The sale of garments, clothing, wearing apparel or household goods, for failure to pay any of the charges provided for in sections 52-801 and 52-802, shall be held at the place where the work was done or the goods described therein were stored or, if such place is manifestly unsuitable for the purpose, at the nearest suitable place, after the time for the payment of the claim, specified in the notice to the debtor, has lapsed and an advertisement or notice of sale has been published or posted as hereinafter provided. Notice of such sale shall be given by publication two successive weeks in a legal newspaper, of general circulation in the community in which such sale is to be held, or by posting such notice in not less than three conspicuous places in such community. Such notice of sale shall state the name of the owner or owners or the person or persons on whose account the goods are held, the nature of the personal property to be sold and the time and place of sale. The sale shall be held not less than fifteen days after the first publication or posting of such notice.

Any person who furnishes gasoline, diesel fuel, tractor fuel, oil, grease, or other petroleum products to another to be used in farm machinery for power or lubricating purposes in the production of any agricultural crop shall be entitled to a lien upon all such crops produced and owned by the person to whom such fuel or lubricant was furnished to secure the payment of the purchase price thereof, upon compliance with sections 52-901 to 52-904.

A lien created under section 52-901 shall be perfected as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code. Any financing statement filed to perfect such lien shall be filed within six months after the fuel or lubricant was furnished and shall contain or have attached thereto (1) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number of the person claiming the lien, (2) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number, if known, of the person to whom such fuel or lubricant was furnished for use in farm machinery in the production of crops, (3) the amount of fuel or lubricant furnished, and (4) the amount due for furnishing such fuel or lubricant. The failure to include the social security number or federal tax identification number shall not render any filing unperfected. At the time the lien is filed, the lienholder shall send a copy to the person to whom the fuel or lubricant was furnished. The fee for filing, amending, or releasing such lien shall be the same as set forth in section 9-525, Uniform Commercial Code.

From and after the date of the filing of the lien as provided in section 52-902, the person claiming the lien shall have a lien upon the crops produced and owned by the person to whom the fuel or lubricant was furnished to the amount of the purchase price of such fuel or lubricant so furnished to such person. In the event the person to whom such fuel or lubricant was furnished desires to sell or deliver any portion of the crops so produced, such person shall notify the purchaser or consignee that such fuel or lubricant bill has not been paid. Such lien shall shift to the purchase price thereof in the hands of such purchaser or consignee. In the event any portion of such crops is sold or consigned with the consent or knowledge of the person entitled to a lien thereon within six months after the date such fuel or lubricant was furnished, such lien shall not attach to any portion of such crops or to the purchase price thereof unless the person entitled to such lien notifies the purchaser in writing thereof. A lien created under section 52-901 shall be treated in all respects as an agricultural lien as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code, and may be enforced in the manner and form provided for the enforcement of secured transactions as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code. Effective January 1, 2015, this section applies to a lien created under section 52-901 regardless of when the lien was created.

A lien created under section 52-901 shall not attach to any portion of such crops, in the hands of an innocent purchaser or dealer in the usual course of trade, unless all the notices provided for shall have been given. In the event the fuel or lubricant was furnished to a person on rented or leased land, the lien shall not apply to the landlord's or lessor's share of the crops produced. The lien shall not be assignable.

When a lien created under section 52-901 is satisfied, any financing statement filed to perfect that lien shall be terminated in the manner and form provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code.

(1) Notices of liens upon real property for obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting the liens shall be presented in the office of the Secretary of State and may be presented by electronic means. Such notices of liens and certificates and notices affecting the liens shall be transmitted by the Secretary of State to and filed in the office of the register of deeds by the register of deeds of the county or counties in which the real property subject to the lien is situated as designated in the notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting the lien. A lien subject to this subsection shall be effective upon real property when filed by the register of deeds as provided in this subsection.

(2) Notices of federal liens upon personal property, whether tangible or intangible, for obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting the liens shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State and may be filed by electronic means.

Certification of notices of liens, certificates, or other notices affecting federal liens by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States or his or her delegate or by any official or entity of the United States responsible for filing or certifying notice of any other lien shall entitle them to be filed, and no other attestation, certification, or acknowledgment shall be necessary.

(1)(a) If a notice of federal lien upon real property, a refiling of a notice of federal lien upon real property, or a notice of revocation of any certificate described in subdivision (2)(a) of this section is transmitted to the register of deeds, he or she shall endorse thereon his or her identification and the date and time of receipt and forthwith file it alphabetically or enter it in an alphabetical index showing the name and address of the person named in the notice, the date and time of receipt, the serial number of the district director or title and address of the official or entity certifying the lien, and the total amount appearing on the notice of lien.

(b) If a notice of federal lien upon personal property, a refiling of a notice of federal lien upon personal property, or a notice of revocation of any certificate described in subdivision (2)(b) of this section is filed in the office of the Secretary of State, he or she shall endorse thereon his or her identification and the date and time of receipt and forthwith file it alphabetically or enter it in an alphabetical index showing the name and address of the person named in the notice, the date and time of receipt, the serial number of the district director or title and address of the official or entity certifying the lien, and the total amount appearing on the notice of lien.

(2)(a) If a refiled notice of federal lien referred to in subdivision (1)(a) of this section is transmitted for filing to the register of deeds as specified in subsection (1) of section 52-1001, he or she shall file the refiled notice or the certificate with the original notice of lien and shall enter the refiled notice or the certificate with the date of filing in an alphabetical lien index on the line where the original notice of lien is entered.

(b) If a refiled notice of federal lien referred to in subdivision (1)(b) of this section is filed in the office of the Secretary of State as specified in subsection (2) of section 52-1001, he or she shall file the refiled notice or the certificate and cross reference the original notice of lien on the state's central index system and shall enter the refiled notice or the certificate with the date of filing in an alphabetical lien index.

(3)(a) Upon request of any person, the register of deeds shall issue his or her certificate showing whether there is on file, on the date and hour stated therein, any notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting any lien, filed under the Uniform Federal Tax Lien Registration Act on or after January 1, 1970, or under the Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act on or after July 9, 1988, naming a particular person and, if a notice or certificate is on file, giving the date and hour of filing of each notice or certificate. The fee for a certificate shall be one dollar and fifty cents. Upon request the register of deeds shall furnish a copy of any notice of federal lien or notice or certificate affecting a federal lien for a fee of one dollar per page.

(b)(i) Prior to July 1, 2001, upon the request of any person, the Secretary of State shall provide information as provided in section 9-411, Uniform Commercial Code, and charge such fees provided in such section, on any notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting any lien filed under the Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act on or after July 1, 1999.

(ii) On and after July 1, 2001, upon the request of any person, the Secretary of State shall provide information as provided in the Uniform Commercial Code and charge such fees provided in section 9-525, Uniform Commercial Code, on any notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting any lien filed under the Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act on or after July 1, 1999.

(4) The register of deeds and his or her employees or the Secretary of State and his or her employees or agents shall be exempt from all personal liability as a result of any error or omission in providing information as required by this section except in cases of willful misconduct or gross negligence.

(1) The uniform fee, payable to the Secretary of State, for presenting for filing and indexing and for filing and indexing each notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting the lien pursuant to the Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act shall be two times the fee required for recording instruments with the register of deeds as provided in section 33-109. There shall be no fee for the filing of a termination statement. The uniform fee for each county more than one designated pursuant to subsection (1) of section 52-1001 shall be the fee required for recording instruments with the register of deeds as provided in section 33-109. The Secretary of State shall remit each fee received pursuant to this subsection to the State Treasurer for credit to the Secretary of State Cash Fund, except that of the fees received pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary of State shall remit the fee required for recording instruments with the register of deeds as provided in section 33-109 to the register of deeds of a county for each designation of such county in a filing pursuant to subsection (1) of section 52-1001.

(2) The Secretary of State shall bill the district directors of internal revenue or other appropriate federal officials on a monthly basis for fees for documents presented or filed by them.

Filing officers with whom notices of federal tax liens, certificates and notices affecting such liens have been filed on or before January 1, 1970, shall, after that date, continue to maintain a file labeled: Federal Tax Lien Notices Filed Prior to January 1, 1970; containing notices and certificates filed in numerical order of receipt. If a notice of lien was filed on or before January 1, 1970, any certificate or notice affecting the lien shall be filed in the same office.

The Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of such act among states enacting it.

Sections 52-1001 to 52-1008 shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act.

When a federal lien registered pursuant to the Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act is satisfied, the holder of the lien may on written demand by the debtor send the debtor a termination statement to the effect that he or she no longer claims a security interest under the lien, which shall be identified by file number.

On presentation to the register of deeds or to the Secretary of State of such a termination statement, he or she shall note it in the index. If the register of deeds or the Secretary of State has received the termination statement in duplicate, he or she shall return one copy of the termination statement to the lienholder stamped to show the time of receipt.

A person, including a firm or corporation, who contracts or agrees with another (1) to furnish any fertilizer, soil conditioner, or agricultural chemical, (2) to furnish machinery and equipment for the application of such products, or (3) to perform work or labor in the application of such products shall have a lien for the agreed charges, or in the absence of an agreement, for the reasonable charges and costs of satisfying such lien, upon the crops produced within one year upon the land where such product was applied, the machinery or equipment for application was used, or the work or labor of application was performed, upon the proceeds from the sale of the crops, and upon livestock and the proceeds from the sale of such livestock when the crops have been fed to such livestock in a way that the identity of the crops has been lost.

A lien created under section 52-1101 shall be perfected as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code. Any financing statement filed to perfect such lien shall contain or have attached thereto (1) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number, if known, of the person to whom any product, machinery, or equipment was furnished or for whom work or labor was performed, (2) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number of the person claiming the lien, (3) the last date upon which such product, machinery, or equipment was furnished or work or labor was performed under the contract, and (4) the amount due for the product, machinery, or equipment furnished or work or labor performed. The failure to include the social security number or federal tax identification number shall not render any filing unperfected. At the time the lien is filed, the lienholder shall send a copy to the person to whom the product, machinery, or equipment was furnished or for whom the work or labor was performed. The fee for filing, amending, or releasing such lien shall be the same as set forth in section 9-525, Uniform Commercial Code.

In order to be valid against subsequent lienholders, any lien created under section 52-1101 shall be filed within one hundred twenty days after the last date upon which the product, machinery, or equipment was furnished or work or labor was performed under the contract, but in no event shall it have priority over prior lienholders unless prior lienholders have agreed to the contract in writing. Such lien shall attach as of the date of filing. Such lien shall be treated in all respects as an agricultural lien as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code, and may be enforced in the manner and form provided for the enforcement of secured transactions as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code. Effective January 1, 2015, this section applies to a lien created under section 52-1101 regardless of when the lien was created.

When a lien created under section 52-1101 is satisfied, any financing statement filed to perfect that lien shall be terminated in the manner and form provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code.

Any person, including any public power district, cooperative, firm, or corporation, who contracts or agrees to furnish (1) seed to be sown or planted or (2) electrical power or energy, or both, used in the production of crops shall have a lien upon all crops produced from the seed furnished or produced with the electrical power or energy furnished to secure the payment of the purchase price of the seed or the cost of the electrical power or energy used.

(1) A lien created under section 52-1201 shall be perfected as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code. Such lien shall be perfected within one hundred twenty days after the last date on which (a) the seed was furnished or (b) the meter was read with respect to the electrical power or energy furnished.

(2) Any financing statement filed to perfect a lien created under section 52-1201 shall contain or have attached thereto (a) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number of the person claiming the lien, (b) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number, if known, of the person to whom the seed or electrical power or energy was furnished, (c) the contract price or reasonable value of the seed or electrical power or energy, and (d)(i) the type and amount of the seed and the date of delivery of the seed or (ii) the type and amount of the electrical power or energy and the period during which such power or energy was furnished. The failure to include the social security number or federal tax identification number shall not render any filing unperfected. At the time the lien is filed, the lienholder shall send a copy to the person to whom the seed or electrical power or energy was furnished. The fee for filing, amending, or releasing the lien shall be as provided in section 9-525, Uniform Commercial Code.

A lien created under section 52-1201 shall attach on the date of filing and time thereof if shown. Such lien shall be treated in all respects as an agricultural lien as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code, and may be enforced in the manner and form provided for the enforcement of secured transactions as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code. Effective January 1, 2015, this section applies to a lien created under section 52-1201 regardless of when the lien was created.

A lien created under section 52-1201 shall have its priority established by the date and time of filing and shall not be prior to a properly attached and perfected lien or security interest created under the Uniform Commercial Code unless such priority shall be agreed upon in writing by the prior attached and perfected lienholder or secured party.

When a lien created under section 52-1201 is satisfied, any financing statement filed to perfect that lien shall be terminated in the manner and form provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code.

It is the intent of the Legislature to adopt a central filing system for security interests relating to farm products pursuant to section 1324 of the Food Security Act of 1985, Public Law 99-198. It is also the intent of the Legislature that upon the adoption of the central filing system that security interest holders be encouraged to use such system in lieu of any other notice provided by section 1324 for farm products produced or located in the State of Nebraska which are included in the central filing system.

For purposes of sections 52-1301 to 52-1322, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions found in sections 52-1302.01 to 52-1311 shall be used.

Approved unique identifier means a number, combination of numbers and letters, or other identifier selected by the Secretary of State using a selection system or method approved by the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture.

Buyer in the ordinary course of business shall mean a person who, in the ordinary course of business, buys farm products from a person engaged in farming operations who is in the business of selling farm products.

Central filing system shall mean the system for filing effective financing statements or notice of such financing statements established pursuant to section 52-1312 pursuant to section 1324 of the Food Security Act of 1985, Public Law 99-198.

Commission merchant shall mean any person engaged in the business of receiving any farm product for sale, on commission, or for or on behalf of another person.

Debtor shall mean the person subjecting a farm product to a security interest.

Effective financing statement means a statement that:

(1) Is an original or reproduced copy thereof;

(2) Is filed by the secured party in the office of the Secretary of State;

(3) Is signed, authorized, or otherwise authenticated by the debtor, unless filed electronically, in which case the signature of the debtor shall not be required;

(4) Contains (a) the name and address of the secured party, (b) the name and address of the debtor, (c) the approved unique identifier of the debtor, (d) a description of the farm products subject to the security interest, (e) each county in Nebraska where the farm product is produced or located, (f) crop year unless every crop of the farm product in question, for the duration of the effective financing statement, is to be subject to the particular security interest, (g) further details of the farm product subject to the security interest if needed to distinguish it from other quantities of such product owned by the same person or persons but not subject to the particular security interest, and (h) such other information that the Secretary of State may require to comply with section 1324 of the Food Security Act of 1985, Public Law 99-198, or to more efficiently carry out his or her duties under sections 52-1301 to 52-1322;

(5) Shall be amended in writing, within three months, and signed, authorized, or otherwise authenticated by the debtor and filed, to reflect material changes. A change in the name or address of the secured party shall not constitute a material change. If the statement is filed electronically, the signature of the debtor shall not be required;

(6) Remains effective for a period of five years from the date of filing, subject to extensions for additional periods of five years each by refiling or filing a continuation statement within six months before the expiration of the five-year period;

(7) Lapses on either the expiration of the effective period of the statement or the filing of a notice signed by the secured party that the statement is terminated, whichever occurs first;

(8) Is accompanied by the requisite filing fee set by section 52-1313; and

(9) Substantially complies with the requirements of this section even though the statement contains minor errors that are not seriously misleading.

An effective financing statement properly filed with a social security number or an Internal Revenue Service taxpayer identification number shall maintain its effectiveness regardless that such numbers are not required on such statement.

An effective financing statement may, for any given debtor or debtors, cover more than one farm product located in more than one county.

Farm product shall mean an agricultural commodity, a species of livestock used or produced in farming operations, or a product of such crop or livestock in its unmanufactured state, that is in the possession of a person engaged in farming operations. Farm products shall include, but are not limited to, apples, artichokes, asparagus, barley, bees, buffalo, bull semen, cantaloupe, carrots, cattle and calves, chickens, corn, cucumbers, dry beans, dry peas and lentils, eggs, embryos or genetic products, emu, fish, flax seed, goats, grapes, hay, hemp, hogs, honey, honeydew melon, horses, llamas, milk, millet, muskmelon, oats, onions, ostrich, popcorn, potatoes, pumpkins, raspberries, rye, safflower, seed crops, sheep and lambs, silage, sorghum grain, soybeans, squash, strawberries, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, sweet corn, tomatoes, trees, triticale, turkeys, vetch, walnuts, watermelon, wheat, and wool. The Secretary of State may, by rule and regulation, add other farm products to the list specified in this section if such products are covered by the general definition provided by this section.

Person shall mean any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, or any other business entity.

Security interest shall mean an interest in farm products that secures payment or performance of an obligation.

Selling agent shall mean any person, other than a commission merchant, who is engaged in the business of negotiating the sale and purchase of any farm product on behalf of a person engaged in farming operations.

The Secretary of State shall design and implement a central filing system for effective financing statements. The Secretary of State shall be the system operator. The system shall provide a means for filing effective financing statements or notices of such financing statements on a statewide basis. The system shall include requirements:

(1) That an effective financing statement or notice of such financing statement shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. A debtor's residence shall be presumed to be the residence shown on the filing. The showing of an improper residence shall not affect the validity of the filing. The filing officer shall mark the statement or notice with a consecutive file number and with the date and hour of filing and shall hold the statement or notice or a microfilm or other digital copy thereof for public inspection. In addition, the filing officer shall index the statements and notices according to the name of the debtor and shall note in the index the file number and the address of the debtor given in the statement;

(2) That the Secretary of State compile information from all effective financing statements or notices filed with the Secretary of State into a master list (a) organized according to farm product, (b) arranged within each such product (i) in alphabetical order according to the last name of the individual debtors or, in the case of debtors doing business other than as individuals, the first word in the name of such debtors, (ii) in numerical order according to the approved unique identifier of the debtors, (iii) geographically by county, and (iv) by crop year, and (c) containing the information referred to in subdivision (4) of section 52-1307;

(3) That the Secretary of State cause the information on the master list to be published in lists (a) by farm product arranged alphabetically by debtor and (b) by farm product arranged numerically by the debtor's approved unique identifier. If a registered buyer so requests, the list or lists for such buyer may be limited to any county or group of counties where the farm product is produced or located or to any crop year or years or a combination of such identifiers;

(4) That all buyers of farm products, commission merchants, selling agents, and other persons may register with the Secretary of State to receive or obtain lists described in subdivision (3) of this section. Any buyer of farm products, commission merchant, selling agent, or other person conducting business from multiple locations shall be considered as one entity. Such registration shall be on an annual basis. The Secretary of State shall provide the form for registration which shall include the name and address of the registrant and the list or lists described in subdivision (3) of this section which such registrant desires to receive or obtain. A registration shall not be completed until the form provided is properly completed and received by the Secretary of State accompanied by the proper registration fee. The fee for annual registration shall be thirty dollars.

A registrant shall pay an additional annual fee to receive or obtain lists described in subdivision (3) of this section. For each farm product list, the fee shall be an amount determined by the Secretary of State not to exceed two hundred dollars per year.

The Secretary of State shall maintain a record of the registrants and the lists and contents of the lists received or obtained by the registrants for a period of five years;

(5) That the lists as identified pursuant to subdivision (4) of this section be distributed or published by the Secretary of State not more often than once every month and not less often than once every three months as determined by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State may provide for the distribution or publication of the lists on any medium and establish reasonable charges for such lists, not to exceed the charges provided for in subdivision (4) of this section.

The Secretary of State shall, by rule and regulation, establish the dates upon which the distributions or publications will be made, the dates after which a filing of an effective financing statement will not be reflected on the next distribution or publication of lists, and the dates by which a registrant must complete a registration to receive or obtain the next list; and

(6) That the Secretary of State remove lapsed and terminated effective financing statements or notices of such financing statements from the master list prior to preparation of the lists required to be distributed or published by subdivision (5) of this section.

Effective financing statements or any amendments or continuations of effective financing statements originally filed in the office of the county clerk that have been indexed and entered on the Secretary of State's central filing system need not be retained by the county filing office and may be disposed of or destroyed.

The Secretary of State shall apply to the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture for (a) certification of the central filing system and (b) approval of the system or method of selecting an approved unique identifier.

The Secretary of State shall remit any funds received pursuant to subdivision (4) of this section to the State Treasurer for credit to the Secretary of State Cash Fund.

(1) Presentation for filing of an effective financing statement and the acceptance of the statement by the Secretary of State constitutes filing under sections 52-1301 to 52-1322.

(2) The fee for filing and indexing and for stamping a copy furnished by the secured party to show the date and place of filing of an effective financing statement, an amendment, or a continuation statement shall be fourteen dollars if the record is communicated in writing and eleven dollars if the record is communicated by another medium authorized by the Secretary of State. There shall be no fee for the filing of a termination statement.

(3) The Secretary of State shall remit any fees received pursuant to this section to the State Treasurer for credit to the Secretary of State Cash Fund.

(1) The record of effective financing statements maintained by the Secretary of State may be made available electronically through the portal established under section 84-1204. For batch requests, there shall be a fee of two dollars per requested effective financing statement record accessed through the portal, except that the fee for a batch request for one thousand or more effective financing statements shall be two thousand dollars. Effective financing statement data accessed through the portal shall be for informational purposes only and shall not provide the protection afforded a buyer registered pursuant to section 52-1312.

(2) All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Records Management Cash Fund and shall be distributed as provided in any agreements between the State Records Board and the Secretary of State.

(1) A continuation statement may be filed by the secured party within six months prior to the expiration of the five-year period specified in subdivision (6) of section 52-1307. Any such continuation statement shall be signed, authorized, or otherwise authenticated by the secured party, identify the original statement by file number, and state that the original statement is still effective. Upon timely filing of the continuation statement, the effectiveness of the original statement shall be continued for five years after the last date to which the filing was effective whereupon it shall lapse unless another continuation statement is filed prior to such lapse. If an effective financing statement exists at the time insolvency proceedings are commenced by or against the debtor, the effective financing statement shall remain effective until termination of the insolvency proceedings and thereafter for a period of sixty days or until the expiration of the five-year period, whichever occurs later. Succeeding continuation statements may be filed in the same manner to continue the effectiveness of the original statement.

(2) Any continuation statement that is filed electronically shall include an electronic signature of the secured party which may consist of a signature recognized under section 86-611 or an access code or any other identifying word or number assigned by the Secretary of State that is unique to a particular filer.

(1) Whenever there is no outstanding secured obligation and no commitment to make advances, incur obligations, or otherwise give value, the secured party shall notify the debtor in writing of his or her right to have a notice of lapse of his or her effective financing statement filed which shall lead to the removal of his or her name from the files and lists compiled by the Secretary of State. In lieu of such notice, the secured party may acquire a waiver of the debtor of such right and a request by the debtor that his or her effective financing statement be retained on file. Such notice may be given or waiver acquired by the secured party at any time prior to the time specified in this subsection for giving the notice.

(2) If the secured party does not furnish the notice or obtain the waiver specified in subsection (1) of this section, the secured party shall, within ten days of final payment of all secured obligations, provide the debtor with a written notification of the debtor's right to have a notice of lapse filed. The secured party shall on written demand by the debtor send the debtor a notice of lapse to the effect that he or she no longer claims a security interest under the effective financing statement, which shall be identified by file number. The notice of lapse need only be signed, authorized, or otherwise authenticated by the secured party.

(3) If the affected secured party fails to send a notice of lapse within ten days after proper demand, pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, he or she shall be liable to the debtor for any loss caused to the debtor by such failure.

(4) On presentation to the Secretary of State of a notice of lapse, he or she shall treat it as a termination statement and note it in the index. If he or she has received the notice of lapse in duplicate, he or she shall return one copy of the notice of lapse to the filing party stamped to show the time of receipt thereof.

(5) There shall be no fee for filing a notice of lapse or termination statement.

(1) Oral and written inquiries regarding information provided by the filing of effective financing statements may be made at any county clerk's office or the office of the Secretary of State during regular business hours. For each debtor name searched by the county clerk or Secretary of State, the fee for furnishing file information shall be five dollars for each inquiry communicated in writing and four dollars and fifty cents if the inquiry is communicated by another medium authorized by the Secretary of State. Written confirmation of an oral or written inquiry shall be mailed no later than the end of the next business day after the inquiry is received.

(2) The Secretary of State shall provide a system that assigns an identifying number to each inquiry made pursuant to subsection (1) of this section. Such number shall be given to the inquiring party at the time of the oral response and shall be included in the written confirmation. The Secretary of State and the county clerks shall maintain a record of inquiries made under this section identifying who made the inquiry, on whom the inquiry was made, and the date of the inquiry.

(3) The Secretary of State may provide for a computerized system for inquiry and confirmation which may be used in lieu of the inquiry and confirmation under subsection (1) of this section. When such a system is implemented and used, it shall have the same effect as an inquiry and confirmation under subsection (1) of this section.

(4) The county clerk and Secretary of State and their employees or agents shall be exempt from all personal liability as a result of any error or omission in providing information as required by this section except in cases of willful misconduct or gross negligence.

(5) Fees received pursuant to this section by county clerks shall be deposited in the county general fund. The Secretary of State shall remit the fees received by the Secretary of State pursuant to this section to the State Treasurer for credit to the Secretary of State Cash Fund.

In order to verify the existence or nonexistence of a security interest, a buyer, commission merchant, or selling agent may request a seller to disclose such seller's approved unique identifier.

(1) The State of Nebraska hereby adopts the federal rules and regulations adopted and promulgated to implement section 1324 of the Food Security Act of 1985, Public Law 99-198. If there is a conflict between such rules and regulations and sections 52-1301 to 52-1322, the federal rules and regulations shall apply.

(2) The Secretary of State shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement sections 52-1301 to 52-1322 pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act. If necessary to obtain federal certification of the central filing system, additional or alternative requirements made in conformity with section 1324 of the Food Security Act of 1985, Public Law 99-198, may be imposed by the Secretary of State by rule and regulation.

(3) The Secretary of State shall prescribe all forms to be used for filing effective financing statements and subsequent actions.

For purposes of section 1324 of the Food Security Act of 1985, Public Law 99-198, receipt of written notice shall mean the date the notice is actually received by a buyer in the ordinary course of business or the first date upon which delivery is attempted by a carrier. A buyer in the ordinary course of business shall act in good faith. In all cases a buyer in the ordinary course of business shall be presumed to have received the notice ten days after it was mailed.

(1) A buyer in the ordinary course of business buying farm products covered by the central filing system shall take subject to the security interest identified under such system, except that a registrant or a buyer in the ordinary course of business making an inquiry under section 52-1316 shall not take subject to the security interest if the central filing system does not correctly identify the debtor.

(2) A buyer in the ordinary course of business buying farm products covered by an effective financing statement takes free of any security interest on such products if such buyer secures a waiver or release of the security interest specified in such effective financing statement from the secured party. If a buyer in the ordinary course of business buying farm products covered by the central filing system tenders to the seller the total purchase price by means of a check or other instrument payable to such seller and each security interest holder of the seller identified in the central filing system for such products and if such security interest holder authorizes the negotiation of such check or other instrument, such authorization or endorsement and payment thereof shall constitute a waiver or release of the security interest specified to the extent of the amount of the instrument. Such waiver or release of the security interest shall not serve to establish or alter in any way security interest or lien priorities under Nebraska law.

An effective financing statement filed prior to December 24, 1986, shall be considered as filed on such date.

An effective financing statement filed on or before July 1, 1999, in accordance with section 52-1307, which has not lapsed on or before July 1, 1999, may be continued by the filing of a continuation statement in accordance with section 52-1314 in the office of the Secretary of State.

As used in sections 52-1401 to 52-1411, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Agricultural chemical shall mean a fertilizer or agricultural chemical which is applied to crops or land which is used for the raising of crops;

(2) Feed shall mean a commercial feed, a feed ingredient, a mineral feed, a drug, an animal health product, or a customer-formula feed which is used for the feeding of livestock;

(3) Petroleum product shall mean motor vehicle fuel, oil, grease, propane or other compressed fuel, and diesel fuel which is used in the production of crops and livestock;

(4) Seed shall mean agricultural seed which is used in the production of crops;

(5) Electricity shall mean electrical energy which is used in the production of crops and livestock;

(6) Labor shall mean labor performed in the application, delivery, or preparation of a product defined in subdivisions (1) through (4) of this section;

(7) Person shall mean an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, company, cooperative, society, or association;

(8) Lender shall mean a person in the business of lending money identified in a lien-notification statement;

(9) Letter of commitment shall mean a binding, irrevocable, and unconditional agreement by a lender to honor drafts or other demands for payment upon the supplier presenting invoices signed by the purchaser or other proof of delivery; and

(10) Agricultural production input shall mean any agricultural chemical, feed, seed, petroleum product, electricity, or labor used in preparing the land for planting, cultivating, growing, producing, harvesting, drying, and storing crops or crop products or for feeding, producing, or delivering livestock.

(1) A person supplying an agricultural production input may notify a lender of an agricultural production input lien by providing a lien-notification statement to the lender in an envelope marked IMPORTANT — LEGAL NOTICE and sent by certified mail or another verifiable method.

(2) The lien-notification statement shall be in the form approved by the Secretary of State and shall disclose the following:

(a) The name and business address of any lender;

(b) The name, address, and signature of the supplier claiming the lien;

(c) A description and the date or anticipated date or dates of the transaction or transactions and the retail cost or anticipated costs of the agricultural production input;

(d) The name, residential address, and signature of the person to whom the agricultural production input was furnished or is to be furnished;

(e) The name and residential address of the owner and a description of the real estate sufficient to identify the same where the crops to which the lien attaches are growing or are to be grown or, if livestock, the name and residential address of the owner of the livestock, the location where the livestock will be raised, and a description of the livestock;

(f) A statement that the products and proceeds of the crops or livestock are covered by the agricultural input lien;

(g) The social security number or federal tax identification number of the person to whom the agricultural production input was furnished, if known; and

(h) The social security number or federal tax identification number of the supplier claiming the lien.

Within fifteen calendar days after receiving a lien-notification statement, the lender shall respond to the supplier with either:

(1) A letter of commitment for part or all of the amount in the lien-notification statement and, if the letter of commitment is for only part of the amount in the lien-notification statement, then a copy of the partial commitment shall be sent to the person to whom the agricultural production input was furnished or is to be furnished; or

(2) A written refusal to issue a letter of commitment, and a copy of such refusal shall be sent to the person to whom the agricultural production input was furnished or is to be furnished.

If the lender responds with a letter of commitment, the supplier may not obtain a lien for the amount stated in the letter of commitment. If the lender responds with a written refusal to issue a letter of commitment, the rights of the lender and the supplier are not affected by sections 52-1401 to 52-1411, and any prior perfected lien of the lender under the Uniform Commercial Code shall retain its established priority.

If a lender does not respond to the supplier within fifteen calendar days after receiving the lien-notification statement:

(1) If the agricultural production input is feed for livestock, a supplier who furnishes the feed has an agricultural production input lien which has priority over any security interest of the lender for the unpaid retail cost of such feed. Such lien may not exceed the amount, if any, that the sales price of the livestock exceeds the greater of the fair market value of the livestock at the time the lien attaches or the acquisition price of the livestock; or

(2) For all other agricultural production input, a supplier who furnishes such agricultural production input has an agricultural production input lien which has priority over any security interest of the lender in the specified crops or their proceeds for the lesser of:

(a) The amount stated in the lien-notification statement; or

(b) The unpaid retail cost of the agricultural production input identified in the lien-notification statement.

(1) The agricultural production input lien attaches to:

(a) The existing crops upon the land where a furnished agricultural chemical was applied or, if crops are not planted, the next production crop where a furnished agricultural chemical was applied within sixteen months following the last date on which the agricultural chemical was applied;

(b) The crops produced from furnished seed;

(c) The crops produced, harvested, or processed using a furnished petroleum product or furnished electricity. If the crops are grown on leased land and the lease provides for payment in crops, the lien does not attach to the lessor's portion of the crops. The lien continues in crop products and proceeds, except the lien does not continue in grain after a cash sale; or

(d) All livestock consuming the feed and continues in livestock products and proceeds.

(2) An agricultural production input lien attaches when the agricultural production input is furnished by the supplier to the purchaser.

(1) An agricultural production input lien shall be perfected as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code. Any financing statement filed to perfect such lien shall contain or have attached thereto the information required in subsection (2) of section 52-1402 and shall be filed within three months after the last date that the agricultural production input was furnished. The failure to include the social security number or federal tax identification number shall not render any filing unperfected. Perfection occurs as of the date such financing statement is filed.

(2) An agricultural production input lien that is not perfected has the priority of an unperfected security interest under section 9-322, Uniform Commercial Code.

(3) An agricultural production input lien shall be treated in all respects as an agricultural lien as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code, and may be enforced in the manner and form provided for the enforcement of secured transactions as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code. For purposes of enforcement of the lien, the lienholder is the secured party and the person to whom the agricultural production input was furnished is the debtor, and each has the respective rights and duties of a secured party and a debtor under article 9, Uniform Commercial Code.

(4) The fee for filing, amending, or releasing such lien shall be the same as set forth in section 9-525, Uniform Commercial Code.

(5) Effective January 1, 2015, this section applies to a lien created under this section regardless of when the lien was created.

An action to enforce an agricultural production input lien may be brought in the district court in a county where some part of the crop or livestock was located after the lien is perfected. A lien-notification statement may be amended, except for the amount demanded, by leave of the court in the furtherance of justice. An agricultural production input lien is extinguished if an action to enforce the lien is not brought within eighteen months after the date the lien-notification statement is filed.

When an agricultural production input lien is satisfied, any financing statement filed to perfect that lien shall be terminated in the manner and form provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code.

Nothing in sections 52-1401 to 52-1410 shall be construed to negate or affect the provisions of Chapter 52, articles 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, and 15, and Chapter 54, article 2.

The filing of a petition for relief under any bankruptcy law of the United States shall render any unperformed letter of commitment under sections 52-1401 to 52-1408 null and void.

Every owner, lessee, agent or manager of any stallion, jack or bull shall have a lien upon any mare and her colt or upon any cow and her calf served by such stallion, jack or bull for the full amount of the reasonable or agreed value or price of such service. Every such owner, lessee, agent or manager of such stallion, jack or bull desiring to perfect a lien upon any mare and her colt, or upon any cow and her calf, shall at any time after breeding any such animal to any such male, file with the county clerk of the county a verified notice of lien describing such animal with reasonable certainty, giving the name of the owner and his place of residence if known, and the name and residence of the person having the possession of such animal, the location of such animal, the terms of payment for such service, the amount thereof, the name of the male, the date of service, and the time or event when the same shall become due and payable and such other matters as to make the same more certain. Thereafter such lienor shall have a first lien upon such animal or animals described therein, and their offspring as soon as the same may be born, subject, however, to the lien of record of any prior mortgage in good faith.

Any owner of any stallion, jack or bull within the state may file with the county clerk of any county therein on or before October 1 of each year, a full and complete list of the mares or cows served by such male within such county during that year. Such list shall contain the name of and a brief description of all animals so served, the owners thereof, the terms on which each was bred, and the time when payment thereof becomes due; and it shall be verified by the owner of such stallion, jack or bull, or his lawfully authorized agent.

From the time of filing such lien upon any such mare or cow the lienor shall have the right to hold the same on such mare or cow and its offspring for a period of twelve months from and after the birth of such offspring; but if such lien shall not be foreclosed within that time the same shall expire and be of no force or effect.

Every such lienor may foreclose such lien by delivering to any sheriff or constable a true copy of such lien certified by the clerk of the county, together with an affidavit of the lienor or any agent or attorney having knowledge of the facts, stating the amount due and unpaid on such lien, with direction to such officer to foreclose such lien. Thereupon such officer shall seize such mare or cow and its offspring and sell the same in the manner provided by law for the sale of personal property on execution, and retain the principal and interest and expenses of such seizure and sale, and the overplus, if any, pay over to the owner of such mare or cow, or deposit the same for him with the county clerk, and make and file due return thereof with the county clerk.

It shall be unlawful for any owner of any mare or cow or its offspring, or any person having the possession of such mare or cow, or its offspring, upon which there is any lien of record in the county, to sell or permanently remove the same from the county or state before said lien is paid; Provided, such owner may remove the same to an adjoining county by first filing in such adjoining county a certified copy of such lien and notifying such lienor in writing of the exact location of such mare or cow and its offspring in such adjoining county.

Any person or persons knowingly or willfully violating any of the provisions of sections 52-1501 to 52-1505 shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars.

The Secretary of State shall compile lien information relative to liens created under Chapter 52, articles 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, and 14, and Chapter 54, article 2, received by his or her office pursuant to subsection (a) of section 9-530, Uniform Commercial Code, into a master lien list in alphabetical order according to the last name of the individual against whom such lien is filed or, in the case of an entity doing business other than as an individual, the first word in the name of the debtor. Such master lien list shall contain the name and address of the debtor, the name and address of the lienholder, and the type of such lien.

(1) The master lien list prescribed in section 52-1601 shall be distributed or published by the Secretary of State not more often than once every month and not less often than once every three months on the date corresponding to the date on which the lists provided pursuant to sections 52-1301 to 52-1322 are distributed or published.

(2) Any person may register with the Secretary of State to receive or obtain the master lien list prescribed in section 52-1601. Such registration shall be on an annual basis. The Secretary of State shall provide the form for registration. A registration shall not be completed until the form provided is properly completed and received by the Secretary of State accompanied by the proper registration fee. The fee for annual registration shall be thirty dollars, except that a registrant under sections 52-1301 to 52-1322 shall not be required to pay the registration fee provided by this section in addition to the registration fee paid pursuant to sections 52-1301 to 52-1322 for the same annual registration period. A registrant under sections 52-1601 to 52-1605 shall pay an additional annual fee to receive or obtain the master lien lists prescribed in section 52-1601. For each master lien list, the fee shall be an amount determined by the Secretary of State not to exceed two hundred dollars per year. The Secretary of State may provide for the distribution or publication of master lien lists on any medium and may establish reasonable charges for such lists, not to exceed the charges provided for in this subsection.

(3) The Secretary of State, by rule and regulation, shall establish the dates after which a filing of liens will not be reflected on the next distribution or publication of the master lien list and the date by which a registrant shall complete a registration in order to receive or obtain the next master lien list.

(4) The Secretary of State shall remit any funds received pursuant to subsection (2) of this section to the State Treasurer for credit to the Secretary of State Cash Fund.

(1) A buyer of farm products who is registered to receive or obtain the master lien list as provided in section 52-1602 and who, in the ordinary course of business, buys farm products from a seller engaged in farming operations shall take free of any lien created under the provisions of Chapter 52, article 2, 5, 9, 11, 12, or 14, if such lien is not on the most recent master lien list received or obtained by the buyer pursuant to sections 52-1601 to 52-1605, except that such buyer shall take subject to any such lien if the lien was filed after the last date for inclusion in the most recent distribution or publication of the master lien list and if the buyer has received from the lienholder or seller written notice of the lien. For purposes of this subsection, the form of such written notice of the lien may be a copy of the lien filing. For purposes of this subsection, received or obtained by the buyer means the first date upon which delivery of the master lien list, in whatever form, is attempted by a carrier or, in the case of electronic publication, the first date upon which the Secretary of State made the most current master lien list available electronically, and in all cases in which delivery of the master lien list is involved, a buyer shall be presumed to have received the master lien list ten days after it was mailed by the Secretary of State.

(2) If a buyer buying property subject to a lien created under the provisions of Chapter 52, article 2, 5, 9, 11, 12, or 14, tenders to the seller the total purchase price by means of a check or other instrument payable to such seller and the lienholder of any such lien for such property and if such lienholder authorizes the negotiation of such check or other instrument, such authorization or endorsement and payment thereof shall constitute a waiver or release of the lien specified to the extent of the amount of the check or instrument. Such waiver or release of the lien shall not serve to establish or alter in any way security interest or lien priorities under Nebraska law.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section, sections 52-1601 to 52-1605 shall not be interpreted or construed to alter liability of buyers of property subject to liens created under the provisions of Chapter 52, article 2, 5, 9, 11, 12, or 14.

The Secretary of State, all county clerks, and their employees or agents shall be exempt from all personal liability as a result of any error or omission in providing information of such statutory liens except in cases of willful misconduct or gross negligence.

The Secretary of State shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement sections 52-1601 to 52-1605.

For purposes of sections 52-1701 to 52-1708:

(1) Assignee shall mean the holder, and his or her successors and assigns, of a security interest in rents which has been created, provided, assigned, or granted by an assignor;

(2) Assignment instrument shall mean any mortgage, trust deed, assignment of leases, assignment of rents, or other instrument or agreement which creates, provides, assigns, or grants a security interest in rents;

(3) Assignor shall mean a person, and his or her successors and assigns, who has created, provided, assigned, or granted a security interest in rents to an assignee;

(4) Lease shall mean any license, lease, contract, or other agreement for the use or possession of real estate;

(5) Rent party shall mean the party that is obligated under a lease to pay rents;

(6) Rents shall mean any right to income, rents, proceeds, issues, profits, royalties, or any other payment or benefit derived under a present or future lease; and

(7) Security interest in rents shall mean any interest in rents or leases which secures payment or performance of an obligation.

An assignment instrument may provide that any or all obligations covered by, described in, or identified by the assignment instrument are to be secured by present, future, or after-arising rents or leases. The obligations covered by, described in, or identified by an assignment instrument may include future advances or other value whether or not the future advances or value are given pursuant to an existing commitment to loan additional funds.

A security interest in rents shall be valid and binding between the parties to an assignment instrument upon the execution and delivery of the assignment instrument by the assignor to the assignee.

A security interest in rents shall be perfected upon the recording of an assignment instrument with the register of deeds in the county in which the real estate, or any part thereof, described in the assignment instrument is situated. Upon the recording of the assignment instrument, the security interest in rents shall be valid, enforceable, and binding against, unavoidable by, and fully perfected as to all parties, including any subsequent purchaser, mortgagee, trustee in bankruptcy, general creditor, lien creditor, and other lienholder or claimant, from the time of the recording of the assignment instrument. It shall not be necessary for an assignee to take actual or constructive possession or control of the real estate or rents related thereto, to secure the appointment of a receiver, to take any action tantamount to taking of such possession or control, or to take any other action whatsoever to perfect a security interest in rents.

An assignee may enforce a security interest in rents by (1) the appointment of a receiver under applicable law, (2) the recovery of rents as part of the enforcement of an assignment instrument, or (3) as provided in section 52-1706 or under other applicable law. The collection of rents by an assignee in accordance with section 52-1706 shall not be deemed to impose the obligations of a mortgagee or any other person in possession of the real estate on the assignee.

If agreed in an assignment instrument or on default by the assignor whether agreed in the assignment instrument or not, the assignee shall be entitled to notify any rent party to make payment of rents due or to become due to the assignee whether or not the assignor was previously receiving or collecting rents. A rent party may pay rents to the assignor until the rent party receives notification that the rents due or to become due have been assigned and that payment is to be made to the assignee. If requested by the rent party, the assignee shall furnish reasonable proof that the assignment has been made, and unless the assignee furnishes the proof, the rent party may pay the assignor. A term in any lease between a rent party and an assignor is ineffective if it prohibits assignment of a lease or rents due or to become due pursuant to the lease, if it prohibits creation of a security interest in rents due or to become due, or if it requires the consent of the rent party to such assignment or a security interest in rents.

Priority between conflicting security interests in rents shall be ranked according to priority in the time of recording of an assignment instrument.

Sections 52-1701 to 52-1707 shall be applicable to any assignment instrument properly recorded prior to, on, or after February 17, 1993.

(1) Any security interest in a mobile home perfected on or after July 15, 1992, and prior to April 8, 1993, shall continue to be perfected:

(a) Until the financing statement perfecting such security interest is terminated or would have lapsed in the absence of the filing of a continuation statement pursuant to article 9, Uniform Commercial Code; or

(b) Until a lien is noted on the face of the certificate of title for the mobile home pursuant to section 60-164.

(2) Any lien noted on the face of a mobile home certificate of title on or after April 8, 1993, pursuant to subdivision (1)(b) of this section on behalf of the holder of a security interest in the mobile home which was perfected on or after July 15, 1992, and prior to April 8, 1993, shall have priority as of the date such security interest was originally perfected.

(3) The holder of a mobile home certificate of title shall, upon request, surrender the mobile home certificate of title to a holder of a security interest in the mobile home which was perfected on or after July 15, 1992, and prior to April 8, 1993, to permit notation of a lien on the mobile home certificate of title and shall do such other acts as may be required to permit such notation.

(4) If the owner of a mobile home subject to a security interest perfected on or after July 15, 1992, and prior to April 8, 1993, fails or refuses to obtain a certificate of title after April 8, 1993, the security interest holder may obtain a certificate of title in the name of the owner of the mobile home following the procedures of subsection (2) of section 60-147 and may have a lien noted on the certificate of title pursuant to section 60-164.

(5) The assignment, release, or satisfaction of a security interest in a mobile home shall be governed under the laws under which it was perfected.

(6) This section shall not affect the validity or priority of a lien established against a mobile home by the notation of such lien on the mobile home certificate of title prior to July 15, 1992.

For purposes of sections 52-1901 to 52-1907, nonconsensual common-law lien means a document that purports to assert a lien against real or personal property of any person or entity and:

(1) Is not expressly provided for by a specific state or federal statute;

(2) Does not depend on the consent of the owner of the real or personal property affected; and

(3) Is not an equitable or constructive lien imposed by a state or federal court of competent jurisdiction.

The Secretary of State, county clerk, register of deeds, or clerk of any court shall refuse to accept for filing any nonconsensual common-law lien.

Any lien determined to be a nonconsensual common-law lien pursuant to any proceeding shall be stricken from the record of the Secretary of State, county clerk, register of deeds, or clerk of any court upon the issuing of a valid court order from a court of competent jurisdiction. There shall be no filing fee for a court order issued pursuant to this section.

A nonconsensual common-law lien is not binding or enforceable at law or in equity. Any nonconsensual common-law lien that is recorded is void and unenforceable.

In order that the owner of real property upon which a nonconsensual common-law lien is recorded shall have notice of the recording of the lien, the claimant shall cause the sheriff to serve a copy of the recorded lien upon the owner of the real property upon which the nonconsensual common-law lien is recorded and the sheriff shall make return thereof without delay by filing proof of service with the register of deeds as provided in subsection (1) of section 25-507.01. There shall be no filing fee for filing the proof of service. A judicial proceeding to enforce a nonconsensual common-law lien shall be instituted by the claimant within ten days after recording the lien. Failure to serve a copy of the recorded lien upon the owner or failure to file a judicial proceeding to enforce the lien shall cause the lien to lapse and be of no legal effect.

If a person submits for filing or recording to the Secretary of State, county clerk, register of deeds, or clerk of any court any document purporting to create a nonconsensual common-law lien against real or personal property in violation of sections 52-1901 and 52-1905 to 52-1907 or section 76-296 and such document is so filed or recorded, the claimant submitting the document is liable to the person or entity against whom the lien is claimed for actual damages plus costs and reasonable attorney's fees.

(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. The lien under this section is not subject to the homestead exemption pursuant to section 40-101.

(3) Unless the declaration or agreement otherwise provides, if two or more homeowners' associations have liens for assessments created at any time on the same real estate, those liens have equal priority.

(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.

(5) This section does not prohibit actions to recover sums for which subsection (1) of this section creates a lien or prohibit a homeowners' association from taking a deed in lieu of foreclosure.

(6) A judgment or decree in any action brought under this section must include costs and reasonable attorney's fees for the prevailing party.

(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.

(8) The homeowners' association declaration, agreements, bylaws, rules, or regulations may not provide that a lien on a member's real estate for any assessment levied against real estate relates back to the date of filing of the declaration or that such lien takes priority over any mortgage or deed of trust on real estate recorded subsequent to the filing of the declaration and prior to the recording by the association of the notice required under subsection (1) of this section.

(9) In the event of a conflict between the provisions of the declaration and the bylaws, rules, or regulations or any other agreement of the homeowners' association, the declaration prevails except to the extent the declaration is inconsistent with this section.

(10)(a) The homeowners' association may require a person who purchases restricted real estate on or after September 6, 2013, to make payments into an escrow account established by the homeowners' association until the balance in the escrow account for that restricted real estate is in an amount not to exceed six months of assessments.

(b) All payments made under this subsection and received on or after September 6, 2013, shall be held in an interest-bearing checking account in a bank, savings bank, building and loan association, or savings and loan association in this state under terms that place these payments beyond the claim of creditors of the homeowners' association. Upon request by an owner of restricted real estate, the homeowners' association shall disclose the name of the financial institution and the account number where the payments made under this subsection are being held. The homeowners' association may maintain a single escrow account to hold payments made under this subsection from all of the owners of restricted real estate. If a single escrow account is maintained, the homeowners' association shall maintain separate accounting records for each owner of restricted real estate.

(c) The payments made under this subsection may be used by the homeowners' association to satisfy any assessments attributable to an owner of restricted real estate for which assessment payments are delinquent. To the extent that the escrow deposit or any part thereof is applied to offset any unpaid assessments of an owner of restricted real estate, the homeowners' association may require such owner to replenish the escrow deposit.

(d) The homeowners' association shall return the payments made under this subsection, together with any interest earned on such payments, to the owner of restricted real estate when the owner sells the restricted real estate and has fully paid all assessments.

(e) Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the homeowners' association from establishing escrow deposit requirements in excess of the amounts authorized in this subsection pursuant to provisions in the homeowners' association's declaration.

(11) For purposes of this section:

(a) Declaration means any instruments, however denominated, that create the homeowners' association and any amendments to those instruments;

(b)(i) Homeowners' association means an association whose members consist of a private group of fee simple owners of residential real estate formed for the purpose of imposing and receiving payments, fees, or other charges for:

(A) The use, rental, operation, or maintenance of common elements available to all members and services provided to the member for the benefit of the member or his or her real estate;

(B) Late payments of assessments and, after notice and opportunity to be heard, the levying of fines for violations of homeowners' association declarations, agreements, bylaws, or rules and regulations; or

(C) The preparation and recordation of amendments to declarations, agreements, resale statements, or statements for unpaid assessments; and

(ii) Homeowners' association does not include a co-owners association organized under the Condominium Property Act or a unit owners association organized under the Nebraska Condominium Act; and

(c) Real estate means the real estate of a homeowners' association member as such real estate is specifically described in the member's homeowners' association declaration or agreement.

Sections 52-2101 to 52-2108 shall be known and may be cited as the Commercial Real Estate Broker Lien Act.

For purposes of the Commercial Real Estate Broker Lien Act:

(1) Commercial real estate means any real estate other than real estate containing no more than four residential units or real estate on which no buildings or structures are located and that is zoned for single-family residential use. Commercial real estate does not include single-family residential units such as condominiums, townhouses, or homes in a subdivision when sold, leased, or otherwise conveyed on a unit-by-unit basis, even though these units may be a part of a larger building or parcel of real estate containing more than four residential units;

(2) Commission means any and all compensation that may be due a commercial real estate broker for performance of licensed services; and

(3) Commission agreement means a written agreement with a designated commercial real estate broker as required by subsections (2) through (6) of section 76-2422.

(1)(a) A commercial real estate broker shall have a lien upon commercial real estate or any interest in that commercial real estate that is the subject of a purchase, lease, or other conveyance to a buyer or tenant of an interest in the commercial real estate in the amount of commissions that the commercial real estate broker is due.

(b) The lien shall be available only to the commercial real estate broker named in a commission agreement signed by an owner or buyer or their respective authorized agents as applicable and is not available to an employee, agent, subagent, or independent contractor of a commercial real estate broker.

(2) A lien under this section shall attach to commercial real estate or any interest in the commercial real estate when:

(a) The commercial real estate broker is entitled to a commission provided in a commission agreement signed by the owner, buyer, or their respective authorized agents, as applicable; and

(b) The commercial real estate broker records a notice of lien in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the commercial real estate is located, prior to the actual conveyance or transfer of the commercial real estate against which the commercial real estate broker is claiming a lien, except as provided in this section. The lien shall attach as of the date of the recording of the notice of lien and shall not relate back to the date of the commission agreement.

(3) In the case of a lease, including a sublease or an assignment of a lease, the notice of lien shall be recorded not later than ninety days after the tenant takes possession of the leased premises. The lien shall attach as of the recording of the notice of lien and shall not relate back to the date of the commission agreement.

(4)(a) If a commercial real estate broker is due an additional commission as a result of future actions, including, but not limited to, the exercise of an option to expand the leased premises or to renew or extend a lease pursuant to a commission agreement signed by the then owner, the commercial real estate broker may record its notice of lien at any time after execution of the lease or other commission agreement which contains such option, but not later than ninety days after the event or occurrence on which the future commission is claimed occurs.

(b) In the event that the commercial real estate is sold or otherwise conveyed prior to the date on which a future commission is due, and if the commercial real estate broker has filed a valid notice of lien prior to the sale or other conveyance of the commercial real estate, then the purchaser or transferee shall be deemed to have notice of and shall take title to the commercial real estate subject to the notice of lien. If a commercial real estate broker claiming a future commission fails to record its notice of lien for future commission prior to the recording of a deed conveying legal title to the commercial real estate to the purchaser or transferee, then such commercial real estate broker shall not claim a lien on the commercial real estate. This subsection shall not limit or otherwise affect claims or defenses a commercial real estate broker or owner or any other party may have on any other basis, in law or in equity.

(5) If a commercial real estate broker has a commission agreement as described in subdivision (4)(a) of this section with a prospective buyer, then the lien shall attach upon the prospective buyer purchasing or otherwise accepting a conveyance or transfer of the commercial real estate and the recording of a notice of lien by the commercial real estate broker in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the commercial real estate, or any interest in the commercial real estate, is located, within ninety days after the purchase or other conveyance or transfer to the buyer or tenant. The lien shall attach as of the date of the recording of the notice of lien and shall not relate back to the date of the commission agreement.

The commercial real estate broker shall, within ten days after recording its notice of lien, either mail a copy of the notice of lien to the owner of record of the commercial real estate by registered or certified mail at the address of the owner stated in the commission agreement on which the claim for lien is based or, if no such address is given, then to the address of the commercial real estate on which the claim of lien is based. Mailing of the copy of the notice of lien is effective when deposited in a United States mailbox with postage prepaid. The commercial real estate broker's lien shall be unenforceable if mailing or service of the copy of notice of lien does not occur at the time and in the manner required by this section.

The notice of lien shall state the name of the commercial real estate broker, the name as reflected in the commercial real estate broker's records of any person the commercial real estate broker believes to be an owner of the commercial real estate on which the lien is claimed, the name as reflected in the commercial real estate broker's records of any person whom the commercial real estate broker believes to be obligated to pay the commission under the commission agreement, a description legally sufficient for identification of the commercial real estate upon which the lien is claimed, and the amount for which the lien is claimed. The notice of lien shall recite that the information contained in the notice is true and accurate to the knowledge of the signatories. The notice of lien shall be signed by the commercial real estate broker or by a person authorized to sign on behalf of the commercial real estate broker and shall be notarized.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a lien that has become enforceable as provided in section 52-2103 shall continue to be enforceable for two years after the recording of the lien.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, if an owner, holder of a security interest, mortgage, or trust deed, or other person having an interest in the commercial real estate gives the commercial real estate broker written demand to institute a judicial proceeding within thirty days, the lien lapses unless, within thirty days after receipt of the written demand, the commercial real estate broker institutes judicial proceedings.

(3) If a judicial proceeding to enforce a lien is instituted while a lien is effective under subsection (1) or (2) of this section, the lien continues during the pendency of the proceeding.

(1) Recorded liens, mortgages, trust deeds, and other encumbrances on commercial real estate, including a recorded lien securing revolving credit and future advances for a loan, recorded before the date the commercial real estate broker's lien is recorded, shall have priority over the commercial real estate broker's lien.

(2) A construction lien claim that is recorded after the commercial real estate broker's notice of lien but that relates back to a date prior to the recording date of the commercial real estate broker's notice of lien has priority over the commercial real estate broker's lien.

(3) A purchase-money lien executed by the buyer of commercial real estate in connection with a loan for which any part of the proceeds are used to pay the purchase price of the commercial real estate has priority over a commercial real estate broker's lien claimed for the commission owed by the buyer against the commercial real estate purchased by the buyer.

(1) Whenever a notice of a commercial real estate broker's lien has been recorded, the record owner of the commercial real estate may have the lien released by depositing funds equal to the full amount stated in the notice of lien plus fifteen percent to be applied towards any lien under section 52-2103. These funds shall be held in escrow by such person and by such process which may be agreed to by the parties, either in the commission agreement or otherwise, for the payment to the commercial real estate broker or otherwise for resolution for their dispute or, in the absence of any such mutually agreed person or process, the funds may be deposited with the district court by the filing of an interpleader. Upon such deposit of funds by interpleader, the commercial real estate shall be considered released from such lien or claim of lien. Upon written notice to the commercial real estate broker that the funds have been escrowed or an interpleader filed, the commercial real estate broker shall, within ten business days, record in the office of the register of deeds where the notice of commercial real estate broker's lien was filed pursuant to section 52-2103 a document stating that the lien is released and the commercial real estate released by an escrow established pursuant to this section or by interpleader. If the commercial real estate broker fails to file such document, the person holding the funds may sign and file such document and deduct from the escrow the reasonable cost of preparing and filing the document. Upon the filing of such document, the commercial real estate broker shall be deemed to have an equitable lien on the escrow funds pending a resolution of the commercial real estate broker's claim for payment and the funds shall not be paid to any person, except for such payment to the holder of the funds as set forth in this section, until a resolution of the commercial real estate broker's claim for payment has been agreed to by all necessary parties or ordered by a court having jurisdiction.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, whenever a commercial real estate broker's lien has been recorded and an escrow account is established either from the proceeds from the transaction, conveyance, or any other source of funds computed as one hundred fifteen percent of the amount of the claim for lien, then the lien against the commercial real estate shall be extinguished and immediately become a lien on the funds contained in the escrow account. The requirement to establish an escrow account, as provided in this section, shall not be cause for any party to refuse to complete or close the transaction.

A financing statement filed to perfect a lien pursuant to sections 52-202, 52-501, 52-701, 52-901, 52-1101, 52-1201, 52-1401 to 52-1411, 54-201, or 54-208, which was properly filed prior to November 1, 2003, shall lose its perfection unless a continuation statement is filed with the Secretary of State after June 30, 2014, and before January 1, 2015. Such continuation statement shall include a statement that the original financing statement is still effective. The filing of a continuation statement shall preserve the priority of the original filing and shall be effective for five years after the date of filing of the continuation statement and may be subsequently continued as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code. Not later than May 31, 2014, the Secretary of State shall notify, by first-class mail, the lienholders of record of the liens described in this section that such a lien shall lose its perfection unless a continuation statement is filed with the Secretary of State as provided in this section.