For purposes of the Vacant Property Registration Act: (1) Evidence of vacancy means any condition or circumstance that on its own or in combination with other conditions or circumstances would lead a reasonable person to believe that a residential building or commercial building is vacant. Such conditions or circumstances may include, but are not limited to: (a) Overgrown or dead vegetation, including grass, shrubbery, and other plantings; (b) An accumulation of abandoned personal property, trash, or other waste; (c) Visible deterioration or lack of maintenance of any building or structure on the property; (d) Graffiti or other defacement of any building or structure on the property; or (e) Any other condition or circumstance reasonably indicating that the property is not occupied for residential purposes or being used for the operation of a lawful business; (2) Municipality means a city of the first class, city of the second class, or village; (3) Owner means the person or persons shown to be the owner or owners of record on the records of the register of deeds; (4) Residential building means a house, a condominium, a townhouse, an apartment unit or building, or a trailer house; and (5) Vacant means that a residential building or commercial building exhibits evidence of vacancy.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5404
Terms, defined
Laws 2018, LB256, § 4.
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