If a judgment becomes dormant, it may be revived in the same manner as is prescribed for reviving actions before judgment; Provided, no judgment shall be revived unless action to revive the same be commenced within ten years after such judgment became dormant.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1420
Dormant judgment; revivor; time limitation
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Cave v. Reiser (2004)
Most recently applied in 31 Neb. Ct. App. 875 - Capital One Bank v. Tafoya (May 2023)
R.S.1867, Code § 473, p. 472; Laws 1909, c. 154, § 1, p. 557; R.S.1913, § 8041; C.S.1922, § 8982; C.S.1929, § 20-1420; R.S.1943, § 25-1420.
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