An action upon a contract, not in writing, expressed or implied, or an action upon a liability created by statute, other than a forfeiture or penalty, can only be brought within four years.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-206
Actions on oral contracts or statutory liabilities
Applied in 33 court decisions — leading case Chambers v. Omaha Public School District (1976)
Most recently applied in Trausch v. Hagemeier (February 2023)
R.S.1867, Code § 11, p. 395; R.S.1913, § 7568; C.S.1922, § 8511; C.S.1929, § 20-206; R.S.1943, § 25-206.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.