No person shall use the privilege of filing notices hereunder for the purpose of slandering the title to real estate and in any action brought for the purpose of quieting title to real estate, if the court shall find that any person has filed a claim for the purpose only of slandering title to such real estate, the court shall award the plaintiff all the costs of such action, including attorney fees to be fixed and allowed to the plaintiff by the court, and all damages that plaintiff may have sustained as the result of such notice of claim having been filed for record.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-296
Notices; slander of title; damages
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Arndt v. Maki (2012)
Most recently applied in Schwab v. Zajac (November 2012)
Laws 1947, c. 243, § 9, p. 765.
Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.