Actual value of real property for purposes of taxation means the market value of real property in the ordinary course of trade. Actual value may be determined using professionally accepted mass appraisal methods, including, but not limited to, the (1) sales comparison approach using the guidelines in section 77-1371 , (2) income approach, and (3) cost approach. Actual value is the most probable price expressed in terms of money that a property will bring if exposed for sale in the open market, or in an arm's length transaction, between a willing buyer and willing seller, both of whom are knowledgeable concerning all the uses to which the real property is adapted and for which the real property is capable of being used. In analyzing the uses and restrictions applicable to real property, the analysis shall include a consideration of the full description of the physical characteristics of the real property and an identification of the property rights being valued.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 77-112
Actual value, defined
Applied in 46 court decisions — leading case US Ecology, Inc. v. Boyd County Board of Equalization (1999)
Most recently applied in Pinnacle Enters. v. Sarpy Cty. Bd. of Equal. (November 2025)
Laws 1903, c. 73, § 12, p. 390; R.S.1913, § 6300; Laws 1921, c. 133, art
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