NE Bankruptcy Exemptions
FEDERAL BANKRUPTCY EXEMPTIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE All Bankruptcy law references are to Revised Statutes of Nebraska unless noted. |
ASSET |
EXEMPTION |
LAW PROVISION |
HOMESTEAD
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$60,000; cannot exceed 2 lots in city or village, 160 acres elsewhere; sale proceeds exempt 6 months after sale
May record homestead declaration |
40-101, 40-111, 40-113
40-105 |
INSURANCE |
Fraternal benefit society benefits to $100,000 loan value
Disability benefits to $200 per month.
Life insurance or annuity contract proceeds to $100,000 loan value |
44-1089
44-754
44-371 |
MISCELLANEOUS |
Property of business partnership |
67-325 |
PENSIONS |
County employees
ERISA-qualified benefits needed for support
Military disability benefits to $2000
School employees
State employees |
23-2322
25-1563.01
25-1559
79-1060, 79-1552
84-1324 |
PERSONAL PROPERTY |
Burial plot
Clothing needed
Crypts, lots, tombs, niches, vaults
Food and fuel to last 6 months
Furniture & kitchen utensils to $1500
Perpetual care funds
Personal injury recoveries
Personal possessions |
12-517
25-1556
12-605
25-1556
25-1556
12-511
25-1563.02
25-1556 |
PUBLIC BENEFITS |
Aid to disabled, blind, aged, AFDC
Unemployment compensation
Workers’ compensation |
68-1013
48-647
48-149 |
TOOLS OF TRADE |
Equipment or tools to $2,400 (Can include motor vehicle used for work or to commute to and from workplace.)
Husband and wife may double |
25-1556
In re Keller, 5 0 B.R. 23
(D.Neb. 1985) |
WAGES |
Minimum 85% of earned but unpaid wages or pension payments for head of family; 75% for all others; bankruptcy judge may authorize more for low-income debtors |
25-1558 |
WILD CARD |
$2500 of any personal property, except wages, in lieu of homestead |
25-1552 |
Nebraska Bankruptcy Courts
See the list below for Bankruptcy Courts by District. Click on the District link to go directly to that Bankruptcy Court's web site.
BANKRUPTCY COURTS |
NUMBER OF COPIES |
District of Nebraska
P.O. Box 428 Downtown Station
Omaha, NE 68101
215 N. 17th Street, Room 8400
Omaha, NE 68102
Telephone: (402) 221-4687
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