All provisions, including provisions for a continuing lien prescribed in section 25-1056, requirements, conditions, and exemptions of the garnishment laws of the State of Nebraska shall apply to all state, county, municipal, municipally owned corporation, township, and school district officers and employees to the same extent and effect as such laws apply under the existing statutes of the State of Nebraska to officers and employees of private corporations. Consent is hereby given for garnishment proceedings against the State of Nebraska and against all counties, townships, municipal corporations, municipally owned corporations, and school districts in the same manner and under the same procedure as is now provided by law for bringing such suits and proceedings against corporations and individuals. This section shall apply only in case it is sought to hold and apply the earnings of such officers and employees, which earnings have been earned or are to be earned by personal services rendered to the state or to any county, township, municipal corporation, municipally owned corporation, or school district.
§ 25-1012.01.Garnishment; public officers and employees.
Article 10: Attachment, Garnishment, Injunctions, Receivers, and Replevin · Last amended 1988 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentenceThis section applies Nebraska’s garnishment laws — including exemptions and the continuing lien provisions — to the earnings of state, county, municipal, township, and school district officers and employees, and consents to garnishment suits against those governmental units.
Full Text of § 25-1012.01
Source
Laws 1980, LB 597, § 16; Laws 1988, LB 1030, § 15.
Plain-English Summary
Garnishing a government employee’s wages once raised a special obstacle: government bodies could not be sued without their consent. Section 25-1012.01 removes that obstacle for garnishment specifically.
It applies every requirement, condition, and exemption of Nebraska’s garnishment laws — including the continuing lien described in section 25-1056 — to officers and employees of the state, counties, municipalities, municipally owned corporations, townships, and school districts, on the same footing as officers and employees of private corporations. And it gives the consent needed to bring garnishment proceedings against the State of Nebraska and each of those local governmental units, using the same procedures already available for suing corporations and individuals.
The section limits itself to earnings. It applies only when a garnishment seeks to reach the earnings a public officer or employee has earned, or will earn, for personal services rendered to the governmental unit, not to other public funds or property.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you garnish a government employee’s paycheck in Nebraska?
Yes. Section 25-1012.01 applies the state’s garnishment laws to officers and employees of the state, counties, municipalities, townships, and school districts on the same terms as private-sector employees.
Does a creditor need special permission to sue a state agency for garnishment?
No separate permission is needed. The section itself gives the consent required to bring garnishment proceedings against the State of Nebraska and the listed local governmental units.
Do the usual garnishment exemptions still apply to public employees?
Yes. All the requirements, conditions, and exemptions of Nebraska’s garnishment laws apply to public officers and employees the same way they apply to employees of private corporations.
Does this section let a creditor reach any government funds, or just wages?
Only earnings. It applies solely to earnings a public officer or employee has earned, or is to earn, for personal services rendered to the governmental unit.
Does the continuing-lien provision apply to garnishments against public employees?
Yes. The section specifically includes the continuing lien described in section 25-1056 among the garnishment provisions that apply to public officers and employees.
Source & verification. Section text and the amendment-history citation are
reproduced verbatim from the Nebraska Legislature, Revisor of Statutes, enacted by the
Nebraska Legislature. Last verified July 22, 2026. ·
Official source
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