§ 25-1055.Attachment in actions on claims not due; procedure in general.

Nebraska normally lets a creditor attach property only after a debt is due. Section 25-1055 addresses the narrower situation covered by the sections just before it, where the law allows attachment on a claim that has not yet matured — for example, when a debtor is about to leave the state or dispose of assets before the debt comes due. Rather than write a whole separate procedure for that situation, the Legislature borrowed the one already on the books: the general attachment proceedings set out in sections 25-1004 to 25-1041 regulate attachments on claims before due, so far as those proceedings are applicable.

The phrase “so far as they are applicable” matters. A claim not yet due cannot have a judgment amount already fixed the way a matured debt can, so some of the ordinary attachment mechanics have to bend to fit that reality. Section 25-1055 does not spell out which specific adjustments apply; it directs the court and the parties to use the general attachment framework and adapt it where the timing of the claim requires it.

For a creditor considering this route, the practical takeaway is that pre-due attachment is not a separate procedural track with its own rules. It follows the same affidavit, bond, and levy requirements that govern any other attachment, with the understanding that a claim not yet due needs some accommodation in how those requirements are applied.