Article 10: Attachment, Garnishment, Injunctions, Receivers, and Replevin · Last amended 1899 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentenceThis section sets how a Nebraska receiver gets paid — a salary or lump sum for preserving property or continuing a business through litigation, or a percentage of cash collected and distributed for winding up a debtor’s or corporation’s affairs, adjustable up or down based on the quality of the receiver’s work.
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Receivers shall receive for their services such compensation as the court may award, subject to the following restrictions:
(1) Receivers appointed for the purpose of preserving and protecting property pending litigation, or for the purpose of continuing the business of the debtor or corporation pending litigation, or when financially embarrassed, may be awarded a salary or lump sum;
(2) Receivers appointed for the purpose of winding up the affairs of a debtor or corporation, reducing the assets to cash and distributing them, shall be awarded as compensation for such services a percentage upon the cash received and properly accounted for by them, which percentage may be increased where extraordinary services have been performed, and correspondingly reduced where the services have not been meritoriously performed.
Source
Laws 1899, c. 33, § 1, p. 169; R.S.1913, § 7821; C.S.1922, § 8765; C.S.1929, § 20-1092; R.S.1943, § 25-1092.
Plain-English Summary
Section 25-1092 answers a question every receivership eventually raises: how much does the receiver get paid? The court sets the compensation, but the statute channels that decision into two tracks depending on what type of work the receiver performed.
A receiver appointed to preserve and protect property, or to keep a debtor’s or corporation’s business running, while litigation is pending or the debtor or corporation is in financial trouble, may be awarded a salary or a lump sum. That fits work measured in time and effort rather than dollars collected.
A receiver appointed instead to wind up a debtor’s or corporation’s affairs — turning assets into cash and distributing them — gets paid differently: a percentage of the cash received and properly accounted for. That percentage is not fixed. The court can raise it where the receiver performed extraordinary services, and lower it where the receiver’s work fell short of what the job called for.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a receiver get paid in Nebraska?
The court sets it, using a salary or lump sum for a receiver preserving property or continuing a business, or a percentage of cash collected for a receiver winding up affairs.
What type of receiver is paid a percentage of cash collected?
One appointed to wind up a debtor’s or corporation’s affairs, reduce the assets to cash, and distribute them.
Can a receiver’s percentage be increased?
Yes, where the receiver performed extraordinary services.
Can a receiver’s compensation be reduced?
Yes, where the receiver’s services were not performed meritoriously.
Does the type of receivership affect how compensation is calculated?
Yes. The statute ties the method of compensation to whether the receiver preserved property and continued a business, or wound up affairs and distributed cash.
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. ·
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