Any person having a judgment rendered by a district court may request the clerk of such court to issue execution on the judgment in the same manner as execution is issued upon other judgments rendered in the district court and direct the execution on the judgment to any county in the state. Such person may request that garnishment, attachment, or any other aid to execution for personal property or wages be directed to any county without the necessity of filing a transcript of the judgment in the receiving county, and any hearing or proceeding with regard to such execution or aid in execution shall be heard in the court in which the judgment was originally rendered. Such execution shall not serve as a lien on real estate in a county other than the county where the judgment was rendered unless a transcript of the judgment is filed with the clerk of the district court in the county in which the real estate is located.
§ 25-1501.01.District court judgment; execution issued to any county in state; procedure; lien on real estate; procedure.
Article 15: Execution, Exemptions, and Foreign Judgments · Last amended 2011 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentenceThis section lets a district court judgment creditor route execution and aid-in-execution proceedings, such as garnishment for wages or personal property, to any Nebraska county without first filing a transcript there, though a transcript is still required in the county where real estate is located before the judgment becomes a lien on it.
Full Text of § 25-1501.01
Source
Laws 2011, LB15, § 1.
Plain-English Summary
Before this section existed, a creditor holding a district court judgment who wanted to reach a debtor’s wages, bank account, or personal property located in a different county typically had to file a transcript of the judgment in that other county first, registering the judgment there before enforcing it. Section 25-1501.01 cuts out that extra step for personal property and wage collection. A judgment creditor can ask the clerk of the rendering court to issue execution, and direct garnishment, attachment, or other aid in execution, to any county in the state, without filing a transcript in the receiving county.
The section keeps enforcement centralized in one place: any hearing or dispute arising from that execution or aid in execution stays in the court that originally rendered the judgment, even though the writ itself reaches into another county. That avoids scattering related proceedings across multiple courthouses.
Real estate gets different treatment. An execution issued under this section does not create a lien on real property located in a county other than where the judgment was rendered unless the creditor files a transcript of the judgment with the clerk of the district court in the county where the real estate sits. The streamlined, no-transcript approach applies to wages and personal property; land still follows the older transcript-and-filing route.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to file a transcript in another county before garnishing a debtor’s wages there?
No, if the judgment came from a district court. Section 25-1501.01 lets you direct garnishment or other aid in execution to any county without filing a transcript there first.
Where will a dispute over the execution be heard if the debtor’s property is in a different county?
In the court that originally rendered the judgment, regardless of which county the execution or garnishment was sent to.
Does this section let me put a lien on the debtor’s land in another county without filing anything there?
No. A lien on real estate in a county other than where the judgment was rendered still requires filing a transcript of the judgment with that county’s district court clerk.
Does this section apply to county court judgments?
The text refers to judgments rendered by a district court, so it addresses district court judgments specifically.
What kinds of aid in execution can be sent to another county under this section?
Garnishment, attachment, and other aid to execution directed at personal property or wages.
When was this streamlined procedure adopted?
It traces to 2011 legislation, making it a comparatively recent addition to Nebraska’s execution procedure.
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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