Sections 25-1587.01 to 25-1587.08 do not apply to foreign judgments registered prior to January 1, 1994, pursuant to sections 25-1587 to 25-15,104 as such sections existed immediately prior to such date. Sections 25-1587 to 25-15,104 shall remain effective on and after January 1, 1994, only for the purpose of enforcement of foreign judgments registered prior to such date pursuant to sections 25-1587 to 25-15,104 as such sections existed immediately prior to such date.
§ 25-1587.09.Foreign judgments registered under prior law.
Article 15: Execution, Exemptions, and Foreign Judgments · Last amended 1993 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentenceSection 25-1587.09 makes clear that the Nebraska Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act does not reach back to foreign judgments registered before January 1, 1994, which continue to be governed and enforced under the earlier version of sections 25-1587 through 25-15,104 as those sections read before that date.
Full Text of § 25-1587.09
Source
Laws 1993, LB 458, § 9.
Plain-English Summary
When the Legislature adopted the Nebraska Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act in 1993, it replaced an older registration scheme that had occupied the same numbered sections. Section 25-1587.09 draws the line between the two. Sections 25-1587.01 through 25-1587.08 do not apply to foreign judgments that were registered in Nebraska before January 1, 1994, under the prior version of sections 25-1587 through 25-15,104.
Those older sections have not disappeared. They remain effective on and after January 1, 1994, but only for one narrow purpose: enforcing foreign judgments that were already registered under them, as those sections read immediately before the new Act took effect. A creditor cannot use the old procedure to register a new judgment today; it survives solely to let judgments already in the pipeline finish being enforced.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the new Act apply to a foreign judgment registered in Nebraska before 1994?
No. The Act does not reach judgments registered before January 1, 1994, under the prior version of sections 25-1587 through 25-15,104.
What law governs enforcement of a judgment registered before 1994?
The former sections 25-1587 through 25-15,104, as they existed immediately before January 1, 1994, remain effective for that limited enforcement purpose.
Why did the Legislature include a savings provision like this?
To avoid disrupting enforcement of judgments already registered under the earlier procedure when the new Act replaced it.
Can someone register a new foreign judgment today using the pre-1994 procedure?
No. The old sections survive only to let already-registered judgments finish being enforced, not to support new filings.
Does this section give a judgment creditor any new rights?
No. It is a transition rule that separates judgments handled under the old registration scheme from judgments handled under the new Act.
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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Also known as: pre-1994 foreign judgment registration nebraskaold sister state judgment law nebraskatransition rule foreign judgments act nebraskaprior law foreign judgment registered