Sections 25-1802 to 25-1807 shall apply only to legal and administrative proceedings initiated after July 17, 1982.
§ 25-1807.Award of fees and expenses against state; proceedings to which applicable.
Article 18: Small-Amount Claims, Attorney’s Fees, and Costs Against the State · Last amended 1982 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentenceThis section limits sections 25-1802 to 25-1807 to legal and administrative proceedings initiated after July 17, 1982, so a case that started before that date cannot use these fee-shifting provisions against the state.
Full Text of § 25-1807
Source
Laws 1982, LB 192, § 6.
Plain-English Summary
Section 25-1807 is a short effective-date rule. It states that sections 25-1802 to 25-1807 apply only to legal and administrative proceedings initiated after July 17, 1982. Anything filed on or before that date falls outside the fee-shifting scheme these sections create.
For a party researching an older dispute with the state, this cutoff answers a threshold question before the merits of any fee claim even come up: proceedings begun after July 17, 1982 may use these sections; proceedings begun on or before that date may not.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the cutoff date for using these fee-shifting sections?
Proceedings initiated after July 17, 1982. Sections 25-1802 to 25-1807 do not apply to legal or administrative proceedings started on or before that date.
What counts as the relevant date — filing or judgment?
The section ties the cutoff to when the proceeding was initiated, not to when it was decided.
Does this cutoff apply to both court cases and administrative proceedings?
Yes. The section refers to legal and administrative proceedings alike.
Why does this cutoff exist?
Sections 25-1802 to 25-1807 were adopted in 1982 to create a new fee-shifting scheme against the state, and section 25-1807 confines that scheme to proceedings begun after its effective date.
If my case is outside this window, is there any other way to recover fees from the state?
That depends on whether some other statute authorizes fees for the type of action involved; this section addresses only the applicability of sections 25-1802 to 25-1807.
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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