The court shall enter the verdict upon the record and shall render such judgment in the action as if the facts authorizing the finding of such verdict had been found to be true by the court.
§ 25-21,228.Forcible entry and detainer; verdict; entry; judgment.
Article 21: Special Proceedings and Actions · Last amended 2018 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentenceOnce a jury returns its verdict in an eviction case, the court enters that verdict on the record and renders judgment exactly as it would have if the court itself, without a jury, had found the same facts true.
Full Text of § 25-21,228
Source
Laws 1929, c. 82, § 127, p. 311; C.S.1929, § 22-1211; R.S.1943, § 26-1,128; Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 78; R.S.1943, (1985), § 24-578; Laws 2018, LB193, § 34.
Plain-English Summary
Section 25-21,228 links the jury’s work in section 25-21,227 to the judgment that follows. The court takes the verdict, whatever form it took — guilty, not guilty, or a statement of facts found true in part — and enters it on the record.
From there, the court renders judgment as if it had found those same facts to be true sitting without a jury. In effect, a guilty verdict leads to the same restitution-and-costs judgment described in section 25-21,226 for a case the court itself finds true, a not-guilty verdict leads to the same costs-against-the-plaintiff outcome, and a partial verdict leads to the same partial-restitution outcome, with the jury’s findings standing in for the court’s own.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the court do with a jury’s verdict in an eviction case?
It enters the verdict upon the record and then renders judgment as if the court itself had found those same facts to be true.
Does a jury verdict lead to a different type of judgment than a bench trial?
No. The judgment tracks the same outcomes described in section 25-21,226 for restitution, costs, or partial restitution — the jury’s findings take the place of the court’s own findings of fact.
What does “enter upon the record” mean here?
It means the verdict is formally placed into the court’s official record of the case before judgment is rendered on it.
Does a partial jury verdict lead to partial restitution, similar to a bench trial?
Yes. The court renders judgment consistent with whatever facts the jury found true, which can produce restitution of only part of the property, taxed with costs as the case warrants.
Has this section been amended?
Yes, most recently in 2018. Its core function — turning a jury verdict into a judgment the court could have reached on its own findings — carries the amendment history shown in the section’s source note.
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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