Article 22: Process, Court Records, and Ministerial Officers · Last amended 2026 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentenceGoverns how Nebraska legal notices required to run for a set number of days or weeks get legally published — through a qualifying print or digital newspaper — and, since October 2022, adds a statewide website posting requirement that does not itself affect a notice’s validity.
Full Text of § 25-2228
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(1) All legal publications and notices of whatever kind or character that may by law be required to be published a certain number of days or a certain number of weeks shall be legally published when they have been published in a print edition of a daily, weekly, semiweekly, or triweekly newspaper, or in an e-edition or digital newspaper as provided in section 25-523. Any newspaper publishing such legal notices or publications as provided in this section must be otherwise qualified under section 25-523 to publish such notices or publications. All legal publications and all notices of whatever kind or character that may be required by law to be published a certain number of days or a certain number of weeks, shall be and hereby are declared to be legally published when they shall have been published once a week in a weekly, semiweekly, triweekly, or daily newspaper for the number of weeks, covering the period of publication. For the purpose of this section, when a newspaper is published regularly four or more times each week, it shall be deemed a daily newspaper.
(2) Beginning October 1, 2022, all legal publications and notices of whatever kind or character that may by law be required to be published a certain number of days or a certain number of weeks shall also be posted by the newspaper or digital newspaper publishing such legal publications or notices on a statewide website established and maintained as a repository for such notices by a majority of Nebraska newspapers. A website posting or a failure to make such website posting under this subsection shall not affect the validity of the publication or notice published under subsection (1) of this section.
Source
Laws 1917, c. 202, § 1, p. 481; C.S.1922, § 9528; Laws 1923, c. 100, § 1, p. 255; Laws 1927, c. 63, § 1, p. 225; C.S.1929, § 20-2229; R.S.1943, § 25-2228; Laws 1943, c. 47, § 1, p. 198; Laws 1996, LB 299, § 21; Laws 2022, LB840, § 1; Laws 2026, LB596, § 8. Effective Date: July 18, 2026
Plain-English Summary
Section 25-2228 tells anyone publishing a required legal notice — a foreclosure sale, a probate filing, a summons by publication — what “legally published” means. Publication in the print edition of a daily, weekly, semiweekly, or triweekly newspaper counts, and so does publication in a qualifying e-edition or digital newspaper. Any newspaper running these notices must itself meet the qualification standard set elsewhere for such publications, and a newspaper published four or more times a week is treated as a daily for this purpose. Publishing the notice once a week, for the number of weeks covering the required period, satisfies a day-based or week-based requirement alike.
Since October 1, 2022, the section layers on an added step: the newspaper must also post the notice to a statewide website that a majority of Nebraska newspapers established and maintain as a shared repository for legal notices. That posting gives the public one place to search for notices regardless of which local paper ran them.
The website requirement carries no teeth against the notice itself. Whether the posting happens or not, the underlying publication in the qualifying newspaper remains valid under the section’s main rule. A missed website posting cannot be used to attack an otherwise properly published notice.
Frequently Asked Questions
What kind of newspaper can legally publish a required notice in Nebraska?
A print daily, weekly, semiweekly, or triweekly newspaper, or a qualifying e-edition or digital newspaper.
Does a newspaper published four times a week count as a daily?
Yes, for purposes of this section a newspaper published regularly four or more times a week is treated as a daily newspaper.
What is the statewide website posting requirement?
Since October 1, 2022, the newspaper publishing the notice must also post it to a shared statewide repository website maintained by a majority of Nebraska newspapers.
Does failing to post on the statewide website invalidate my notice?
No. Validity depends on proper newspaper publication; the website posting, or a failure to post, does not affect that validity.
How many times does a notice have to run to satisfy a “weeks” requirement?
Once a week for the number of weeks covering the period the law requires.
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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