The County Court Expedited Civil Actions Act applies to civil actions filed on or after January 1, 2022.
§ 25-2749.Act; applicability.
Article 27: County Court Rules of Procedure and Probate Practice · Last amended 2020 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentenceThe County Court Expedited Civil Actions Act applies only to civil actions filed on or after January 1, 2022, so a lawsuit filed before that date proceeds under the county court’s ordinary civil procedure instead.
Full Text of § 25-2749
Source
Laws 2020, LB912, § 9.
Plain-English Summary
This section fixes the Act’s starting line. It applies to civil actions filed on or after January 1, 2022. A case that might otherwise fit the Act’s eligibility rules in section 25-2742, but was filed before that date, still proceeds under ordinary county court procedure — the filing date controls, not whether the case would qualify under the Act’s substantive terms.
This kind of applicability date is standard practice for a new procedural framework: it lets already-pending cases finish under the rules the parties expected when they filed, rather than forcing a mid-litigation switch to the Act’s different discovery limits and time frames.
Frequently Asked Questions
When did the County Court Expedited Civil Actions Act take effect?
It applies to civil actions filed on or after January 1, 2022.
Can a case filed before January 1, 2022, use the expedited procedures?
No. The Act applies only to actions filed on or after that date.
Does the filing date or some other date determine whether the Act applies?
The filing date of the civil action controls.
What procedure governs a county court money-judgment case filed before the Act’s effective date?
Ordinary county court civil procedure, since the Act itself does not reach cases filed before January 1, 2022.
Why does the Act specify an effective date instead of applying to every pending case?
Fixing a filing-date cutoff gives courts and litigants a clear line for which cases follow the Act’s streamlined discovery, motion, and trial rules, rather than reopening the question case by case.
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reproduced verbatim from the Nebraska Legislature, Revisor of Statutes, enacted by the
Nebraska Legislature. Last verified July 22, 2026. ·
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