An unincorporated association may be served by personal, residence, certified mail, or designated delivery service upon an officer or managing agent, or by certified mail or designated delivery service to the association at its usual place of business, or by leaving the process at its usual place of business with an employee of the unincorporated association.
§ 25-513.01.Service on unincorporated association.
Article 5: Commencement of Actions and Service of Process · Last amended 2011 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentenceThis section allows an unincorporated association to be served through an officer or managing agent, by mail to its usual place of business, or by leaving process there with an employee.
Full Text of § 25-513.01
Source
Laws 1983, LB 447, § 30; Laws 2011, LB669, § 15.
Plain-English Summary
Unincorporated associations — clubs, unions, and similar groups that have not formally incorporated — still need a workable way to be served, and section 25-513.01 provides one. Personal, residence, certified mail, or designated delivery service can go to an officer or managing agent of the association.
As with partnerships, the section also allows service tied to the organization’s place of business rather than a named individual: certified mail or designated delivery service sent to the association at its usual place of business, or process left there with an employee. This mirrors the flexibility given for partnerships and reflects the same practical problem — an unincorporated group may not have the kind of public, searchable leadership records a corporation does.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you serve an unincorporated association in Nebraska?
By personal, residence, certified mail, or designated delivery service upon an officer or managing agent, or by mail to its usual place of business, or by leaving process there with an employee.
What counts as an unincorporated association?
A group or organization, such as a club or similar entity, that operates without having incorporated, distinguishing it from a corporation served under section 25-509.01.
Can process just be left at the association’s office?
Yes, leaving it there with an employee of the association is one of the methods this section allows.
Does the association have to have a formal officer to be served?
Service on a managing agent works as an alternative when there is no formal officer, or when the officer cannot readily be identified.
Is service on an unincorporated association different from service on a partnership?
The two follow a similar structure — service on a key person or at the entity’s place of business — but each is governed by its own section, with the partnership rule in section 25-512.01 excluding limited partners specifically.
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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