Whenever in any action or proceeding, any order, motion, notice, or other document, except a summons, is required by statute or rule of the Supreme Court to be served upon or given to any party, the service or delivery shall be made in accordance with the rules of pleading in civil actions promulgated by the Supreme Court pursuant to section 25-801.01.
§ 25-534.Order, motion, or notice; service; delivery.
Article 5: Commencement of Actions and Service of Process · Last amended 2008 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentenceSection 25-534 routes service of any order, motion, notice, or other document besides a summons to the civil pleading-service rules the Nebraska Supreme Court adopts under § 25-801.01, rather than leaving that service to Article 5’s own provisions.
Full Text of § 25-534
Source
Laws 1959, c. 100, § 1, p. 420; Laws 1981, LB 42, § 15; Laws 2008, LB1014, § 8.
Plain-English Summary
Article 5 of Chapter 25 covers a great deal of ground on service of process, but Section 25-534 carves out an important exception for the routine paperwork of litigation. Whenever a statute or a Nebraska Supreme Court rule requires an order, motion, notice, or other document — anything other than a summons — to be served on or given to a party, that service has to follow the rules of pleading in civil actions the Supreme Court adopts under Section 25-801.01, not some separate procedure found elsewhere in Article 5.
In practice, this section is a signpost more than a set of instructions. It tells a reader searching Chapter 25 for how to serve a motion or a notice that the answer lives with the Supreme Court’s pleading rules, while the summons itself — the document that starts a case — still follows the service rules built into the rest of Article 5.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Section 25-534 cover service of a summons?
No. It specifically excludes the summons, which follows the service provisions elsewhere in Article 5.
Where do I find the rules for serving a motion or notice in a pending Nebraska case?
Section 25-534 points to the rules of pleading in civil actions promulgated by the Nebraska Supreme Court under Section 25-801.01.
Why does the statute defer to Supreme Court rules instead of setting its own procedure for these documents?
The Legislature gave the Supreme Court authority to adopt rules of pleading in civil actions, and this section keeps day-to-day service of orders, motions, and notices governed by that single, centralized set of rules.
Does this section apply to every document filed in a case?
It applies to any order, motion, notice, or other document that a statute or Supreme Court rule requires to be served on or given to a party, other than a summons.
Has this section changed much since it was first enacted?
It has been amended more than once since 1959 to keep pace with the Supreme Court’s evolving pleading rules, most recently in 2008.
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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