If a party or side fails to serve a disclosure or provide a release within the time specified by these Rules, any other party or side may file a motion to compel the party to do so. At the discretion of the court, a party may be precluded from using information, documents, or witnesses that the party failed to provide or identify as required by these Rules.
§ 6-2207.Consequences of failure to disclose or supplement.
Article 22: Rules for County Court Expedited Civil Actions · Last amended January 1, 2022 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentence§ 6-2207 lets a party ask the court to compel a missing disclosure or medical-records release and gives the court discretion to bar a party from using information, documents, or witnesses it failed to disclose as required.
Full Text of § 6-2207
Amendment History
§ 6-2207 adopted December 8, 2021, effective January 1, 2022.
Plain-English Summary
§ 6-2207 gives Article 22’s disclosure obligations real teeth. If a party or side misses the deadline for serving a disclosure, or does not provide a required medical-records release, any other party or side can file a motion to compel compliance instead of waiting it out.
Beyond compelling disclosure, the rule hands the court a sharper tool: at its discretion, the court can preclude a party from using at trial whatever information, documents, or witnesses that party failed to provide or identify when these rules required it. That preclusion risk is what gives the automatic-disclosure system in §§ 6-2203 and 6-2204 its weight — skipping a required disclosure is not a cost-free option.
Frequently Asked Questions
What can I do if the other side never serves its initial disclosures?
Any other party or side may file a motion to compel the disclosure, and the court has discretion to preclude the noncompliant party from using undisclosed information at trial.
Can a court stop a party from using a witness it never disclosed?
Yes. At the court’s discretion, a party may be precluded from using information, documents, or witnesses it failed to provide or identify as these rules require.
Is a motion to compel the only remedy for a missed disclosure deadline?
No. Beyond compelling disclosure, the court can also preclude use of the undisclosed material at trial.
Does this rule apply to a missing medical-records release too?
Yes. A party who fails to provide a required release may be compelled to do so, the same as a missed disclosure.
Is preclusion of evidence automatic, or does the court have discretion?
The court has discretion; the rule states that a party may be precluded, not that preclusion automatically follows a missed deadline.
Source & verification. Section text and amendment history are
reproduced verbatim from the Nebraska Judicial Branch, adopted by the
Supreme Court of Nebraska. Last verified July 22, 2026. ·
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