Nebraska Lien Release

The Lien You Are Releasing

Pull your stamped copy of the lien — everything on this page is on it. If the details here do not match the instrument on record, the release does not release it, and no one at the counter will catch that for you.

Which county is the property in?Property addressTax parcel ID — if it is on the lienRecord owner of the property

Instrument or document number on your recorded lien

Date the lien was recorded

This instrument says the debt is paid.

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 52-154 discharges the lien on satisfaction of the debt. Signing it while money is still owed puts a false statement on the public record and gives away the security you filed to protect. If you have been paid part of it, this is not the document you want — talk to a construction attorney about what is.

The debt secured by this lien has been paid in full.

Where this gets filed: Register of Deeds. The register of deeds of the county where the land is situated — the same office, as § 52-127(13) defines "record" for the whole Act.

None. No deadline and no fixed penalty anywhere in the Act — and § 52-154 is a discharge MECHANISM rather than a duty: it says a lien "may be discharged of record by" recording a signed statement, and obliges nobody. The only exposure is fault-based, and read the grammar: § 52-157(2) reaches a claimant who "in bad faith" records a lien, overstates the amount, OR REFUSES TO EXECUTE A RELEASE — the bad-faith qualifier governs all three verbs, so a good-faith refusal is not actionable under it. Where it applies the court may declare the lien void and award damages, plus costs of correcting the record and attorney's fees under (3).