# Nebraska — Security deposit return deadlines by US state — the statutory clock a landlord has to return a tenant's deposit, quoted from the state statute

For Nebraska, return deadline is fourteen days; deadline in days is 14; what starts the clock is after the date of termination of the tenancy; statute is Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1416(2), recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.

- **State:** Nebraska _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Return deadline:** fourteen days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deadline in days:** 14 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **What starts the clock:** after the date of termination of the tenancy _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1416(2) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> The balance, if any, and a written itemization shall be delivered or mailed to the tenant within fourteen days after the date of termination of the tenancy.

## Source

- https://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=76-1416

Last verified: 2026-08-26. Review by: 2027-08-26.
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