How many hours' notice must a landlord give before entering in Nebraska?

24 hours. The notice must be in writing, delivered to each individual unit, and must state the purpose of the entry and a reasonable period during which the landlord expects to enter. Entry is allowed only at reasonable times, and the duty falls away in an emergency or where notice is impracticable.

What reasons allow a landlord to enter a rental in Nebraska?

Inspecting the premises, making necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations, or improvements, supplying necessary or agreed services, and exhibiting the unit to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workmen, or contractors. For these entries the tenant may not unreasonably withhold consent (76-1423(1)).

Can a landlord enter without notice in an emergency in Nebraska?

Yes — Nebraska recognizes an emergency exception to the entry-notice requirement.

Are there time-of-day limits on when a landlord can enter in Nebraska?

Nebraska sets no clock hours. Entry must be 'at reasonable times' only, and the statute sets no hour windows.

How much notice must a landlord give before entering in Nebraska?

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Nebraska landlords must give tenants at least 24 hours' written notice before entering a rental unit, and the notice must be delivered to each individual unit, state the purpose of the entry, and give a reasonable window of time when the landlord expects to enter — content requirements added by LB 320 in 2021 that older guides miss.

Cited to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1423 (1)-(4) and 5 more cited sources · Verified October 2, 2026

Entry is limited to reasonable times and to listed purposes (inspections, repairs, services, and showings), with no-notice entry allowed in an emergency or when notice is impracticable, during a tenant's absence of more than seven days, under a court order, or after abandonment or surrender. Until August 28, 2021, the statute required only 'one day's notice' with no writing requirement — so sources quoting a one-day oral-notice rule are quoting law that has been dead since 2021. The statute bars using the access right to harass the tenant and sets no specific clock hours beyond 'reasonable times.' A mobile home space rented under the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Act follows its own section, 76-1496: the park owner may enter the space at reasonable times to inspect it, make repairs, supply services or show it, and has no right of access to a tenant's own mobile home except to prevent substantial damage to the space or in an emergency.

Nebraska entry notice at a glance

Advance notice required	24 hours
Notice standard	The notice must be in writing, delivered to each individual unit, and must state the purpose of the entry and a reasonable period during which the landlord expects to enter. Entry is allowed only at reasonable times, and the duty falls away in an emergency or where notice is impracticable. Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-1423(3): except in case of emergency 'or if it is impracticable to do so,' the landlord must give at least twenty-four hours' WRITTEN notice of intent to enter, and the notice must be provided to each individual unit and include the intended purpose for entry and a reasonable period during which the landlord anticipates making entry; entry only at reasonable times. The landlord may not abuse the access right or use it to harass the tenant.
Permitted reasons	Inspecting the premises, making necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations, or improvements, supplying necessary or agreed services, and exhibiting the unit to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workmen, or contractors. For these entries the tenant may not unreasonably withhold consent (76-1423(1)). Beyond that, subsection (4) makes the list exhaustive: court order, entry during a tenant absence exceeding seven days 'at times reasonably necessary' (76-1432(2)), or premises the tenant has abandoned or surrendered.
Emergency exception	Yes
Time-of-day restrictions	Nebraska sets no clock hours. Entry must be 'at reasonable times' only, and the statute sets no hour windows.

Cite this page: "Landlord Atlas, Nebraska Landlord Entry Notice Laws (verified October 2, 2026), landlordatlas.com/laws/entry-notice/nebraska/" — free to cite and quote with a link (how these records are verified). Everything above is cited in the citations section below.

Notes and caveats

Stale-source trap: "one day's notice" has been dead since 2021 — The original 1974 text read "give the tenant at least one day's notice of his intent to enter." LB 320 (2021), section 4, introduced by Cavanaugh J. et al., approved by the Governor May 5, 2021, with no emergency clause and effective August 28, 2021 (three calendar months after the 2021 session adjourned on May 27, 2021, the date the Revisor of Statutes lists for the act), struck "one day's" and substituted twenty-four hours' WRITTEN notice. Charts saying "one day" or "24 hours (oral sufficient)" are stale on two axes.
What LB 320 added beyond the writing requirement — The 2021 amendment brought three content and delivery requirements with it: delivery to each individual unit, a statement of the intended purpose, and a reasonable period during which the landlord anticipates making entry. The LB 320 slip law carries both the old and the new statutory texts.
24 hours is the statute's own unit, not a converted "one day" — The current phrase in 76-1423(3)(a) is "at least twenty-four hours' written notice," so the figure is stated in hours by the statute itself and needs no conversion.
The "impracticable" exception — Besides an emergency, the notice duty falls away "if it is impracticable to do so." That exception has been in the section since the act was adopted in 1974.
Entry during an extended absence — Nebraska's extended-absence entry right (76-1432(2)) arises only during an absence exceeding seven days and is limited to "times reasonably necessary."
The remedies are not in the entry section — The remedies are not in the entry section. A tenant facing an unlawful entry, a lawful entry made in an unreasonable manner, or repeated otherwise-lawful demands for entry that have the effect of unreasonably harassing the tenant may obtain an injunction to stop the conduct or may end the rental agreement, and either way may recover actual damages of not less than one month's rent, plus reasonable attorney's fees. The same section runs the other way: where a tenant refuses lawful access, the landlord may seek an injunction to compel access or end the agreement, and recover actual damages and attorney's fees, with no damages floor on the landlord's side.
Two sources carry these sentences identically — The official statute page and the LB 320 slip law state the sentences these answers rest on in identical terms.
How the written notice may be delivered changed in 2025 — The 24-hour notice must still be in writing, but since September 3, 2025 a written notice may be delivered electronically, and electronic delivery counts as equivalent to first-class, registered or certified mail or a commercial delivery service. It works only where the tenant has affirmatively consented and has not withdrawn consent, after being told in a clear and conspicuous statement that consent may be withdrawn at any time without conditions, which notices it covers, how to get a paper copy, and what hardware and software are needed. A landlord may not make acceptance of electronic delivery a term or a condition of entering into or renewing a rental agreement. The change reaches delivery only: it does not affect the content or the timing of the entry notice, so the 24 hours, the statement of purpose, the reasonable window and the delivery to each individual unit are unchanged.

Common questions: Nebraska entry notice

Each answer is the verified value from the table above, restated as a direct answer. Free to quote with a link to this page.

How many hours' notice must a landlord give before entering in Nebraska?: 24 hours. The notice must be in writing, delivered to each individual unit, and must state the purpose of the entry and a reasonable period during which the landlord expects to enter. Entry is allowed only at reasonable times, and the duty falls away in an emergency or where notice is impracticable.
What reasons allow a landlord to enter a rental in Nebraska?: Inspecting the premises, making necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations, or improvements, supplying necessary or agreed services, and exhibiting the unit to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workmen, or contractors. For these entries the tenant may not unreasonably withhold consent (76-1423(1)).
Can a landlord enter without notice in an emergency in Nebraska?: Yes — Nebraska recognizes an emergency exception to the entry-notice requirement.
Are there time-of-day limits on when a landlord can enter in Nebraska?: Nebraska sets no clock hours. Entry must be 'at reasonable times' only, and the statute sets no hour windows.

Citations

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1423 · (1)-(4) (verified 2026) Official source
Laws 2021, LB 320, § 4 (slip law) · § 4 (verified 2026) Official source
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1432 · (2) (verified 2026) Official source
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1438 · (1), (2) (verified 2026) Official source
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1413 · (6), (7), (9), (10) (verified 2026) Official source
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1496 · (1)-(2) (verified 2026) Official source

How this record was verified: Direct read of statute text on the official Nebraska Legislature site (nebraskalegislature.gov): sections 76-1416, 76-1423, 76-1437, and 13-331 each read twice independently (standard and print views) with all key figures matching verbatim (one-month deposit cap, one-quarter-month pet deposit, 14-day return keyed to the date of termination of the tenancy, lesser-of one month's rent/2x deposit penalty, 24 hours' written entry notice with purpose and anticipated-window content requirements, 30-day/7-day periodic termination notice, rent-control preemption text), and each additionally reconciled character-for-character against the official enacted slip laws downloaded from nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs: LB 433 (2019) and LB 532 (2021) for 76-1416, LB 320 (2021) for 76-1423, LB 266 (2025) for 13-331 — so every amendment claim is pinned from the session law itself. Also read: 76-1408 (exclusions), 76-1414 (rent terms), 76-1432(2) (absence entry), 76-1410(13) (rent definition), 76-1412 (unconscionability), 76-1431(2) (7-day pay-or-quit). Negative checks (no late-fee or grace-period provision, no deposit interest, no escrow/trust account, no rent-increase notice or frequency rule) run twice against the full act text via the legislature's consolidated display, 76-1401 through 76-1449 — the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act's full span per its own citation section, with 76-1450 through 76-14,111 being the separate Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Act (boundary re-verified from the official citation sections 2026-08-05). Pending-bill check 2026-07-11 on official bill pages: LB 17 (fee limits, late-fee cap) indefinitely postponed 2026-04-17; LB 587 (tenant remedies) indefinitely postponed 2026-04-17; LB 980 and LB 469 (2026 eviction-procedure bills) CONFIRMED DEAD 2026-07-12 via the site's own bill-number search: both show 'Indefinitely postponed' 2026-04-17 on their official bill pages (LB 980: URLTA jury-trial-waiver/summary-judgment procedure, died in Judiciary with FA636 pending; LB 469: eviction-notice resource form, 2025 carryover, died in Judiciary); 109th Legislature 2nd session adjourned sine die 2026-04-17. On October 2, 2026 every section the security deposit, rent increase, late fee, entry and eviction answers rest on was read again on nebraskalegislature.gov, each with its Source line: sections 76-1401 to 76-1449, the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Act (76-1450 to 76-14,111, where 76-1490 sets sixty days' written notice of a rent increase for a mobile home space and 76-1496 governs entry), 13-331, 25-21,219 to 25-21,221, 25-2221, 25-2728, 25-2729 and 25-1912, with the slip laws LB 433 (2019), LB 320 and LB 532 (2021), LB 80, LB 185 and LB 266 (2025) and LB 834 (2026) and the Revisor of Statutes' operative-date lists. September 5, 2026 addendum: the decisive figures touched by the 2025-2026 enactments reviewed that day were re-read on the official host — §§ 76-1413, 76-1416 and 76-1457 on nebraskalegislature.gov; the earlier reads stand as recorded.