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Nebraska Consumer Protection Act

Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 59-1601–59-1623

All numbered provisions in the Act’s official range, including decimal-numbered and repealed entries, were checked against the Nebraska Legislature’s current Chapter 59 index. These briefings are educational and do not determine whether the Act applies to particular conduct.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1602

Unfair competition; practices; unlawful

Declares unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in trade or commerce unlawful.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1603

Contracts, combinations, conspiracies in restraint of trade

Prohibits specified agreements and coordinated conduct that restrain trade or commerce.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1604

Monopolies and attempted monopolies

Prohibits specified monopolization, attempts to monopolize, and combinations or conspiracies to monopolize.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1605

Transactions and agreements involving a competitor

Addresses specified agreements conditioned on not using or dealing in a competitor’s commodities or services.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1606

Acquisition of corporate stock that lessens competition

Restricts specified stock acquisitions that may substantially lessen competition and addresses exceptions and divestiture.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1607

Labor not an article of commerce

States the Act’s treatment of human labor and qualifying labor organizations.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1608

Attorney General enforcement

Authorizes the Attorney General to restrain prohibited conduct and seek costs and restoration of property.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1608.01

Enforcement of act; venue; jury trial

Addresses venue and jury-trial matters in specified Act enforcement proceedings.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1608.02

Repealed provision

The official Legislature index marks this section repealed; it remains listed to preserve a complete numerical inventory.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1608.03

Recovery under act; Attorney General duties

Addresses the Attorney General’s handling of recoveries obtained under the Act.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1609

Civil action for damages

Addresses civil actions for qualifying injury, injunctive relief, damages, costs, and attorney fees; statutory scope and proof requirements must be reviewed before reliance.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1609.01

Illegal overcharge or undercharge

Addresses damages, proof, and court powers in specified overcharge or undercharge matters.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1610

Assurance of discontinuance

Allows a court-approved written assurance that challenged conduct will stop and explains that it is not automatically an admission.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1611

Demand to produce documentary materials

Provides detailed procedures for Attorney General investigative demands, service, confidentiality, modification, enforcement, and related court orders.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1612

Limitation of action

Establishes limitation rules for specified actions; confirm the current text before calculating any deadline.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1613

Effect of final judgment or decree

Addresses when a government judgment may serve as prima facie evidence in a later civil action and identifies an exception.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1614

Civil penalties

Provides civil penalties for specified violations and assigns related Attorney General duties.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1615

Corporate franchise consequences

Allows specified dissolution, suspension, or forfeiture relief involving a corporation.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1616

Personal service outside state

Addresses service of process outside Nebraska for conduct having a prohibited impact within the state.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1617

Exempted transactions; applicability

Identifies regulated transactions and other circumstances to which Act provisions may not apply.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1618

Agricultural products and associations

Addresses the formation and operation of qualifying agricultural producer associations.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1619

Agricultural associations; complaint and hearing

Addresses monopoly or restraint-of-trade concerns involving agricultural associations and the Attorney General’s complaint and hearing process.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1620

Contracts in restraint of trade

Addresses when specified contracts or agreements may be void or voidable.

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1621

Conspiracy in restraint of trade; evidence

Addresses findings and prima facie evidence involving specified restraint-of-trade conspiracies.

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Nebraska consumer-credit categories

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Credit services and credit repair organizations

Licensing, registration, bonding, contracts, fees, cancellation, advertising, and prohibited practices.

What the legal reviewer checks
  • Covered-service definitions
  • License or registration requirements
  • Contract and disclosure language
  • Fee and cancellation restrictions
  • Advertising and prohibited practices
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Debt collection

State collection-agency licensing, prohibited conduct, validation-related rules, remedies, and regulator contacts.

What the legal reviewer checks
  • Collector and agency definitions
  • Licensing and exemptions
  • Communication and conduct restrictions
  • Civil remedies and enforcement
  • Complaint channels
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Consumer reporting and security freezes

State credit-reporting duties, freezes, protected-consumer freezes, identity-theft blocks, and remedies.

What the legal reviewer checks
  • Freeze placement and lifting
  • Fees and timing
  • Protected consumers
  • Identity-theft procedures
  • Enforcement and remedies
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Identity theft, data breach, and privacy

Identity-theft crimes and recovery tools, breach notices, personal-information safeguards, and privacy rights.

  • Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 59-1601–59-1623
What the legal reviewer checks
  • Breach notice triggers and timing
  • Covered personal information
  • Security safeguards
  • Identity-theft reports and blocks
  • Attorney-general enforcement
Research pending

Garnishment and judgment protections

State exemptions, disposable-earnings limits, court procedures, bank-account protections, and employer duties.

What the legal reviewer checks
  • Wage and bank exemptions
  • Debt-specific limits
  • Claim-of-exemption procedure
  • Notice and hearing deadlines
  • Employer restrictions
Research pending

Repossession and deficiency balances

Notice, cure, repossession conduct, sale, accounting, redemption, and deficiency rules.

What the legal reviewer checks
  • Right-to-cure notices
  • Repossession restrictions
  • Sale notice and commercial reasonableness
  • Redemption
  • Deficiency accounting and defenses
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Small-dollar and consumer lending

Licensing, rates, fees, payment plans, disclosures, collection practices, and complaint resources.

What the legal reviewer checks
  • Covered loan definitions
  • License requirements
  • Rate and fee limits
  • Rollover or payment-plan rules
  • Enforcement
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Mortgage, housing, and auto finance

Servicing, foreclosure, homeowner, dealer-finance, motor-vehicle-sales, and related protections.

What the legal reviewer checks
  • Mortgage servicing and foreclosure
  • Homeowner notices and assistance
  • Dealer and sales-finance licensing
  • Auto disclosures
  • Complaints and remedies
Research pending

Medical and utility debt

Billing, collection, charity-care, utility termination, deposit, and payment-plan rules.

What the legal reviewer checks
  • Hospital and medical billing
  • Charity-care disclosures
  • Utility shutoff protections
  • Deposits and payment plans
  • Complaint agencies
Research pending

Military and veteran protections

State protections that may supplement federal servicemember and military-lending laws.

What the legal reviewer checks
  • State active-duty coverage
  • Interest or collection protections
  • Lease and contract rules
  • Court stays
  • Military legal-assistance contacts

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