Current with changes through the 2024 First Special Legislative Session
Section 17-714 - Claims and accounts payable; filing; requirements; disallowance; notice; costs(1) All liquidated and unliquidated claims and accounts payable against a city of the second class or village shall (a) be presented in writing, (b) state the name and address of the claimant and the amount of the claim, and (c) fully and accurately identify the items or services for which payment is claimed or the time, place, nature, and circumstances giving rise to the claim.(2) As a condition precedent to maintaining an action for a claim, other than a tort claim as defined in section 13-903, the claimant shall file such claim within ninety days of the accrual of the claim in the office of the city clerk or village clerk.(3) The city clerk or village clerk shall notify the claimant or his or her agent or attorney by letter mailed to the claimant's address within five days if the claim is disallowed by the city council or village board of trustees.(4) No costs shall be recovered against such city or village in any action brought against it for any claim or for any claim allowed in part which has not been presented to the city council or village board of trustees to be audited, unless the recovery is for a greater sum than the amount allowed with the interest due.Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 17-714
Laws 1879, § 80, p. 223; R.S.1913, § 5192; C.S.1922, § 4382; C.S.1929, § 17-580; R.S.1943, § 17-714; Laws 1955, c. 42, § 1, p. 157; Laws 1990, LB 1044, § 2; Laws 2017, LB 133, § 225.Amended by Laws 2017, LB 133,§ 225, eff. 8/24/2017.