Judiciary committee hears bill to allow court-appointed receivers to remediate long-term nuisance properties

Sen. Duxi Guereca, a Democrat representing Legislative District 7 in Omaha, on behalf of the Judiciary Committee introduced LB620, the Nebraska Neighborhood Revitalization Act, a bill to create a court-supervised receivership process for properties deemed public nuisances because of repeated, unaddressed structural code violations.

The bill would let a qualified petitioner ask district court to declare a property a public nuisance after three unremedied, structure-based code violations in a 12-month period. If the court finds a nuisance and the owner fails to comply, the court could appoint a receiver who would submit a court‑approved plan to stabilize, rehabilitate, demolish or sell the property. Court-approved receiver costs would become a lien on the property, and an owner could redeem the…