Statute of Limitations for State Tort Claims Act — Filing Deadline in Nebraska

Overview

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Nebraska’s State Tort Claims Act sets a specific deadline for filing certain tort claims against the state. In practice, the biggest risk for claimants is missing the filing date and losing the claim regardless of the merits.

DocketMath’s statute-of-limitations calculator helps you map that deadline to your timeline. You’ll enter key dates (like the date of injury or the date the claim accrued), and the tool calculates the last day to file based on the statute’s limitation period.

Limitation period

Nebraska’s State Tort Claims Act uses a general limitation period for tort claims. For Nebraska, the general/default period is:

• 0.5 years (i.e., 6 months)

That means the clock runs for six months from claim accrual (commonly tied to when the cause of action accrues—often, when the injury occurs or when the claimant knew or reasonably should have known of the injury and its cause). The statute’s text controls the accrual standard, so your exact “accrual” date matters.

What this means for deadlines

If your claim accrues on a specific date, then the last filing deadline is roughly six months later. However, don’t rely on a rough mental calculation—deadlines often hinge on:

• the exact accrual date you can support, and
• how the statute counts time to determine the final day.

To avoid miscounting, use DocketMath’s calculator and input the date you believe the claim accrued.

Filing deadline mechanics (practical checklist)

Before you calculate, gather these items:

A consistent workflow helps because your deadline changes if your accrual date shifts.

Key exceptions

This statute guide is intentionally narrow: no claim-type-specific sub-rule was found for an alternate limitation period. That means the six-month general/default period applies for the tort claims covered by the State Tort Claims Act unless another statutory rule changes the timing.

That said, “exception” in limitations law usually means one of three things:

1. Accrual issues (when the claim legally starts running)
2. Tolling (pauses in the clock for specific reasons)
3. Conditions precedent (requirements that may affect when a claim can be treated as timely)

Because you’re working under Nebraska’s State Tort Claims Act, you should verify—using the statute text and any controlling Nebraska authority—whether your situation includes:

• a different accrual trigger than the default assumption, or
• any tolling or timing-altering doctrine recognized for the relevant claim category.

Statute citation

Nebraska’s general limitation period for the State Tort Claims Act is codified at:

• Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-919
  https://law.justia.com/codes/nebraska/chapter-13/statute-13-919/

This is the general/default period reflected in Nebraska’s statutory scheme for State Tort Claims Act tort claims, and the general limitation period used in DocketMath’s calculator.

Use the calculator

DocketMath’s statute-of-limitations tool converts the Nebraska general/default period into a concrete filing deadline using your dates. Open it here: /tools/statute-of-limitations.

To run the calculation:

1. Open DocketMath’s tool: /tools/statute-of-limitations
2. Select Nebraska (US-NE).
3. Enter the accrual date you’re using for your claim.
4. Review the output:

   • the last day to file (deadline date), and
   • the time remaining if you’re calculating before the deadline.

Inputs that change the output

Your computed deadline will move when you change:

• Accrual date: shifting this date by even days can move the final deadline accordingly.
• Jurisdiction selection: choosing US-NE ensures the tool uses the Nebraska general/default period.
• Limitation period applied: in this Nebraska setup, the tool uses the general/default 0.5 years (6 months) rule tied to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-919.

Example timeline (illustrative)

Suppose your claim accrues on January 15, 2026. The calculator would apply a 6-month limitation period and compute a deadline roughly in mid-July 2026 (the exact computed day depends on how the tool counts time and the statute’s time computation rules).

Because deadline calculations depend on date precision, you should input your best-supported accrual date rather than an estimate.

When you’re ready, use the tool from the primary CTA: /tools/statute-of-limitations.

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