Nebraska § 77-1851 - Real property taxes; assessed in wrong name; effect.
Full text of Nebraska Revised Statutes of Nebraska § 77-1851 — Real property taxes; assessed in wrong name; effect., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 77-1851. Real property taxes; assessed in wrong name; effect.
No sale of real property for taxes shall be void or voidable on account of the same having been assessed in any other name than that of the rightful owner, if the property be in other respects sufficiently described.
Where owner and county treasurer were both able to determine property intended by description although part thereof was assessed in name other than owner, taxes were not void. Scotts Bluff County v. Frank, 142 Neb. 698, 7 N.W.2d 625 (1943).
Source: official Nebraska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Revised Statutes of Nebraska § 77-1851 cover?
Section 77-1851 ("Real property taxes; assessed in wrong name; effect.") is part of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, the codified statutory law of Nebraska. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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