Nebraska at a glance
Rules, not your dateChild sexual abuse: the civil deadline
No time limit against the person who committed first or second degree sexual assault of a child, if it occurred on or after Aug. 24, 2017 or the claim was not already time barred. Claims against others, such as institutions: within 12 years after the 21st birthday (age 33). The rule is in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-228.
That is the deadline for a civil lawsuit, a claim for money damages. A criminal prosecution runs on a separate clock set by the state’s criminal code, and a report to police can be made whether or not a civil claim is still open. How the two differ.
Adult sexual assault: the civil deadline
4 years (general period for injury to the rights of the plaintiff). The rule is in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-207(3).
Revival and lookback windows
Nebraska has not enacted a window that revives sexual abuse claims whose deadline had already passed.
A revival window, sometimes called a lookback window, lets survivors file claims that had already expired, for a set period. Closed windows stay listed here with their dates, because a claim filed while one was open may still be moving through the courts. Every state’s window, side by side.
Claims against public entities
Political subdivisions: written claim to the governing body within 1 year after the claim accrues; suit within 2 years. The State: written claim to the Risk Manager within 2 years. Both acts exclude claims arising out of assault or battery, and the Nebraska Supreme Court applies that exclusion to negligence claims arising from an assault, so most such claims against public bodies are barred. See Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 13-919(1), 13-910(7), 81-8,227(1), 81-8,219(4).
A claim against a public body often needs a written notice filed with that body first, and the notice period can be far shorter than the deadline for the lawsuit itself.
Active lawsuits and institutions in Nebraska
- Roblox litigation: Attorney general suit against Roblox, March 2026
- Juvenile facility sexual abuse lawsuits, state by state: Juvenile facility abuse cases in this state
The deadlines described here are general rules, and most of them have exceptions. The date that governs a particular claim turns on the state, the person’s age when the abuse happened, when they connected it to the harm it caused, and who the defendant is. A claim against a public agency or a public school can carry a written notice requirement that runs out long before the ordinary deadline.
Nothing on this page can tell you your own date. A lawyer who looks at your facts can, and there is no charge to ask.
- Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-228 (childhood claims). Accurate as of October 7, 2026.
- Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-207(3) (adult claims). Accurate as of October 7, 2026.
- Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 13-919(1), 13-910(7), 81-8,227(1), 81-8,219(4) (notice to public entities). Accurate as of October 7, 2026.
- CHILD USA, statute of limitations research (used as a cross-check, not as the source of any rule above).
