30-2483 Notice to creditors. - Nebraska Statutes

30-2483. Notice to creditors.Unless notice has already been given under this article and except when an appointment of a personal representative is made pursuant to subdivision (4) of section 30-2408, the clerk of the court upon the appointment of a personal representative shall publish a notice once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county announcing the appointment and the address of the personal representative, and notifying creditors of the estate to present their claims within two months after the date of the first publication of the notice or be forever barred. The first publication shall be made within thirty days after the appointment. The party instituting or maintaining the proceeding or his or her attorney is required to mail the published notice and give proof thereof in accordance with section 25-520.01. If the decedent was fifty-five years of age or older or resided in a medical institution as defined in subsection (1) of section 68-919, the notice shall also be mailed to the Department of Health and Human Services with the decedent's social security number and, if available upon reasonable investigation, the name and social security number of the decedent's spouse if such spouse is deceased. SourceLaws 1974, LB 354, § 161, UPC § 3-801; Laws 1978, LB 650, § 18; Laws 2008, LB928, § 1.Operative Date: July 18, 2008