81-517 Buildings; condemnation or repair orders; objections; filing; service; hearing. - Nebraska Statutes

81-517. Buildings; condemnation or repair orders; objections; filing; service; hearing.The owner of any building so condemned or any lessee upon whom such notice and order are served, within twenty days from the date of such service as herein provided, may file with the clerk of the court and serve upon the State Fire Marshal, by certified or registered mail, written objections to the order in the form of an answer denying the existence of any of the facts therein recited which he or she desires to controvert. If no answer is so filed and served, the owner and all other persons in interest shall be deemed to be in default, and thereupon the court shall affirm the order of condemnation and direct the State Fire Marshal to proceed with the enforcement thereof. If an answer is filed and served, the court shall hear and determine the issues so raised and give judgment thereon as herein provided. SourceLaws 1925, c. 183, § 16, p. 485; C.S.1929, § 81-5516; R.S.1943, § 81-517; Laws 1987, LB 93, § 22. AnnotationsHearing in district court constitutes a trial in equity, and is reviewable de novo on appeal. In re Application of Iverson, 151 Neb. 802, 39 N.W.2d 797 (1949).