{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-76-251","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-251","heading":"Deed intended as mortgage; recording; effect.","body":"Every deed conveying real estate, which, by any other instrument in writing, shall appear to have been intended only as a security in the nature of a mortgage, though it be an absolute conveyance in terms, shall be considered as a mortgage. The person for whose benefit such deed shall be made shall not derive any advantage from the recording thereof, unless every writing operating as a defeasance, or explaining its effect as a mortgage, or conditional deed, is also recorded therewith and at the same time.","path":["Chapter 76 - REAL PROPERTY"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=76-251","current_through":"Laws 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-18T06:04:32Z","sha256":"ae7d8132666e61dc0b39e5d662f1caecfc2e9a15d48bd7f7fd9aeaa6336aafc9","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-76-250","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-76-252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}