Who needs no health club registration; membership contracts under the consumer protection laws in Nebraska?

Issued by Nebraska Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division, at step 4 of 6 in the opening sequence: get the permits for your kind of business.

2 of the 20 kinds of business in Nebraska

Membership contracts fall under the general consumer protection and deceptive trade practices laws, and a servicemember who receives relocation orders may end a membership under 55-702. Write the cancellation and refund terms into the contract and honor them. Nothing in state law requires a bond for prepaid memberships.

Checked Oct 21, 2026 against the agency’s page.

Step 4 of 6: Get the permits for your kind of business

  1. Set up the business
  2. Register for tax
  3. Approve the space
  4. Get the permits for your kind of business
  5. Alcohol permits
  6. Before the first hire

Issued by Nebraska Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division.

Sources and dates

Nebraska Revised Statutes (no health club chapter); Consumer Protection Act and Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act; Neb. Rev. Stat. 55-702 (servicemember contract termination). Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.

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