  A search for various double electron capture modes of $^{74}$Se has been
performed using an ultralow background Ge-detector in the Felsenkeller
laboratory, Germany. Especially for the potentially resonant transition into
the 1204.2 keV excited state of $^{74}$Ge a lower half-life limit of $0.70\cdot
10^{19}$ yr (90% credibility) has been obtained. Serious concerns are raised
about the validity of obtained $^{74}$Se limits in some recent publications.
