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Nevada

§ 33-141. Legal notices; rates.

 

(1) Until one year after September 9, 1995, the legal rate for the publication of all legal notices other than those exceptional legal notices described in section 33-142 shall be forty-one cents per line, single column, standard newspaper measurements of eight-point type and pica width of eleven for the first insertion and thirty-five and nine-tenths cents per line, single column, standard newspaper measurements of eight-point type and pica width of eleven for each subsequent insertion. Publication of such notices may be in any type selected by the publisher. For the purpose of uniformity, the calculation of fees for such publication shall be based on the official conversion table that follows:

 

                  CONVERSION TABLE

 

             Five-and-One-Half-Point Type

 

 Pica Width  First Insertion  Subsequent Insertions

 

     9              48.791¢             42.721¢

     9 1/2       51.502              45.095

    10           54.213              47.469

    10 1/2       56.924              49.843

    11           59.635              52.217

    11 1/2       62.346              54.591

    12           65.057              56.965

    12 1/2       67.768              59.339

    13           70.479              61.713

    13 1/2       73.190              64.087

    14           75.901              66.461

    14 1/2       78.612              68.835

    15           81.323              71.209

    15 1/2       84.034              73.583

    16           86.745              75.957

 

                    Six-Point Type

 

 Pica Width  First Insertion  Subsequent Insertions

 

     9              44.725¢             39.161¢

     9 1/2       47.210              41.337

    10           49.695              43.513

    10 1/2       52.180              45.689

    11           54.665              47.865

    11 1/2       57.150              50.041

    12           59.635              52.217

    12 1/2       62.120              54.393

    13           64.605              56.569

    13 1/2       67.090              58.745

    14           69.575              60.921

    14 1/2       72.060              63.097

    15           74.545              65.273

    15 1/2       77.030              67.449

    16           79.515              69.625

  

                  Seven-Point Type

 

 Pica Width  First Insertion  Subsequent Insertions

 

     9              38.339¢             33.570¢

     9 1/2       40.469              35.435

    10           42.599              37.300

    10 1/2       44.729              39.165

    11           46.859              41.030

    11 1/2       48.989              42.895

    12           51.119              44.760

    12 1/2       53.249              46.625

    13           55.379              48.490

    13 1/2       57.509              50.355

    14           59.639              52.220

    14 1/2       61.769              54.085

    15           63.899              55.950

    15 1/2       66.029              57.815

     16           68.159              59.680

 

                  Eight-Point Type

 

 Pica Width  First Insertion  Subsequent Insertions

 

     9              33.544¢             29.372¢

     9 1/2       35.408              31.004

    10           37.272              32.636

    10 1/2       39.136              34.268

    11           41.000              35.900

    11 1/2       42.864              37.532

    12           44.728              39.164

    12 1/2       46.592              40.796

    13           48.456              42.428

    13 1/2       50.320              44.060

    14           52.184              45.692

    14 1/2       54.048              47.324

    15           55.912              48.956

    15 1/2       57.776              50.588

     16           59.640              52.220

  

                  Nine-Point Type

 

 Pica Width  First Insertion  Subsequent Insertions

 

     9              29.817¢             26.108¢

     9 1/2       31.474              27.559

    10           33.131              29.010

    10 1/2       34.788              30.461

    11           36.445              31.912

    11 1/2       38.102              33.363

    12           39.759              34.814

    12 1/2       41.416              36.265

    13           43.073              37.716

    13 1/2       44.730              39.167

    14           46.387              40.618

    14 1/2       48.044              42.069

     15           49.701              43.520

    15 1/2       51.358              44.971

    16           53.015              46.422

 

                   Ten-Point Type

 

 Pica Width  First Insertion  Subsequent Insertions

 

     9              26.836¢             23.496¢

     9 1/2       28.327              24.802

    10           29.818              26.108

    10 1/2       31.309              27.414

    11           32.800              28.720

    11 1/2       34.291              30.026

    12           35.782              31.332

    12 1/2       37.273              32.638

    13           38.764              33.944

    13 1/2       40.255              35.250

    14           41.746              36.556

    14 1/2       43.237              37.862

     15           44.728              39.168

    15 1/2       46.219              40.474

    16           47.710              41.780.

  

(2) Commencing one year after September 9, 1995, the legal rate for the publication of all legal notices other than those exceptional legal notices described in section 33-142 shall be forty-five cents per line, single column, standard newspaper measurements of eight-point type and pica width of eleven for the first insertion and thirty-nine and four-tenths cents per line, single column, standard newspaper measurements of eight-point type and pica width of eleven for each subsequent insertion. Publication of such notices may be in any type selected by the publisher. For the purpose of uniformity, the calculation of fees for such publication shall be based on the official conversion table that follows:

 

                  CONVERSION TABLE

 

            Five-and-One-Half-Point Type

  Pica Width  First Insertion  Subsequent Insertions

 

     9              53.553¢             46.887¢

     9 1/2       56.528              49.492

    10           59.503              52.097

    10 1/2       62.478              54.702

    11           65.453              57.307

    11 1/2       68.428              59.912

    12           71.403              62.517

    12 1/2       74.378              65.122

    13           77.353              67.727

    13 1/2       80.328              70.332

    14           83.303              72.937

    14 1/2       86.278              75.542

    15           89.253              78.147

    15 1/2       92.228              80.752

    16           95.203              83.357

 

                   Six-Point Type

 

  Pica Width  First Insertion  Subsequent Insertions

 

     9              49.087¢             42.980¢

     9 1/2       51.815              45.368

    10           54.543              47.756

    10 1/2       57.271              50.144

    11           59.999              52.532

    11 1/2       62.727              54.920

    12           65.455              57.308

    12 1/2       68.183              59.696

    13           70.911              62.084

    13 1/2       73.639              64.472

    14           76.367              66.860

    14 1/2       79.095              69.248

    15           81.823              71.636

    15 1/2       84.551              74.024

    16           87.279              76.412

 

                    Seven-Point Type

 

 Pica Width  First Insertion  Subsequent Insertions

 

     9              42.079¢             36.842¢

     9 1/2       44.417              38.889

    10           46.755              40.936

    10 1/2       49.093              42.983

    11           51.431              45.030

    11 1/2       53.769              47.077

    12           56.107              49.124

    12 1/2       58.445              51.171

    13           60.783              53.218

    13 1/2       63.121              55.265

    14           65.459              57.312

    14 1/2       67.797              59.359

    15           70.135              61.406

    15 1/2       72.473              63.453

    16           74.811              65.500

 

                   Eight-Point Type

 

 Pica Width  First Insertion  Subsequent Insertions

 

     9              36.816¢             32.236¢

     9 1/2       38.862              34.027

    10           40.908              35.818

    10 1/2       42.954              37.609

    11           45.000              39.400

    11 1/2       47.046              41.191

    12           49.092              42.982

    12 1/2       51.138              44.773

    13           53.184              46.564

    13 1/2       55.230              48.355

    14           57.276              50.146

    14 1/2       59.322              51.937

    15           61.368              53.728

    15 1/2       63.414              55.519

    16           65.460              57.310

 

                    Nine-Point Type

 

 Pica Width  First Insertion  Subsequent Insertions

 

     9              32.724¢             28.655¢

     9 1/2       34.543              30.247

    10           36.362              31.839

    10 1/2       38.181              33.431

    11           40.000              35.023

    11 1/2       41.819              36.615

    12           43.638              38.207

    12 1/2       45.457              39.799

    13           47.276              41.391

    13 1/2       49.095              42.983

    14           50.914              44.575

    14 1/2       52.733              46.167

    15           54.552              47.759

    15 1/2       56.371              49.351

     16           58.190              50.943

 

                   Ten-Point Type

 

 Pica Width  First Insertion  Subsequent Insertions

 

     9              29.452¢             25.788¢

     9 1/2       31.089              27.221

    10           32.726              28.654

    10 1/2       34.363              30.087

    11           36.000              31.520

    11 1/2       37.637              32.953

    12           39.274              34.386

    12 1/2       40.911              35.819

    13           42.548              37.252

    13 1/2       44.185              38.685

    14           45.822              40.118

    14 1/2       47.459              41.551

    15           49.096              42.984

    15 1/2       50.733              44.417

     16           52.370              45.850.

 

238.070. Rates and size of type for official advertising of state and counties; annual contracts for county printing and advertising

1. All advertising ordered or required by the State of Nevada or by the respective counties of the state must be paid for by the state or the county ordering or requiring the advertising at a rate that does not exceed:

(a) The published open display rate for advertising, if the advertisement is placed in a daily or weekly newspaper with a circulation of 15,000 or less; or

(b) The published rate for advertising by a nonprofit or charitable organization, if the advertisement is placed in a daily or weekly newspaper with a circulation of more than 15,000.

2. The type size for advertising ordered or required by the State of
Nevada or a county must be no smaller than that used by the newspaper in the columns of classified advertisements.

3. Nothing contained in this section prohibits boards of county commissioners from entering into annual contracts for the entire official printing and advertising of their respective counties when a saving of public money will be effected thereby.

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New Jersey

35:2-1. Rates for official advertising

 

The price to be paid for publishing all official advertising as defined in R.S. 35:1-1 in newspapers shall be as follows:

 

In newspapers published in the State of New Jersey having a bona fide net paid circulation of up to 2,500 copies, the rate shall be $0.25 per line for each insertion; in the case of any newspaper having a bona fide net paid circulation of not less than 2,500 copies nor more than 5,000 copies, the rate shall be $0.31 per line for each insertion; and in the case of any newspaper having a bona fide net paid circulation of not less than 5,000 copies and not more than 10,000 copies, the rate shall be $0.34 per line per insertion; and in the case of any newspaper having a bona fide net paid circulation of not less than 10,000 copies and not more than 30,000 copies, the rate shall be $0.35 per line per insertion; and in the case of any newspaper having a bona fide net paid circulation of not less than 30,000 and not more than 45,000 copies, the rate shall be $0.36 per line per insertion; and in the case of any newspaper having a bona fide net paid circulation of not less than 45,000 copies and not more than 60,000 copies, the rate shall be $0.38 per line per insertion; and in the case of any newspaper having a bona fide net paid circulation of not less than 60,000 copies and not more than 75,000 copies, the rate shall be $0.44 per line per insertion; and in the case of any newspaper having bona fide net paid circulation of not less than 75,000 copies and of more than 100,000 copies, the rate shall be $0.60 per line per insertion; and in the case of any newspaper having a bona fide net paid circulation of not less than 100,000 copies, and not more than 125,000 copies, the rate shall be $0.66 per line per insertion; and in the case of any newspaper having a bona fide net paid circulation of not less than 125,000 copies, and not more than 150,000, the rate shall be $0.72 per line per insertion; and in the case of any newspaper having a bona fide net paid circulation of not less than 150,000 copies and not more than 200,000 copies, the rate shall be $0.82 per line per insertion; and in the case of newspapers having a bona fide net paid circulation of not less than 200,000 copies and not more than 300,000 copies, the rate shall be $0.91 per line per insertion; and in the case of any newspaper having a bona fide net paid circulation in excess of 300,000 copies the rate shall be $1.00 per line per insertion; but before any newspaper can charge the foregoing rates, the publisher or business manager of such newspaper must file with the properly authorized officer of every municipality, county or governing body, placing official advertising in such newspaper, an affidavit setting forth the average net paid circulation of such newspaper for the 12- month period ending September 30 next preceding and the rate to be charged for official advertising, which in no case shall be in excess of, or below, the rates provided in the foregoing schedule.

 

Lines shall be calculated upon the basis of the space that a 6 point line, 8 picas wide would occupy.

 

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New Mexico

§ 14-11-7 . Rates for legal notice or advertisement; costs

 

For publication of all legal notices or advertisements that a governmental entity is required by law or the order of any court of record in this state to publish in newspapers, the publishers shall be paid a reasonable rate, to be set by rule or regulation of the secretary of general services. Changes in economic conditions within the newspaper industry, the general economy and inflation shall be considered in determining a reasonable rate.

 

The clerk of any court in the state or any public trustee, county treasurer or other public officer required by law to publish legal notices or advertisements shall tax the cost of publishing notices or advertisements, as prescribed in this section, as part of the costs of the cause or proceeding and shall collect for publication before the cause or proceeding is closed and shall remit to the publisher the proper cost of the legal notices or advertisements.

 

New York

Public Officers Law

§ 70-a. Fees to be paid by public officers for public advertisements

 

The charge for the publication of concurrent resolutions, proposed constitutional amendments, propositions or questions to be submitted to the voters of the state, tax sales and official notices required to be published by state boards, commissions or officers in newspapers of the state, shall be paid from the treasury on the audit and warrant of the comptroller, after certification by the proper officer that such a publication has been regularly made as prescribed by law. The charge for the publication, if authorized by law, of digests of laws of a local nature in the newspaper designated to publish such digests shall be paid by the several counties of the state in which such laws may be published, upon like certification. The charge for the publication of concurrent resolutions, proposed constitutional amendments, propositions or questions to be submitted to the voters of the state or of any political subdivision thereof or therein, tax sales by the state or any county or municipality therein, and of all official notices and advertisements authorized or required by law to be published at the expense of the state or of a county, city, town, village, public authority, public benefit corporation or other political or civil subdivision of the state, shall be at the rate of twenty-nine cents per line of a column width not less than ten pica ems, provided that in computing such charge per line the line shall average at least five words for each insertion in newspapers having less than two thousand five hundred circulation; twenty-nine and one-half cents per line for newspapers having two thousand five hundred or more circulation and less than five thousand; thirty and one-half cents per line for newspapers having five thousand or more circulation and less than seven thousand and five hundred; thirty-one and one-half cents per line for newspapers having seven thousand five hundred or more circulation and less than ten thousand; thirty-two and one-half cents per line for newspapers having ten thousand or more circulation and less than fifteen thousand; and three and one-half cents per line in addition to the thirty-two and one-half cents for the initial fifteen thousand circulation, for each additional five thousand circulation up to thirty-five thousand circulation and one and one-half cents per line for each additional five thousand possessed by such newspapers. To all of the above rates nine cents per line shall be added to the initial insertion charge of each separate advertisement. To all of the above rates for the initial insertion eight cents per line shall also be added for tabular matter or intricate composition. Display advertising shall be charged agate measurement, fourteen lines to each inch, ten to thirteen pica ems wide, depending on the makeup of the newspaper publishing such copy. Every newspaper printed, published or having its principal office outside of a city having a population of over three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, as a condition precedent to designation as the official newspaper of any county, city, town, village or other political or civil subdivision of the state or for the making of claim for compensation under the foregoing provisions of this section, must be established at least one year and entered in the post office as second class matter.

  

 

This rate shall not apply to any newspaper printed, principally circulated or having its principal office in the counties of New York or Bronx within the first judicial district or in the county of Kings within the second judicial district or in the county of Nassau within the tenth judicial district or in the county of Queens within the eleventh judicial district or in the county of Westchester within the ninth judicial district or in any city having a population of over one hundred seventy-five thousand inhabitants within the seventh and eighth judicial districts, where the rate for such publication may be equal to, but shall not exceed, the regularly established classified advertising rate of such newspapers. In reckoning line charges allowance shall be made for date lines, paragraph endings, titles, signatures, and similar short lines as full lines where the same are set to conform to the usual rules of composition. Every newspaper printed, published or having its principal office outside of a city having a population of over three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants designated for the publication of concurrent resolutions, proposed constitutional amendments, propositions or questions to be submitted to the voters of the state and making claim for compensation must be established at least one year, entered in the post office as second class matter and be printed and published in the town, village or city or its post office address and except newspapers designated, printed, published and having their principal offices in a city having a population of more than three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, shall attach to such claim an affidavit of the circulation of such newspaper for the six months period ending March thirty-first or September thirtieth immediately preceding, which shall be used as the basis of circulation rating. Papers printed, published and having their principal offices outside a city having a population of more than three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants shall accept the minimum rate per line until such time as they establish to the satisfaction of the state comptroller sufficient circulation to entitle them to a higher rate. It shall be the duty of each board of supervisors in the several counties of the state, in making out the assessment rolls, to assess and levy on the taxable property of the county whose representatives they are, such sums as shall be sufficient to defray the expense of publishing the digest of laws of a local nature, if such publication be authorized, applicable only to the county affected, in the newspaper designated. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, any publication which was designated and publishing notice as an official newspaper prior to the year nineteen hundred forty and continued to be so designated and publishing for at least thirty years after such year, which has been designated for the publication of concurrent resolutions, proposed constitutional amendments, propositions or questions to be submitted to the voters of the state, may make claim for compensation pursuant to the provisions of this section.

 

CPLR
§ 8007. Printers

 

Except where otherwise prescribed by law, the proprietor of a newspaper is entitled for publishing a summons, notice, order or other advertisement, required to be published by law or by the order of any court, or of the clerk of a court, to twenty-nine cents per line of a column width not less than ten pica ems, provided that in computing such charge per line the line shall average at least five words for each insertion in newspapers having a circulation of less than two thousand five hundred; twenty-nine and one-half cents per line for newspapers having two thousand five hundred or more circulation and less than five thousand; thirty and one-half cents per line for newspapers having five thousand or more circulation and less than seven thousand five hundred; thirty-one and one-half cents per line for newspapers having seven thousand five hundred or more circulation and less than ten thousand; thirty-two and one-half cents per line for newspapers having ten thousand or more circulation and less than fifteen thousand; and three and one-half cents per line, in addition to the thirty-two and one-half cents for the initial fifteen thousand circulation, for each additional five thousand circulation up to thirty-five thousand circulation and one and one-half cents per line for each additional five thousand possessed by a newspaper. To all of the above rates nine cents per line shall be added to the initial insertion charge of each separate advertisement. To all of the above rates for the initial insertion eight cents per line shall also be added for tabular matter or intricate composition. In reckoning line charges allowance shall be made for date lines, paragraph endings, titles, signatures and similar short lines as full lines where the same are set to conform to the usual rules of composition. Display advertising shall be charged agate measurement (fourteen lines to each inch), ten to thirteen pica ems wide, depending on the makeup of the newspaper publishing such copy. This rate shall not apply to any newspaper printed, principally circulated or having its principal office in the counties of New York or Bronx within the first judicial district or in the county of Kings within the second judicial district or in the county of Nassau within the tenth judicial district or in the county of Queens within the eleventh judicial district or in the county of Westchester within the ninth judicial district or in any city having a population of over one hundred seventy-five thousand inhabitants within the eighth judicial district, where the rate for such publication may be equal to but shall not exceed the regularly established classified advertising rate of such newspapers. Every newspaper making claim for compensation under the provisions of this section must be established at least one year and entered in the post office as second class matter.

 

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North Carolina

§ 1-596. Charges for legal advertising

 

The publication of all advertising required by law to be made in newspapers in this State shall be paid for at not to exceed the local commercial rate of the newspapers selected. Any public or municipal officer or board created by or existing under the laws of this State that is now or may hereafter be authorized by law to enter into contracts for the publication of legal advertisements is hereby authorized to pay therefor prices not exceeding said rates.

 

No newspaper in this State shall accept or print any legal advertising until said newspaper shall have first filed with the clerk of the superior court of the county in which it is published a sworn statement of its current commercial rate for the several classes of advertising regularly carried by said publication, and any owner or manager of a newspaper violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor

 

North Dakota

46-05-03 Legal notices -- Fees.

 

To effect uniformity, the office of management and budget may compute a standard price on those legal notices which are widely published such as ballots, insurance statements, and official proclamations. All newspapers must use the rates, type size, and column width as shown on its legal notice rate certification issued by the office of management and budget. Certifications must be issued within fifteen days after samples are submitted, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

 

The office of management and budget shall biennially review and adjust rates to reflect changes in economic conditions within the newspaper industry and the general economy, and those adjustments become effective on each July first following the review. These biennial changes may be percentage increases or decreases in the base rates, and they may incorporate revisions in the base rate structure. Whenever the office of management and budget considers an adjustment in the legal publication rates contained herein, it shall consult with representatives of the daily and weekly newspaper industry of the state and with representatives of state and local units of government.


Ohio

7.10 Rates for legal advertising; typographic requirements

 

For the publication of advertisements, notices, and proclamations, except those relating to proposed amendments to the Ohio constitution, required to be published by a public officer of the state, county, municipal corporation, township, school, benevolent or other public institution, or by a trustee, assignee, executor, or administrator, or by or in any court of record, except when the rate is otherwise fixed by law, publishers of newspapers may charge and receive for such advertisements, notices, and proclamations rates charged on annual contracts by them for a like amount of space to other advertisers who advertise in its general display advertising columns.

 

Legal advertising, except that relating to proposed amendments to the Ohio constitution, shall be set up in a compact form, without unnecessary spaces, blanks, or headlines, and printed in not smaller than six point type. The type used must be of such proportions that the body of the capital letter M is no wider than it is high and all other letters and characters are in proportion.

 

Except as provided in section 2701.09 of the Revised Code , all legal advertisements or notices shall be printed in newspapers published in the English language only.

 

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Oklahoma

§ 121. Fees for printing legal notices

A. In all cases where publication of legal notices is required or allowed by law, the person or official desiring publication shall be required to pay:


1. For all matters other than tabular matter, fourteen cents ($0.14) per word for first insertion, and thirteen cents ($0.13) per word for each subsequent insertion, with each separate group of numerals included in the matter to be counted as one word, regardless of the number of digits involved;

2. Effective November 1, 2005, for all matters other than tabular matter, fifteen cents ($0.15) per word for first insertion, and fourteen cents ($0.14) per word for each subsequent insertion, with each separate group of numerals included in the matter to be counted as one word, regardless of the number of digits involved; and

3. For all tabular matter, in not to exceed eight-point type, including but not limited to, lists of persons, firms, and corporations whose personal property taxes are delinquent and lists of lands and town lots upon which taxes are delinquent, seventy cents ($0.70) per line per newspaper column in width, for first insertion, and sixty-five cents ($0.65) per line per newspaper column in width, for each subsequent insertion.

B. The county treasurer shall collect the cost of publication of lists of lands and town lots sold for delinquent taxes at original sale or resale from the individuals purchasing the lands and town lots at the sale or resale involved, and shall deposit all monies collected to the credit of the fund of the county which paid the cost of publication. The publisher of the notice shall be paid for the publication of the notice from the general fund of the county or, if monies are not available in the general fund of the county at the time of publication, from the "Resale-Property Fund" of the county.


Oregon

193.090. Payment for publication, in general

 

(1) The compensation for the publication of all public notices which are now or hereafter required by law to be published shall be at a rate not to exceed that published by a newspaper as its open display advertising rate, that is, the per column inch rate charged local advertisers not under contract to a newspaper for a fixed rate or minimum quantity of advertising. However, a newspaper shall grant its customary discounts or contractual rates to the county, city, district or other jurisdiction which fulfills the requirements necessary to qualify for the discounts or contractual rates.

 

(2) The published size of all public notices shall be determined by the person authorizing publication of the public notice, but shall be designed to afford the public reasonable ease in reading the information contained therein. Any public notice which must be typeset by the newspaper shall be in a type size no smaller than that used by that newspaper in its regular classified advertising columns, with spacing between lines and copy blocks commensurate with similar type matter.

 

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Pennsylavania

§ 303. Level of advertising rates

 

(a) General rule. --All official and legal advertising shall be charged for at an established or declared rate or price per single column, line of reading matter measured in depth by the point system, or at a rate or price per inch single column. When such official and legal advertising is not classified and is not published according to prescribed or recognized forms, and no rate has been established or declared, such rate for official and legal advertising shall not be in excess of the rates usually charged or received by the publication publishing such official and legal advertising for commercial, general, or other advertising.

 

(b) Exception. --Where official and legal advertising is usually and ordinarily published according to recognized or prescribed forms, or particular matters are itemized and classified under general headings, subsection (a) shall not prohibit the fixing of definite prices or sums for publishing official and legal advertising, regardless of the number of single column lines or space required for each item, notice, or advertisement published in any separate matter or proceeding, and regardless of rates established, fixed, charged or received for commercial, general or other advertising. The purpose of this subsection is to enable newspapers to take into consideration, as elements, when fixing advertising rates or charges, location of the advertisement in the newspaper, the purpose to be served, the character of the advertising, and that a newspaper is entitled to compensation for its readiness at all times to render an advertising service.


South Carolina

§ 15-29-80. Charges for legal advertisements in newspapers.

 

State and county officials authorized by law to publish advertisements in the newspapers of this State, including advertisements of sales of real and personal property by masters, clerks of court, judges of probate and sheriffs, citations, notices to creditors, notices of final settlement by executors, administrators, guardians and all other persons acting in a fiduciary capacity, service of summons by publication, notices of election ordered by commissioners, reports of county treasurers, supervisors and superintendents of education, notices of county auditors, proclamations of the executive department, proposals for works and supplies by the head of departments or other officials authorized to advertise for competitive bids and all other advertising whatever done by order of court or by State and county officials, shall be charged not more than the local retail display advertising rate shown on the newspaper's rate card or the rates published in the newspaper, deducting any and all applicable discounts earned by the volume or frequency of the legal advertising. The advertisement shall be set in solid six point type, including the caption and all other parts of the advertisement. Newspapers that do not use six point type shall receive compensation based on six point measure and any lesser measure shall be charged only at actual space measurement as printed; however, agencies placing advertisements may order larger measure at their discretion.

 

The publication of any of the notices provided for in this section may be let by contract for not more than the price authorized by this section.

 

No publication will be allowed to make any extra charges for affidavit of publication.