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Section 17-2-2.5 – Ownership and circulation statements–Involuntary suspension of publication–Existing legal newspapers.

17-2-2.5. Ownership and circulation statements–Involuntary suspension of publication–Existing legal newspapers. In order to maintain legal newspaper status, the newspaper shall publish and submit to the secretary of state before January first of each year a sworn statement of ownership and circulation on forms prescribed by the secretary of state. Continuous publication within the meaning of […]

Section 17-2-3 – Status as legal newspaper unaffected by consolidation.

17-2-3. Status as legal newspaper unaffected by consolidation. The consolidation or union of any two or more newspapers, any or all of which were before such consolidation legal newspapers as defined in §17-2-2.1, does not affect the legality of the newspaper formed by the consolidation. The consolidated newspaper shall be deemed to have complied with […]

Section 17-2-2.1 – Requirements for legal newspaper–Language–Size–Duration and frequency of publication–Electronic format.

17-2-2.1. Requirements for legal newspaper–Language–Size–Duration and frequency of publication–Electronic format. No publication is a legal newspaper for publishing legal and other official notices unless, for at least one year prior to publication of such notices, the publication is printed in the English language and contains at least four pages per issue, with at least one […]

Section 17-2-2.2 – Price and circulation requirements.

17-2-2.2. Price and circulation requirements. A legal newspaper shall, for at least one year prior to publication of legal and official notices, maintain a definite price of not less than fifty percent of its published price, and shall be paid for by no less than fifty percent of those to whom it is distributed. Such […]

Section 17-2-2.3 – Content requirements.

17-2-2.3. Content requirements. A legal newspaper shall contain reports of happenings of recent occurrences of a varied nature, such as political, social, moral, and religious subjects and miscellaneous reading matter, and for at least one year prior to publication of legal and official notices devote at least twenty-five percent of its total column space in […]