424.160 Rates for newspaper advertising required by law.
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For all newspaper advertising required by law, the publisher is entitled to receive
payment for each insertion at a rate per column inch. The advertisement shall be set
in no larger than seven (7) point type on solid leading. The rate shall not exceed the
lowest noncontract classified rate paid by advertisers. The terms and conditions of
any volume discounts given to commercial customers shall be extended to public
agencies of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Newspapers shall give all local public
agencies a written notice of at least thirty (30) days of an advertising rate increase.
If by law or by the nature of the matter to be published, a display form of
advertisement is required, or if the person or officer responsible for causing an
advertisement to be published determines in his discretion that a display form is
practicable or feasible, and so directs the newspaper, the advertisement shall be
published in display form and the newspaper shall be entitled to receive its
established display rate.
If it is provided by statute that an advertisement shall be published of the filing of a
petition or application seeking official action, the filing, if required by other than a
governmental official or agency, shall not be deemed complete unless there is
deposited with the petition or application an amount sufficient to pay the cost of
publication.
The expense of advertisements in judicial proceedings shall be taxed as costs by the
clerk of the court.
Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 8, sec. 5, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended
1992 Ky. Acts ch. 396, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts
ch. 430, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 168, sec. 1. -Created 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 42, sec. 6.
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