§ 618.11 — Fees for publication and proof of publication

Iowa § 618.11

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XV: JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
• Ch. 618: PUBLICATION AND POSTING OF NOTICES

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1. The compensation, when not otherwise fixed, for the publication in a newspaper of
any notice, order, citation, or other publication required or allowed by law shall be at a rate
of thirty-four cents for one insertion and twenty-three cents for each subsequent insertion
for each line of eight point type two inches in length, or its equivalent. Beginning June 1,
2001, and each June 1 thereafter, the director of the department of administrative services
shall calculate a new rate for the following fiscal year as prescribed in this subsection,
and shall publish this rate as a notice in the Iowa administrative bulletin prior to the first
day of the following calendar month. The new rate shall be effective on the first day of
the calendar month following its publication. The rate shall be calculated by applying the
percentage change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers for the last available
twelve-month period published in the federal register by the federal department of labor,
bureau of labor statistics, to the existing rate as an increase or decrease in the rate rounded
to the nearest one-tenth of a cent. The calculation and publication of the rate by the director
of the department of administrative services shall be exempt from the provisions of chapters
17A and 25B.

2. A newspaper shall not charge a fee to a government body, as defined in section 22.1,
for proof of publication of a public notice.

Legislative History

[C73, §3832; C97, §1293; S13, §1293; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11106; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §618.11]