§ 46-05-01 — Newspapers qualified to do legal printing - File copies with state historical society - Publishing notices in adjoining county

society - Publishing notices in adjoining county.
1. As used in this section:
a. "E-edition" means a digital facsimile of a newspaper print edition which is
substantially the same in both format and content as the print edition.
b. "Publish" means the dissemination in the print edition of a qualified newspaper or
in the newspaper's e-edition if it has one, or in both.
2. Before a newspaper in this state is qualified to publish a legal notice or a matter
required by law to be printed or published in a newspaper in the state, or any public
notice for a political subdivision within this state, the newspaper must:
a. Have been established in a regular and continuous circulation of at least one
year, with a bona fide subscription list of at least one hundred fifty regular
subscribers;
b. Be nonsectarian and printed in English; and
c. Have been admitted to the United States mails and have complied with the
requirements of the federal laws governing periodicals mailing privileges for at
least one year.
3. The owner or publisher of each legal newspaper shall send to the state historical
society, to the address designated by the director, one copy of each print and e-edition
issue of the newspaper. In a county in which no newspaper is published, a notice
required by law to be published may be published in a newspaper published in an
adjoining county and having a general circulation in the county.