South Dakota § 17-2-19 Legal publication fees not otherwise prescribed--Maximum--Adjustment.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 17-2-19 — Legal publication fees not otherwise prescribed--Maximum--Adjustment.

South Dakota·Title 17 NOTICE AND PUBLICATION·Ch. 17-1 LEGAL NEWSPAPERS AND PUBLICATION OF NOTICE

If any legal publication is required or allowed by law, and no other fee is prescribed for that publication, the maximum fee that may be charged for the publication is:

(1)If the legal newspaper has a paid circulation of less than nine thousand, 35.5 cents per line for eight-point type, and 31.4 cents per line for nine-point type, for a column width of eleven picas. If column widths vary, the rate per line is adjusted based on the percentage of space used. Tabular matter with one justification is charged at one and one-half times the rates set in this subdivision, and tabular matter with two justifications or more at twice the rates; and (2) If the legal newspaper has a paid circulation of nine thousand or more: Newspaper circulation Rate per column inch, six-point type 9,000 – 19,9

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If any legal publication is required or allowed by law, and no other fee is prescribed for that publication, the maximum fee that may be charged for the publication is: (1) If the legal newspaper has a paid circulation of less than nine thousand, 35.5 cents per line for eight-point type, and 31.4 cents per line for nine-point type, for a column width of eleven picas. If column widths vary, the rate per line is adjusted based on the percentage of space used. Tabular matter with one justification is charged at one and one-half times the rates set in this subdivision, and tabular matter with two justifications or more at twice the rates; and (2) If the legal newspaper has a paid circulation of nine thousand or more: Newspaper circulation Rate per column inch, six-point type 9,000 – 19,999 $6.23 20,000 – 29,999 $6.54 30,000 – 39,999 $6.87 40,000 and over $7.36 Beginning July 1, 2025, and again on each July first thereafter, the maximum rates described in this section are to increase by either two percent or the index factor described in § 10-13-38 , whichever is less. The commissioner of human resources and administration or its designee shall publish the adjusted rates for the following year in the South Dakota Register by December fifteenth each year, which are effective on July first of the following year.

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Legislative History

PolC 1877, ch 39, § 22; SL 1887, ch 51, § 1; CL 1887, § 1430; SL 1891, ch 66; RPolC 1903, § 1847; RC 1919, § 7072; SL 1929, ch 203; SL 1937, ch 183; SDC 1939, § 65.0512; SL 1939, ch 299; SL 1945, ch 357; SL 1957, ch 500; SL 1968, ch 272; SL 1972, ch 128, § 1; SL 1973, ch 139; SL 1976, ch 151, § 1; SL 1982, ch 173, §§ 1, 2; SL 1989, ch 183, §§ 1-3; SL 2004, ch 142, § 1; SL 2024, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 24-1), § 34, eff. Apr. 8, 2024; SL 2024, ch 70, § 1.