KRS 424.160: Rates for newspaper advertising required by law.

(1) 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.

(2) 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 b e 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.

(3) 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.

(4) The expense of advertisements in judicial proceedings shall be taxed as costs by the

clerk of the court.