{"data":{"id":"us-mt/18-7-411","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"18-7-411","heading":"County advertising -- contract.","body":"(1) The county commissioners shall contract for all advertising required by law. The advertising required by law must be awarded to a newspaper that:\n(a) is published in the county;\n(b) has general circulation;\n(c) has been published continuously at least once a week in the county for the 12 months preceding the awarding of the contract; and\n(d) prior to July 1 of each year, has submitted to the clerk and recorder a sworn statement that includes:\n(i) circulation for the prior 12 months;\n(ii) a statement of net distribution;\n(iii) itemization of the circulation that is paid and that is free; and\n(iv) the method of distribution.\n(2) A newsletter or other document produced or published by the local government unit is not considered a newspaper that has general circulation as provided in subsection (1).\n(3) The term of a contract for county legal advertising may not exceed a period of 2 years.","path":["TITLE 18. PUBLIC CONTRACTS","CHAPTER 7. PRINTING AND LEGAL NOTICES","Part 4. County Printing"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0180/chapter_0070/part_0040/section_0110/0180-0070-0040-0110.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:48:39Z","sha256":"7b45adbe4606921b057a93eccf68bdb6c31df5c63e41fe1d0d58041b0aac402c","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/18-7-406","next":"us-mt/18-7-412"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}