{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-28-28-121","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 28, § 28-121","heading":"Fees for printing legal notices","body":"A. In all cases where publication of legal notices is required\n\nor allowed by law, the person or official desiring publication shall\n\nbe required to pay:\n\n1. For all matters other than tabular matter, twenty-two cents\n\n($0.22) per word for first insertion, and twenty cents ($0.20) per\n\nword for each subsequent insertion, with each separate group of\n\nletters or numerals included in the matter to be counted as one\n\nword, regardless of the number of digits involved. Elimination of\n\nspace between words or numeric descriptions or the use of\n\nhyphenation to combine words or numeric descriptions is prohibited;\n\nand\n\n2. For all tabular matter, including, but not limited to,\n\ngraphics, maps, seals, signature blocks, forms, spreadsheets, lists\n\nof persons, firms, and corporations whose personal property taxes\n\nare delinquent and lists of lands and town lots upon which taxes are\n\ndelinquent, One Dollar and ten cents ($1.10) per line per newspaper\n\ncolumn in width, for first insertion, and One Dollar ($1.00) per\n\nline per newspaper column in width, for each subsequent insertion.\n\nA standard tabular line shall be a minimum of one and one-half (1\n\n1/2) inches in width.\n\nB. A newspaper qualified to publish notices under the laws of\n\nthis state has the authority to publish all notices in a format\n\nreadable to a reasonable person. Type size used for notices shall\n\nbe no less than eight-point noncondensed type, with a maximum of\n\nten-point noncondensed type, unless a larger type size is requested\n\nin writing by the person desiring the notice. Any notice submitted\n\nto a newspaper which is unreadable or intended to be unreadable may\n\nbe rejected or typeset by the newspaper in a readable format.\n\nC. Newspapers providing affidavits or proof of publication are\n\npermitted to charge and collect a fee for a notarial act as defined\n\nin Section 5 of Title 49 of the Oklahoma Statutes or Section 209 of\n\nTitle 49 of the Oklahoma Statutes as applicable.\n\nD. For any notice placed in a newspaper, there shall be a\n\nminimum charge of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for such notice if\n\nthe total calculated cost of words and lines described in paragraphs\n\n1 and 2 of this subsection is less than Twenty-five Dollars\n\n($25.00).\n\nE. When notice by publication in a newspaper is required by\n\nlaw, order of court, or other means, the newspaper publishing the\n\nnotice shall, at no additional cost to the person or official\n\ndesiring the notice, cause the notice to be placed on the newspaper\n\nwebsite if the newspaper operates a website, in front of any paywall\n\nor paid access to the website. Additionally, the newspaper shall\n\nupload notices to a statewide website established and maintained as\n\na joint venture of a majority of Oklahoma newspapers qualified to\n\npublish notices by the laws of this state. Posting of notices on\n\nthe newspaper website and statewide website shall be performed in a\n\ntimely manner but shall not invalidate the publication of a notice\n\notherwise valid when published in the newspaper. Temporary outages\n\nor service interruptions prohibiting the posting or display of such\n\nnotice shall be considered harmless error and the proper legal\n\nnotice requirements shall be considered met if the notice published\n\nin the newspaper otherwise complies with the requirements for\n\npublication. Access to the statewide website shall be free to the\n\npublic.\n\nF. Any person or official required to publish a notice shall\n\nsubmit the notice in writing or by electronic means by the deadline\n\nestablished by the newspaper for such notices. No deadline shall be\n\nset by the newspaper that is more than five (5) business days prior\n\nto the date of publication, excluding the date of publication,\n\nSaturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays in the State of Oklahoma.\n\nUpon request, the newspaper shall confirm receipt of the notice and\n\nnotify the person or official in writing or by electronic means of\nablished by the newspaper for such notices. No deadline shall be\n\nset by the newspaper that is more than five (5) business days prior\n\nto the date of publication, excluding the date of publication,\n\nSaturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays in the State of Oklahoma.\n\nUpon request, the newspaper shall confirm receipt of the notice and\n\nnotify the person or official in writing or by electronic means of\n\nthe dates of the issue or issues in which the notice shall appear.\n\nIf the newspaper fails to publish the notice in the issue\n\nspecified in the confirmation, the newspaper shall publish the\n\nnotice in a future issue specified by the person or official\n\ndesiring the notice at no charge. If the notice has multiple\n\ninsertions, only the first notice omitted by the newspaper shall be\n\nrequired to run at no charge.\n\nG. The county treasurer shall collect the cost of publication\n\nof lists of lands and town lots sold for delinquent taxes at\n\noriginal sale or resale from the individuals purchasing the lands\n\nand town lots at the sale or resale involved, and shall deposit all\n\nmonies collected to the credit of the fund of the county which paid\n\nthe cost of publication. The publisher of the notice shall be paid\n\nfor the publication of the notice from the general fund of the\n\ncounty or, if monies are not available in the general fund of the\n\ncounty at the time of publication, from the \"Resale-Property Fund\"\n\nof the county.","path":["OK Code","Title 28"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os28.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"5667c9b2fc81a66a26d45b4285555841dfe151689c1b46a6be360622b1531bbe","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-28-28-12","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-28-28-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}