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North Dakota Century Code Title 46. Printing Laws § 46-05-01. Newspapers qualified to do legal printing--File copies with state historical society--Publishing notices in adjoining county

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

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.

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