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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 Pa.C.S.A. Counties § 12105. Publication of legal notices

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Publication.--

(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), if advertisement, notice or publication is required to be published in one newspaper, the publication shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation as defined in 45 Pa.C.S. § 101 (relating to definitions) printed in the county.

(2) If the matter in connection with which the advertising under paragraph (1) is being done affects only a political subdivision, the advertisement shall be published in a newspaper printed in the political subdivision, if there is a newspaper and, if not, in a newspaper circulating generally in the political subdivision.

(3) If notice is required to be published in more than one newspaper, notice shall be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation printed, if there is a newspaper, or circulating generally in the county, as provided under this subsection.

(b) Legal newspaper.--If a notice under subsection (a) relates to a proceeding or matter in a court, the holding of an election for the increase of indebtedness or the issue and sale of bonds to be paid by taxation, the notice shall also be published in the legal newspaper, if any, designated by the rules of court of the proper county for the publication of legal notices and advertisement, unless the publication is dispensed with by special order of court. Each ordinance, auditor report, controller report or advertisement, inviting proposal for public contract and bid for materials and supplies, shall be published only in newspapers of general circulation.

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