REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT) Act 236 of 1961
600.2534 Publication of legal notice, order, citation, summons, advertisement, or other matter; rates.
Sec. 2534.
(1) For publishing a legal notice or an order, citation, summons, advertisement, or other matter arising out of judicial proceedings required by law to be published in a newspaper, except as provided in subsection (2), the cost shall not exceed the rate of $20.50 per folio for the first insertion, and $8.45 per folio for each subsequent insertion. A minimum cost of $59.00 shall be allowed for a notice which must appear 2 times or more, and a minimum cost of $44.00 shall be allowed for a notice which must appear 1 time.
(2) Each year for 5 years beginning March 1, 2008, the rates described in subsection (1) shall be adjusted by the percentage increase in the United States consumer price index for the immediately preceding calendar year and the result rounded to the nearest multiple of 5 cents.
(3) A newspaper publishing for the state an advertisement other than tax lists shall be permitted to charge for the advertisement its regular established commercial rate in effect at the time the advertisement is published.
(4) A newspaper accepting for publication a legal or public notice as provided by law shall not charge higher rates or collect higher rates for political notices or political advertising than they charge for commercial advertising of the same or similar size.
REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT) Act 236 of 1961
600.2534 Publication of legal notice, order, citation, summons, advertisement, or other matter; rates.
Sec. 2534.
(1) For publishing a legal notice or an order, citation, summons, advertisement, or other matter arising out of judicial proceedings required by law to be published in a newspaper, except as provided in subsection (2), the cost shall not exceed the rate of $20.50 per folio for the first insertion, and $8.45 per folio for each subsequent insertion. A minimum cost of $59.00 shall be allowed for a notice which must appear 2 times or more, and a minimum cost of $44.00 shall be allowed for a notice which must appear 1 time.
(2) Each year for 5 years beginning March 1, 2008, the rates described in subsection (1) shall be adjusted by the percentage increase in the United States consumer price index for the immediately preceding calendar year and the result rounded to the nearest multiple of 5 cents.
(3) A newspaper publishing for the state an advertisement other than tax lists shall be permitted to charge for the advertisement its regular established commercial rate in effect at the time the advertisement is published.
(4) A newspaper accepting for publication a legal or public notice as provided by law shall not charge higher rates or collect higher rates for political notices or political advertising than they charge for commercial advertising of the same or similar size.
REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT) Act 236 of 1961
600.2534 Publication of legal notice, order, citation, summons, advertisement, or other matter; rates.
Sec. 2534.
(1) For publishing a legal notice or an order, citation, summons, advertisement, or other matter arising out of judicial proceedings required by law to be published in a newspaper, except as provided in subsection (2), the cost shall not exceed the rate of $20.50 per folio for the first insertion, and $8.45 per folio for each subsequent insertion. A minimum cost of $59.00 shall be allowed for a notice which must appear 2 times or more, and a minimum cost of $44.00 shall be allowed for a notice which must appear 1 time.
(2) Each year for 5 years beginning March 1, 2008, the rates described in subsection (1) shall be adjusted by the percentage increase in the United States consumer price index for the immediately preceding calendar year and the result rounded to the nearest multiple of 5 cents.
(3) A newspaper publishing for the state an advertisement other than tax lists shall be permitted to charge for the advertisement its regular established commercial rate in effect at the time the advertisement is published.
(4) A newspaper accepting for publication a legal or public notice as provided by law shall not charge higher rates or collect higher rates for political notices or political advertising than they charge for commercial advertising of the same or similar size.
