# Alabama — What a newspaper may legally charge to publish a legal notice — by US state

For Alabama, maximum chargeable rate is shall not exceed the lowest classified rate paid by or published on a rate card for commercial customers for an advertisement of similar size, and frequency in the same newspapers in which the public notice appears; how the cap is measured is tied to the newspaper's own lowest commercial classified rate; statute is Ala. Code § 6-8-64(a), recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** Alabama _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum chargeable rate:** shall not exceed the lowest classified rate paid by or published on a rate card for commercial customers for an advertisement of similar size, and frequency in the same newspapers in which the public notice appears _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the cap is measured:** tied to the newspaper's own lowest commercial classified rate _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute:** Ala. Code § 6-8-64(a) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (a) The rate charged for publication of a public notice shall not exceed the lowest classified rate paid by or published on a rate card for commercial customers for an advertisement of similar size, and frequency in the same newspapers in which the public notice appears. The lowest classified rate paid by or published on a rate card for commercial customers for such advertisements shall be calculated to also include all cash discounts, multiple insertion discounts, and any other commercial contract benefits for which the public notice also qualifies.

## Source

- https://law.onecle.com/alabama/title-6/6-8-64.html

Last verified: 2026-08-19. Review by: 2027-08-19.
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