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

For Arizona, maximum chargeable rate is a rate per column inch, per insertion, charged for legal advertising as shown by the local rate card of the newspaper in which publication is to be made; how the cap is measured is per column inch, tied to the newspaper's own rate card; statute is A.R.S. § 39-221(A), recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** Arizona _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum chargeable rate:** a rate per column inch, per insertion, charged for legal advertising as shown by the local rate card of the newspaper in which publication is to be made _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the cap is measured:** per column inch, tied to the newspaper's own rate card _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute:** A.R.S. § 39-221(A) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> A. The maximum price which shall be paid for public printing and advertising, and for publications required by law, shall be at a rate per column inch, per insertion, charged for legal advertising as shown by the local rate card of the newspaper in which publication is to be made.

## Source

- https://www.azleg.gov/ars/39/00221.htm

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