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

For Colorado, maximum chargeable rate is shall not exceed forty-four cents for each single-column line of six-point type; rate for later insertions is shall not exceed thirty-two cents per line for each subsequent insertion; how the cap is measured is cents per line for publicly supported notices; for privately supported notices, tied to the newspaper's own local classified display line rate; in force since is On or after January 1, 1993; statute is C.R.S. § 24-70-107(1)(a), recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** Colorado _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum chargeable rate:** shall not exceed forty-four cents for each single-column line of six-point type _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Rate for later insertions:** shall not exceed thirty-two cents per line for each subsequent insertion _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the cap is measured:** cents per line for publicly supported notices; for privately supported notices, tied to the newspaper's own local classified display line rate _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **In force since:** On or after January 1, 1993 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** C.R.S. § 24-70-107(1)(a) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 24-70-107. Rates for legal publications. (1) (a) On or after January 1, 1993, for all publicly supported legal notices or advertisements published in newspapers, the rate paid for the first insertion of such notice shall not exceed forty-four cents for each single-column line of six-point type and shall not exceed thirty-two cents per line for each subsequent insertion. If the notice is set in larger type, the rate shall be prorated. Regardless of the size of type the notice is set in, the rates specified in this paragraph (a) are based on a single column measuring ten pica ems wide.

## Source

- https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-24.pdf

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