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

For Florida, maximum chargeable rate is 70 cents per square inch for the first insertion; rate for later insertions is 40 cents per square inch for each subsequent insertion; how the cap is measured is cents per square inch; statute is Fla. Stat. § 50.061, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** Florida _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum chargeable rate:** 70 cents per square inch for the first insertion _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Rate for later insertions:** 40 cents per square inch for each subsequent insertion _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the cap is measured:** cents per square inch _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute:** Fla. Stat. § 50.061 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> The charge for publishing each such official public notice or legal advertisement shall be 70 cents per square inch for the first insertion and 40 cents per square inch for each subsequent insertion, except that government notices required to be published more than once, the cost of which is paid for by the government and not paid in advance by or allowed to be recouped from private parties, may not be charged for the second and successive insertions at a rate greater than 85 percent of the original rate.

## Source

- https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/50.061

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