Illinois
For Illinois, maximum chargeable rate is The maximum rate charged for each insertion of a required public notice shall not exceed the lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space in the newspapers in which the required public notice appears; how the cap is measured is tied to the newspaper's own lowest commercial classified rate, over a 20-cents-per-column-line floor; statute is 715 ILCS 15/1 (Legal Advertising Rate Act), recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.
- State
- Illinois our reading
- Maximum chargeable rate
- The maximum rate charged for each insertion of a required public notice shall not exceed the lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space in the newspapers in which the required public notice appears verified
- How the cap is measured
- tied to the newspaper's own lowest commercial classified rate, over a 20-cents-per-column-line floor our reading
- Statute
- 715 ILCS 15/1 (Legal Advertising Rate Act) our reading
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What the source says
The minimum rate shall be 20 cents per column line for each insertion of a required public notice. The maximum rate charged for each insertion of a required public notice shall not exceed the lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space in the newspapers in which the required public notice appears and shall include all cash discounts, multiple insertion discounts, and similar benefits extended to the newspaper's regular customers.
— ilga.gov, retrieved 2026-08-19
Source
- ilga.govhttps://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=1875&ChapterID=52&Chapter=NOTICES&MajorTopic=RIGHTS%20AND%20REMEDIES