Indiana
For Indiana, maximum chargeable rate is may not exceed the lowest classified advertising rate charged to advertisers by the newspaper, locality newspaper, or qualified publication for comparable use of the same amount of space for other purposes; how the cap is measured is by the line, computed on a square of 250 ems, capped at the newspaper's own lowest classified rate; how it changes over time is After December 31, 2016, a newspaper, locality newspaper, or qualified publication may, effective January 1 of any year, increase the basic charges by not more than two and three-quarters percent (2.75%) more than the basic charges that were in effect during the previous year; in force since is After December 31, 2016; statute is Ind. Code § 5-3-1-1(b)(4), recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.
- State
- Indiana our reading
- Maximum chargeable rate
- may not exceed the lowest classified advertising rate charged to advertisers by the newspaper, locality newspaper, or qualified publication for comparable use of the same amount of space for other purposes verified
- How the cap is measured
- by the line, computed on a square of 250 ems, capped at the newspaper's own lowest classified rate our reading
- How it changes over time
- After December 31, 2016, a newspaper, locality newspaper, or qualified publication may, effective January 1 of any year, increase the basic charges by not more than two and three-quarters percent (2.75%) more than the basic charges that were in effect during the previous year verified
- In force since
- After December 31, 2016 verified
- Statute
- Ind. Code § 5-3-1-1(b)(4) our reading
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What the source says
(4) After December 31, 2016, a newspaper, locality newspaper, or qualified publication may, effective January 1 of any year, increase the basic charges by not more than two and three-quarters percent (2.75%) more than the basic charges that were in effect during the previous year. However, the basic charges for the first insertion of a public notice in a newspaper, locality newspaper, or qualified publication may not exceed the lowest classified advertising rate charged to advertisers by the newspaper, locality newspaper, or qualified publication for comparable use of the same amount of space for other purposes and must include all multiple insertion discounts extended to the newspaper's, locality newspaper's, or qualified publication's other advertisers.
— codes.findlaw.com, retrieved 2026-08-19
Source
- codes.findlaw.comhttps://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-5-state-and-local-administration/in-code-sect-5-3-1-1.html