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

For Kansas, maximum chargeable rate is a rate not exceeding the lowest regular classified advertising rate charged by the newspaper to its commercial customers; how the cap is measured is tied to the newspaper's commercial rate; statute is K.S.A. 28-137, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** Kansas _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum chargeable rate:** a rate not exceeding the lowest regular classified advertising rate charged by the newspaper to its commercial customers _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the cap is measured:** tied to the newspaper's commercial rate _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute:** K.S.A. 28-137 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (a) A newspaper shall charge and receive for publishing a legal advertisement a rate not exceeding the lowest regular classified advertising rate charged by the newspaper to its commercial customers.

## Source

- https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch28/028_001_0037.html

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