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

For Minnesota, maximum chargeable rate is shall not exceed the lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space in the newspapers in which the public notice appears; how the cap is measured is tied to the newspaper's commercial rate; statute is Minn. Stat. § 331A.06, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** Minnesota _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum chargeable rate:** shall not exceed the lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space in the newspapers in which the public notice appears _(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:** Minn. Stat. § 331A.06 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> The maximum rate charged for publication of a public notice shall not exceed the lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space in the newspapers in which the public notice appears, and shall include all cash discounts, multiple insertion discounts, and similar benefits extended to the newspaper's regular customers.

## Source

- https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/331A.06

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