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

For Missouri, maximum chargeable rate is not more than its regular local classified advertising rate; how the cap is measured is tied to the newspaper's commercial rate; statute is Mo. Rev. Stat. § 493.025, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** Missouri _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum chargeable rate:** not more than its regular local classified advertising rate _(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:** Mo. Rev. Stat. § 493.025 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> a newspaper publishing such notice shall charge and receive not more than its regular local classified advertising rate. The regular local classified advertising rate is that rate shown by the newspaper's rate schedule as offered to the public, and shall have been in effect for at least thirty days preceding publication of the particular notice to which it is applied.

## Source

- https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=493.025

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