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

For North Carolina, maximum chargeable rate is not to exceed the local commercial rate of the newspapers selected; how the cap is measured is tied to the newspaper's commercial rate; statute is N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-596, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** North Carolina _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum chargeable rate:** not to exceed the local commercial rate of the newspapers selected _(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:** N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-596 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> The publication of all advertising required by law to be made in newspapers in this State shall be paid for at not to exceed the local commercial rate of the newspapers selected.

## Source

- https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_1/GS_1-596.html

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