Ohio
For Ohio, maximum chargeable rate is The government rate shall not exceed the lowest classified advertising rate and lowest insert rate paid by other advertisers; how the cap is measured is tied to the newspaper's commercial rate; statute is Ohio Rev. Code § 7.10, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.
- State
- Ohio our reading
- Maximum chargeable rate
- The government rate shall not exceed the lowest classified advertising rate and lowest insert rate paid by other advertisers verified
- How the cap is measured
- tied to the newspaper's commercial rate our reading
- Statute
- Ohio Rev. Code § 7.10 our reading
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What the source says
For the publication of advertisements, notices, or proclamations required to be published by a public officer of a county, municipal corporation, township, school, or other political subdivision, publishers of newspapers shall establish a government rate. The government rate shall not exceed the lowest classified advertising rate and lowest insert rate paid by other advertisers.
— codes.ohio.gov, retrieved 2026-08-19
Source
- codes.ohio.govhttps://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-7.10