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

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum chargeable rate:** The government rate shall not exceed the lowest classified advertising rate and lowest insert rate paid by other advertisers _(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:** Ohio Rev. Code § 7.10 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## 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.

## Source

- https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-7.10

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