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

For Oklahoma, maximum chargeable rate is fifteen cents ($0.15) per word for first insertion; rate for later insertions is fourteen cents ($0.14) per word for each subsequent insertion; how the cap is measured is cents per word; in force since is Effective November 1, 2005; statute is 28 O.S. § 121(A)(2), recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** Oklahoma _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum chargeable rate:** fifteen cents ($0.15) per word for first insertion _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Rate for later insertions:** fourteen cents ($0.14) per word for each subsequent insertion _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the cap is measured:** cents per word _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **In force since:** Effective November 1, 2005 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** 28 O.S. § 121(A)(2) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 2. Effective November 1, 2005, for all matters other than tabular matter, fifteen cents ($0.15) per word for first insertion, and fourteen cents ($0.14) per word for each subsequent insertion, with each separate group of numerals included in the matter to be counted as one word, regardless of the number of digits involved; and

## Source

- https://law.justia.com/codes/oklahoma/2023/title-28/section-28-121/

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