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

For Oregon, maximum chargeable rate is a rate not to exceed that published by a newspaper as its open display advertising rate, that is, the per column inch rate charged local advertisers not under contract to a newspaper for a fixed rate or minimum quantity of advertising; how the cap is measured is per column inch, tied to the newspaper's open display rate; statute is ORS 193.090, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** Oregon _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum chargeable rate:** a rate not to exceed that published by a newspaper as its open display advertising rate, that is, the per column inch rate charged local advertisers not under contract to a newspaper for a fixed rate or minimum quantity of advertising _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the cap is measured:** per column inch, tied to the newspaper's open display rate _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute:** ORS 193.090 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> The compensation for the publication of all public notices which are now or hereafter required by law to be published shall be at a rate not to exceed that published by a newspaper as its open display advertising rate, that is, the per column inch rate charged local advertisers not under contract to a newspaper for a fixed rate or minimum quantity of advertising.

## Source

- https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors193.html

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