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

For Pennsylvania, maximum chargeable rate is shall not be in excess of the rates usually charged or received by the publication publishing such official and legal advertising for commercial, general, or other advertising; how the cap is measured is per column line or per column inch, capped at the publication's usual commercial rate; statute is 45 Pa.C.S. § 303, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** Pennsylvania _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum chargeable rate:** shall not be in excess of the rates usually charged or received by the publication publishing such official and legal advertising for commercial, general, or other advertising _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the cap is measured:** per column line or per column inch, capped at the publication's usual commercial rate _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute:** 45 Pa.C.S. § 303 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> All official and legal advertising shall be charged for at an established or declared rate or price per single column, line of reading matter measured in depth by the point system, or at a rate or price per inch single column. When such official and legal advertising is not classified and is not published according to prescribed or recognized forms, and no rate has been established or declared, such rate for official and legal advertising shall not be in excess of the rates usually charged or received by the publication publishing such official and legal advertising for commercial, general, or other advertising.

## Source

- https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/45/00.003.003.000..HTM

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