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

For South Carolina, maximum chargeable rate is charged not more than the local retail display advertising rate shown on the newspaper's rate card or the rates published in the newspaper, deducting any and all applicable discounts earned by the volume or frequency of the legal advertising; how the cap is measured is tied to the newspaper's retail display rate; statute is S.C. Code Ann. § 15-29-80, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** South Carolina _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum chargeable rate:** charged not more than the local retail display advertising rate shown on the newspaper's rate card or the rates published in the newspaper, deducting any and all applicable discounts earned by the volume or frequency of the legal advertising _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the cap is measured:** tied to the newspaper's retail display rate _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute:** S.C. Code Ann. § 15-29-80 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> shall be charged not more than the local retail display advertising rate shown on the newspaper's rate card or the rates published in the newspaper, deducting any and all applicable discounts earned by the volume or frequency of the legal advertising. The advertisement shall be set in solid six point type, including the caption and all other parts of the advertisement.

## Source

- https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t15c029.php

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