South Dakota
For South Dakota, maximum chargeable rate is 35.5 cents per line for eight-point type, and 31.4 cents per line for nine-point type, for a column width of eleven picas, where the legal newspaper has a paid circulation of less than nine thousand; where paid circulation is nine thousand or more, a per-column-inch rate for six-point type banded by circulation: $6.23 (9,000-19,999), $6.54 (20,000-29,999), $6.87 (30,000-39,999) and $7.36 (40,000 and over); how the cap is measured is cents per line or per column inch, banded by newspaper circulation, escalated annually by the lesser of two percent or an index factor; how it changes over time is The commissioner of human resources and administration or its designee shall publish the adjusted rates for the following year in the South Dakota Register by December fifteenth each year, which are effective on July first of the following year; statute is SDCL § 17-2-19, recorded from its source on 2026-10-12.
- State
- South Dakota our reading
- Maximum chargeable rate
- 35.5 cents per line for eight-point type, and 31.4 cents per line for nine-point type, for a column width of eleven picas, where the legal newspaper has a paid circulation of less than nine thousand; where paid circulation is nine thousand or more, a per-column-inch rate for six-point type banded by circulation: $6.23 (9,000-19,999), $6.54 (20,000-29,999), $6.87 (30,000-39,999) and $7.36 (40,000 and over)
- How the cap is measured
- cents per line or per column inch, banded by newspaper circulation, escalated annually by the lesser of two percent or an index factor our reading
- How it changes over time
- The commissioner of human resources and administration or its designee shall publish the adjusted rates for the following year in the South Dakota Register by December fifteenth each year, which are effective on July first of the following year. verified
- Statute
- SDCL § 17-2-19 our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
the maximum fee that may be charged for the publication is: (1) If the legal newspaper has a paid circulation of less than nine thousand, 35.5 cents per line for eight-point type, and 31.4 cents per line for nine-point type, for a column width of eleven picas. If column widths vary, the rate per line is adjusted based on the percentage of space used. Tabular matter with one justification is charged at one and one-half times the rates set in this subdivision, and tabular matter with two justifications or more at twice the rates; and (2) If the legal newspaper has a paid circulation of nine thousand or more: Rate per column inch, Newspaper circulation six-point type 9,000 – 19,999 $6.23 20,000 – 29,999 $6.54 30,000 – 39,999 $6.87 40,000 and over $7.36
— mylrc.sdlegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-10-12
Where each value comes from
The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.
How it changes over time
The commissioner of human resources and administration or its designee shall publish the adjusted rates for the following year in the South Dakota Register by December fifteenth each year, which are effective on July first of the following year.
— all from mylrc.sdlegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-10-12
Sources
- mylrc.sdlegislature.govhttps://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/266230.pdf
- sdlegislature.govhttps://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/17-2-19