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

For Texas, maximum chargeable rate is the newspaper’s lowest published rate for classified advertising; how the cap is measured is tied to the newspaper's commercial rate; statute is Tex. Gov't Code § 2051.045, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** Texas _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum chargeable rate:** the newspaper’s lowest published rate for classified advertising _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the cap is measured:** tied to the newspaper's commercial rate _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute:** Tex. Gov't Code § 2051.045 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> The legal rate for publication of a notice in a newspaper is the newspaper’s lowest published rate for classified advertising.

## Source

- https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._gov%27t_code_section_2051.045

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