A. In all cases where publication of legal notices is required or allowed by law, the person or official desiring publication shall be required to pay:
1. For all matters other than tabular matter, fourteen cents ($0.14) per word for first insertion, and thirteen cents ($0.13) per word for each subsequent insertion, with each separate group of numerals included in the matter to be counted as one word, regardless of the number of digits involved;
2. Effective November 1, 2005, for all matters other than tabular matter, fifteen cents ($0.15) per word for first insertion, and fourteen cents ($0.14) per word for each subsequent insertion, with each separate group of numerals included in the matter to be counted as one word, regardless of the number of digits involved; and
3. For all tabular matter, in not to exceed eight-point type, including but not limited to, lists of persons, firms, and corporations whose personal property taxes are delinquent and lists of lands and town lots upon which taxes are delinquent, seventy cents ($0.70) per line per newspaper column in width, for first insertion, and sixty-five cents ($0.65) per line per newspaper column in width, for each subsequent insertion.
B. The county treasurer shall collect the cost of publication of lists of lands and town lots sold for delinquent taxes at original sale or resale from the individuals purchasing the lands and town lots at the sale or resale involved, and shall deposit all monies collected to the credit of the fund of the county which paid the cost of publication. The publisher of the notice shall be paid for the publication of the notice from the general fund of the county or, if monies are not available in the general fund of the county at the time of publication, from the “Resale-Property Fund” of the county.
R.L.1910, § 3258. Amended by Laws 1919, c. 167, p. 241, § 1; Laws 1929, c. 248, p. 318, § 1; Laws 1953, p. 116, § 1; Laws 1967, c. 218, § 1, emerg. eff. May 1, 1967; Laws 1973, c. 31, § 1, emerg. eff. April 18, 1973; Laws 1977, c. 35, § 1; Laws 1979, c. 76, § 1, eff. July 1, 1979; Laws 1981, c. 31, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 1981; Laws 1982, c. 22, § 1; Laws 1988, c. 159, § 1, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1994, c. 93, § 1, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 2000, c. 135, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2004, c. 65, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.