New Jersey § 35:1-2

§ 35:1-2.

Whenever, by law, it is required that there be published by printing and publishing

in a newspaper or newspapers, ordinances, resolutions or notices or advertisements

of any sort, kind or character by any county, city or other municipality or municipal

corporation, or by any municipal board or official board, or body, or office, or officials,

or by any person or corporation, such newspaper or newspapers must, in addition to

any other qualification now required by law, meet the following qualifications, namely:

said newspaper or newspapers shall be entirely printed in the English language, shall

be printed and published within the State of New Jersey, shall be a newspaper of general

paid circulation possessing an average news content of not less than 35%, shall have

been published continuously in the municipality where its publication office is situate

for not less than 2 years and shall have been entered for 2 years as second-class

mail matter under the postal laws and regulations of the United States. In case a newspaper cannot meet these qualifications itself but has acquired another

newspaper which meets these qualifications, the acquiring newspaper shall be deemed

to meet these qualifications if it is published in the same municipality and entered

in the same post office as was the acquired newspaper. Continuous publication within the meaning of this section shall not be deemed interrupted

by any involuntary suspension of publication for a period not exceeding 6 months resulting

from loss, destruction, mechanical or electrical failure of typesetting equipment

or printing presses or the unavailability, due to conditions beyond the control or

the publisher, of paper or other materials and supplies necessary for operation, or

resulting from a labor dispute with a recognized labor union, and any newspaper so

affected shall not be disqualified hereunder in the event that publication is resumed

within said period of 6 months. For the purposes of this section and for the purpose of qualifying for legal advertisements

generally, any newspaper which for not less than 2 years shall have been continuously

printed in a building located within two municipalities and which for not less than

2 years shall have continuously maintained its editorial and business offices in said

building shall be deemed to have been published continuously in each of said municipalities

during that period and its publication office shall be deemed to have been situate

in each municipality during that period. In the event any newspaper which shall have been qualified to publish legal advertisements

shall move its publication office to any municipality in the same county or in an

adjacent county in this State and which shall otherwise continue to meet the qualifications

of this section, it shall be qualified to publish legal advertisements which it was qualified to publish prior

to moving said publication office for a period of 2 years after the date of the moving

of its publication office or such period as said newspaper shall have the highest paid circulation of any newspaper

within the county or municipality which shall use said newspaper for legal advertisements .