Oklahoma § 25-106 - Newspapers for publication of legal notices

§ 25-106. Newspapers for publication of legal notices

No legal notice, advertisement, or publication of any kind

required or provided for by the laws of this state to be published

in a newspaper shall have force or effect unless published in a

legal newspaper of the county. A legal newspaper of the county is

any newspaper which, during a period of one hundred four (104)

consecutive weeks immediately prior to the first publication of such

notice, advertisement, or publication:

1. has maintained a paid general subscription circulation in

the county; and

2. has been admitted to the United States mails as paid secondclass mail matter; and

3. has been continuously and uninterruptedly published in the

county.

If there is no legal newspaper in a county, then all legal notices,

advertisements, or publications of any kind required or provided for

by the laws of this state shall be published in a legal newspaper in

an adjoining county of this state, which newspaper has general

circulation in the county or political subdivision in which such

notice is required.

Nothing in this section shall invalidate the publication of such

legal notices, advertisements, or publications in a newspaper which

has moved its place of publication from one location in the county

to another location in the same county without breaking the

continuity of its regular issues for the requisite length of time,

or the name of which may have been changed when said change of

location was made as permitted by United States postal laws and

regulations. Failure to issue or publish said newspaper for a

period of fourteen (14) days due to fire, accident, or other

unforeseen cause, or by reason of the pendency of mortgage

foreclosure, attachment, execution, or other legal proceedings

against the type, presses, or other personal property used by the

newspaper, shall not be deemed a failure to maintain continuous and

consecutive publication as required by the provisions of this

section, nor shall said failure invalidate the publication of a

notice otherwise valid. Failure to issue or publish a newspaper

qualified to publish legal notices, advertisements, or publications

of any kind, for a period totaling not more than fourteen (14)

consecutive days during a calendar year shall not be deemed a

failure to maintain continuous and consecutive publication as

required by the provisions of this section, nor shall said failure

invalidate the publication of a notice otherwise valid.

Amended by Laws 1983, c. 22, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1983.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions