45-1-1. Newspapers "of general circulation" -- Requirements.
No newspaper shall be deemed a newspaper having general circulation for the purpose of
publishing any notice, advertisement or publication of any kind required by law, unless it has a
bona fide subscription list of not less than two hundred subscribers in this state, and shall have
been published for not less than eighteen months, and shall have been admitted in the United
States mails as second-class matter for twelve months; provided, that nothing in this chapter shall
invalidate the publication in a newspaper which has simply changed its name or ownership, or has
simply moved its place of publication from one part of the state to another, or suspended
publication on account of fire, flood or unavoidable accident not to exceed ten weeks; provided
further, that nothing in this chapter shall apply to any county wherein no newspaper has been
published the requisite length of time.
No Change Since 1953
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