All agreements between any officer charged with the duty of advertising legal notices in a newspaper and the printer, publisher, or manager of such paper whereby any advantage, gain, or profit is to accrue to such officer are void; and before the charge for such advertisement can be demanded or received, the officer and the printer, publisher, or manager must each make and file an affidavit that no such agreement exists. The printer, publisher, or manager must, in addition, make affidavit to the entity required to publish the legal notice that the sum charged does not exceed the lowest classified rate paid by commercial customers for an advertisement of similar size, and frequency in the same newspapers in which the public notice appears.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous Procedure.
Article 4 - Notices and Hours of Sale.
Section 6-8-60 - Designation of Newspaper for Publication of Notice; Publication Requirements.
Section 6-8-61 - Length of Publication When Not Otherwise Provided; Exception.
Section 6-8-62 - Timing and Duration of Publication; Internet Publication.
Section 6-8-64 - Costs of Publication - Rates; Internet Publication; Applicability of Section.
Section 6-8-66 - Copies of Each Issue of Paper Containing Advertisement to Be Furnished to Parties.
Section 6-8-67 - Newspapers as Evidence of Publication.
Section 6-8-68 - Executors, Administrators, and Guardians in Probate Court.
Section 6-8-69 - Postponement of Sale; Publication of Original Notice.