South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 02 - Legal Newspapers and Publication of Notice
Section 17-2-2.3 - Content requirements.

17-2-2.3. Content requirements.
A legal newspaper shall contain reports of happenings of recent occurrences of a varied nature, such as political, social, moral, and religious subjects and miscellaneous reading matter, and for at least one year prior to publication of legal and official notices devote at least twenty-five percent of its total column space in at least one-half of its issues in any calendar year to such nonpaid news content. No more than eighty percent of the space devoted to such news content may duplicate any other publication, unless the duplicated material is from recognized general news services.

Source: SL 1985, ch 165, ยง4.

Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 17 - Notice and Publication

Chapter 02 - Legal Newspapers and Publication of Notice

Section 17-2-1 - Notices to be published in legal newspaper--Affidavit of publication--Online notice.

Section 17-2-2.1 - Requirements for legal newspaper--Language--Size--Duration and frequency of publication--Electronic format.

Section 17-2-2.2 - Price and circulation requirements.

Section 17-2-2.3 - Content requirements.

Section 17-2-2.4 - Office and mailing permit requirements.

Section 17-2-2.5 - Ownership and circulation statements--Involuntary suspension of publication--Existing legal newspapers.

Section 17-2-3 - Status as legal newspaper unaffected by consolidation.

Section 17-2-10 - Publication in adjoining county if no legal newspaper published in county.

Section 17-2-11 - Publication in county or nearest adjoining county if no legal newspaper published in municipality or district.

Section 17-2-12 - Publication in existing legal newspapers if not enough legal newspapers published in county.

Section 17-2-13 - Substitute publication where legal newspaper refuses publication--Affidavit of refusal.

Section 17-2-16 - Designation of newspaper in which execution notice published.

Section 17-2-17 - Day on which weekly publication made--Interval between publications.

Section 17-2-18 - Weekly publication constituting publication for stated number of days.

Section 17-2-18.1 - Time allowed for publication of proceedings and reports of political subdivisions.

Section 17-2-18.2 - Type size required for legal publication.

Section 17-2-19 - Legal publication fees not otherwise prescribed--Review and adjustment.

Section 17-2-20 - Fees chargeable for second and subsequent publications.

Section 17-2-22 - Notices validated despite hearing or action in same week as final publication--Rights barred by no action.

Section 17-2-22.1 - Affidavit of printer or publisher admissible in evidence--Prima facie evidence.

Section 17-2-23 - Publication affidavits validated despite discrepancy in name of newspaper.

Section 17-2-24 - Publication affidavits validated despite failure to describe status as legal newspaper.

Section 17-2-25 - Publication affidavits validated despite failure to recite statutory authority for execution.

Section 17-2-26 - Vested rights protected against validating provisions.

Section 17-2-27 - Publication affidavits validated without additional affidavit as to fees.

Section 17-2-28 - Notice, minutes, bids, and other published information--Publication cost--Online notice.