Fees; revise certain amounts for printing and publication.
SB 2838 revises Mississippi's fee schedules for publishing legal notices and tax sale advertisements. It increases the fee for public bodies to $0.12 per word for first newspaper insertions (up from $0.10) and sets non-public notices at $0.25 per word first insertion, with annual adjustments based on inflation starting July 2026. The bill also sets a $3.00 fee for each publication advertising land for tax sale and clarifies correction procedures for publishing errors. These changes directly affect newspapers publishing legal notices, tax collectors handling tax sales, and county/municipal governments requiring publications. The bill was introduced in 2025 but died in committee.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jan 20, 2025
Last action Feb 4, 2025
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Jan 20, 2025
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Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Dennis DeBar
RRepublican
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