Untitled section

985.03

 

Qualifications of newspapers.

985.03(1)

(1)

 

985.03(1)(a)

(a)

Except as provided in par. (am) , no publisher of any newspaper in this state shall be awarded or be entitled to any compensation or fee for the publishing of any legal notice unless the newspaper has had a bona fide paid circulation and one of the following applies:

985.03(1)(a)1m.

1m.

The newspaper has been published at least once each week for at least 50 consecutive issues prior to the first publication of the notice in the city, village, or town where published, or the newspaper can verify to the department of administration using postal records that the newspaper has been circulated to the minimum number of print, digital, or electronic subscribers required under s.