279.12 CERTIFICATE BEFORE PAYMENT.
Before being entitled to the fees for publishing such notice and list, the publisher shall obtain
from the county attorney and file with the county auditor a certificate that the publication was
made according to law; and any auditor paying for such publication without such certificate being
filed shall be liable to the county for the amount so paid. If there be no county attorney, or if upon
application the county attorney refuses to give such certificate, the publisher may apply to the
attorney general, on five days' notice to the county auditor and to the county attorney, if any, of
such application; and, on filing with the auditor the certificate of the attorney general that such
publication was made according to law, the auditor shall issue a warrant for the payment of
such fees.
History: (2113) RL s 912; 1986 c 444