2000 Minnesota Statutes

     331A.07 Affidavit of publication. 

    No compensation shall be recoverable for publishing legal 
 or official matter in any newspaper not qualified, until there 
 is filed with the county auditor the affidavit of a person 
 having knowledge of the facts, showing the name and location of 
 the newspaper and the existence of conditions constituting its 
 qualifications as a qualified newspaper as set forth in section 
 331A.02.  If the matter published relates to proceedings in 
 another county, a like affidavit must be filed with its 
 auditor.  The affidavit, if it states the required facts, shall 
 be prima facie evidence of them and of the qualification.  No 
 compensation shall be recoverable for publishing legal or 
 official matter in any newspaper unless the bill is accompanied 
 by an affidavit of the publisher of the newspaper or the 
 publisher's designated agent, having knowledge of the facts, 
 setting forth the fact that the newspaper has complied with all 
 the requirements to constitute a legal newspaper.  The affidavit 
 must set forth the dates of the month and year and the day of 
 the week upon which the legal or official matter was published 
 in the newspaper.  The affidavit must also include the 
 publisher's lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for 
 comparable space, as determined pursuant to section 331A.06, the 
 maximum charge allowable by law for the publication of the 
 specific legal or official matter in question, and the rate 
 actually charged for that publication. 

    HIST: 1984 c 543 s 26; 1993 c 48 s 7