<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 17-2-2.3 - Content requirements.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2DefaultParagraphFont-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 17-2-2.3 - Content requirements."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 17-2-2.3 - Content requirements."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/17-2-2.3"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=17-2-2.3" rel="noopener"><span class="s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2SENU">17-2-2.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2SENU">. </span><span class="s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2CL">Content requirements.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2Statute"><span class="s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2DefaultParagraphFont">A legal newspaper shall contain reports of local happenings of recent occurrences of a varied nature, such as political, social, moral, and religious subjects and miscellaneous reading matter. For at least one year prior to publication of legal and official notices, a newspaper must devote at least twenty</span><span class="s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2DefaultParagraphFont-000000">-</span><span class="s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2DefaultParagraphFont">five percent of its total column space in at least one</span><span class="s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2DefaultParagraphFont-000000">-</span><span class="s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2DefaultParagraphFont">half of its issues in any calendar year to nonpaid news content. No more than eighty percent of the space devoted to nonpaid news content may duplicate any other publication, unless the duplicated material is from recognized general news services.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2DefaultParagraphFont-000002">Source: </span><span class="s364fe8aafc98478a823db115ad7686d2SCL">SL 1985, ch 165, § 4; SL 2024, ch 69, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html>