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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 5/10/2019 <br />Newspaper Publication Page 3 <br /> Cities are authorized to enter into multi-year contracts with a qualified <br />newspaper for publication of public notices. No multi-year contract may <br />be for longer than three years. <br /> 1. Statutory cities <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.831. Statutory city councils must designate an official newspaper at the first <br />meeting each year. The official newspaper is used for the publication of <br />ordinances and other matters that are legally required to be published. The <br />official newspaper should also be used for the publication of any other <br />matters that the council deems to be in the public interest. The official <br />newspaper must be a legal newspaper of general circulation in the city. <br />A.G. Op. 471-G (Mar. 19, <br />1962). The attorney general has said that a statutory city may change its <br />designation of an official newspaper at times other than the first meeting <br />of the year. <br /> 2. All cities <br />Minn. Stat. § 331A.04, subd. <br />1. When a city designates an official newspaper, it must choose the <br />newspaper in the following priority: <br />Minn. Stat. § 331A.04, subd. <br />2. <br />Minn. Stat. § 331A.04, subd. <br />3. <br />Minn. Stat. § 331A.04, subd. <br />4. <br />Minn. Stat. § 331A.04, subd. <br />5. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Minn. Stat. § 331A.04, subd. <br />5. <br />Minn. Stat. § 331A.03, subd. <br />1. <br />• If there are one or more qualified newspapers with their offices of <br />issue located in the city, one of these newspapers must be chosen. <br />• If there is no qualified newspaper with a known office of issue in the <br />city, but one or more qualified newspapers maintain a secondary office <br />in the city, o ne of these newspapers must be chosen. <br />• If there is no qualified newspaper with a known office of issue or a <br />secondary office in the city, then a qualified newspaper of general <br />circulation must be chosen. <br />• If the city is without an official newspaper or the publisher refuses to <br />publish a particular public notice, a qualified newspaper of general <br />circulation must be designated. <br />• If the city has territory in two or more counties, the council may <br />designate a separate qualified newspaper for each county. <br />• If no qualified newspaper exists, publication is not required. <br />Minn. Stat. § 331A.04, subd. <br />6. There is an exception to the designation priority discussed above. The city <br />may designate any newspaper as its official newspaper if the following <br />conditions are met: <br /> • The newspaper is a qualified newspaper. <br />• The newspaper has provided regular coverage of the proceedings of <br />the governing body of the city and will continue to do so. <br />• The governing body votes unanimously to designate the newspaper.