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RELEVANT LINKS: League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 5/10/2019 Newspaper Publication Page 5 • There is no qualified non-daily newspaper of general circulation in the city. • The notice is printed in a newsletter or similar printed means of giving notice that is prepared by the city and either mailed or delivered to each household in the city. Cities should take note of any particular newspaper section where statute requires the publication to occur. In the absence of this direction, notices are typically published in the legal section of the qualified newspaper. Some newspapers reserve the right to edit notices that are published in other sections for length. Publication in the legal section, however, ensures notices will be published exactly as they are submitted. Minn. Stat. § 331A.02, subd. 5. If a qualified newspaper maintains a web site, then as a condition of accepting and publishing public notices, the newspaper must agree to post all the notices on its web site at no additional cost. The public notice must remain on the web site during its full publication period. A newspaper’s failure to post or maintain a public notice on its web site does not affect its validity. C. Form of publication The following two rules apply to all public notices published by cities: Minn. Stat. § 331A.05, subd. 1. Minn. Stat. § 331A.05, subd. 4. • Every public notice must be printed or otherwise disseminated in English. • Every notice must include a bold title or caption in a font no smaller than brevier or eight -point type that refers to the content of the notice. Larger fonts may be used. Minn. Stat. § 331A.05, subds. 2, 3. The following general rules apply to all publications of a public notice unless law provides otherwise: Minn. Stat. § 331A.05, subd. 2(a). Minn. Stat. § 331A.05, subd. 2(b). Minn. Stat. § 331A.05, subd. 2(b). Minn. Stat. § 331A.05, subd. 2(c). Minn. Stat. § 331A.05, subds. 3, 4. • The notice must be published once. • The notice must be published not more than 30 days before the event if it is informing the public about a future event. • The notice must be published not less than seven days before the event if it is informing the public about a future event. • The notice must be published no later than 45 days after the event if it is informing the public about a past event. • Public notice must be printed in a font no smaller than six-point type with a lower -case alphabet of 90 point. Larger fonts may be used. Note that this standard probably only applies to the text of the notice. The title or caption of the notice is required to be at least brevier or eight - point type.