Training & Standards for Newspaper Staffs - Updated 2025!

Newspapers should strive to provide readable, accessible public notices to the general public, and the fees paid to newspapers for publication require adherence to certain standards.

Educational materials and templates are available to be downloaded.

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Importance of Printed Public Notice

For hundreds of years, notice by publication in a newspaper has been a superior form of constructive notice. Oklahoma newspapers take this responsibility seriously and are committed to broad dissemination of notices to the public.

Notice by publication in a newspaper is:

• independent of the government
• readily available to the public
• capable of being securely archived, and
• verified by affidavit as proof of publication.

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Need to Publish a Notice?

Find a Legal Newspaper in which to publish your public notice.

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Print Power… Internet Ease!

Now you can read the same notices on the Internet that appear in Oklahoma newspapers. It's print power with Internet ease. Oklahoma newspapers voluntarily created this free site at no cost to government to help citizens find information that affects their way of life.

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