Iowa Code § 618.11 (2026)

1. The compensation, when not otherwise fixed, for the publication in a newspaper of any notice, order, citation, or other publication required or allowed by law shall be at a rate of thirty-four cents for one insertion and twenty-three cents for each subsequent insertion for each line of eight point type two inches in length, or its equivalent. Beginning June 1, 2001, and each June 1 thereafter, the director of the department of administrative services shall calculate a new rate for the following fiscal year as prescribed in this subsection, and shall publish this rate as a notice in the Iowa administrative bulletin prior to the first day of the following calendar month. The new rate shall be effective on the first day of the calendar month following its publication. The rate shall be calculated by applying the percentage change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers for the last available twelve-month period published in the federal register by the federal department of labor, bureau of labor statistics, to the existing rate as an increase or decrease in the rate rounded to the nearest one-tenth of a cent. The calculation and publication of the rate by the director of the department of administrative services shall be exempt from the provisions of chapters 17A and 25B.\n\nTue Dec 09 21:59:27 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 618 (30, 2) §618.11, PUBLICATION AND POSTING OF NOTICES 4\n\n 2. A newspaper shall not charge a fee to a government body, as defined in section 22.1, for proof of publication of a public notice. [C73, §3832; C97, §1293; S13, §1293; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11106; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §618.11] 86 Acts, ch 1183, §5; 96 Acts, ch 1098, §4; 98 Acts, ch 1119, §25; 98 Acts, ch 1164, §40; 2000 Acts, ch 1148, §2; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §274; 2024 Acts, ch 1019, §5, 8 Referred to in §279.36, 331.302, 349.17, 380.9 \n