Existing law requires the publication of any and all legal notices and advertisements in certain newspapers of general circulation and establishes procedures and requirements for such publication. (NRS 238.020, 238.030) Section 1 of this bill authorizes the additional publication of a legal notice or advertisement on the Internet website of such a newspaper. Section 2 of this bill makes a conforming change to provide that, with certain exceptions, the Internet website of such a newspaper is a competent means for the publication of legal notices and advertisements. Existing law provides that whenever any legal notice or advertisement is required by law to be given by publication, with certain exceptions, the legal notice or advertisement must be published at least once a week, consecutively, for not less than the full period of time so required in a qualified, legal and competent newspaper. (NRS 238.060) Section 3 of this bill provides that if a legal notice or advertisement is published on the Internet website of a qualified, legal and competent newspaper: (1) an error in the legal notice or advertisement made by the newspaper, a temporary Internet website outage or service interruption that prevents the posting or display of the legal notice or advertisement is harmless; and (2) the legal notice or advertisement shall be deemed sufficient provided that the legal notice or advertisement is printed and published in a qualified, legal and competent newspaper. Existing law provides that any and every legal notice or advertisement that is published in a newspaper in violation of certain provisions of law is void. (NRS 238.080) Section 4 of this bill provides that any and every legal notice or advertisement published on an Internet website maintained by a newspaper in violation of certain provisions of law is void.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 238.030, 238.050, 238.060, 238.080
Reprint 1: 238.030, 238.050, 238.060, 238.080
As Enrolled: 238.030, 238.050, 238.060, 238.080
BDR: 238.030, 238.050, 238.060, 238.080