Public and Legal Notices are important to any community. Great Falls Gazette is proud to be able to feature Public and Legal notices in our paper.

What are Notices

The difference between a public notice and a legal notice is as follows:

• Legal Notice: Anything ordered by the court, arising out of judicial proceedings. Also may be required by statute, ordinance, or administrative rule of a governmental agency.
• Public Notice: A statement made by a government agency or public body to inform the public about a particular issue or decision. Maybe be required for public parties in situations involving planned development or to notify the general public of information for public good.

Most notices are plain text, with possibly bolding or underlines. All notices are priced the same, currently (as of June 2024) $3 per column/inch(1.75 inch x 1 inch). The person placing the ad should consider wording and how many times a notice should be run to fulfill any legal requirements. We suggest contacting competent legal counsel for advice if you’re unsure. We CAN NOT and WILL NOT give legal advice regarding notices. We are willing to help you craft a notice; IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THE NOTICE MEETS YOUR REQUIREMENTS AND THAT IT CONTAINS EVERYTHING NEEDED FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT! If we help write a notice, you will be sent a proof. You should review it, and generally, it’s best to have your attorney look it over before approval.

If your notice has graphics or special requirements, it will be considered a production ad, and charged in the same way as display ads for production. Simple text notices are inserted for free. You do NOT have to submit your ad as PDF or image file, often it is best if you just send text. We require a ‘box’ around the notice, and the words “Public Notice” or “Legal Notice” at the top of ALL notices. There are no exceptions to this rule.

Notice Quality

We are very proud of our paper and require high-quality, non-offensive content. Notices that are crude, misleading, or in any way offensive will be refused. Unless required by statute, notices containing political messages WILL BE REFUSED. Misleading notices or notices submitted by persons not authorized by the persons involved will be refused.

Web Notices

Great Falls Gazette does not, at this time, accept notices for publication online. Generally these notices are not valid in the State of Montana. If that situation should change, we will review our policy about online notices.

Guaranteed placement of Notice

All notices we accept will run in the edition of the paper we accept them for. The exact placement of the notice on the page or in relation to other notices is solely at the discretion of Great Falls Gazette staff.

Affidavit of Publication

Once payment has been made, all notices will receive an Affidavit of Publication from the publisher. Included will be a copy of your invoice showing payment and a tear sheet of at least one of your insertions. If you require tear sheets for all publications, please call and request the additional sheets. There will be an additional charge for extra sheets due to increased costs and additional handling needed. Photocopies/scans of the Affidavit are available for a nominal fee; notarized copies are $10 per additional notarized copy.

There are options for rush service on the Affidavit, but no affidavit will be released before payment is made.

Payment for notice

Generally, first-time placement of notices requires prepayment. If you require terms, you should contact us at sales BEFORE placing your notice. Government agencies are all on Net15 terms or better and do NOT require pre-approval for terms. At no time will an Affidavit of Publiction be release until payment is made, regardless of terms. If paying by check (prepayment or payment made on terms) and check is returned for any reason, then all future notices MUST be prepaid, and must have payment cleared before any future insertions of notice. Payments may also be made by credit/debit card, or paid in cash at our office. DO NOT SEND CASH IN MAIL. Great Falls Gazette is not responsible for lost, misdirect, damaged, or stolen mail. If your Affidavit of Publication is lost in the mail, Great Falls Gazette’s sole responsibility is to resend the Affidavit to you.

You may request hand delivery of your Affidavit. Non-rush hand delivery is free, but it may take 3 or more business days to arrive.

Refunds / Credits

Refunds or credits will ONLY be given on notices if the notice is not published on the dates you requested or if your notice did not include your approved text. No refunds or credits will be made for any other reason.

Notice Submission Form

Please note: Submitting this form is a binding contract for services. DO NOT SUBMIT IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO PAY FOR YOUR NOTICE! If you realize that your notice contains incorrect information, contact us immediately. Once printing begins, notices can not be changed or canceled. If you choose to cancel a notice, you agree to pay for all published notices. Notices canceled BEFORE the editorial deadline are generally not charged.

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Name *

First

Last

Company / Organization Name

Name of company or organization. This will be on your affidavit of publication

Email *

Phone *

Address *

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

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Zip Code

Account Options *New account - Please use data from form to setup accountNew account - Please contact for account setupExisting Account - Ad Requires proofExisiting Account - Contact me to update account informationExisting Account - Ad does NOT require proof, insert exactly as stated

Options for opening account. Note, if we have ANY questions, we will contact you before proceeding regardless of these settings.

Billing Options *Bill before ad placement (prepaid, default)Existing account, please send one bill per month (requires net terms)Exisiting account, send bill after final insertion.Please contact me to set up term payment (will delay ad placement!)

Note, Affidavit of Publication is sent AFTER bill payment, if you need your Affidavit as soon as possible, make payment BEFORE final insertion. If you need a rush, hand delivered (in the Great Falls area), there is an additional charge). We do offer terms to persons and firms who regularly do business with our company. However there is an application process, and that process can take up to 2 weeks to complete. New clients generally are required to prepay several ads before terms are considered. All government entities automatically receive net15 terms.

Speed of service *NormalRush, mailed ($5)Rush, Hand Delivered ($15)

Rush service means that the DAY the final insertion takes place, we will prepare your Affidavit of Publication and mail first class to your address. Rush hand delivered is the same, however we will delivery your affidavit to you on the date of publication. Service fees are in parenthesis

Type of Notice *Public NoticeLegal Notice

The difference between a public notice and a legal notice is as follows: Legal Notice: Anything ordered by the court, arising out of judicial proceedings. Additionally any notice required by law, ordinance, or administrative rule. Public Notice: A statement made by a government agency or public body to inform the public about a particular issue or decision. Additionally used to inform the public of actions or situations that would affect the general public in someway. The top of the ad will indicate if this is a legal notice or a public notice. Both are placed in the Legal Notice section of the paper. If unsure which to use, we recommend consulting with a legal professional for advice. We can NOT give legal advice or counsel, and will use whatever you select here.

Number of insertions *

Number of times you wish notice to appear. Notice will run every set number of days (see below)

Edition to start placement of Notice *Either - no preference for dayMondayFridayBoth Editions

Run notice every x days *

Generally this defaults to every 7 days. So if notice runs in a Monday edition, it will run a week apart.

Notice Heading *

This is the first line of your notice. It will be bolded and generally is not more than one sentence. There will be a line of white space AFTER the heading and the body of the text.

Notice Text *

Enter text as you would like it to appear. To add bullet points, enter a * at the start of each line, it will appear as a solid dot bullet. To bold text enter asterisks before and after the text such as: ** To underline, place an underline before and after your text. To make a separator, enter dashes on a line of their own.

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