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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 500
HOUSE BILL NO. 773
By Representatives Powers, Shaw
Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 760
By Senator Yager
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1, Chapter 3, relative to legal
notices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 1-3-120(f), is amended by adding the
following as new subdivisions:
(8) Does not require a fee or a subscription for a person to view the website; and
(9) Is a separate and distinct website from the newspaper of general circulation
that is owned by an entity other than the newspaper of general circulation.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 1-3-120(f), is amended by
designating the existing language as subdivision (f)(1) and adding the following as new
subdivisions:
(2) The owner of a website where legal notices are published pursuant to
subdivision (f)(1) shall:
(A) Charge a rate for such publication that is calculated by the word. The
rate for each word must be comparable, but must not exceed, the established
rates the owner charges other advertisers; and
(B) Include on the invoice to the person or entity paying for such
publication an affidavit listing the number of days the notice was published on the
website.
(3) This subsection (f) does not apply to:
(A) Legal notices required by§ 35-5-101; or
(B) The publication of sample ballots required by§ 2-5-211.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.
HOUSE BILL NO. 773
PASSED: April 22, 2025
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CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
RANDY MCNALJY
SPEAKER OF THE SENA E
Ji / Mo ,.O APPROVED this
'51- day of 2025
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