302 - Scope and interpretation of chapter. - Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 302. Scope and interpretation of chapter. The provisions of this chapter are intended to be a comprehensive statute: (1) Creating uniformity in the publication of legal notices, official advertisements, and advertisements, or abstracts of any notice, statement, or advertisement required by law, rule, order or decree of court to be published in a newspaper. (2) Defining the publications in which official and legal advertising shall be published. (3) Prescribing methods for computing the charges therefor. (4) Providing that the expenses for publishing legal advertising or notices shall be taxable and collectible as costs in all matters except as otherwise provided by general rules. (5) Establishing a uniform method for determining the cost of legal advertising and legal notices, where rates, circulation of the particular publication, size of columns or pages, and kind or size of type used vary, in newspapers of different localities in this Commonwealth.