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Publish a legal notice online
A clear map of when Notice Nearby is a legal publisher versus a public register.
“Publish a legal notice online” is a real job for counsel, agencies, and personal representatives who are tired of faxing a newspaper and hoping the tearsheet arrives. It is also a phrase that gets abused by sites that imply any web post satisfies a statute. Notice Nearby is today’s most sophisticated public notice system — and it is honest about state rules. New Jersey, Virginia, and Florida receive Legal Publication and an Affidavit of Publication. Every other state receives a paid Public Register Placement — public proof of posting for one year, with a Placement Certificate.
Search engines send people here with that query. The useful answer is a product choice, not a slogan. Read the two products below, then pick the state on the form. If you only remember one sentence: affidavits are for New Jersey, Virginia, and Florida Legal Publication.
Two products, not one vague “posting”
Legal Publication is for New Jersey, Virginia, and Florida. Choose Legal Publication when the venue is one of those three states. You pay a word-tier rate times insertions (Standard $79.00, Long $119.00, Extra long $179.00, 10,000-word maximum). Proof is an Affidavit of Publication that lists every run date, usually signed in about 1–2 hours on average after Publisher review (typical, not a guarantee). The public URL is the official placement. That is legal-publication framing, not a promise that a particular court has already accepted your file.
Public Register Placement is for every other state and the District of Columbia. You pay a flat 1-year fee (Standard $49.00, Long $69.00, Extra long $99.00). Proof is a Placement Certificate — public proof of posting for one year. The notice is searchable here for that window. Counsel confirms any additional newspaper step a local statute names.
Why proof matters as much as the post
A legal notice that cannot be found later is a liability. Notice Nearby assigns a publication number, stores the full text, hashes it, signs a receipt, and permanently anchors the content hash on Base. The chain holds the fingerprint — hash, publication number, notice id, timestamp — not the body. Lawyers can verify without learning a wallet workflow. That is Publish. Prove. Anchor forever. It is not a token sale and it is not court acceptance.
Start on /publish. Choose the state. The form quotes the correct product. Pay on Stripe. Unpaid drafts never go live. First-time filers can take 50% off with an NN50-XXXX code from the capture form on this page or on publish.
State-specific starting points
New Jersey probate and creditor notices: notice to creditors and probate legal notice. Florida estates: Florida probate publication. Virginia publisher proof: affidavit of publication. Channel choice: online vs newspaper. Publisher identity: about.
Sample pages (fictional seed data) show the public record you will get: a signed New Jersey affidavit, a Florida probate notice. Do not copy those bodies into a real filing.
A workable office habit: open /publish, pick the state, and take the product the form quotes. New Jersey, Virginia, and Florida quote Legal Publication and an affidavit. Every other state quotes Public Register Placement and a Placement Certificate. Many offices also keep a newspaper tearsheet when counsel wants both records. The hash is the fingerprint the newspaper does not give you.
Publish here when you want the notice live, proven, and anchored. Nothing here is legal advice.
Place this notice
Legal Publication in New Jersey, Virginia, and Florida from $79.00 per insertion. Public Register Placement everywhere else from $49.00. First-time filers can capture a single-use 50% code, then enter it on /publish before Stripe Checkout.
50% off first use
One NN50-XXXX code per email. Checkout applies it before you pay.
Questions counsel actually asks
- Can I publish any state’s legal notice here?
- Yes. Choose Legal Publication when the venue is New Jersey, Virginia, or Florida — that product includes an Affidavit of Publication. Public Register Placement is designed for every other state: a one-year public posting and a Placement Certificate.
- How does this sit next to a newspaper?
- Notice Nearby is the place to publish and prove online. Counsel confirms how that placement fits local rules. Many offices also keep a newspaper run when they want both records.
- Is there a free listing?
- No. Every new notice is paid. First-time filers can request a 50% single-use code.
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Notice Nearby · Publish. Prove. Anchor forever. Nothing on this page is legal advice. Confirm the governing statute with counsel before you file.