Section 6-8-62 Specification of weeks and days; time for publication prior to proceeding or act to be done.
Section 6-8-62
Specification of weeks and days; time for publication prior to proceeding or act to be done.
(a) When the notice is required to be given for a specified number of weeks, it must be given by consecutive weekly insertions for the number of weeks so specified. When the notice is of a proceeding to be had or of an act to be done on a specified day:
(1) If the publication is for one week, the insertion must be not less than six days before such day;
(2) If for two weeks, the first insertion must be at least 12 days before such day;
(3) If for three weeks, the first insertion must be at least 18 days before such day;
(4) If for four weeks, the first insertion must be at least 24 days before such day;
(5) If for five weeks, the first insertion must be at least 30 days before such day;
(6) If for six weeks, the first insertion must be at least 36 days before such day; and
(7) So on at the same rate of increase, the time to be computed as provided in Section 1-1-4.
(b) When the time is specified in days, two weeks' notice is equal to 15 days' notice; three weeks to 20 days; four weeks to 30 days; and six weeks to 40 days.
(Code 1896, §3043; Code 1907, §5184; Code 1923, §9260; Code 1940, T. 7, §716.)