County

Newspaper

Telephone

Base Rate

Estimate

Adams

Asotin

Benton

Prosser Record Bulletin

509 786-1711

$7.83/in

$150

Tri-City Herald

509 582-1464

$15.73/in

$250

Wenatchee World

509 661-6370

$15.66/in

$300

Clallam

Peninsula Daily News

360 417-3556

$9/in

$150-200

Sequim Gazette

360-683-3311

$7.50/in

$125

Clark

Battleground Reflector

360 687-5151

$80 Flat

Vancouver Columbian

360 993-5050

$1.35/L

$200-250

Columbia

Cowlitz

Longview Daily News

360 577-2584

$1.31/L + $1.20/L

$200-250

Douglas

Ferry

Franklin

Tri-City Herald

See Benton

Garfield

Grant

Columbia Basin Herald

509 765-4561

$6.33/in

$250

Coulee City News & Standard

509 632-5402

$5/in

$195

Grays Harbor

Aberdeen Daily World

360 532-4000

$10.35/in (if Emailed)

Montesano Vidette

360 249-3311

$200 Flat

Stanwood/Camano News

360 629-8066

$7.50/in

$150

Jefferson

King

Daily Journal of Commerce

206 622-8272

$105 Flat

Kitsap

Bainbridge Review

206 842-6613

$13.50/in

$350

Bremerton Sun

360 415-2687

$10.12/in

$300

Kittitas

Klickitat

Goldendale Sentinel

509 773-3777

$6.25/in

Lewis

Centralia Chronicle

360 736-3311

$1/L

$175-250

East County Journal

360 496-5993

$6.50/in

$100

Tenino Independent

360 264-2500

$7.95/in

$150-180

Lincoln

Mason

Sheldon-Mason County Journal

360 426-4412

$7.50/in

$125

Okanogan

Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune

509 476-3602

$7.95/in

Pacific

Chinook Observer

360 642-8181

$14.50/in

$275

Pend Oreille

Pierce

Tacoma Daily Index

253 627-4853

$117 Flat

San Juan

Skagit

Skagit Valley Argus

360 755-0195

$5.20/in

$125-175

Skamania

Skamania County Pioneer

509 427-8444

$5.25/in

$150

Snohomish

Everett Herald

425 339-3100

$14.84/in + $14.42/in

$250

Spokane

Cheney Free Press

509 235-6184

$115 Flat

Deer Park Tribune

509 276-5043

$7.50/in

$125

Spokane Spokesman Review

509 459-5121

$2.81/L

$425

Stevens

Thurston

Olympia Olympian

360 704-6884

$1.83/L

Nisqually Valley News

360 458-2681

$170 Flat

Tenino Independent

360 264-2500

$7.95/in

$160

Wahkiakum

Walla Walla

Waitsburg Times

509 337-6631

$5.35/in

$80-120

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

509 525-3300

$7.30/in + $6.37/in

$100-150

Whatcom

Bellingham Herald

360 676-2600

$1.88/L + $1.60/L

$350

Whitman

Yakima Herald

509 577-7740

$18.96/in + $15.18/in

$350

Notes:

1.  "Flat" means the total charge for publishing any Notice to Creditors 3 times.
 

2.  "/in" means the charge for one publication per inch of copy.  The Everett Herald said that with the printing type that they use, $12.60/in is equivalent to $0.90/L, so these two different ways of quoting charges may be related on the basis of 1 inch = 14 Lines (at least for the style of type used by the Everett Herald).
 

3.  "/L" means the charge for one publication per line of copy.
 

4.  If more than one rate is given, the first rate is the charge for the first publication and the second rate is the charge for each successive publication.
 

5.  "Estimate" means that newspaper's average charge for publishing a Notice to Creditors 3 times.  Many salespersons indicated that a Notice to Creditors was seldom shorter than 5 inches, usually was around 7 inches, and occasionally was over 10 inches (eg, multiple Personal Representatives, each with their own attorney).  Consequently, the total charge for publishing a 7 inch Notice to Creditors 3 times at a charge of $10/in would be 7 x 3 x $10 = $210.
 

6.  Many papers charge more for weekend or Sunday publication.  The above charges are all for weekday publication.
 

7.  Most newspapers' charge includes their fee for supplying an Affidavit of Publishing, but some do not (eg, Olympia Olympian: $8.50, Bellingham Herald: $13).
 

8.  The rates shown above were obtained in December, 2002 (or later) for publication in January, 2003 (or later).
 

9.  Many counties, and most of the more populous counties, have not only a "popular" newspaper but also a "commercial" newspaper that has a lower, often "flat" rate.  Publication at the lower rate produces just as "legal" a notice as does publication at a more expensive rate.
 

10.  If the above list omits a newspaper in your county:

• Check the WNPA Member Directory by County or the WNPA Member Newspapers by City
  or

• Go to Washington Superior Courts and click on your county.

• From that county's directory, obtain the phone number of its Superior Court Clerk's Office.

• Telephone the Clerk and ask for the names of the newspapers where Probate Notices to Creditors are usually published for that county --- many of the clerks will provide two or three.

• Use Google to obtain the website for each newspaper.

• From that newspaper's website, obtain the phone number for its classified department.

• Telephone the newspaper, ask to speak to "Legal ads", and obtain the rate.