California · Government Code

GOV §6001: A newspaper devoted to the interests, or published for the entertainment or instruction of a particular class, profession, trade, calling, race, or denomination, or for any number thereof, when the av

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This statute defines a newspaper as one devoted to the interests or entertainment of a particular class, profession, trade, calling, race, or denomination.

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A newspaper devoted to the interests, or published for the entertainment or instruction of a particular class, profession, trade, calling, race, or denomination, or for any number thereof, when the avowed purpose is to entertain or instruct such classes, is not a newspaper of general circulation.

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