Gov. Moore should convene the legal ads forum he promised - Maryland Matters

Gov. Moore should convene the legal ads forum he promised - Maryland Matters

A worker poses by the presses of the Daily Republic in Fairfield, California, in this 2018 file photo. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Amber Carter/U.S. Air Force)Maryland law mandates that estate beneficiaries pay hundreds of dollars, plus transaction costs, to place legal ads in a local newspaper announcing an estate’s opening. In 2024 and 2025, Maryland’s legislature introduced bills to revoke that mandate and instead allow such notices to be posted for…