ADVERTISING TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- Advertisers under contract will be protected at their contract rates for 60 days after the effective date of new rates.
- Advertisers will be included in the advertisers' index. Publisher is not responsible for error or omission in the advertisers' index.
- Cancellations or changes in insertion orders must be received in writing 60 days prior to month of publication. An advertiser cancelling after the space insertion deadline must pay the full charge for space.
- Advertisers who fail to complete a committed schedule will be subject to a short rate.
PAYMENT POLICY
- First-time advertisers must submit payment for one month's advertising along with insertion order. NCRA reserves the right to require payment in advance until credit is established.
- Invoices are payable on receipt. If payment is not received within 30 days after the invoice date, a service charge of 1.5 percent per month will be incurred. Failure to keep account up-to-date will result in cancellation of contract.
- Advertisers with accounts that are outstanding 60 days or more by the space closing date of the current issue may be restricted from advertising until account is brought up-to-date.
- All invoices are payable in U.S. funds.
ADVERTISING AGENCY POLICY
- Agency commission (15 percent of gross billing) is allowed to recognized agencies only on space, position and color.
- Commission is not allowed on production charges. Court Reporter Listings/CLVS Listings are not commissionable.
- Any insertion of advertising made by an advertising agency represents an acceptance by the agency and client of all the terms and conditions of the rate card applicable to the issue in which such insertion is published.
- Advertisers and their agencies are jointly responsible for payment of all insertions.
NCRA ADVERTISING POLICY
Effective November 15, 1993 (Lastest Revision August 16, 2002).
- No advertisement submitted for publication in any NCRA publication may be false, misleading, deceptive, in poor taste, or contrary to the purposes and objectives of NCRA. NCRA has the right to refuse advertising from any vendor whose activities are contrary to the purpose and objectives of NCRA.
- Although the NCRA certifications and their abbreviations are personal certifications, the phrase "includes RPRs" or "includes Registered Professional Reporters" may be used by a court reporting entity in its advertisements, if a majority of the reporters employed by or independently contracted for by said firm or entity hold said certification. This policy shall equally apply to other NCRA designations.
- Only designations currently conferred by NCRA, as well as designations for a court reporter that are officially recognized by the state in which the court reporter is licensed to practice, may be used to refer to the services or skills of a court reporter in an advertisement appearing in an NCRA publication. This Advertising Policy is not intended to prohibit or restrict the use of academic degrees or other professional designations unrelated to court reporting skills or services in advertisements appearing in NCRA publications.
- A reporting firm may advertise its freelance shorthand reporting services in any NCRA publication if a majority of the reporters employed by the firm or with whom the firm contracts for reporting services are members in good standing of NCRA and are actively engaged in shorthand reporting.
- A copy of this Advertising Policy shall be given to each person or entity that submits an advertisement for publication in an NCRA publication. The person or firm submitting the advertisement must (1) certify that such advertisement complies with the above requirements; and (2) agree to provide, upon request, satisfactory proof that the above requirements are satisfied.
- NCRA retains the right to reject any advertisement submitted for publication in an NCRA publication if, in its judgment, such advertisement does not meet all the requirements specified in this Advertising Policy.
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