Constructive notice is the legal fiction that signifies that a person or entity should known, as a reasonable person would have, of a legal action taken against the.The doctrine is generally construed with regards to legal notices published, either by posting them at a designated place in a courthouse or publishing them in a newspaper designated for legal notices. Because both methods of publication are available to the general public (courthouses being open to all members of the general public, and newspapers readily available in public places such as libraries), the person to whom the notice is being issued and is considered to have received notice even if they were not actually aware of it. even if they have no actual knowledge of it.
