Nov 30 - How do you say "It says here that..."

Hi everyone!

Okay so I'm a native Swedish speaker and in Swedish if you, as an example, are reading loud from a paper we for some reason say "It stands here that..." whereas in English you'd probably say "It says here that...". An other example would be if you are telling someone about a sign, you could say "This sign says no smoking". What verb is used for these situations in Spanish? Decir? So would my sentences be "Aqui dice que..." and "Este signo dice prohibido fumar"?

Thank you

Carolina