"state in advance" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when you want to express that you have already communicated something before it happened. For example: "I always state in advance when I will be arriving for meetings so that everyone is prepared."
DHS shall provide written notice to the State in advance of an inspection visit.
For the same reason, it would be foolish to tell them about overhauling the welfare state in advance of the Andalusian election.
You must state in advance that in the computer memory certain locations are going to be used for certain specific things.
They are brokers who promise to state in advance their fees, as well as most third-party-fees, excluding items like interest and escrow expenses.
Her campaign has also been accused of making secret and improper payments to Kent Sorenson, an Iowa state senator and popular Republican conservative leader in the state, in advance of the nominating caucuses.
Ducey, a technology enthusiast who went for a ride in a self-driving Waymo car on Monday, tweeted several invitations for Uber to move to his state in advance of Thursday's announcement, using the hashtag #ditchcalifornia.
He contends that "it would muzzle all the states in advance forever".
To find the attitude of health centre patients to the Document of Wishes stated in Advance (DWA).
The rules, at Mr. Madoff's request, were clearly stated in advance by the Sterling partners to investors invited into the club.
Admission to each graduate degree program is competitive, based on the pool of applicants each year rather than on standard criteria that can be stated in advance.
We hadn't stated in advance that a tally would be taken, but each of us had known that the other would be counting, even as we spoke about other things.
