Tex. Elec. Code § 13.003 · Subchapter A. ELIGIBILITY; MANNER OF APPLYING FOR REGISTRATION
APPLICATION BY AGENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An applicant may appoint, either orally or in writing, an agent to perform one or more of the following acts for the applicant:
(1) complete and sign a registration application;
(2) submit an application;
(3) act on the applicant's behalf in the process of approving the application, including a challenge of the applicant;
(4) receive a registration certificate in person; and
(5) submit a notice or other applicable document for correcting registration information.
(b) To be eligible for appointment as an agent, a person must:
(1) be the applicant's spouse, parent, or child; and
(2) be a qualified voter of the county or have submitted a registration application and be otherwise eligible to vote.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 436, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.13.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Elec. Code § 13.003. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Election Code
- Tex. Elec. Code § 13.005UNLAWFULLY ACTING AS AGENT.Printed as Section 13.003(b)
- Tex. Elec. Code § 13.006PURPORTEDLY ACTING AS AGENT.Printed as Section 13.003(a) | Section 13.003(b)
- Tex. Elec. Code § 13.144DELIVERY OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE TO VOTER.Printed as Section 13.003
- Tex. Elec. Code § 13.145UNLAWFUL DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATE.Printed as Section 13.003
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