Tex. Elec. Code § 16.002 · Subchapter A. OFFICIAL NOTICE TO REGISTRAR
MENTAL INCAPACITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each month the clerk of each court having proper jurisdiction to adjudge a person mentally incapacitated shall prepare an abstract of each final judgment of a court served by the clerk, occurring in the month:
(1) adjudging a person 18 years of age or older who is a resident of the state to be:
(A) totally mentally incapacitated; or
(B) partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;
(2) adjudging the mental capacity of a person 18 years of age or older who is a resident of this state to be completely restored; or
(3) modifying the guardianship of a person 18 years of age or older to include the right to vote.
(b) The clerk shall file each abstract with the voter registrar of the person's county of residence not later than the 10th day of the month following the month in which the abstract is prepared.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 614 (H.B. 417), Sec. 25, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 614 (H.B. 417), Sec. 26, eff. September 1, 2007.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.16.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
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