Tex. Elec. Code § 276.005 · Chapter 276. MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES AND OTHER PROVISIONS
VOTER'S PRIVILEGE FROM ARREST.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A voter may not be arrested during the voter's attendance at an election and while going to and returning from a polling place except for treason, a felony, or a breach of peace.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.276.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 38bb1cb40be67282a02fe7237658c11a3b951865adbb847dd72762347c127069
- Composed by
- 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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