Tex. Elec. Code § 63.0011 · Chapter 63. ACCEPTING VOTER
STATEMENT OF RESIDENCE REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Before a voter may be accepted for voting, an election officer shall ask the voter if the voter's residence address on the precinct list of registered voters is current and whether the voter has changed residence within the county. If the voter's address is omitted from the precinct list under Section 18.005(c), the officer shall ask the voter if the voter's residence, if listed, on identification presented by the voter under Section 63.001(b) is current and whether the voter has changed residence within the county.
(b) If the voter's residence address is not current because the voter has changed residence within the county, the voter may vote, if otherwise eligible, in the election precinct in which the voter is registered if the voter resides in the county in which the voter is registered and, if applicable:
(1) resides in the political subdivision served by the authority ordering the election if the political subdivision is other than the county; or
(2) resides in the territory covered by the election in a less-than-countywide election ordered by the governor or a county authority.
(c) Before being accepted for voting, the voter must execute and submit to an election officer a statement including:
(1) a statement that the voter satisfies the applicable residence requirements prescribed by Subsection (b);
(2) all of the information that a person must include in an application to register to vote under Section 13.002; and
(3) the date the statement is submitted to the election officer.
(c-1) The statement described by Subsection (c) must include a field for the voter to enter the voter's current county of residence.
(d) The voter registrar shall provide to the general custodian of election records a sufficient number of statements of residence for use in each election.
(e) The voter registrar shall retain each statement of residence on file with the voter's voter registration application.
(f) Information included on a statement of residence under Subsection (c)(2) is subject to Section 13.004(c).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 594 (H.B. 41), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 927 (H.B. 3069), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 123 (S.B. 14), Sec. 10, eff. January 1, 2012.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1178 (S.B. 910), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 3107), Sec. 41, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1152 (S.B. 2217), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 17 (S.B. 54), Sec. 2, eff. December 4, 2025.
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.63.htm
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This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Election Code
- Tex. Elec. Code § 13.002APPLICATION REQUIRED.Printed as Section 13.002
- Tex. Elec. Code § 13.004RECORDING AND DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REGISTRAR.Printed as Section 13.004(c)
- Tex. Elec. Code § 18.005FORM AND CONTENTS OF LIST.Printed as Section 18.005(c)
- Tex. Elec. Code § 63.001REGULAR PROCEDURE FOR ACCEPTING VOTER.Printed as Section 63.001(b)
Cited by 9 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Elec. Code § 63.0011. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Election Code
- Tex. Elec. Code § 11.004VOTING IN PRECINCT OF FORMER RESIDENCE.Printed as Section 63.0011
- Tex. Elec. Code § 15.022CORRECTION OF REGISTRATION RECORDS.Printed as Section 63.0011
- Tex. Elec. Code § 15.025EFFECTIVE DATE OF CERTAIN CHANGES IN REGISTRATION INFORMATION.Printed as Section 63.0011
- Tex. Elec. Code § 15.112AUTHORIZATION TO VOTE ON STATEMENT.Printed as Section 63.0011
- Tex. Elec. Code § 16.037REINSTATEMENT OF REGISTRATION.Printed as Section 63.0011
- Tex. Elec. Code § 63.001REGULAR PROCEDURE FOR ACCEPTING VOTER.Printed as Section 63.0011
- Tex. Elec. Code § 66.0241CONTENTS OF ENVELOPE NO. 4.Printed as Section 63.0011
- Tex. Elec. Code § 87.041ACCEPTING VOTER.Printed as Section 63.0011
- Tex. Elec. Code § 272.011BILINGUAL ELECTION MATERIALS REQUIRED IN CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.Printed as Section 63.0011
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