Tex. Occ. Code § 2035.009 · Subchapter A. LEGALIZATION ELECTION
VERIFICATION OF PETITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 277.003, Election Code, the county clerk shall, on request of any person, check each name on the petition to determine whether the signer is a registered county voter.
(b) The person requesting this verification by the county clerk shall pay the county clerk a sum equal to 20 cents per name before commencement of the verification.
(c) The county clerk may not count a signature if there is reason to believe that:
(1) the signature is not the actual signature of the purported signer;
(2) the voter registration certificate number is incorrect;
(3) the signature duplicates a name or handwriting used in any other signature on the petition;
(4) the residence address of the signer is incorrect; or
(5) the name of the voter is not signed exactly as the name appears on the official copy of the current list of registered voters for the voting year in which the petition is issued.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 963 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2019.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2035.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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