Texas Election Code
§ 221.016 — PRESERVATION OF CONTEST PAPERS
EL § 221.016Title 14. ELECTION CONTESTS · Part A. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS · Ch. 221. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)The papers of a contest in the district court shall be preserved under the rules applicable to the papers in a civil suit.
(b)The papers of a contest in a tribunal other than a court shall be preserved for 10 years after the date the contest is disposed of and shall then be transferred to the state library.
Legislative history
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.