Tex. Election Code § 251.007
TIMELINESS OF ACTION BY MAIL
Texas · Texas Election Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Election Code § 251.007, TIMELINESS OF ACTION BY MAIL, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/641745
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When this title requires a notice, report, or other document or paper to be delivered, submitted, or filed within a specified period or before a specified deadline, a delivery, submission, or filing by first-class United States mail or common or contract carrier is timely, except as otherwise provided by this title, if:
(1) it is properly addressed with postage or handling charges prepaid; and
(2) it bears a post office cancellation mark or a receipt mark of a common or contract carrier indicating a time within the period or before the deadline, or if the person required to take the action furnishes satisfactory proof that it was deposited in the mail or with a common or contract carrier within the period or before the deadline.