Amount of Deposit

Requesting Recount · Deposit for Costs of Recount

The amount of the recount deposit is:

(1) $60 for each election day polling location or precinct, whichever results in a smaller amount, in which regular paper ballots were used; and

(2) $100 for each election day polling location or precinct, whichever results in a smaller amount, in which an electronic voting system was used.

Official text of the Texas Election Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

Official source

Legislative history

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 59, Sec. 6, eff. Oct. 20, 1987; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.66; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 583, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1107 (H.B. 2309), Sec. 2.15, eff. January 1, 2006.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1235 (S.B. 1970), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 3107), Sec. 94, eff. September 1, 2021.