Texas Election Code - Section 251.007. Timeliness Of Action By Mail
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§ 251.007. TIMELINESS OF ACTION BY MAIL. 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.
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, § 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1987.
Section: 243.013 251.001 251.002 251.003 251.004 251.005 251.006 251.007 251.008 251.009 251.032 251.033 252.001 252.0011 252.002
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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