Tex. Election Code Section 66.001
General Custodian of Election Records

The general custodian of election records is:

(1)

the county clerk of each county wholly or partly situated in the territory covered by the election, for an election ordered by the governor or by a county authority or for a primary election;

(2)

the city secretary, for an election ordered by a city authority; and

(3)

the secretary of the political subdivision’s governing body or, if the governing body has no secretary, the governing body’s presiding officer, for an election ordered by an authority of a political subdivision other than a county or city.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Source: Section 66.001 — General Custodian of Election Records, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.66.htm#66.001 (accessed May 26, 2025).

66.001
General Custodian of Election Records 66.002
Precinct Election Records 66.003
Envelopes for Distribution of Records 66.004
Polling Place Checklists 66.021
Assembling Election Records 66.0021
Election Day Vote Total for Certain Elections 66.022
Contents of Envelope No 66.023
Contents of Envelope No 66.024
Contents of Envelope No 66.025
Contents of Ballot Box No 66.026
Contents of Ballot Box No 66.051
Distribution of Election Records 66.052
Delivery by Election Clerk 66.053
Time for Delivering Election Records 66.054
Failure to Deliver Election Returns and Voted Ballots 66.055
Judicial Impoundment of Election Records 66.056
Unofficial Tabulation of Precinct Results 66.057
Regulating Public Inspection of Certain Election Records 66.058
Preservation of Precinct Election Records 66.059
Retrieving Erroneously Placed Election Records 66.060
Delivery and Preservation of Key to Ballot Box No 66.061
Custody of List of Registered Voters to Be Reused in Subsequent Election 66.062
Returning Equipment and Supplies 66.0241
Contents of Envelope No

Verified:
May 26, 2025

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Original Source: Section 66.001 — General Custodian of Election Records, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.66.htm#66.001 (last accessed May 10, 2025).