{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-13.142","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 13.142","heading":"INITIAL REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE.","body":"(a) After approval of a registration application, the registrar shall:\n(1) prepare a voter registration certificate and issue the original certificate to the applicant; and\n(2) enter the applicant's county election precinct number and registration number on the applicant's registration application.\n(b) In this code, \"initial certificate\" means a registration certificate issued under this section.\n(c) An initial certificate takes effect on the effective date of the registration and expires the following January 1 of an even-numbered year.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 436, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 53, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 3107), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 2. VOTER QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION","CHAPTER 13. APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION; INITIAL REGISTRATION","SUBCHAPTER F. INITIAL REGISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.13.htm#13.142","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"4ed98be804ebbf406b1bb571d3eab032f61c5616fdc1b63ec970f927de8645c9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-13.141","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-13.143"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}