{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-221.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 221.004","heading":"DEFAULT JUDGMENT NOT ALLOWED.","body":"A default judgment may not be rendered in an election contest.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 14. ELECTION CONTESTS","SUBTITLE A. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 221. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.221.htm#221.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"9379fa5c9aa4b67c888d3f0eb37a67d62fff62afe7b02ae887c4016c80e5e68c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-221.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-221.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}