# Tex. Election Code § 1.015: RESIDENCE

> Texas · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cel_C1_S1.015

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Election Code § 1.015
- **Heading:** RESIDENCE
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code el / Chapter 1 / Section 1.015

## Text

(a) In this code, "residence" means domicile, that is, one's home and fixed place of habitation to which one intends to return after any temporary absence.

(b) A person may not establish residence for the purpose of influencing the outcome of a certain election.

(c) A person does not lose the person's residence by leaving the person's home to go to another place for temporary purposes only.

(d) A person does not acquire a residence in a place to which the person has come for temporary purposes only and without the intention of making that place the person's home.

(e) A person who is an inmate in a penal institution or who is an involuntary inmate in a hospital or eleemosynary institution does not, while an inmate, acquire residence at the place where the institution is located.

(f) A person may not establish a residence at any place the person has not inhabited. A person may not designate a previous residence as a home and fixed place of habitation unless the person inhabits the place at the time of designation and intends to remain.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Election Code § 1.001 § 1.001. SHORT TITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cel_C1_S1.001.md)
- [Tex. Election Code § 1.002 § 1.002. APPLICABILITY OF CODE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cel_C1_S1.002.md)
- [Tex. Election Code § 1.003 § 1.003. CONSTRUCTION OF CODE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cel_C1_S1.003.md)
- [Tex. Election Code § 1.004 § 1.004. INTERNAL REFERENCES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cel_C1_S1.004.md)
- [Tex. Election Code § 1.005 § 1.005. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cel_C1_S1.005.md)
- [Tex. Election Code § 1.006 § 1.006. EFFECT OF WEEKEND OR HOLIDAY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cel_C1_S1.006.md)
- [Tex. Election Code § 1.007 § 1.007. DELIVERING, SUBMITTING, AND FILING DOCUMENTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cel_C1_S1.007.md)
- [Tex. Election Code § 1.008 § 1.008. TIMELINESS OF ACTION BY MAIL.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cel_C1_S1.008.md)
- [Tex. Election Code § 1.009 § 1.009. TIME OF RECEIPT OF MAILED DOCUMENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cel_C1_S1.009.md)
- [Tex. Election Code § 1.010 § 1.010. AVAILABILITY OF OFFICIAL FORMS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cel_C1_S1.010.md)
- [Tex. Election Code § 1.011 § 1.011. SIGNING DOCUMENT BY WITNESS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cel_C1_S1.011.md)
- [Tex. Election Code § 1.012 § 1.012. PUBLIC INSPECTION OF ELECTION RECORDS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cel_C1_S1.012.md)
- [Tex. Election Code § 1.013 § 1.013. DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cel_C1_S1.013.md)
- [Tex. Election Code § 1.014 § 1.014. ELECTION EXPENSES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cel_C1_S1.014.md)

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