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Tex. Elec. Code § 1.015 (2026)

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Sec. 1.015. RESIDENCE. (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.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 869 (S.B. 1111), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 37 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1989–2025 · leading case: Benard v. Humble, 990 S.W.2d 929 (Tex. App. 1999).
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Benard v. Humble, 990 S.W.2d 929 (Tex. App. 1999). · cites it 8× “" TEX. ELEC.CODE ANN. § 1.015 (Vernon 1986).”
Kiehne v. Jones, 247 S.W.3d 259 (Tex. App. 2007). · cites it 8× “Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 1.015(a)(Vernon 2003).”
James Alan Jenkins v. State, 468 S.W.3d 656 (Tex. App. 2015). · cites it 5× “TEX. ELEC. CODE ANN. § 1.015 (Vernon 2003).”
Owens Corning v. Carter, 997 S.W.2d 560 (Tex. 1999). · cites it 2× “1964) (“Neither bodily presence alone nor intention alone will suffice to create the residence, but when the two coincide at that moment the residence is fixed and determined.”). Thus, a permanent residence in Texas requires a home and fixed place of habitation to which a person…”
Slusher v. Streater, 896 S.W.2d 239 (Tex. App. 1995). · cites it 3× “” Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 1.015 (Vernon 1986).”
McDuffee v. Miller, 327 S.W.3d 808 (Tex. App. 2010). · cites it 3× “While the evidence as to each of the contested voter’s residences differ in some respects, our resolution of the appeal turns on the meaning of the term “residence.”
Tarris Woods v. Rusty Legg, 363 S.W.3d 710 (Tex. App. 2011). · cites it 4× “” Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 1.015(a) (West 2010).”
In Re Cullar, 320 S.W.3d 560 (Tex. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 1.015. We may not resolve factual disputes in a mandamus proceeding.”
State v. David B. Wilson, 490 S.W.3d 610 (Tex. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “Tex. Elec. Code Ann. § 1.015 (a) — (d) (Vernon 2010).”
Speights v. Willis, 88 S.W.3d 817 (Tex. App. 2002). · cites it 4× “(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.”
In Re the Est. of Steed, 152 S.W.3d 797 (Tex. App. 2005). “Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 1.015 (Vernon 2003).”
In re Perez, 508 S.W.3d 500 (Tex. App. 2016). “…that is, one’s home and fixed place of habitation to which one intends to return after any temporary absence. Tex. Elec. Code Ann. § 1.015 (a),”
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— Tex. Elec. Code § 1.015(a) — 16 cases
McDuffee v. Miller, 327 S.W.3d 808 (Tex. App. 2010). “While the evidence as to each of the contested voter’s residences differ in some respects, our resolution of the appeal turns on the meaning of the term “residence.”
James Alan Jenkins v. State, 468 S.W.3d 656 (Tex. App. 2015). “TEX. ELEC. CODE ANN. § 1.015 (Vernon 2003).”
Kiehne v. Jones, 247 S.W.3d 259 (Tex. App. 2007). “Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 1.015(a)(Vernon 2003).”
Westmoreland v. State, 174 S.W.3d 282 (Tex. App. 2005).
In Re Cullar, 320 S.W.3d 560 (Tex. App. 2010). “See Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 1.015. We may not resolve factual disputes in a mandamus proceeding.”
— Tex. Elec. Code § 1.015(b) — 9 cases
James Alan Jenkins v. State, 468 S.W.3d 656 (Tex. App. 2015). “TEX. ELEC. CODE ANN. § 1.015 (Vernon 2003).”
Benard v. Humble, 990 S.W.2d 929 (Tex. App. 1999). “" TEX. ELEC.CODE ANN. § 1.015 (Vernon 1986).”
Kiehne v. Jones, 247 S.W.3d 259 (Tex. App. 2007). “Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 1.015(a)(Vernon 2003).”
Slusher v. Streater, 896 S.W.2d 239 (Tex. App. 1995). “” Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 1.015 (Vernon 1986).”
Tarris Woods v. Rusty Legg, 363 S.W.3d 710 (Tex. App. 2011). “” Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 1.015(a) (West 2010).”
— Tex. Elec. Code § 1.015(c) — 5 cases
Kiehne v. Jones, 247 S.W.3d 259 (Tex. App. 2007). “Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 1.015(a)(Vernon 2003).”
Slusher v. Streater, 896 S.W.2d 239 (Tex. App. 1995). “” Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 1.015 (Vernon 1986).”
Benard v. Humble, 990 S.W.2d 929 (Tex. App. 1999). “" TEX. ELEC.CODE ANN. § 1.015 (Vernon 1986).”
Tarris Woods v. Rusty Legg, 363 S.W.3d 710 (Tex. App. 2011). “” Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 1.015(a) (West 2010).”
Zane Kiehne v. Thomas F. Jones (Tex. App. 2007).
— Tex. Elec. Code § 1.015(d) — 4 cases
Benard v. Humble, 990 S.W.2d 929 (Tex. App. 1999). “" TEX. ELEC.CODE ANN. § 1.015 (Vernon 1986).”
Kiehne v. Jones, 247 S.W.3d 259 (Tex. App. 2007). “Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 1.015(a)(Vernon 2003).”
Tarris Woods v. Rusty Legg, 363 S.W.3d 710 (Tex. App. 2011). “” Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 1.015(a) (West 2010).”
Zane Kiehne v. Thomas F. Jones (Tex. App. 2007).
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