2015 US Code
Title 52 - Voting and Elections (Sections 10101 - 30146)
Subtitle II - Voting Assistance and Election Administration (Sections 20101 - 21145)
Chapter 207 - Federal Election Records (Sections 20701 - 20706)
Sec. 20701 - Retention and preservation of records and papers by officers of elections; deposit with custodian; penalty for violation
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 52 - VOTING AND ELECTIONS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 52 - VOTING AND ELECTIONS Subtitle II - Voting Assistance and Election Administration CHAPTER 207 - FEDERAL ELECTION RECORDS Sec. 20701 - Retention and preservation of records and papers by officers of elections; deposit with custodian; penalty for violation |
Contains | section 20701 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 86-449, title III, §301, May 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 88. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 74 Stat. 88 |
Public and Private Law | Public Law 86-449 |
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Every officer of election shall retain and preserve, for a period of twenty-two months from the date of any general, special, or primary election of which candidates for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, or Resident Commissioner from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are voted for, all records and papers which come into his possession relating to any application, registration, payment of poll tax, or other act requisite to voting in such election, except that, when required by law, such records and papers may be delivered to another officer of election and except that, if a State or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico designates a custodian to retain and preserve these records and papers at a specified place, then such records and papers may be deposited with such custodian, and the duty to retain and preserve any record or paper so deposited shall devolve upon such custodian. Any officer of election or custodian who willfully fails to comply with this section shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(Pub. L. 86–449, title III, §301, May 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 88.)
CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 1974 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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