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LegalText 52 U.S.C. § 20701 Retention and preservation of records and papers by officers of elections; deposit with custodian; penalty for violation us united_states_code code_section 52 VOTING AND ELECTIONS 207 FEDERAL ELECTION RECORDS 20701 52 U.S.C. § 20701 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc52@119-100.zip /us/usc/t52/s20701 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-52/usc52.xml 0633004d50c58d9eb48ca90664af31b05f308d8a479db3521361f61f89a90977 5600bd7cd3d8c74d24829ef745020a0f713944161d1d371581a369704150a87a e8601f0c16dd79a2ceac7e7615d559550e5cdc47827dda7d988ba7a122c3863d 2026-07-04 official
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52 U.S.C. § 20701 - Retention and preservation of records and papers by officers of elections; deposit with custodian; penalty for violation

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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. 86449, title III, § 301, May 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 88.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1974 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.