Section 17-3-12

Selection of precinct of residence when place of residence located partly in two or more counties, districts or precincts.

When the place of residence of any person is located partly in two or more counties, districts or precincts, such persons may select the county, district or precinct of their residence, and to that end may file a statement in writing in the office of the judge of probate of the county selected, setting forth the locality of their residence and the lines passing through the same, together with the county, district or precinct selected for residence, which statement, when filed and recorded, shall establish the residence of the person filing it in the county, district or precinct of their selection.

(Code 1896, §1559; Code 1907, §296; Acts 1920, No. 5, p. 4; Code 1923, §367; Code 1940, T. 17, §18; Code 1975, §17-3-7; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §4.)