(1) The election commissions shall only accept such lists of candidates the submitters of which have paid a security deposit for the relevant list into a special deposit account of the council election commission. The security deposit for the list of candidates in the council elections shall be 15 euros for each councillor to be elected.

(2) [17 June 2020]

(3) The bank issues the payers of the security deposit with a document which indicates who has deposited the money, the name of the list of candidates for which the security deposit was paid and the date when the security deposit was paid. The paid security deposit gives the right to submit a list of candidates of one name for one council elections. If at least one candidate is elected from the list of candidates of such a name in the relevant council elections, the security deposit shall be returned to the payers; if no one is elected, the election commission shall transfer the security deposit in the budget of the relevant local government.

[6 November 1996; 11 November 2004; 2 October 2008; 12 September 2013; 17 June 2020