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Greetings!

I have already submitted my application online; DPS website shows "Application processed online. CHL waiting on receipt of final materials." It was only after I submitted my application online, that I noticed while reading a hardcopy application at a later date, the criminal history asks you to list not only any past criminal charges, but also all arrests no matter how long ago or how minor.

I was arrested twice in 1994 when I was young and dumb. Once for a traffic ticket warrant for a defective vehicle part. I was arrested again later that year for having a small chrome-like pipe with a burnt end in my pocket during a party at a house which was visited by city police on a report of underage drinking occuring. I have already visited the County Sheriff's Department (County & City Jail), and the arrest history shows:

Offense:
Possession/Deliver
Def LP Light 95.00

It sounds very bad that it says "POSSESSION/DELIVER" yet cuts off the PARAPHANELIA part, so I visited the District Clerk. I obtained certified copies of no records of felony convictions, and a certified copy of a misdemeanor criminal search showing no records of any misdemeanor cases against me, going back seven years prior to the arrests in 1994. I also went to the city PD deparment and obtained the police report from that particular incident, showing I was arrested for "481.125 POSS/DEL PARA," however no case was ever filed in the matter with the District/County Court. The statute of limitations for filing a misdemeanor charge is two years (and they're about 17 years too late). Should I also visit and get certified records from the City Municipal Court showing no misdemeanor charges/cases?

Now, my question: Should I contact the DPS to amend my criminal history, and (since I know the answer is yes), how do I go about doing so? The County Sheriff's Arrest Record document looks very bad, showing POSS/DEL without listing paraphenlia, and makes it looks like it was a drug dealing charge. Do I need to submit that, or will the County/District Certified Court showing no felony/misdemeanor charges do alone? Should I send a voluntary CH-78C listing the arrests (no need for the arrest records to be submitted then) along with the court documents showing no charges were ever filed?


Most sincerley,

Miss 6AM

I see it is your first post, so welcome.

I am not as conversant with DPS as some of the more knowledgeable people around here, but if I were in your shoes I think I would send an explanatory letter with supporting documentation via certified mail. In the letter, I would simply say I was correcting an error in my application.

Thanks!

I e-mailed DPS with an explanation and attached a .PDF of the documentation.... Will report back what I find out.

You will probably get a snail mail request for documentation of the arrests. If what you mentioned above isn't, you'll need a certified copy of the disposition from the court/jurisdiction to send to DPS. Hopefully that will be all.

I spoke to the DPS today (waiting about 5 minutes before my call was answered). The gentleman I spoke to assured me that emailing the .PDF copies of the certified County/District Court Clerk's searches was enough to add to my application packet and shouldn't be anything to worry about so long as they show no convictions/deferred adjudications, etc.

I feel a bit better .... now it's time for the long wait.

Awesome. Oh, and welcome to the forum.

Background check completed and manufacture pending!!!

Miss 6AM wrote:Background check completed and manufacture pending!!!

Gratz to you hun!