Piney wrote:Greetings--
You can request your own criminal history (background check) from the DPS. There is a fee involved. You also have to submit a set of fingerprint cards.
If there is any history on your record, this should show it. It *should* also show the charge, date, and court of jurisdiction. However, if its a juvie record, that may or may not show depending on the exact details of the charge/conviction, ect.
The background check fee is less than submitting a CHL app and its non-refundable fee.
This is a weird one, because I have been arrested for non-payment of speeding tickets many times (when i was younger/dumber). I sent off for the records, as you describe above. I just got my fingerprint card back yesterday from Austin, and it reads "No Criminal Record". So now I am in the texasonline.com CHL application and wondering if I put "no criminal record" in the questionaire? The whole reason I sent off for the criminal records check is so I could accurately enter in my arrests with dates. Even more strange is that one of these arrests was for non payment of a speeding ticket, from a Texas State Trooper in Lampasas?? I wish I knew if it was the same database that they are checking for CHL. I'm not into lying but I would not divulge any information that was not pertinant. In other words, why stir the pot? I wish someone who really knew the deal would tell me what to do!