Keith B wrote:
I think you are asking if a juvenile offense will prevent a person from getting a CHL. I do not believe a juvenile record being sealed will prevent the arrest from showing up in records for DPS. Sealed or not, they need to disclose the arrest/conviction to DPS. The best place to get a copy of the disposition is from the court clerk where the arrest/conviction took place. Lastly, depending on how long ago the event occurred will play into them being eligible. All other disqualifiers are still in play.
I have a Felony Juvenile record from 1998 when I was 13yrs old. You cannot go down to the county clerks office to get the record, that is for adult records, your juvenile record is sealed and the only way they will release it is with a judges signature, no exceptions.
Good luck getting a certified copy. When I called Juvenile probation and asked what it would take to get a certified copy of my record I was told this. I had to hire a lawyer, set a court date, go before a judge and motion the court to release my record to the DA office, have the DA office certify it for me. Sounds like a pain uh?
So I called DPS and asked if I really had to go through all that, they said no, DPS said just get juvenile probation to make out a letter with what I did, when I did it, and what I was sentenced too. So I did and it still took a judges signature to release that info to me, took about a week to get just made a few phone calls.