... the other (a felony at that time, now a class C misdemeanor) I was fingerprinted, photographed, "booked". but then released ( I was a passenger in a car, but I didn't do the thing accused, another in the car did, Police discovered that fact and charges were dropped if any were filed)
So, released to parents both times
When the Harris County/District clerks kept saying "we can't find anything" I printed out from their site (which only went back so many years) and the State's site and sent them those "No records found" and asked for a letter, and sent $20.00 or something. Then they sent a letter with their Seal on it certified stamp etc ...
It's sort of like an "Affidavit of no records" which medical providers do sometimes.
That letter, along with the County clerk or District clerk (I forget which) and State printouts was acceptable to the DPS.
The clerk took almost a month to get it back to me, so if you wait for a DPS letter saying you have 20 days to provide ..... you'll have to hope the mailman walks really fast
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That said, I have a real common name, I got a DPS letter asking for records/Clerk letters from some State I'd never even been to ... ... got that cleared up too
Whoever was arrested in that State with my name, did it while I was in grade school ... and the DPS saw his D.O.B. and figured it wasn't me