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jmra wrote:

RoyGBiv wrote:You cannot have 2 valid/unexpired copies of your license, same as drivers license.
When you move and get an updated CHL, for example, the old CHL (if unexpired), must be returned to DPS.

When I moved 5 years ago and applied for an updated CHL with correct address, the instructions I received from DPS was to destroy the original.
ETA: just looked at GC 411.181 Notice of Change of Address or Name - nothing about returning the original license.

Interesting... My above quoted text from 411.184 was from CHL-16, page 13, "Modification". Looking at TX GC 411 directly, 411.184 is no longer part of the code online. I can only assume recent legislation removed it or incorporated it into something else....

Regardless, the second license, if unexpired, cannot be kept.
jmra's first hand experience is that it's required to be destroyed. I'd go with that.

IMO, IANAL, YMMV, EIEIO

You cannot have 2 valid/unexpired copies of your license, same as drivers license.
When you move and get an updated CHL, for example, the old CHL (if unexpired), must be returned to DPS.

I suggest that you do what I do... Make a photocopy of your license and put the copy in a place where you are concerned you might have your gun but have forgotten your license. Also, scan your license and store a copy of the scan on your phone. That way, if you do forget your license you can at least show it to LE if asked. It might not be ideal, but it will show effort and may help mitigate any problems from not having the actual license. Couldn't hurt.

If you exercise with a fanny pack, that would be a good place to keep a copy.

TX GC 411.184
(d) On receipt of a modified license, the license holder shall return the previously issued license to the department.