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Texas LTC Eligibility Criteria 

  • Must be a legal resident of Texas for six months preceding the date of an application for LTC

  • Must be at least 21 years old, or eligible under Section 411.172(g), (Military Exception)

  • Must not have been convicted of a felony

  • Must not be currently charged with a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or an offense under Section  42.01 of the  Texas Penal Code (Disorderly Conduct), or of a felony

  • Must not, in the past five years preceding the date of application, been convicted of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense or of any offense under Section 42.01 of the Penal Code (Disorderly Conduct)

  • Must not be a fugitive from justice for a felony or Class A or B misdemeanor

  • Must not be chemically dependent

  • Must be capable of exercising sound judgement regarding the proper use and storage of a handgun

  • Must not be restricted under a court protective order or subject to a restraining order affecting the spousal relationship, not including a restraining order solely affecting property interests

  • Must be fully qualified under federal and state laws to purchase a handgun

  • Must not be finally determined by the attorney general to be delinquent in making child support payments

  • Must have not been finally determined to be delinquent in the payment of a tax or other money collected by the comptroller, the tax collector of a political subdivision of the state, or any agency or subdivision of the state

  • Must not have been adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct violating a penal law of the grade of felony

  • Must not have made any material misrepresentation, or failed to disclose any material fact, in an application or request for application submitted pursuant to 37 TAC Chapter 6 and Chapter 411 of the Texas Government Code. 

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