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You are supposed to be able to provide DPS with all such information. I would begin by contacting the jurisdiction in which you were arrested and held and see what they say. If your searches and theirs have returned nothing, then go ahead and try to submit your application. It may be that charges were dropped, and that's why there is no record of conviction. If DPS does find an area of concern where they need more data, they will contact you by written letter asking for further disposition information, which will hold up processing your app until that information has been provided. As an American born overseas, it happened to me. I had to send them a photocopy of my certificate of live birth signed by the American Consul in Casablanca, as soon as they received it, my application took another month or so to process.......but that was back when processing was averaging 60-90 days for nearly everybody.

If you have a security clearance, can pass a NICS check, and have a reckless driving offence 17 years ago as a minor, I seriously doubt that it will be an issue. In Texas, reckless driving is a misdemeanor, so it matters to you if it was a class A, B, or C misdemeanor if you were in fact convicted. A class A or B misdemeanor conviction disqualifies you for a CHL for a period of 5 years after date of conviction. That time has long passed, so even if you had an A or B conviction, your period of disqualification ended in 2003. ........and all of that assumes that you actually had a conviction......

Better legal minds than mine may correct me if I'm wrong.