heck yes I've been arrested I'm from Texas.
'Nuff said!Yes you need to get the dispositions on stuff that happened out of state as well.
You will need to have those "disposition" to mail with your packet when you send it off. You'll have to put on your thinking cap and remember where the arrests(going to jail and being booked) took place. Then request certified dispositions from the law enforcement agency where it happened. I'd start with the county criminal court clerk first. Call them and tell them what you are looking for, and they can tell you what you need to do.
Some people stop at the County level....I didn't. I also went to the city level, of where arrests took place, and asked THEM for certified dispositions on everything they had on me. It took a while & 2 trips but luckily they were in the immediate area.
To help you understand, this is what I did. Not saying it's the best way, but it worked for me.
1. Went to Tarrant County criminal court clerk and got certified dispositions on an issue I had back in 1983: bounced check. Never did get arrested, but was sent a letter saying a warrant was issued and take care of it immediately....I did. But the record was there, so I got what Tarrant County calls the disposition, "Final Sentence and Judgment". Certified, of course.
2. Went to Arlington PD and got dispositions from them on an arrest in 2002 for not paying traffic tickets(expired inspection, registration). I got the ticket in Euless, but Arlington PD arrested me and booked me. So I had to get disposition from them.
3. Went to City of Euless on disposition from those traffic tickets(I did community service instead of paying the $976.00 fine).
4. I got a full background check from both Arlington AND Euless, and got them certified. Looking back on it, I prolly didn't need it but I was taking NO chances for the CHL application to get a hitch in the giddyup.
5. After I got all that together, I wrote out a detailed explanation of ALL of those infractions(how I got them and how I got them taken care of). I wound up with 2 pages of explanation in landscape format!
And that's exactly what they wanted. FULL disclosure, and explanation. For me, I sailed through the process without any problem at all. I'm not saying my way's the best way.....only that it worked for me.
Hope that helps a lil bit.
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