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DustinB, thanks. This is what I will do in December.

I tried this in August, but I had to return to school before the documents were ready, so now I have to re-request them.

I really wish I did not have to include these copies, since the DPS has access to this information anyway. What is the point?...

Thanks for the comments, all.

I would like to emphasize that I have no plans to omit the description of my offense on the application.

The question that I still have is: If I do not include the certified copy of judgment and sentence from the court, will it bar me from receiving the license, or will it merely delay the process?

In other words, has anyone here applied with an offense on the application but without the certified copies, and received their license?

edit: Witness P, thanks for that. I did not realize that my record is not, in fact, "sealed." Good to know.

Ok, so I must and will list it. But to confirm: it is okay that I cannot include a certified copy of the disposition? It will merely delay the application?

Thanks for the replies, all. From what I understand, I do not necessarily have to include the certified copy of the disposition, and this would merely delay the application?

I was definitely not charged with any sort of felony.

If I cannot supply the certified record, do I even need to list this offense on the application?

I'd hate to do the wrong thing and lose the application fee if they make me reapply.

If by "charge" you mean the reason for my arrest, then neither of those. :)

What should I do if I don't know which court heard my case? I know that this is my responsibility to keep track of, but I was 13, didn't care at the time, and my parents don't seem to have any records of this other than a letter from my probation officer saying that I've successfully completed the requirements.

This is what I was told both by my county's records office, and by the city's police department. I must have asked the receptionist of the latter about five times in different ways, "So, if I come there, with ID, I cannot get access to my record?" -- "Right." -- "But you do have my record, right?" -- "Yes." -- "But I cannot get access to it?" -- "Right."

Maybe both receptionists are wrong...

Hi, all. I have a juvenile record -- class B misdemeanor, I think -- which was sealed. The court case was in 1999. I need to know how to proceed for my CHL application, because I cannot seem to get a copy of the disposition without getting the record unsealed -- the police department of my community will not release these records to me. DPS says that I must include this record, though.

Has anyone else been in this situation? What should I do?