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I have a possibly silly question. I received my plastic in the mail this past Saturday (2/23). This morning (Tuesday 2/26), just out of curiosity, I checked the DPS website to see how it reads regarding my CHL status. The website reads "Processing Application."

Is my license valid, and it is merely a case of the DPS not having yet updated the website, or should I wait and see what happens online before carrying?

Yes, you are legal. Things that happen to the website are not always logical. You might look at it again in a month and it could say something similar to "No application or license active". Don't freak, that's a default setting...

They stay behind a lot so as long as you have plastic you are legal & good to go to your Wally Walk and beyond.

The DPS web site has no legal meaning. It's not mentioned in the CHL law. The plastic is all that counts.

I am practically convinced that the web site is maintained overseas, probably in India. I say that because people have found it was updated between Saturday night and Sunday morning.

- Jim

Interestingly, since I've now had my plastic for a grand total of 28 days, I just went back and checked the website again to see if they had updated it.

Now it says "No application or license/certificate active."

Well, I have an active license, so I would sure like to know what in tarnation that means...

The Annoyed Man wrote:Interestingly, since I've now had my plastic for a grand total of 28 days, I just went back and checked the website again to see if they had updated it.

Now it says "No application or license/certificate active."

Well, I have an active license, so I would sure like to know what in tarnation that means...

Parse it this way:

(Either) No application; (OR) license/certificate active

You no longer have a current application in process, therefore your license is active!

quidni wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:Interestingly, since I've now had my plastic for a grand total of 28 days, I just went back and checked the website again to see if they had updated it.

Now it says "No application or license/certificate active."

Well, I have an active license, so I would sure like to know what in tarnation that means...

Parse it this way:

(Either) No application; (OR) license/certificate active

You no longer have a current application in process, therefore your license is active!

And who said punctuation marks were not important.

Thanks for explaining it. I was going to ignore it anyway, since I have the plastic in my hand, but I just thought they were being stupid.

If proper punctuation is any indicator, then I was right!