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Moving to OK, need help with CHL
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:49 am
by RSJ
Ok, things have recently changed, looks like I'm heading off to grad school in Oklahoma. I've been a lifelong TX resident, and have had my TX CHL for about a year. What can I do in order to keep carrying, legally.
Few bits of info: I am (if allowed) keeping my address in TX, along with car registration, and driver's license. All official stuff from the school will be sent back to TX. I am basically just going to be renting a place for the time I am there.
What can I do to keep carrying? WIll I lose my TX CHL?
If so, what is the process and waiting period to get a OK CHL?
What is the current policy on weapons in vehicles? What is the policy on long guns or open carry?
Also, are there any magazine capacity or rifle length changes from TX? Are there any unusual laws there, that aren't present in TX?
Thanks for any/all help.
Please don't quote this original topic, thanks!
Re: Moving to OK, need help with CHL
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:59 am
by pcgizzmo
I think legally in most states you have to change your address within a certain amount of time. Call the DPS there and ask what you can do. If all else fails take their CHL course.
Re: Moving to OK, need help with CHL
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 12:48 pm
by RoyGBiv
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"Oklahoma honors all other states Permit/Licenses"
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Re: Moving to OK, need help with CHL
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 12:51 pm
by A-R
You can keep your Texas CHL as a non-resident CHL if you move your address to Oklahoma. Consult handgunlaw.us to determine if Oklahoma honors a non-resident Texas CHL.
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Re: Moving to OK, need help with CHL
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:00 pm
by RSJ
Thanks everyone!
From DPS website
10. If I am a college student and attend school out of state, do I have to turn in my license to DPS or change my home address?
No. If you are merely attending a university in another state, you may keep your permanent address on your concealed handgun license. If after you graduate from the
university, you move out of your parent’s home, then follow the procedure for requesting a duplicate license with the address change including paying the appropriate fee. You may change your address online at
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; or you may download a Request for Duplicate Concealed Handgun License and Change of Name or Address form, under the downloadable forms link on the CHL website. You may also send a letter including your full name, CHL number, old address and new address and a cashier's check, money order or personal check for $25 to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Concealed Handgun Licensing Bureau, P.O. Box 15888, Austin, Texas, 78761-5888.
I wonder if anything changes considering I'm going to be renting an apartment in my name, and probably won't be moving back in, besides a few summers before I graduate?
Re: Moving to OK, need help with CHL
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:50 pm
by WildBill
RSJ wrote:I wonder if anything changes considering I'm going to be renting an apartment in my name, and probably won't be moving back in, besides a few summers before I graduate?
Do you get a resident discount on your tuition fees?
Re: Moving to OK, need help with CHL
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:57 pm
by RoyGBiv
I wouldn't sweat too much about this decision....
Looks like OK will honor your TX permit, or OK will honor your TX non-res permit if you choose to move your DL address to OK... Or... you can get an OK permit that TX will honor when you come visit...
Just make sure the address on your CHL matches the address on your DL. Any of the above choices should be fine.
IANAL.!
Re: Moving to OK, need help with CHL
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 3:13 pm
by The Annoyed Man
RSJ wrote:What is the current policy on weapons in vehicles? What is the policy on long guns or open carry?
Also, are there any magazine capacity or rifle length changes from TX? Are there any unusual laws there, that aren't present in TX?
No open carry (as far as I know). Long guns must be transported unloaded. Concealed carry pistol may not exceed .45 caliber.
Also, be aware that gun laws may be different when you're on native American reservation land.
Another thing.... any old "no guns" or "gunbusters" sign constitutes legal notice and prevents a CCW permit holder from carrying his gun into a premises. There is no Texas-style "30.06" signage requirement. I believe that OK passed a "parking lot" bill a couple of years ago much like the one currently before the Texas legislature.
Re: Moving to OK, need help with CHL
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 3:24 pm
by RSJ
Great info everyone, thanks!
Re: Moving to OK, need help with CHL
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:50 am
by OldCurlyWolf
RSJ wrote:Ok, things have recently changed, looks like I'm heading off to grad school in Oklahoma. I've been a lifelong TX resident, and have had my TX CHL for about a year. What can I do in order to keep carrying, legally.
Few bits of info: I am (if allowed) keeping my address in TX, along with car registration, and driver's license. All official stuff from the school will be sent back to TX. I am basically just going to be renting a place for the time I am there.
What can I do to keep carrying? WIll I lose my TX CHL?
If so, what is the process and waiting period to get a OK CHL?
What is the current policy on weapons in vehicles? What is the policy on long guns or open carry?
Also, are there any magazine capacity or rifle length changes from TX? Are there any unusual laws there, that aren't present in TX?
Thanks for any/all help.
Please don't quote this original topic, thanks!
As long as you are paying out of state tuition, you are not an Oklahoma resident and are still a Texas resident.
If you start paying instate tuition a different story.
Unless the law has changed the only time Texas issues a non resident CHL is when the state of residence does not issue their version of a CHL, such as Vermont, Illinois and Wisconsin.
Re: Moving to OK, need help with CHL
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:16 am
by RSJ
It is a private institution.