Idaho CHL valid in Texas?

[Nekorb]

I grew up in Idaho, at the moment i turned 21 went down to the sheriff's office, and received my CHL a month later. Since then I have always had my Idaho CHL. I moved to Texas May of last year, and haven't really carried since. My licence does not expire until 2015, so am I good to carry around here with my Idaho license? If so is there any reason to get my Texas licence before this one expires?

I have found this: http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/administra ... rocity.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
so I think i'm good to carry, but just wanted to double check. Also I am a resident of Texas now, not Idaho. Does this matter?
Thanks for the posts in advance!

[Lambda Force]

You found the right PDF showing you're good to go in Texas.

[RoyGBiv]

If you have an Idaho non-resident permit, Texas honors it.
http://handgunlaw.us/states/texas.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Texas Honors Non-Resident Permits/Licenses From the States They Honor.

http://handgunlaw.us/states/idaho.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Worth noting that if you are in Texas, carrying on an out-of state permit (one that Texas honors), you would still be in violation of the Federal Gun Free School Zone Act if you were carrying within 1000 feet of a school. The only exemption from the Federal law is if you are carrying a permit issued by the state the school zone is actually in. Your Idaho permit would exempt you only in Idaho.

I am not a lawyer. This is my OPINION, not legal advice.

[Nekorb]

Thanks for the replies!
If someone comes across this thread later down the road, I'd like to note that you CANNOT buy firearms in Texas if you have a Idaho DL. One of the hangups I had when I first moved down here.

[Jumping Frog]

Worth noting that if you are in Texas, carrying on an out-of state permit (one that Texas honors), you would still be in violation of the Federal Gun Free School Zone Act if you were carrying within 1000 feet of a school. The only exemption from the Federal law is if you are carrying a permit issued by the state the school zone is actually in. Your Idaho permit would exempt you only in Idaho.

I know we like to warn people that is theoretically true.

But from what I've seen, if you are not also committing other federal crimes so that the GFSZ gets tossed in as an add=on charge, a person literally has a greater probability of getting struck by lightning than getting charged with that.

[Lambda Force]

Someone with an Idaho license has no more reason to worry than someone carrying under the authority of MPA or someone with a rifle in the trunk that doesn't follow all those rules.

[speedsix]

...while in his car, he IS carrying under MPA...
...I wonder how long Idaho CHL is good in Idaho's eyes once you're a Texas resident, being the eligibility rules probably say you have to be a resident...and they do issue non-resident licenses...they also require that the CHL permit address match the DLic address upon renewal...
...I also wonder if Texas LEO would pick up on this...
...Texas does recognize Idaho permits, so I'd get Idaho to re-issue my Idaho as a non-resident Idaho...then you're covered...till you can get a TX permit...
...it'd be good for you to get a Texas CHL handbook LS-16...since you're now bound by all our rules...

[Lambda Force]

...I wonder how long Idaho CHL is good in Idaho's eyes once you're a Texas resident, being the eligibility rules probably say you have to be a resident...

You could have looked it up in less time than it took to speculate wildly.

[speedsix]

...and your opinion about that should matter to me how??? I was trying to keep the member from having a problem...you're just trying to start one...I was researching while you were posting your insulting remarks...

[Lambda Force]

...and your opinion about that should matter to me how??? I was trying to keep the member from having a problem...you're just trying to start one...I was researching while you were posting your insulting remarks...

My remarks were accurate. Your wild speculation was not.

I think "post first, research second" is like "shoot first, aim second" and if that's the type of accuracy you want to display on the Texas CHL Form, that's your choice. If so, my opinion should matter to you only because it confirms your online image is what you wanted. "Ready-Fire-Aim"

Speed is fine. Accuracy is final.

[bayouhazard]

Speed is fine. Accuracy is final.

True on the street, on the range and online.

[Keith B]

Stop the personal bickering or the thread will be locked

[Keith B]

Thanks for the replies!
If someone comes across this thread later down the road, I'd like to note that you CANNOT buy firearms in Texas if you have a Idaho DL. One of the hangups I had when I first moved down here.

As long as you have changed your address on your Idaho CHL to your Texas resident address, then your Idaho aliveness will be a valid non-resident license nd you can legally carry on it in Texas. I do assume you are a Texas resident and have changed your drivers license over to Texas since you have have been here over 30 days?

[speedsix]

...Keith B, how did you verify this on the weekend??? Before and after I posted my reply, I spent over 40 minutes on the net and talking to Idaho Sheriff's Depts. Sat and read the Idaho application, the Idaho renewal saying what I posted about correct address, and the Idaho Code 18-3302...nothing I found said that he could hold an Idaho license while living in Texas...they issue non-resident licenses for that...which would be honored here...but showing an officer a Texas Dlic with a Texas address and a Idaho CHL with an Idaho address would bring out the question "You don't live in Idaho...why are you carrying this permit here?"...that's the reason Idaho issues non-res lic...for those who don't live there...and Texas law requires that your address on the permit be kept current...
...you don't open a bank account here without a Texas License or ID,, so that's a given, but he said nothing about having changed the address on his Idaho permit...and that's why I posted what I did...and what followed was uncalled for...it's common for people to post "if this..then that, but if this, then it's different" type posts...and the whole purpose of the thread was to help they guy arrive at the correct thing to do...hard to nail on the weekend when the Sheriff's offices and DPS licensing offices are closed...you dig out what you can and verify it later...at least what I posted showed our willingness to help him...

[MoJo]

This is just my opinion. Since you have changed residency to Texas and now have a Texas Driver's license, shouldn't you also get a Texas CHL? There's something about being a resident of a State and carrying on an out of State license. Like I said, just my opinion.