• Be a legal resident of Texas for 6 months or have relocated with the intent to establish residency in the state;
• Be at least 21 years of age, or 18 and either:
•  A member or veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces, Reserves or National Guard or discharged under honorable conditions; or
• As of September 1, 2021, be protected under certain court orders related to family violence;
• Meet training requirements;
• Have not been convicted of a felony;
• Have not been charged with the commission of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense, or of an offense under Section 42.01, Penal Code, or equivalent offense, or of a felony under an information or indictment;
• Not be a fugitive from justice for a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense;
• Not be chemically dependent;
• Be capable of exercising sound judgment with respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun;
• Not, in the 5 years preceding the date of application, have been convicted of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense or of an offense under Section 42.01, Penal Code, or equivalent offense;
• Be fully qualified under applicable federal and state law to purchase a handgun;
• Not have been finally determined to be delinquent in making a child support payment administered or collected by the attorney general;
• Not have been finally determined to be delinquent in the payment of a tax or other money collected by the comptroller, the tax collector of a political subdivision of the state or any agency or subdivision of the state;
• Not be currently restricted under a court protective order or subject to a restraining order affecting the spousal relationship, other than a restraining order solely affecting property interests;
• Not, in the 10 years preceding the date of application, have been adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct violating a penal law of the grade of felony; 
• Not have made any material misrepresentation, or failed to disclose any material fact, in an application submitted pursuant to Section 411.174; and
• Meet federal law requirements.

*Consult with an attorney if you have any questions about your eligibility. If you don’t have an attorney, you can find one by contacting the State Bar of Texas.

$25 for initial licenses and renewals for honorably discharged military vets.

Link to interactive online application

Link to replacement license

Texas issues resident and non-resident licenses, so you can apply for your license at any time. In order to apply for a resident license, you need to be a legal resident of Texas for six months or have relocated with the intent to establish residency in the state.

Moving from Texas and have a Texas resident license? Does that license transfer to your new state? Is there a grace period during which your Texas license remains valid?

If a person with a Texas license to carry establishes residency in another state, the license is valid until it expires provided he or she submits the above referenced name/address change form.