Concealed Handgun Licensing
Texas Department of Public Safety
Initial Course $125.00
Initial Course for NPS Graduates $100.00
Renewals $75.00
Renewal for NPS Graduates $50.00
These fees are for the NPS CHL 12-hour course. The State charges an additional application fee.
Apply for a new or renewal application, check the status of a completed application, or change your address HERE.
You must be at least 21 years of age (18 for military), and have the following:
- Your Social Security Number
- Your Texas Driver License or Texas Identification card
- A valid credit card e.g. Visa, Mastercard, Discover, or American Express. (These charges are separate than charges for the course, ammunition, and range fees.)
You need shooting glasses, hearing protection, baseball style hat, close toed shoes, a handgun; .32 caliber or bigger, 50 rounds of ammunition to qualify, and 40 rounds if you choose to participate in the optional warm-up/training drills.
GC 9411.1 88. HANDGUN PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENT
(a) …One part of the course must be classroom instruction and the other part must be range instruction … demonstrates, at a minimum, the degree of proficiency that is required to effectively operate a handgun of.32 caliber or above…
(b) …The handgun proficiency course must include at least 10 hours and not more than 15 hours…
GC 5411.185. RENEWAL
(a) To renew a license, a license holder must:
(1) complete a continuing education course [four hours classroom] in handgun proficiency under Section 411.188(c) within the six-month period preceding: …
(2) obtain a handgun proficiency certificate [live fire] under Section 411.189 within the six-month period preceding…
Concealed Handgun Licensing Bureau
Regulatory Licensing Service MSC 0245
Texas Department of Public Safety
PO Box 4087 Austin, Texas 78773-0245
Phone: (512) 424-7293 or (512) 424-7294
Helpline: (800) 224-5744
www.txdps.state.tx.us
e-mail: chl@txdps.state.tx.us
Fingerprint Cards
Fingerprint Applicant Service of Texas (FAST) is a Texas Department of Public Safety program that provides electronic capture of your fingerprints. This is the fastest and highest quality option available to Concealed Handgun Licensing (CHL) applicants.
If you choose not to use the FAST service, you may still take the agency supplied fingerprint cards to any law enforcement agency
Retired /active military personnel may be able to obtain prints through installation police services.
For more information on the Fingerprint Applicant Services of Texas, please visit http://www.L1id.com/IBT
Appointments are required at all locations: (https://tx.ibtfingerprint.com) or call
toll-free (888) 467-2080.
Kerrville, TX. (2100 Memorial Boulevard)
(Hwy 27 at Schreiner University)
New Braunfels, TX. (109 S I- H 35 (north bound))
(at Express Personnel Services - (830) 626-2300)
San Antonio, TX. (6800 Park Ten Blvd, Ste 108 North Building)
(I-10 near Crossroads Mall)
San Antonio, TX. (1314 Hines Avenue)
(at Region 20; I-35 near Ft. Sam)
Hondo, TX. (1210 18th Street, Suite A-1)
(Near Hwy 90 and FM 462/Ave M)