OnlineTexasLTC.com is proud to offer significant discounts for the official Online Texas License to Carry class. This includes discounts for all military, including veterans and active duty, first responders (firefighters and paramedics), teachers and more.
Continue to the questionnaire below to retrieve your discounted LTC class and see if you qualify for any training exemptions.
LTC Eligibility
Use the tool below to determine your eligibility for the Texas License to Carry a Handgun. Become certified for your LTC/CHL online today!
Training Exemptions
No more guessing or waiting on hold with DPS to find out if you are exempt from certain training requirements. Use the questionnaire below to find out what you qualify for!
Discounts
Instantly find out if you qualify for discounts from Texas DPS and OnlineTexasLTC.com based on your profession. This includes military, first responders, corrections, jailers, and more.
ELIGIBLE PROFESSIONS FOR DISCOUNT
- Military
- 1st Responder
- Judge
- Teacher
- Jailer
- Probation
- Veterans
- Corrections
- Prosecutor
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About the Eligibility Questionnaire
The above tool helps to determine your eligibility to receive a Texas LTC. Answer the questions and at the end you will have an opportunity to purchase the Online Texas LTC class as well.
The tool will also let you know of any training exemptions you may qualify for depending on your profession and current qualifications. For example, active duty military and veterans with proof of range qualification within the last 10 years may not need to take the proficiency demonstration (shooting qualification part of the LTC class). The only training required would be the classroom portion of the LTC class. This can be completed with the Online LTC class.
Depending on your profession, discounts from Texas DPS may be available for the LTC application as well as discounts for the Online LTC class through OnlineTexasLTC.com. At the completion of the questionnaire above, you will be informed of any discounts available.
About the Texas License to Carry Online Class
OnlineTexasLTC.com is an approved online course provider through the Texas Department of Public Safety. The online LTC class fulfills the classroom training requirement to receive your LTC, formerly known as the concealed handgun license. The License to Carry is the official name for what may be referred to as a concealed carry permit or concealed handgun license. Other websites that advertise a concealed carry permit may not be for an official Texas License.
Instead of sitting in a crowded classroom for 4-6 hours, this online class can be taken from anywhere and at your own pace. Using your computer, tablet or smartphone, this easy to take class is only 4 hours long, plus a quiz at the end. After the online class is completed, meet with any LTC instructor in Texas for the proficiency demonstration (shooting qualification and range instruction portion). Don’t know where to go to meet an LTC instructor? OnlineTexasLTC.com has partnered with Texas LTC instructors all across Texas and we will help locate one for you.
Submitting Your Application with DPS
Submitting the License to Carry application can seem confusing. The Texas DPS website is not the most user friendly and often causes more confusion instead of answering questions. For a complete walk through on submitting your application, including renewals, please go HERE.
Eligibility criteria for a Texas License to Carry is set in Texas Government Code Chapter 411, subchapter H. GC §411.172 states:
(a) A person is eligible for a license to carry a handgun if the person:
(1) is a legal resident of this state for the six-month period preceding the date of application under this subchapter or is otherwise eligible for a license under Section 411.173(a);
(2) is at least 18 years of age;
(3) has not been convicted of a felony;
(4) is not 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;
(5) is not a fugitive from justice for a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense;
(6) is not a chemically dependent person;
(7) is not incapable of exercising sound judgment with respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun;
(8) has not, in the five years preceding the date of application, 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;
(9) is fully qualified under applicable federal and state law to purchase a handgun;
(10) has not been finally determined to be delinquent in making a child support payment administered or collected by the attorney general;
(11) has not 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;
(12) is not 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;
(13) has not, in the 10 years preceding the date of application, been adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct violating a penal law of the grade of felony; and
(14) has not made any material misrepresentation, or failed to disclose any material fact, in an application submitted pursuant to Section 411.174.
