CHL Eligibility with FL Adjudication Withheld
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 6:45 pm
Greetings, this is my first post to the forum. I've been pouring over this forum for a bit now trying to find a specific answer to my questions. PLease move this to the appropriate forum if I have placed this in the wrong forum. I currently live in the NE after having been relocated from Florida several years ago due to work. A bit of history that brings me to the specifics.
In 2006 I was charged with Grand Theft in Florida and the state offered to have "adjudication withheld" upon an agreed upon restitution being paid in full and probation term successfully completed, the probation could end at any time early upon restitution and court fines being paid in full. Fast forward to 2011, restitution is paid in full, and probation is successfully terminated, the "adjudication withheld" disposition stands. My understanding with regard to Florida law is that I am eligible for my concealed weapon permit in florida this year (3 years after the probation term completion and case being disposed).
Having grown very tired of the NE, I am currently searching for a new place to move my family, and the biggest priority for my wife and I is the ability to qualify for a permit to carry a concealed handgun. Back home to Florida would be ideal, but now considering a place to continue raising my kids plays a part of it and for us, FL isn't a top contender in that ball park.
I can't figure out how to interpret TX law, how Florida's "adjudication withheld" disposition is recognized; if at all and how my situation pertains to my CHL eligibility in TX. Anyone with some helpful insight of this care to help a guy out?
In 2006 I was charged with Grand Theft in Florida and the state offered to have "adjudication withheld" upon an agreed upon restitution being paid in full and probation term successfully completed, the probation could end at any time early upon restitution and court fines being paid in full. Fast forward to 2011, restitution is paid in full, and probation is successfully terminated, the "adjudication withheld" disposition stands. My understanding with regard to Florida law is that I am eligible for my concealed weapon permit in florida this year (3 years after the probation term completion and case being disposed).
Having grown very tired of the NE, I am currently searching for a new place to move my family, and the biggest priority for my wife and I is the ability to qualify for a permit to carry a concealed handgun. Back home to Florida would be ideal, but now considering a place to continue raising my kids plays a part of it and for us, FL isn't a top contender in that ball park.
I can't figure out how to interpret TX law, how Florida's "adjudication withheld" disposition is recognized; if at all and how my situation pertains to my CHL eligibility in TX. Anyone with some helpful insight of this care to help a guy out?