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Licence to Carry Fee Waived or Reduced for Veterans
DPS charges no fee for an original or renewed Licence to Carry for an honorably discharged veteran, and halves the fee for a duplicate or modified licence.
Verified August 17, 2026
What this benefit is
DPS charges no fee for an original or renewed Licence to Carry for an honorably discharged veteran, and halves the fee for a duplicate or modified licence.
What it's worth: The Licence to Carry application fee
- An honorably discharged veteran pays $25 for an original licence and $25 to renew. Active duty military are listed separately at $0.
- Confirm the current schedule with DPS before you rely on a figure — this fee has moved, and an earlier reading of the DPS table showed $0 where the statute said $25.
Who is entitled to it
- You served in the U.S. armed forces.
- You were honorably discharged.
- You are applying for a Licence to Carry.
- You are a Texas resident.
- Your home is in Texas.
Not sure whether that describes you?
Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.
How to claim it
- 1Apply through the DPS Licence to Carry system and select the veteran fee category.
- 2Upload your DD214 showing an honorable discharge.
- File with
- Texas DPS Regulatory Services
- Documents you will need
- dd214
- Applies at each renewal
Known gapWe previously published $0 for an honorably discharged veteran, reading it from the DPS fee table while the statute said $25. An independent audit of this page in August 2026 reported the DPS schedule as $25 original and $25 renewal, with active duty listed separately at $0 — which agrees with the statute. We have corrected to $25. We could not re-read the DPS schedule ourselves to close this: dps.texas.gov refuses connections from our retrieval, so this figure rests on the statute plus that audit, and a veteran should confirm at the counter.
Sources
- authority · statuteTex. Gov't Code §411.1951
- operating · fee scheduleTexas DPS — Licence to Carry Fee Table
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