Your Texas LTC renewal, on one card.
A first Texas LTC runs 4 years, a renewed one 5. Put in your expiration date and this card counts down, shows when DPS's six-month online window opens, and puts both dates on your calendar. Free, no sign-up, and it stays on this phone.
Your license
The next date, years on. The board renews on this cycle but hasn't posted this date yet; check the DPS LTC FAQs.
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How to renew
- Wait for the window. DPS takes renewal applications online up to six months before your license expires. DPS also mails a notice no later than 60 days before (Gov. Code 411.185(d)).
- No class or test. DPS: "There is no continuing education or other training required to renew an LTC."
- Renew online at RSD Connect. Update the information from your original application and acknowledge the informational form.
- Pay the renewal fee: $40 standard, less for some groups (table below). Paper by mail is also allowed by law.
- Fingerprints: DPS tries to reuse the ones on file. If they no longer meet state or FBI standards, DPS sends instructions for a new set.
- Allow about 45 days. The renewed license expires on your birthday, five years after the old license's expiration date (Gov. Code 411.183(b)).
| Renewal fee (DPS fee table) | Amount |
|---|---|
| Standard | $40 |
| Age 60 or older | $35 |
| Veteran, honorably discharged more than 365 days before applying | $25 |
| Armed forces member (incl. reserves, guard), or veteran discharged within 365 days | $0 |
Gov. Code 411.185, 411.195 and 411.1951. Other groups: the DPS LTC fee table.
If it expires first
- The law gives you until the first anniversary of the expiration date to renew: "on or before the first anniversary of the date the license expires" (Gov. Code 411.185(a)).
- Renewal processing takes about 45 days, so file in the six-month window if you can.
Where every number comes from
- Renew on or before 1 year after expiration, $40 fee, informational form, 60-day notice, 45-day decision: Texas Gov. Code 411.185
- Renewed license expires on your birthdate five years after the old one expired: Texas Gov. Code 411.183
- Senior $5 off; military and veteran fees: Texas Gov. Code 411.195 and 411.1951
- Renew online up to six months before, 4- and 5-year terms, $40, 45 days, fingerprints: DPS: application FAQs
- No training to renew: DPS: training requirements FAQs
- Renewal fee by group: DPS: LTC fee table
- Apply or renew in RSD Connect: DPS: licensing and registration
Checked November 11, 2026.
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