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Will a D.W.I. affect this?

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Medellon

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My brother-in-law completed courses to get his real estate salesman license in Texas and in the application it asks if you have ever been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor. He was arrested for D.W.I. about 4 years ago but it never went to trial and he was never convicted due to a pre-trial diversion program for first time offenders. But, he did have to pay a fine and was placed on probation for 6 months. The application does ask if you ever were placed on probation or had to do community service and of course he answered yes with an explanation. Will this affect his chances of getting his salesman license in Texas?
 
Yes it will and he should come clean about it. If he lies and the find out about it he will get an automatic rejection.
 
Did you not say that the question asked if he had been convicted?

Did you not say right after that that he could diversion in lieu of conviction? And thus was never convicted?

Hello? McFly?
 
I doubt you will get an answer here unless there happens to be a real estate agent from Texas hanging out.

You say he was never convicted, but if he did a diversion program, he may have had to plead guilty, which is the same as a conviction. But I'm sure it varies depending on the state. You would probably need to find out exactly what it shows up as on his record or if it shows up at all.
 
He was never convicted true, but he had to be placed on probation in order not to be convicted. The D.W.I. will have to come up as he explains why he was placed on probation.
 
I had a misdemeanor for public intoxication when I was 18 and one year later (19, duh!) I was accepted for a kentucky state real estate license. They had to have some guy come over for a thorough interview to make sure I wasn't some scumbag.
 
From what I can see there were two questions?
one asking if you'd been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor, one asking if you'd ever been placed on probation. He answered No to the first, Yes to the second.
 
I don't think it would be wise to answer no to both questions. If something ever came up later it could be grounds for revocation of the license.
 
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