Could anyone please help me interpret what the Texas bar is seeking? In my bar application, they are asking for prior violations of the law, but state that I may exclude Class C traffic misdemeanors. In my current state, I have received traffic tickets before but all are traffic infractions and none are misdemeanors. The state I’m currently in has no “class C misdemeanors”. And the space to fill out on the application form requires I state that they are either felonies or misdemeanors.

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You should look up the equivalent violation under Texas Law and determine equivalency. (As others have stated most traffic violations are considered Class C).

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Should not be an issue if they are truly traffic type infractions. The term "Class C misdemeanor " only applies in Texas. Even if your state did use the term "class c misdemeanor " it could potentially have a totally different meaning than Texas. They want you to apply the Texas definition . . . If there were any offense where it was unclear where it lines up (for instance a servere moving violation like reckless driving maybe) just go ahead and disclose out of caution. Your 10 mile over speeding ticket isn't what they are looking for though

I wouldn’t list those but when I was filling out my Texas bar application, if I had questions and wanted to stay on the safe side I’d message my analyst and she was always super helpful.

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Oh okay - gotcha. Then I probably can’t offer much help as I didn’t want to wait until I could admit on motion and just took the bar :) Good luck. Hopefully you can resolve those two issues.

You can add an addendum somewhere explaining that you have traffic violations in X state and that you’ve intentionally omitted them when answering Question X because your understanding is these would be the equivalent of Class C Misdemeanors in Texas. You might also add that you can provide additional information related to these if requested.

Then move on with your life.

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Appreciate it, thank you

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Have you looked at TX law to determine how they define a class C misdemeanor and then filled it out accordingly?

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Infractions are lower than misdemeanors. I would not list them. But agreed with AGC, if you have a question on how to answer, contact the entity that handles bar apps and ask. The IL app does not have any carve outs for traffic tickets so I called my examiner because I had a traffic ticket from like 15 years earlier and she emphatically told me not to list traffic tickets.

I basically looked through Texas traffic rules/violations and decided whether tickets I’d gotten fell into the exception or not (even though my home state didn’t have such categories). I was pretty sure they did, so I didn’t list them. Passed Texas C&F just fine.

No this was my initial Bar app out of law school.

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