Late Renewals

• An individual whose license has been expired for 90 or less may renew for 1½ times the normally required renewal fee.

• An individual whose license has been expired more than 90 days but less than one year may renew for twice the normally required renewal fee.

• If your license is not renewed within a year of expiration, you will be required to meet the requirements for a new license, including examination.

• Exceptions will not be granted, and fees will not be waived, refunded, or transferred. Please refer to section 3.2 of the JBCC Rules for more information.

• There are no provisions in rule or statute to extend expiration dates.

Military Applicants

Definition per section 55.001 of Chapter 55 Occupations Code:

• Military service member: a person who is on active duty.

  • Active Duty: current full-time military service in the armed forces of the United States or active-duty military service as a member of the Texas military forces

Military Service Members whose certifications have expired can request additional time to meet renewal requirements only if:

• They email a request for additional time to courtinterpreters@txcourts.gov. We recommend emailing your request at least 90 days after expiration (however, there’s no deadline to do so in statute),

  • The request must include how much additional time is being requested.

If they establish, to the satisfaction of the JBCC, that they failed to renew the certification or license in a timely manner because they were serving as a military service member (i.e., active-duty service) the request may be granted. Staff will email the determination to the application as soon as possible.