• Background Check Required?
  • Private Sale: No, Texas does not generally require a background check for private sales between unlicensed individuals.
  • Licensed Dealer: Yes, federally licensed dealers must conduct a background check before completing the transfer.
• Waiting Period: None.
• Registration Requirement: None.
• Permit Required (to purchase): None.
• Concealed Carry Permit: None.
• Magazine Capacity Limits: None.
• Assault Weapons Limits: None.

Source: Tex. Penal Code ch. 46, Tex. Gov’t Code ch. 411, subch. H, 18 U.S.C. § 922(t)

• Persons who have renounced their U.S. citizenship.
• Persons who are fugitives from justice.
• Persons convicted of a felony.
• Persons convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
• Persons unlawfully using or addicted to controlled substances.
• Persons adjudicated as mentally defective or committed to a mental institution.
• Persons subject to a qualifying court order for harassment, stalking, or threats involving an intimate partner or child.
• Persons who are minors.
• Persons unlawfully in the country or admitted under a non-immigrant visa.
• Persons dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Armed Forces.

Source: Tex. Penal Code § 46.04, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)